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Rural Health e-Resources
Web Resources
Electronic Reference Sources

Social Health Atlas of Australia

VU Library Databases
(limited to VU staff/students, except for free Internet databases)
Fulltext
Academic Search Premier
Blackwell Synergy
Cinahl with Fulltext
Expanded Academic ASAP
Health Source: Nursing Academic Edition
Medline

Science Direct (limited full text)

WileyInterscience
Indexes

BioMed Central (free Internet access)

Combined Health Information Database (free Internet access)

NLM Gateway (free Internet access)

PubMed (free Internet access)

Electronic Journals/Texts

Electronic Journal Collections

Australian Health & Medicine Electronic Journals
Doctor's Guide: Medical Journals
eMedicine Journal Directory
Free Medical Journals
Internet Scientific Publications
Medical Journals (MedBioWorld)
Primary Care Internet Guide -Medical Journals
 

Electronic Text Collections

National Academy Press - Medical Sciences, Public Health & Health Care
 
VU Electronic Journals
(access restricted to enrolled staff/students of VU)
Canadian Journal of Rural medicine
 
Electronic Journals
(some journals may require registration, or only offer full text for older issues)
Australian Journal of Rural Health (also avail via VU Electronic Journals)
Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine
Journal of Rural Community Psychology
Online Journal of Rural Nursing
Journal of Rural and Tropical Public Health

Selected Web Sites
Australian
ABC Rural Online
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
Echidna: Health Services Profiles for Victorian Rural Regions
Information Services & Resources for Rural Health
Rural Health Education Foundation
 
International
Database for rural health research in progress
Rural Family Medicine (US)
RuralHealth Web Ring
WWW Virtual Library on Rural Health

Professional Organisations
Australian
Association for Australian Rural Nurses
Centre for Multidisciplinary Studies in Rural Health
Council of Remote Area Nurses of Australia
Centre for Rural Social Research
GISCA - Health & Aged Care
National Rural Health Alliance
National Rural Health Network
School of Rural Health - Monash Univ
 
International
Centre for Rural & Northern Health Research (CA)
Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis (US)
Institute of Rural Health (UK)
National Association for Rural Mental Health (US)
National Rural Health Association (US)

Government Sites
Australian
Australian Dept of Health & Ageing -  Rural Health
Australian Institute of Health & Welfare - Rural Health
DHS Rural & Regional Health & Aged Care Services Division
National Divisions of General Practice
 
International
Public Health Agency of Canada - Rural Health
Rural Health Policy (US)

Statistical Sources
Australian
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Australian Institute of Health & Welfare
Health Wiz - Australia's National Social Health Data Library
 
International
National Center for Health Statistics (US)
National Statistics Online (UK)
OECD Health Statistics
Public Health Metadata Database (NZ)
Rural Assistance Center (US)
Statistics New Zealand

Reports & Publications
Australian
Health in rural & remote Australia
Healthy Horizons - Framework for Improving the Health of Rural, Regional and Remote Australians Outlook  2003 -2007
Healthy Horizons- Framework for Improving the Health of Rural and Remote Australians. Summary of progress across Australia 2002
Healthy Horizons Progress against the Healthy Horizons Framework for Improving the Health of Rural and Remote Australians 2002
NRHA publications
NSW rural & remote Aboriginal nursing strategy 2002
7th National Rural Health Conference 2003
 
International
The nature of nursing practice in rural &remote Canada 2003

 

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