{"title":"The term ‘Comprehensive Cancer Centre’ is outdated in contemporary Australian health systems","authors":"Sabe Sabesan FRACP, Abhishek Joshi FRACP, Shivanshan Pathmanathan FRACP","doi":"10.1111/ajr.13180","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ajr.13180","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55421,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Rural Health","volume":"32 5","pages":"1087-1088"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142082676","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Russell Roberts PhD, Sarah-Anne Munoz PhD, Karla Thorpe MSc, Hazel Dalton PhD, Leith Deacon PhD, David Meredith PhD, Mark Gussy PhD, Steve F. Bain DMin, Christian Swann PhD, Maria Lindstrom MSc, Jordi Blanch MD, PhD, Annette Beautrais PhD, Helene Silverblatt MD, Luis Salvador-Carulla PhD, MD, Finola Colgan BA, LLB, LLM, Tammy D. Heinz MSc, David Perkins PhD, Sean Russell MBA, Laura Grattidge MPH
Rural communities have unique mental health needs and challenges which are often related to the uniqueness of the community itself. On a per-capita basis, the investment in rural mental health research is far less than that in urban communities. Added to this, rural communities are often at risk of researchers, based in large urban universities, visiting, conducting the research with minimal engagement with local stakeholders and limited understanding of the community's social-service-environmental context. Often this research leaves no visible benefit to the community with respect to increased knowledge, resources or community capacity. This commentary is based on the insights of a panel of authors from 9 countries, each with extensive experience of rural mental health research and work. And it seeks to stimulate the discourse on responsible rural mental health practice. The aim of this commentary is to provide a reference on research practice for novice and experienced researchers on rural mental health research and practice, to assist policymakers, government and funding bodies to establish appropriate standards and guidelines for rural mental health research, and support rural communities to advocate for equity of funding and sustainable research as they engage with researchers, funders and governments. The 10 standards in this declaration will help guide researchers toward research that is beneficial to rural communities and also help develop the local community's research capability, which ultimately will serve to enhance the mental health and well-being of rural communities.
{"title":"International declaration on rural mental health research: 10 guiding principles and standards","authors":"Russell Roberts PhD, Sarah-Anne Munoz PhD, Karla Thorpe MSc, Hazel Dalton PhD, Leith Deacon PhD, David Meredith PhD, Mark Gussy PhD, Steve F. Bain DMin, Christian Swann PhD, Maria Lindstrom MSc, Jordi Blanch MD, PhD, Annette Beautrais PhD, Helene Silverblatt MD, Luis Salvador-Carulla PhD, MD, Finola Colgan BA, LLB, LLM, Tammy D. Heinz MSc, David Perkins PhD, Sean Russell MBA, Laura Grattidge MPH","doi":"10.1111/ajr.13167","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ajr.13167","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Rural communities have unique mental health needs and challenges which are often related to the uniqueness of the community itself. On a per-capita basis, the investment in rural mental health research is far less than that in urban communities. Added to this, rural communities are often at risk of researchers, based in large urban universities, visiting, conducting the research with minimal engagement with local stakeholders and limited understanding of the community's social-service-environmental context. Often this research leaves no visible benefit to the community with respect to increased knowledge, resources or community capacity. This commentary is based on the insights of a panel of authors from 9 countries, each with extensive experience of rural mental health research and work. And it seeks to stimulate the discourse on responsible rural mental health practice. The aim of this commentary is to provide a reference on research practice for novice and experienced researchers on rural mental health research and practice, to assist policymakers, government and funding bodies to establish appropriate standards and guidelines for rural mental health research, and support rural communities to advocate for equity of funding and sustainable research as they engage with researchers, funders and governments. The 10 standards in this declaration will help guide researchers toward research that is beneficial to rural communities and also help develop the local community's research capability, which ultimately will serve to enhance the mental health and well-being of rural communities.</p>","PeriodicalId":55421,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Rural Health","volume":"32 4","pages":"611-616"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ajr.13167","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142082677","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}