Month: June 2019

Ms Wani Erick1, Ms Carol Windsor2 1Queensland University Technology, Brisbane, Australia, 2Queensland University Technology, Brisbane, Australia   A Queensland Health report identified Maori and Pacific Island groups in Queensland as two priority groups due to social disadvantage. One key performance...

Ms Marie Daniel1 1Doh Top End Central, Wurrumiyanga. Tiwi Islands, Australia   This presentation is about a Tiwi experience which we undertook with antenatal ladies and then the follow up post natally in the community. This is in essence a...

Ms Marie Daniel1 1Doh, Wurrumiyanga, Australia   This is a story about modelling home support care for pregnant women in a remote setting – specifically a Tiwi experience. It is  an example of how the midwife and the Strong woman/strong...

Mr Paul Connolly1, Mrs Heather Keighley1 1Northern Territory PHN, Winnellie, Australia   Strengthening the Remote Nursing Workforce in the NT The purpose of this presentation is to provide an overview of the initiatives being implemented by Rural Workforce Agency NT...

Mrs Stacey O’Brien1 1A Kiss From An Angel, Glasshouse Mountains, Australia   Background Stillbirth and Miscarriage are devastating events of childbirth which leaves everyone involved shattered from this heartbreaking loss.  After the stillbirth of her first son, Finn, in 2002,...

Ms Carolyn Ripper1 1NSW Rural Doctors Network, Hamilton, Australia   The purpose of the presentation is to raise awareness of the strategies NSW Rural Doctors Network (RDN) are undertaking to address nursing and midwifery workforce needs and challenges in rural...

Ms Karen Schnitzerling1, Ms Fiona Young1, Ms Cate Pel1 1Tasmanian Health Service, Australia   Tasmania has 13 small Rural Hospitals which are all unique in regard to regional characteristics, bed numbers, bed types, emergency activity, medical support, outpatient presentations, community...

Mrs Sophie Shand1 1NSW Ambulance Aeromedical, Australia   Introduction: Catastrophic haemorrhage is identified as the leading preventable cause of death. Rural and remote communities are particularly challenged by their distance to definitive care. NSW Ambulance has developed and introduced a...

Ms Louise Woods1 1Shell Health/Aspen Medical LNG Curtis Island   Tasked by a British company for an international commitment on location in a tribal community in the Eastern province of Libya denotes findings that relate to experiences in 2011 such...

Dr Maria Capoluongo1, Dr  Sundar  Thavapalasundaram 1Royal Flying Doctors Service South Eastern Section, Broken Hill, Australia   What role does the female rural generalist play in the landscape of rural generalism? What role do we play if anything in shaping...