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    Welcome to the GV Health Library Service  

Our Library provides professional resources to the staff and students based at GV Health in addition to students based at the Shepparton campuses of the University of Melbourne and La Trobe University and staff at affiliated Hospitals in the Goulburn Valley.  Click here for an overview of our Library Service.

Opening Hours 

Staff

Monday - Friday:  8.30 am - 5 pm 

Upcoming Closure: Monday November 17

 All GV Health and University of Melbourne staff and students can access the Library after hours via a key at Switchboard.   Please ensure you have your GVH ID with you.  

Chief Librarian:  Mrs Brenda Freeman (Ext.  44396)    

E-mail: brenda.freeman@gvhealth.org.au 

Library Assistant:  Mrs Emily Farren (Ext.  44397)

       E-mail:  emily.farren@gvhealth.org.au                   

            GVH Staff Publications - click here to view the list and their papers.                                    New Books - October 2025                            

New Books at GV Health - click on the image to link to the book.

Clinicians Health Channel

Clinicians Health Channel + GVH Resources

The Clinicians Health Channel is funded by the Victorian Health Department and contains a range of Clinical Resources available for use by all Victorian Public Hospital employees.  GV Health purchase additional resources, such as CINAHL and ClinicalKey for use by GV Health staff.   

Staff can access the combined CHC/GVH resources via our GVH Library website.

 

Borrower Registration / Offsite Access.

Offsite access using OpenAthens 

OpenAthens is our authentication system providing off-site access to GVH subscribed e-resources.  GVH staff and students can access our E-Library from offsite 24/7 with an OpenAthens logon!  If you do not have an OpenAthens logon you can register here - please note this must be done onsite at GVH.  Offsite users can request a logon by e-mailing the Library.  

See our Remote Access Guide below for further instruction on how to access our resources with your OpenAthens logon.   

If your OpenAthens account has expired click here to renew your account.                       

  

Articles with a local focus ...

Brown, E., Ould, B., Brown, H., Robinson, L., & Brown, T. (2025). Recruitment and retention of the allied health workforce in rural and remote Australia: a scoping review. Rural and remote health25(4), 9532. https://doi.org/10.22605/RRH9532   PDF

Edwards, T., Garne, D., Parker, N. L., Ivers, R. G., Mullan, J., Mansfield, K. J., Bonney, A., & Cortie, C. H. (2025). Surgeons outside of cities: longitudinal trends in the surgical workforce of rural Australia from 2013 to 2022. Australian Journal of Rural Health33(5), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajr.70097

Engelberts R, Douglass CH, Orozco A, Eddy S, Wilkinson AL, Altermatt A, Lim MSC (2025). Understanding long covid among young people in Victoria, Australia: prevalence, impact, and associated factors. Public Health Challenges, 4(4), e70144. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/puh2.70144   PDF

Fogarty, A., McMahon, G., Hosking, C., Fletcher, R., Delgado, J., de Andrade, D., Leach, L., Cooklin, A., & Giallo, R. (2025). Suicide in Victorian fathers. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry59(11), 946–949. https://doi.org/10.1177/00048674251361660   PDF

Garner, S., Beattie, J., Condon, B., & Fuller, L. (2025). Influences on medical students' clinical school preferences: outcomes from a Rural Clinical School immersion program in Australia. Rural and remote health25(4), 9474. https://doi.org/10.22605/RRH9474  PDF

Holowko N, Liu NY, Weerasingha S, Selvaratnam R, Davey MA, Farrell T & Davies-Tuck M (2025). Maternal region of birth and stillbirth trends in Victoria, Australia, 2012-2019: a cohort study. BMJ Public Health, 3(2), e003004. https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjph-2025-003004   PDF

Mumford SJ, Benzie CA, Newton MS, Hyde RL, Matthews RP, Cooklin AR & McLachlan HL (2025). "at what cost? exploring the financial circumstances of Victorian midwifery students: a population-based cross-sectional study". Women & Birth: Journal of the Australian College of Midwives, 38(6), 102116. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2025.102116  

Nehme E, Flaus C, Clarke S, Magnuson N, Zimmermann D, Cameron P, Smith K (2025). Video triage by emergency medical service secondary triage clinicians in Victoria, Australia. Journal of Telemedicine & Telecare, 1357633X251383395. https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1357633X251383395

Ware, L., McGrath, M., Walsh, O., Cardwell, E. T., Tomnay, J., Evans, D., Kelly, A., Ong, J. J., Hocking, J. S., Kong, F. Y. S., & Ludwick, T. (2025). Implementing an online sexually transmitted infection testing service for young people in regional and rural Victoria, Australia: insights from local Public Health AuthoritiesAustralian Journal of Rural Health33(5), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajr.70092

Wood H, Caddy C, Williams H, Watson C & Coombe J (2025). This might hurt: healthcare provider's experience of managing pain during intrauterine device insertions in Victoria, Australia. Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare : official journal of the Swedish Association of Midwives, 46, 101153. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.srhc.2025.101153   PDF

