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News and insights about integrated, consumer-focused healthWinners Announced – Conversations About Care Feedback Survey
Thank you to everyone who attended Conversations About Care 2018 and completed our feedback survey. Your feedback is much appreciated and will be put to good use for future events. We are pleased to announce the winners of the three $25 Readings vouchers are Joyce...
read moreConversations About Care receives support from Health Issues Centre
North Richmond Community Health is pleased to announce that our 2018 conference, Conversations About Care, is the recipient of a Practice Partners Program grant from Health Issues Centre.
read moreTeach-back & hepatitis B: A tool for practitioners (Centre for Culture, Ethnicity and Health)
This teaching video demonstrates the use of “teach back” within a hepatitis B consultation. Teach back is a method to check that patients understand the messages that clinicians think they have given.
read moreMouthing Off About Oral Health
Academic and conference MC Dr Ruth De Souza contemplates the division between oral and general health, and recalls her own oral health adventures.
read moreA paradigm shift in models of oral health care: an example and a call to action
North Richmond Community Health’s Bradley Christian, Rachel Martin and Martin Hall, write about a model for integrated care.
read moreHow brushing your teeth could help prevent a heart attack (The Telegraph)
The Telegraph’s Sarah Knapton writes about how oral health can seriously affect your general health, in ways you may not expect.
read moreObesity and diabetes: the slow-motion disaster (WHO)
Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organisation, makes a keynote address at the 47th meeting of the National Academy of Medicine.
read moreDomestic violence: Dentists play vital ‘first responder’ role for victims (The Age)
Jill Stark writes about the key role dentists can play in addressing family violence, in the Sunday Age/Sydney Morning Herald.
read moreNo drill, no needle: reducing anxiety in the treatment of dental decay (The Health Advocate)
Where the Mind Meets the Mouth founders Dr Rachel Martin and Professor Hanny Calache write about the Hall Technique in The Advocate.
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