Raising the bar on disability care
Encouraging paid workers to employ the ‘right kind’ of respectful personal relationship with young people with disability will lift standards in the sector, experts say. With […]
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Telehealth cuts see services withdrawn to vulnerable Australians
Cut-backs to telehealth services last week have seen countless Australians who are bedridden or housebound again become invisible in the eyes of our health system, highlighting […]
Refugees face poverty, food insecurity
At the start of Refugee Week, a timely study reminds us of the experiences and ‘cultural acclimatisation’ of recent arrivals. The simple but important act of […]
Queen’s Birthday Honours 2020
Remarkable Flinders University staff, students and alumni have been recognised through some of the highest Queen’s Birthday Honours this year. These include Flinders University’s Deputy Chancellor […]
Pandemic highlights e-health issues
Misinformation and mistrust of Australia’s COVIDSafe app underlines the need for standards to scope, develop, assess and roll out e-health services, Flinders University digital health experts […]
Multi-faceted studies drive PhD wins
Working on an ARC project to better understand young male (ex)prisoners laid the foundation for Dr Simone Deegan’s PhD to follow, a journey that saw her […]
Pregnancy experts fail to deliver on contraception advice
Health care professionals who provide contraceptive services outside of general practice are unlikely to discuss long-acting reversible contraception such as intrauterine devices (IUDs) or implants for […]
Flinders short courses address priority state and national need
Two specially designed short courses in Aged Care and Cybersecurity have been developed by Flinders University in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Designed to support local industry […]
We need to talk about COVID-19 deaths
The coronavirus pandemic has prompted a national rethink on how society manages death and dying, at the same time as Flinders University has launched research into how people […]