National Consensus Framwork for Rural Maternity Service

National Consensus Framework for Rural Maternity Services Brochure

This Framework has been developed to fill a growing need to guide policy and planning for sustainable rural maternity services across Australia.

The Primary Health Care Research and Information Service (PHCRIS)

http://www.phcris.org.au

This organisation provides information about Australian General Practice research. It collates research data and provides a range of support and evaluation resources.

Australian Health Map

http://www.abc.net.au/health/healthmap

Provides comprehensive health statistics for each state and territory, information about where to find health resources like hospitals and community services.

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

http://www.aihw.gov.au

Australia’s national agency for health and welfare statistics and information. Contains many reports, discussion papers and a wide range of data collections.

Monash University – School of Rural Health, Information Services and Resources

http://www.med.monash.edu.au/mrh/resources

Provides access to resources that will assist rural health researchers and service providers locate information on rural health research, community / town profiles (Victoria only), education and literature.

Cochrane Library

http://www.cochrane.org.au/

The Cochrane Library database is free to access for all Australians via the Australasian Cochrane Centre homepage.

PubMed

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?SUBMIT=y

As for access to Medline, most abstract listings are also available through PUBMED, a medical article database.

Google Scholar 

http://scholar.google.com/

Google has also just recently launched a new search engine called GOOGLE SCHOLAR that specifically targets academic journals, reports etc.