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... wheels, to bring diabetes care to vulnerable communities across the health district. This builds on the existing work of the Diabetes ... Alliance Program (DAP). From L-R: Richard Nankervis (CEO of Primary Health Network), Michael DiRienzo (CEO of HNELHD), Professor Frances ... The Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI), Hunter New England Health Local Health District (HNELHD), the Hunter New England Central ...
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Are the foods you eat helping you toward good health, well-being, and performance in sports, work, or study? It’s ... Monday 18 September! Are the foods you eat helping you toward good health, well-being, and performance in sports, work, or study? It’s ... you eat better, you start to feel better and experience improved gut health, mental clarity, performance, and overall well-being. Improved ...
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... of Tamworth, using a positive strengths-based approach to building health education for Aboriginal women throughout their pregnancy and ... of Tamworth, using a positive strengths-based approach to building health education for Aboriginal women throughout their pregnancy and ... Elders. Running alongside this community education program is a health research study of international significance, which is trying to ...
Category: Research
... every year born premature in Australia. ( Australian Institute of Health and Welfare - 2011) Unfortunately, despite the high prevalence of ... to have a baby of low birth weight (12.6%). ( Australian Institute of Health and Welfare - 2011) The Mothers and Babies Research Centre are ... art as a medium between communities and healthcare professionals, the Arts Health program run by the Gomeroi Gaanyggal project is able to ...
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... Year 2022, Associate Professor Michelle Kennedy from the Equity in Health and Wellbeing Research Program, is driving a fresh new way of ... Year 2022, Associate Professor Michelle Kennedy from the Equity in Health and Wellbeing Research Program, is driving a fresh new way of ... a lot of my choices,” Michelle said. After doing a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) at the University of Newcastle, she completed a Masters ...
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... projects in the Hunter through the Centre for Innovation in Regional Health. The Federal Minister for Health, Greg Hunt, has announced that the Turnbull Government will ... aimed at improving healthcare options for patients. NSW Regional Health Partners, which aligns clinicians and researchers across the ...
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... researchers from the University of Newcastle and the Brain and Mental Health program at HMRI is exploring how engagement in arts activities (eg music and dance) can help maintain the brain healthy ... cognitive decline. Research has shown that engagement in the creative arts not only increases our emotional wellbeing and social ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... populations is deplorable. I am working to closing the gap in ear health to bring all Indigenous Australian children to the same level of well-being and health care access as their non-Indigenous counterparts. The rates of ... issue for all Australian levels of government, policy makers and health service providers. The severe impact imposed by hearing loss ...
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A project aimed at improving care for premature babies with heart abnormalities scooped a $25,000 grant at the Hunter Children’s Research Foundation’s annual awards night on Thursday.
Category: Research
... pulmonary disease, and Type 2 diabetes. Poor nutrition influences health and well-being across the life course. It starts from conception ... address the urgent need to improve nutrition. We work closely with health professionals across differing specialities, policymakers and ... strategies that prevent, manage and treat disease; optimising the health and well-being of our communities across the life course. Poor ...