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Measuring the attractiveness of rural communities in accounting for differences of rural primary care workforce supply
qualifications: PhD
contribution: original concept, designed the project, supervised data collection, wrote the first draft, statistical analysis, literature review
position: Senior Research Fellow
qualifications: BS
contribution: designed the project, statistical analysis, contributed to drafts
position: Research Analyst
qualifications: PhD
contribution: designed the project, supervised data collection, contributed to drafts
position: Research Director
qualifications: PhD
contribution: original concept, contributed to drafts
position: Emeritus Professor
Australia
Current research interests include:
- the social and spatial patterns of need for health related services in rural areas,
- rural health workforce recruitment and retention,
- the role and contribution of services to the health and wellbeing of communities,
- the provision of appropriate education, training and support for rural health workers and implementation of innovative service delivery models in order to provide sustainable health care in small rural and remote communities,
- the evaluation of rural health care planning and policies, and
- rural community development.
qualifications: PhD
contribution: original concept, contributed to drafts
position: Research Fellow
Australia
Deb is a Senior Research Fellow at Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University. She has a PhD and Masters in Clinical Epidemiology. Deb has also worked as a rural GP. Deb's main research areas of interest relate to rural and remote health workforce supply (especially retention) and rural and remote primary health care services.
qualifications: MD
contribution: designed the project, statistical analysis, contributed to drafts
position: Director
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