Ggt Udrh

The Greater Green Triangle University Department of Rural Health (GGT UDRH) is a partnership between Flinders University and Deakin University. The Department was established in 2000 and undertakes an integrated program of research, education, training and support in an effort to promote excellence in rural and remote health education, training and... research, and to ensure practical outcomes and long-term benefits for the communities of the Greater Green Triangle region. Our core objectives encompass: Public Health Our extensive research program includes a number of National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)-funded projects. The most recent being the Mothers After Gestational Diabetes in Australia (MAGDA) study; Preventing Diabetes in Pregnancy from Progressing to Type 2 Diabetes, which is focusing on developing and implementing a system of care to reduce the risk of progression to type 2 diabetes in women who have had GDM. In 2011, the Department was awarded an Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute (APHCRI) Centre of Research Excellence (CRE) receiving funding for four years to address primary health care quality, governance, performance and sustainability issues identified within the national health reform agenda.Read More