Alan, J. J., Laging, B., Cameron, P., Laging, R., Boyd, J., Porock, D., & Randall, S. (2025). Enhancing person‐centred care in the final years of life: insights from Emergency Department visits and hospitalisations in Victorian residential aged care (2015/16 to 2022/23)Emergency Medicine Australasia37(4), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.70092

Harvey W., Ali Z., Van Schaik L., Develyn T. & Wright J. (2025). Immersion to impact: does one or three years of rural immersion influence graduate clinical practice intentions and locations? Frontiers in Medicine, 12 no pagination. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2025.1587912   PDF

Harvey W., Van Schaik L., Develyn T., Ali Z., Hogarth C. & Wright J. (2025). Support from start to finish-a collaborative primary medical program in rural Victoria, Australia. Frontiers in Medicine, 12 no pagination. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2025.1585017   PDF

He, Z., & Bourke, L. (2025). Employers’ perspectives on recruiting and retaining pharmacists in regional and rural Victoria, AustraliaRural and Remote Health25(3), 9469. https://doi.org/10.22605/RRH9469   PDF

Lim, A. (2025). Emergency Department presentations are increasing in acuity in the state of Victoria, Australia—statewide hierarchical regression model for 2018–2024. Emergency Medicine Australasia37(4), 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.70113

Neville PJ, Evans RN, O'Brien H, Mee PT, Brohier ND & Hughes N (2025). "the perfect swarm" - flooding across northern Victoria leads to intensified mosquito breeding and subsequent re-emergence and transmission of murray valley encephalitis virus during the 2022-23 mosquito season. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases [electronic resource], 19(8), e0013407. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013407  PDF

Wiggs, S., Osborne, A., & Morphet, J. (2025). Emergency clinical nurse specialist practice in Victoria and New South Wales: A cross-sectional study. Australasian Emergency Care28(3), 173–178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.auec.2025.03.002  

Yeshitila, Y. G., Gartland, D., Le, H. N., Gold, L., Abimanyi-Ochom, J., Sweet, L., & Riggs, E. (2025). Variations in severe maternal morbidity between women from refugee backgrounds and Australian‐born women in public maternity care: A population-based study in Victoria, Australia. Midwifery148, N.PAG. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2025.104540

Bourke, L., Thompson, S., Freire, K., McNeil, R., Harvey, P., Brown, L., & Debenham, J. (2025). Impacts of University Departments of Rural Health to their regions through intellectual capital. The Australian Journal of Rural Health33(4), e70081. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajr.70081   PDF 

Green, E., Rasiah, R. L., Quilliam, C., Moore, L., Ridd, M., Ferns, J., Sheepway, L., Seaton, C., Taylor, C., & Fitzgerald, K. (2025). What do Australian university staff perceive are the features of high-quality rural health student placements? A sequential explanatory study. BMJ Open15(6), e098381. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-098381   PDF

Hamilton, A. J., Bourke, L., Ranmuthugala, G., Glenister, K. M., & Simmons, D. (2025). Factors associated with the use of complementary and alternative medicine in rural northern Victoria, Australia. Health Care Analysis : HCA : Journal of Health Philosophy and Policy33(3), 248–260. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10728-024-00508-9   PDF

Harvey, W., Van Schaik, L., Develyn, T., Ali, Z., Hogarth, C., & Wright, J. (2025). Support from start to finish-a collaborative primary medical program in rural Victoria, Australia. Frontiers in Medicine12, 1585017. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2025.1585017   PDF

Jaffe, M., Hopkins, L., & Halperin, S. (2025). Attracting and retaining the psychology workforce in public mental health: a study based in Melbourne, Victoria. Discover Mental Health5(1), 65. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44192-025-00196-4   PDF

McAlister, M., Phung, V., Budehal, A., Terry, A., Arachchi, N., Virtue, D., Hastings-Ison, T., & McGrath, R. L. (2025). "We're stuck in recruitment, because we can't retain": an interview study exploring physiotherapy recruitment and retention in rural Australia. Physiotherapy128, 101802. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2025.101802   PDF

Nunn, S. K., Farrell, T., Chamberlain, C., Zakazakaarcher, T., Wallace, E. M., Davies-Tuck, M. L., & Davey, M. A. (2025). Changes in maternal characteristics and risk of perinatal death among babies born to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander women in Victoria, Australia: a retrospective cohort study. Midwifery149, 104543. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2025.104543   PDF

Sivak, L., Reilly, R., Crumpen, S., Treloar, C., McKetin, R., Butt, J., Roe, Y., Ezard, N., Quinn, B., Nagle, J., Longbottom, W., Warrior, C., & Ward, J. (2025). Reducing methamphetamine use in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities with the "We Can Do This" Web App: qualitative evaluation of acceptability and feasibility. JMIR Formative Research9, e58369. https://doi.org/10.2196/58369   PDF

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