Improving Cardio-metabolic Health Outcomes In Indigenous Australian Mothers
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$320,891.00
Summary
This research program includes a series of linked mixed methods studies to inform development of acceptable, strength-based, and family-centred strategies to support Indigenous mothers to improve cardio-metabolic health: 1. linked epidemiological data analysis 2. qualitative research to understand perspectives of women and service providers 3. collaborative formative research and evaluation
Alcohol Consumption And Health Inequalities - The Role Of Alcohol Policy
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$299,564.00
Summary
This fellowship will fund a program of work examining the contribution of alcohol consumption and related harm to socioeconomic inequalities in Australian's health. A particular focus will be on the role of alcohol policy in perpetuating or reduction health inequalities. The fellowship will involve the collection of new and important data and the use of innovative analytical approaches to explore these issues.
IMPROVING THE FOOD SUPPLY TO REDUCE THE BURDEN OF NUTRITION-RELATED CHRONIC DISEASE
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$338,945.00
Summary
My project will examine the healthiness of the Australian food supply with the goal of identifying where reformulation activities will have the greatest impact on the health of Australians. The results will be used to inform policies designed to enhance the healthiness of the food supply, and will make a significant contribution to the understanding of dietary intake and the food supply in Australia, and will help reduce the ever-increasing burden of nutrition-related chronic disease.
Local Public Health Ethics: New Theoretical And Applied Tools For Community-based Health Research Governance And Ethics.
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$236,326.00
Summary
Bioethics has not delivered the local ethical resources needed for public health research in community settings. This program will develop and test a new framework and practical tools for research governance and responses to ethical challenges in community-based public health research. It will deliver a new public health ethics system, policy and practice resources to suit the multi-disciplinarity of the modern public health research field.
Improving The Healthiness Of The Foods In Australian Supermarkets
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$318,768.00
Summary
This project proposes to better understand the role of supermarkets on influencing the healthiness of the food supply. Three studies are planned which evaluate the evidence for the effect of supermarket standards on the food supply, determine whether providing nutritional data to a supermarket can change the healthiness of their food products, and identify factors that influence the development and use of supermarket standards to improve their foods.
Alcohol causes more harm to others, including families and children, than tobacco and other drugs. Alcohol’s harm to others (AHTO) costs Australia around $20 billion per year and the WHO has prioritised AHTO in its 2011 Global Strategy to Reduce Harmful Use of Alcohol. This ECF will enable international, national and local research studies that aim to: improve knowledge of alcohol-related harm to children (ARHC) - analysing survey and official data; and inform alcohol policy in reducing ARHC.
Understanding The Health Effects Of Biomass Smoke In Australian Towns And Cities
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$172,392.00
Summary
Wildfires have become more frequent and severe the world over and the health impacts of the associated air pollution is a major gap in the current evidence. Working with lead agencies in air quality regulation, public health and fire management I will examine and compare the health effects of air pollution from deliberate burns, bushfires, wood heaters and other sources of air pollution. The research will focus on respiratory and heart disease to inform public health and individual patient care.
Emotions, Situation Awareness And The Risky Driving Behaviour Of Young Novice Drivers
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$320,891.00
Summary
Young novice drivers have been overrepresented in the road crash fatality and injury statistics in motorised countries around the world for decades. A critical knowledge gap underpinning this is a failure to consider the role that emotion plays in young driver behaviour. The aim of this innovative research is to radically improve young driver road safety by clarifying and optimally managing the impact of young drivers' emotions upon their situation awareness.