Welcome to the Centre for Rural Health

The Centre for Rural Health (CRH) was formed from the previously established Highlands and Islands Health Research Institute (HIHRI) in 2004. Since 2005, CRH has operated as a collaborative venture between the University of Aberdeen and the University of the Highlands and Islands, both institutions providing core funding and employing staff within CRH.


The CRH mission is to advance knowledge of health and health services in rural and remote communities. Those communities currently face a number of important challenges including: changes in demography; changes in the nature of health care provision; and increased expectations of the community. CRH is developing the evidence base for rural health care by: carrying out relevant primary research; developing collaborative research with social scientists, geographers and policy researchers; and bringing the international perspective through appropriate collaborations.

CRH provides expertise in: evaluation of health care delivery; rural health care policy and management; epidemiology; clinical trials; public health; systematic reviews; data linkage studies; qualitative research; research costing and administration.

  Click here to read the latest CRH Newsletter

this issue includes projects on:

  • Telemedicine Implementation
  • Sustaining medical provision
  • Community based mental health
  • Design of Hospital Greenspace

 

 

CRH Researcher completes visiting fellowship at La Trobe Rural Health School more  

European recognition for Highlands and Islands project to empower older people more 

 

 

 Engaging Research Users to Demonstrate Impact

Ann Clark, Research Fellow at CRH is Co-Investigator in an ESRC funded research methodology network more


Transnational meeting on the implementation of telemedicine solutions

The Centre for Rural Health in Inverness will host the kick off meeting for their Northern Periphery Programme (NPP) project 'Implementing Transnational Telemedicine Solutions'.     More

 

 

 

 

 

Community Resilience Research Summit - further details here

 

 

 

 

 

CRH Student Clare Daly - Canada trip more 

 

 

 

 

Praise for pupil who studied road traffic accidents: Head girl awarded science bursary on scheme that enables pupils to work on real-life research projectsmore

 

 

CRH to lead NPP strategic grant on Implementing Transnational Telemedicine Solutions - more

CRH report on Community First Responders published -view final report here