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Hello RHSRNbc members!
Here at the Network we are still riding our high from the Rural Health Research Conference with Interior Health in Kelowna, in mid-April. It was such a productive meeting, filled with engaging presentations and plenty of networking. The Okanagan Lake was a lovely backdrop to what proved to be an exciting conference, where participants were always buzzing about discussing how to tackle rural health services. I was inspired by the passion and commitment I saw, and am so excited to see what amazing things grow from this one event. A big thank you to the leadership of Interior Health's Nursing Research Facilitator, Katrina Plamondon, without whom the event would not have been as successful!
Cheers,
Taylor Fleming, RHSRNbc Coordinator
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There is still time to register for the RECC Conference
The annual Rural Emergency Continuum of Care Conference, hosted by the Rural Coordination Centre of BC, provides accessible, accredited, interprofessional CME and CPD for rural healthcare professionals, including physicians, nurses, first responders, and paramedics. From May 30-31, in beautiful Penticton, BC, participants will engage in skills development, workshops, and presentations ranging three streams of study: emergency medicine, wilderness medicine, and mentorship.
Find more information, or register online here.
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Apply for the 2014 RHSRNbc Collaborative Team Awards!
The RHSRNbc annually supports the development of two new interdisciplinary teams, with an award of $5000 each. Each team will focus on an issue of current importance to rural and remote health services, and will endeavor to apply for research funding. Funds are to be used for activities, resources, and expenses related to building research teams and identifying research themes and questions. Past awards recipients have established teams dedicated to researching issues such as rural palliative care and preventative childhood injury.
It's not too late to get your LOI in! Applications are due by May 16th, 2014. For more information about the application and selection process, see our website.
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Upcoming Events
Community University Victoria Conference
May 20-22 | Victoria, BC | More information here
As universities seek to enhance their potential to contribute to the public good, there is growing effort globally to promote community-university engagement. At the same time communities, organizations and governments seek to leverage the knowledge and resource capacity of universities to address community needs. CUVIC 2014 is an opportunity to reflect on these efforts and enable community-university innovation and action within the institutional, Indigenous, national and global context.
Aboriginal Bridge Program Info Sessions
May 22, June 25 | SFU Harbour Centre, Vancouver, BC | More information here
As universities seek to enhance their potential to contribute to the public good, there is growing effort globally to promote community-university engagement. At the same time communities, organizations and governments seek to leverage the knowledge and resource capacity of universities to address community needs. CUVIC 2014 is an opportunity to reflect on these efforts and enable community-university innovation and action within the institutional, Indigenous, national and global context.
Healthy People Healthy Places 2014: Exploring Healthy Built Environments from New York to Vancouver
May 22, June 25 | SFU Harbour Centre, Vancouver, BC | More information here
As universities seek to enhance their potential to contribute to the public good, there is growing effort globally to promote community-university engagement. At the same time communities, organizations and governments seek to leverage the knowledge and resource capacity of universities to address community needs. CUVIC 2014 is an opportunity to reflect on these efforts and enable community-university innovation and action within the institutional, Indigenous, national and global context.
2014 Childhood and Adolescent Obesity
Sept 24-26 | Winnipeg, MB | More information here
This conference brings together an interdisciplinary group of professionals and policy makers working in the field of childhood and adolescent obesity. The 5th conference will focus on the burden of obesity among Indigenous Youth and particularly on the strengths youth. This theme will address a major gap in our understanding of the role that resiliency plays in the prevention and management of obesity. Through presentations from Indigenous youth living in communities with a high burden of obesity, sharing circles with Indigenous leaders and stakeholders and presentations from experts, the conference will turn the discussion to the strengths of Indigenous youth. Additionally, we will explore interventions designed to promote these strengths and enhance resiliency among children and adolescents.
7th International Symposium: Safety and Health in Agricultural and Rural Populations: Global Perspectives
Oct 19-22 | Saskatoon, SK | More information here
This symposium will capture the impact of global issues and challenges facing the health and safety of rural peoples in the twenty first century will seek to bridge gaps that occur between the spectra of basic research, applied research, the community and policy. The Symposium is intended to be inclusive of all rural settings, from those in fully industrialized countries to those in emerging or subsistence economies. The Symposium Planning Committee is currently accepting proposals for workshops and special sessions.
