THREE North West health professionals will present at the three-day National Rural Health Conference in Darwin starting Sunday.
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Adjunct Fellow at the Mount Isa Centre for Rural and Remote Health Julie Hornibrook will present her paper ‘Too much hush hush’ – focusing on rural women telling their stories about abortion in rural Australia.
“Little is known about Australian rural women’s overall experiences of accessing an abortion service and the barriers they encounter,” her paper reads.
“Whilst there are clear barriers such as geographical distance and lack of services in the local community there is a paucity of research that explores women’s experiences when they seek access to health care or of the barriers to care at a time of life crisis.”
“Around one in three women access an abortion at some point in their lives, so it is a significant women’s health issue.”
Primary Health Care Director/Mt Isa Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service Rachel Yates has two papers on different aspects of Indigenous health: Supporting remote Indigenous communities to address addiction looking at the early success of an addiction recovery program called the Salvation Army Bridge Program, implemented in the Lower Gulf region.
Her other, Deadly Choices, Healthy Lives: promoting health in Indigenous communities examines the success since February 2014 of the Deadly Choices and Good Quick Tukka programs in the Mt Isa region.
“(The) presentation will examine the relevance of using a strengths-based, culturally appropriate, health promotion model linked to an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (ACCHO) in engaging Indigenous communities to take up appropriate health messages and behaviours,” her paper reads.
Pharmacy Academic at the Mount Isa Centre for Rural and Remote Health Selina Taylor will present on Outback Intern Pharmacist Training Program - a future in Rural and Remote Practice.