Cancer diagnosed in the Emergency Department of a Regional Health Service
ConclusionReasons for presentation to ED would be multifactorial and include complex cases with coexisting symptoms making diagnosis difficult. The general public appear to have a low level of awareness of alternative primary care services or difficulty accessing such information. Some of the changes towards reducing the number of patients presenting to ED will include patient education. (Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health)
Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health - February 2, 2016 Category: Rural Health Authors: Margaret J. Rogers, Leigh M. Matheson, Brooke Garrard, Violet Mukaro, Sue Riches, Michael Sheridan, David Ashley, Graham Pitson Tags: Original Research Source Type: research
The impact of video telehealth consultations on professional development and patient care
(Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health)
Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health - January 31, 2016 Category: Rural Health Authors: Samuel Goodwin, Michelle McGuirk, Carole Reeve Tags: Short Report Source Type: research
Rural–urban disparities in stage of breast cancer at diagnosis in Australian women
ConclusionsGiven that women are becoming increasingly obese, and that the rate of obesity is higher in the Australian rural population, this paper provides further evidence for targeting interventions for obesity, particularly in rural Australia, as a public health priority. (Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health)
Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health - January 21, 2016 Category: Rural Health Authors: Janni Leung, Jennifer Martin, Deirdre McLaughlin Tags: Original Research Source Type: research
Rural –urban disparities in stage of breast cancer at diagnosis in Australian women
ConclusionsGiven that women are becoming increasingly obese, and that the rate of obesity is higher in the Australian rural population, this paper provides further evidence for targeting interventions for obesity, particularly in rural Australia, as a public health priority. (Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health)
Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health - January 20, 2016 Category: Rural Health Authors: Janni Leung, Jennifer Martin, Deirdre McLaughlin Tags: Original Research Source Type: research
The association between self‐reported diet quality and health‐related quality of life in rural and urban Australian adolescents
ConclusionsCross‐sectional associations between diet quality and HRQoL were observed. Dietary modification may offer a target to improve HRQoL and general well‐being; and consequently the prevention and treatment of adolescent health problems. Such interventions should consider gender and locality. (Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health)
Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health - January 19, 2016 Category: Rural Health Authors: Kristy A. Bolton, Felice Jacka, Steven Allender, Peter Kremer, Lisa Gibbs, Elizabeth Waters, Andrea Silva Tags: Original Research Source Type: research
The association between self ‐reported diet quality and health‐related quality of life in rural and urban Australian adolescents
ConclusionsCross‐sectional associations between diet quality and HRQoL were observed. Dietary modification may offer a target to improve HRQoL and general well‐being; and consequently the prevention and treatment of adolescent health problems. Such interventions should consider gender and locality. (Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health)
Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health - January 18, 2016 Category: Rural Health Authors: Kristy A. Bolton, Felice Jacka, Steven Allender, Peter Kremer, Lisa Gibbs, Elizabeth Waters, Andrea Silva Tags: Original Research Source Type: research
Previously inactive rural adults’ experiences of commencing and maintaining a walking routine following participation in a walking intervention
ConclusionsThe participants’ experience of commencing a walking routine differed from maintaining a walking routine. Future attempts to support maintenance of a walking routine may be strengthened through identifying and including ways to provide accountability for walking to others beyond the intervention as well as strategies that support the integration of walking into every activity. Furthermore, future walking interventions should enable participants to tailor their walks to their own preferences and mental health benefits of walking should be promoted at least as much as the physical benefits. (Source: Australian J...
Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health - December 23, 2015 Category: Rural Health Authors: Sarah Seekamp, James Dollman, Susan Gilbert‐Hunt Tags: Original Research Source Type: research
Physiotherapy students in rural emergency departments: A NEAT place to learn
(Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health)
Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health - December 23, 2015 Category: Rural Health Authors: Jacqueline Leys, Luke Wakely, Kelly Thurlow, Rod Hyde Page Tags: Short Report Source Type: research
Previously inactive rural adults ’ experiences of commencing and maintaining a walking routine following participation in a walking intervention
ConclusionsThe participants’ experience of commencing a walking routine differed from maintaining a walking routine. Future attempts to support maintenance of a walking routine may be strengthened through identifying and including ways to provide accountability for walking to others beyond the intervention as well as strategies that support the integration of walking into every activity. Furthermore, future walking interventions should enable participants to tailor their walks to their own preferences and mental health benefits of walking should be promoted at least as much as the physical benefits. (Source: Australian J...
Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health - December 22, 2015 Category: Rural Health Authors: Sarah Seekamp, James Dollman, Susan Gilbert ‐Hunt Tags: Original Research Source Type: research
Consumer perspectives of a community paramedicine program in rural Ontario
ConclusionsConsumers' reflections on their experiences and perceptions of a rural community paramedicine program indicate acceptance of paramedics in non‐traditional preventative health care roles. This supports the desirability of investigating the potential development of community paramedicine programs in rural Australia to meet identified health service needs. (Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health)
Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health - December 21, 2015 Category: Rural Health Authors: Angela Martin, Peter O'Meara, Jane Farmer Tags: Original Research Source Type: research
Kimberley indigenous mental health: An examination of metabolic syndrome risk factors
ConclusionsAbnormalities in metabolic profiles consistent with the non‐Indigenous mental health population were found. There are considerable challenges to implementing regular monitoring of physical and metabolic profiles of indigenous people in rural and remote communities. (Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health)
Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health - December 21, 2015 Category: Rural Health Authors: Susanne H. Stanley, Jonathan D.E. Laugharne, Murray Chapman, Sivasankaran Balaratnasingam Tags: Original Research Source Type: research
Management of community‐acquired pneumonia in an Australian regional hospital
ConclusionIn an Australian regional hospital, ceftriaxone and azithromycin were the predominant combination used at 56%, demonstrating that mild CAP was frequently overtreated. Mild CAP was eight times more likely to be treated as severe CAP (odds ratio = 8.2 (95% confidence interval, 1.7–40.3) P < 0.009). There is a need for a simple yet effective strategy to be introduced to rationalise treatment and investigation of CAP in this setting. (Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health)
Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health - December 21, 2015 Category: Rural Health Authors: Mohamad‐Ali Trad, Andreas Baisch Tags: Quality Improvement Reports Source Type: research
Educating new graduate physiotherapists in a public–private partnership
(Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health)
Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health - December 21, 2015 Category: Rural Health Authors: David Schmidt, Neil Dmytryk Tags: Short Report Source Type: research
Development and validation of a work stressor scale for Australian farming families
ConclusionThis research lends insight into the complexity of stressors for farming families and has implications for occupational health and mental health programs that seek to reduce stress and improve health outcomes for that group. (Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health)
Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health - December 21, 2015 Category: Rural Health Authors: Connar J. McShane, Frances Quirk, Anne Swinbourne Tags: Original Research Source Type: research
Mortality and morbidity of neck of femur fractures: A comparison between Orange and peripheral centres
ConclusionContrary to the literature, this study found that the morbidity and mortality outcomes of patients with NOF fracture who presented initially to rural hospitals were equivalent to those who presented to a secondary orthopaedic referral centre. However, those who first presented to rural hospitals had a shorter duration of stay in the acute setting. (Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health)
Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health - December 21, 2015 Category: Rural Health Authors: Timothy Marshall, Mayuran Suthersan, Mun Khin Chan, Bridget Jenkins, Mingzhou Toh, Vanessa Giddins, Evan Jones Tags: Original Research Source Type: research
