Academic Rural Health Research Program

Based on a philosophy that community aligned initiatives are translatable into quality and impactful research, our research and evaluation seeks a range of outcomes to shape directions for communities, education providers, policy decision-makers, practitioners and researchers wanting to improve rural health

Evaluating the Social Return on Investment of the New Norfolk Rural Health Training Site

The aim of this project is to evaluate whether the expanded RHMT Program in Aged Care Services yields a positive social return on investment.

The findings of this study will help quantify the social, economic, and environmental benefits of the training site, providing tangible evidence of the impact of these investments.

Recruitment, Retention and Workforce Utilisation in Rural Aged Care: A Whole of Organisation Case Study

The Centre for Rural Health (CRH) is working collaboratively with an independent rural aged care provider in southern Tasmania to better understand the local workforce challenges facing rural communities. The aim of this mixed methods study is to engage with current and former staff across residential and community aged care and identify potential place-based strategies to improve recruitment and retention of the rural aged care workforce.

Break O’Day Youth Live 4 Life Evaluation

The aim of the Break O’Day Youth Live 4 Life Evaluation is to explore the processes of the program implementation, including challenges, opportunities and sustainability and examine the short and medium term impacts of the program.

Rural Health Training Delivery and Impact Evaluation Protocol

The evaluation encompasses rural health training provided to nursing and allied health students at two rural health training sites located in New Norfolk and East Devonport.

The study aims to describe the rural health training activities at the sites and assess the impact of these activities on student preferences to work rurally.