Food security and nutrition in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities In the second of a series focusing on the coming third edition of the ‘National guide to a preventive health assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’, newsGP examines the health effects of food insecurity.
Modifying cancer risk through diet Diet represents an increasingly significant risk factor for a variety of cancers, but it is a risk that patients can modify with help from their GPs.
Vale Dr Margaret Hollands Dr Margaret Hollands, one of the first female members of the RACGP, passed away on 16 February. newsGP looks at the life and career of a pioneering woman of Australian healthcare.
Overcrowding leads to poorer health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples In the first of a series focusing on the coming third edition of the ‘National guide to a preventive health assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’, newsGP examines the effects of overcrowding on health outcomes.
Tackling Indigenous Smoking program extended Falling smoking rates are good news in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health – but there is more work to be done.
Tenth anniversary of the National Apology Associate Professor Peter O’Mara, Chair of RACGP Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, reflects on the decade since then-Prime Minister Kevin Rudd formally apologised to Australia’s Stolen Generations.
Australian mental health spend reaches $9 billion Figures released last week show that Australia’s overall spending on mental health has grown significantly over the past two decades, reflecting GPs’ increasing role in this area of healthcare.
Focusing on weight not necessarily most effective strategy for managing obesity Watching the scales may not be enough when managing overweight and obesity.
ISQua accredits RACGP Standards for general practices The fifth edition of the RACGP Standards for general practices (the Standards) has been awarded accreditation by the International Society for Quality and Safety in Health Care.
RACGP responds to mid-year economic and fiscal outlook The RACGP has examined key expense measures included in the Federal Government’s 2017–18 mid-year economic and fiscal outlook.