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In the News
- For family caregivers, walking is the best medicine. Read more.
- "We need to talk about women's health". Read more here.
- "An apple a day keeps the doctor away" and other health myths. Find out what they are!
- Is the First Nations education bill good for parents and kids? Read more here.
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Funding Opportunities
RHSRNbc Travel Bursary Competition
The RHSRNbc offers four bursaries--three national bursaries of up to $450, and one international bursary of $750--to subsidize the cost of travel, accommodation, and other expenses related to conference participation. Bursaries are awarded to RHSRNbc members who have been invited to present their rural health services research orally or as a poster at either a national or international conference. This application has a rolling deadline, so be sure to get yours in soon! Find the application on our website.
RHSRNbc Collaborative Team Awards
Application deadline: May 16, 2014 | More info online
The RHSRNbc supports the development of two new interdisciplinary teams each year with an award of $5000. Each team will focus on an issue of current importance to rural and remote health services, and will endeavor to apply for research funding. Funds are to be used for activities, resources, and expenses related to building research teams and identifying research themes and questions. Past award recipients have built teams dedicated to researching such issues as rural palliative care and preventative childhood injury. This year’s applications are sure to amaze! For more information about the application and selection process, click here. The deadline to apply is Friday, May 16th, 2014.
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It's International Nurses Week!
From May 6-12th each year, we celebrate our nurses and all that they do for us (not that we don't love them all year round). Make sure to thank a nurse for their hard work, and check out this article from 2012 explaining why nurses are the unsung heroes of our health care system.
And while your at it, listen to BC nurses speak up for their patients in this YouTube series, titled "Anony-Nurse".
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Recent Publications
Blitz J, Bezuidenhout J, Conradie H, de Villiers M, van Schalkwyk S. 'I felt colonised': emerging clinical teachers on a new rural teaching platform. Rural and Remote Health 14: 2511. (Online) 2014.
Ellis IK, Skinner TC, Bhana A, Voon N, Longley K. Health priorities in an Australian mining town: an intercept survey. Rural and Remote Health 14: 2788. (Online) 2014.
McDonald, Theodore W.; Curtis-Schaeffer, Amy K.; Theiler, Alexander A.; Howard, Elsa K. M. Providers’ perceptions of prevalent mental and behavioral health problems: Differences and similarities across urban, rural, and frontier areas. Journal of Rural Mental Health, Vol 38(1), Apr 2014, 36-49.
Oetinger, Megan A.; Flanagan, Kelly S.; Weaver, Isaac D. The decision and rewards of working as a mental health professional in a rural area. Journal of Rural Mental Health, Vol 38(1), Apr 2014, 50-60
Powell AM, Halon JM, Nelson J. Rural emergency medical technician pre-hospital electrocardiogram transmission. Rural and Remote Health 14: 2690. (Online) 2014.
Ries AV, Blackman LT, Page RA, Gizlice Z, Benedict S, Barnes K, Kelsey K, Carter-Edwards L. Goal setting for health behavior change: evidence from an obesity intervention for rural low-income women. Rural and Remote Health 14: 2682. (Online) 2014.
Winn CS, Chisholm BA, Hummelbrunner JA. Factors affecting recruitment and retention of rehabilitation professionals in Northern Ontario, Canada: a cross-sectional study. Rural and Remote Health 14: 2619. (Online) 2014.
Sen Gupta T, Woolley T, Murray R, Hays R, McCloskey T. Positive impacts on rural and regional workforce from the first seven cohorts of James Cook University medical graduates. Rural and Remote Health 14: 2657. (Online) 2014.
Stabler ME, Cottrell L, Lilly C. Linking parent perceptions of children’s weight to early coronary risk factors: results from the CARDIAC Project. Rural and Remote Health 14: 2719. (Online) 2014.
VanderBurgh D, Jamieson R, Beardy J, Ritchie SD, Orkin A. Community-based first aid: a program report on the intersection of community-based participatory research and first aid education in a remote Canadian Aboriginal community. Rural and Remote Health 14: 2537. (Online) 2014.
Van Schalkwyk SC, Bezuidenhout J, Conradie HH, Fish T, Kok NJ, Van Heerden BH, de Villiers MR. ‘Going rural’: driving change through a rural medical education innovation. Rural and Remote Health 14: 2493. (Online) 2014.
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