How much green is needed amongst the grey of cities to keep people healthy and out of hospital? This is one of the key overarching questions a $3.2 million research project will explore. The five-year research project, titled ‘Greener Cities ...
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Traumatic deliveries increase midwives’ risk of PTSD: research
The events midwives witness and participate in on the job may increase their vulnerability to post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), new research suggests. The study, led by Dr Julia Leinweber at Griffith University, found almost a fifth of the midwives ...
More »Reduce disease burden by creating compact cities: researchers
Substantial and sustained health benefits can be achieved for urban populations if policymakers adopt different approaches to transport and city planning, a team of Australian and international researchers has argued. Air pollution, physical inactivity, noise, social isolation, unhealthy diets and ...
More »Australia, Saudi Arabia team up to bolster nursing expertise
An Australian university has connected with a Saudi Arabian hospital to further nursing and allied health expertise and raise cross-cultural awareness between the institutions. Federation University Australia (FedUni) has partnered with Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Humanitarian City, a non-profitable rehabilitation hospital ...
More »Australian aged-care nursing competencies in the works
Researchers are planning to develop a home-grown framework for registered nurses working with older people and their families. Associate Professor Victoria Traynor, from the University of Wollongong's School of Nursing, said the available nursing competencies for the aged-care sector were ...
More »Report card shows more to be done to curb health inequality
Australians are living longer but inequality still mars the most recent Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) report card. The biennial report, Australia's health 2016, found Australians are living longer than ever before and death rates continue to fall, ...
More »From alopecia to zits: skin directory aims to educate public
When the visual symptoms of a skin condition first become apparent, people often turn to the web for comfort, scouring Google images for photos of similar bumps or discolouration and possibly encountering incorrect information. To address this phenomenon, the Australasian College ...
More »Nurses must be leaders in the digital health era: informatics exec
It’s critical that nurses be at the forefront of the movement into the digital health era and are heavily involved in leading change, not just for the care team and patient but to ensure they are advocating for their own ...
More »Aged-care cuts will increase strain on public hospitals: provider
Funding cuts in the sector may force residential aged-care service providers to reconsider admitting older people ready to be discharged from hospitals, increasing pressure on the public system, a provider has said. In a letter to state and territory premiers and ...
More »Sector voices concerns about Health Care Homes stage one
Health sector bodies have welcomed Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s announcement of stage one of the Health Care Homes (HCH) model, but not without caveats. The government announced the 10 regions that will participate in stage one of the model. They ...
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