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.
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Opening Hours |
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Monday - Friday: 8.30 am - 5 pm Upcoming Closure: Monday November 17
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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 |
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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.

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.
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 health, 25(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 Health, 33(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 Psychiatry, 59(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 health, 25(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 Authorities. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 33(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 Australasia, 37(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, Australia. Rural and Remote Health, 25(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 Australasia, 37(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 Care, 28(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. Midwifery, 148, 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 Health, 33(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 Open, 15(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 Policy, 33(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 Medicine, 12, 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 Health, 5(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. Physiotherapy, 128, 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. Midwifery, 149, 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 Research, 9, e58369. https://doi.org/10.2196/58369 PDF
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Building I, GV Health, Graham St, Shepparton 3630
Phone: (03) 48044397 E-mail: library@gvhealth.org.au