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What do evaluations tell us about implementing new models in rural and remote primary health care? Findings from a narrative analysis of seven service evaluations conducted by an Australian Centre of Research Excellence
qualifications: PhD
contribution: conduct, primary author, original concept, designed the project, literature review, collected data, wrote the first draft, contributed to drafts
position: Professor
public health, remote health, Indigenous health
qualifications: PhD
contribution: data review, secondary author, literature review, contributed to drafts
position: Dr
Australia
rural health, health care services, access, ethics, palliative care
qualifications: PhD
contribution: contributed to drafts
position: Dr
Australia
Senior Research Fellow University Department of Rural Health Broken Hill; role rural health research and research capacity building.
qualifications: Master of Indigenous Health
contribution: contributed to drafts
position: Ms
qualifications: PhD
contribution: contributed to drafts, original concept
position: Emeritus Professor
Australia
Current research interests include:
- the social and spatial patterns of need for health related services in rural areas,
- rural health workforce recruitment and retention,
- the role and contribution of services to the health and wellbeing of communities,
- the provision of appropriate education, training and support for rural health workers and implementation of innovative service delivery models in order to provide sustainable health care in small rural and remote communities,
- the evaluation of rural health care planning and policies, and
- rural community development.
qualifications: PhD
contribution: contributed to drafts, original concept
position: Professor
Australia
John is a Public Health Medicine specialist and general practitioner, with a background in remote primary health care services as a medical practitioner, senior manager and researcher. He has a special interest in remote health services research.
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