qualifications: PhD
contribution: original concept, designed the project, collected data, wrote the first draft
position: Researcher
Australia
I am a social worker, researcher and academic working in rural health and welfare service provision, particularly with marginalised groups. I take a human rights approach to service access and provision. My field is research on practice.
qualifications: PhD
position: Foundation chair rural pharmacy
Australia
Pharmacist interested in rural and remote health, flexible delivery of life-long learning and new models of chronic disease management
qualifications: PhD
position: Director
Australia
Margaret Alston is Professor of Social Work and Human services and Director of the Centre for Rural Social Research at Charles Sturt University. Her research interests revolve around rural social issues and issues of significance to rural women
Describing a medical school’s rural activity footprint
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Fertility patterns in Pakistan: a comparative analysis of family planning trends across different geographic regions
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A scoping review of food security in remote and isolated communities
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15th National Rural & Remote Allied Health Conference (SARRAH), 21–23 October 2024, Mildura, Australia
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RMA24, 23–26 October 2024, Darwin, NT, Australia
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International Conference on Rural Nursing and Rural Health (ICRNRH), 28–29 October 2024, Lisbon, Portugal
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15th National Rural & Remote Allied Health Conference: Going the distance, 21–23 October 2024, Mildura, Vic., Australia
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Rural GP Association of Scotland (RGPAS) Annual Conference #RGPAS24, 15–17 November 2024, Inverness, Scotland
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11th Biennial Pacific Region Indigenous Doctors Congress (PRIDoC) 2024, 2–6 December 2024, Kaurna Country, Adelaide, Australia
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4th International Indigenous Health & Wellbeing Conference 2025, 16–19 June 2025, Adelaide Convention Centre, Kaurna Country, Australia
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