qualifications: MPH (Syd)
contribution: Study conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting of manuscript, Critical revision
position: PhD Candidate
Background in nursing and public health in rural and remote areas in Australia, and the Pacific, working predominantly with Indigenous populations. Focus public health, support and capacity building. Research focuses on cardiac rehabilitation in rural and remote areas of Northern Queensland
qualifications: PhD
contribution: Study conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Critical revision
position: Associate Professor
Australia
Richard Franklin PhD, is a Professor in Public Health - Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion at James Cook University and Senior Research Fellow at The Royal Life Saving Society - Australia and He has worked in the area of injury prevention and safety promotion for over 20 years, specialising in drowning prevention, rural and remote safety, agricultural safety, disasters, health systems, tropical health and occupational health and safety. His research interests in the area are wide ranging and have included epidemiological, translational, program evaluation, product evaluation and pure research using a range of quantitative and qualitative techniques.
qualifications: PhD
contribution: Critical revision
position: Associate Professor, Rehabilitation
qualifications: FAFPHM
contribution: Critical revision
position: Adjunct Professor
Australia
Professor Ian Ring is a Professorial Fellow at the Australian Health Services Research Institute at Wollongong University, and was previously Principal Medical Epidemiologist and Executive Director, Health Information Branch, at Queensland Health, Head of the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at James Cook University, and Foundation Director of the Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute at the Australian National University. He has been a Member of the Board of the Australian Institute of Health, Member of the Council of the Public Health Association and the Australian Epidemiological Association. His current interests include public health aspects of cardiovascular disease and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health.
Primary care reform in Greece: a focus on patients
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Creating positive early rural placements in medical education
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Discharge against medical advice in rural and remote emergency departments
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Retention of early-career GPs as independent specialists in former training practices
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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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