Priorities

ARHEN‘s purpose is to promote the health and wellbeing of people in rural and remote Australia through high-quality health education, research and advocacy.

Our priorities include:

• Building the future rural and remote health workforce by providing training opportunities for nursing, midwifery and allied health students.
• Supporting the current rural and remote health workforce with continuing professional development that is locally relevant and accessible.
• Building the evidence base for rural and remote health through high-quality research and knowledge translation that addresses the priorities and needs of local communities.
• Promoting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing and supporting the local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workforce.
• Advocating nationally on rural and remote health issues to address health inequities and promote better health outcomes for people in rural and remote Australia.