CRE forum attracts Australia-wide interest
Associate Professor David Perkins (left) chaired the forum, while Professor John Wakerman from the Centre of Remote Health in Alice Springs, also spoke.
The Centre of Research Excellence in Rural and Remote Primary Health Care (CRE) held a forum in July, titled ‘The CRE: Findings, Challenges and Future Directions’ to explore how its activities can inform current and future challenges in the provision of rural primary health care services.
More than 40 interested people from across Australia, including staff from La Trobe University and Monash University, heard an excellent overview of the Centre’s activities and the implications for Rural Health.
The CRE is a collaboration between Monash University School of Rural Health, the Centre for Remote Health, a joint centre of Flinders University and Charles Darwin University in Alice Springs, and the University of Sydney’s Department of Rural Health in Broken Hill.
The aims of the CRE are to better understand primary health care service utilisation and needs in rural and remote Australia; to develop a comprehensive evaluation framework; and to recommend models for primary health care in rural and remote Australia.