Background Globally, the health workforce has long suffered from labour shortages. This
has been exacerbated by the workload increase caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Major …

Background Lifestyle behaviours related to smoking, alcohol, nutrition, and physical activity
are leading risk factors for the development of chronic disease. For people in rural areas …

Background: Practicing healthy lifestyles can reduce the risk to develop noncommunicable
diseases and the related mortality. Studies showed that practicing healthy lifestyles could …

Perceived health and distresses are associated with the practice of lifestyle modifications,
which increases the risk of diabetes and hypertension-related complications. This study …

Aims To (a) explore the experiences of early career registered nurses in rural hospitals in
Australia and (b) identify strategies they believe would help increase job satisfaction and …

Rural communities across Australia face an ongoing shortage of doctors, which reduces
access to care and leads to poorer health outcomes for people living in rural areas …

Redressing the maldistribution of the health workforce in regional, rural, and remote
geographical areas is a global issue and crucial to improving the accessibility of primary …

Introduction Rural pipeline approach has recently gain prominent recognition in improving
the availability of health workers in hard-to-reach areas such as rural and poor regions …

Introduction Telehealth has become an increasingly popular method to deliver mental health
services to rural and remote youth who are challenged by distance and service availability …

Objective To explore continuity of service and longer term retention outcomes of participants
of the Remote Vocational Training Scheme (RVTS). Design, setting, participants …