Tag: Rural health
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Cutting Rural Dementia Risk Through Community Collaboration
Cutting rural dementia risk through community collaboration Dementia is a leading cause of death in Australia, and while urban-rural differences in risk are not fully understood, a new University of South Australia initiative aims to change that. Re-ACTIVate brings together regional communities to identify whether country living affects dementia susceptibility and to co-create prevention strategies…
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Cutting country dementia risks through community collaboration
Overview Dementia is a leading cause of death in Australia, and the relationship between rural living and dementia risk is not yet fully understood. The University of South Australia’s Re-ACTIVate project is changing that by partnering with regional communities to determine whether country Australians face higher dementia risk and, crucially, to co-create practical prevention tools…