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When it's good it's very, very good, but when it's bad, it's horrid: living with mental illness in rural and remote Australia

  • Year: 2005
  • Author: Harris, Philippa
  • Journal Name: Health Issues
  • Journal Number: 85
  • Country: Australia

About 30 per cent of Australia's population lives outside the capital cities and major regional centres. Despite a common perception that city life is more problematic for the mental health of city dwellers, people living in remote and rural Australia face additional risks to mental health and well being, and additional difficultie ....

Where you live matters: Challenges and opportunities to address the urban–rural divide through innovative secondary cardiac rehabilitation programs

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: Sangster, J., Furber, S., Phongsavan, P., Allman-Farinelli, M., Redfern, J. and Bauman, A.
  • Editors: David Perkins
  • Journal Name: Australian Journal of Rural Health
  • Journal Number: Vol. 21 No. 3
  • Publisher: National Rural Health Alliance
  • ISBN: 1440-1584
  • Country: Australia

Only one third of clinically eligible patients attend a cardiac rehabilitation (CR) program. Few studies have looked at participation in rural cardiac patients. This paper examines the risk profile and participation in CR of rural and urban residents with cardiac disease who enrolled in a telephone coaching program. Report Locationhttp://online ....

Wood Pellet Stoves for Pollution and Greenhouse Gas Reduction

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: Carr, D.; Reeve I.; Andrews, S.; Robinson, D.
  • Publisher: Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation
  • ISBN: 978-1-74254-408-3
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: New South Wales

This research was carried out in the Northern Tablelands of NSW to determine whether pellet heaters could provide an alternative form of domestic space heating without the environmental and health costs of current space heating options. The research looked at barriers to adoption of pellet heaters and opportunities to increase their uptake. Thi ....

Working differently to make a difference in Indigenous communities

  • Year: 2008
  • Author: Jarvie, Wendy
  • Journal Name: Public Administration Today
  • Journal Number: 14
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: New South Wales

A five-year COAG trial program in the Murdi Paaki region of western New South Wales was operated by the then Commonwealth Department of Education, Science and Training and the New South Wales Department of Education and Training, in partnership with 16 Indigenous communities. The purpose of the program was to explore innovative ways of doing busi ....

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