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Effectiveness Of An Internet Intervention Designed To Promote Mental Health And Prevent Common Mental Disorders In Youth
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$123,453.00
Summary
The project tests an innovative web-based intervention designed to promote mental health and prevent common mental disorders in youth through strengthened resilience to adversity, enhanced coping skills and improved social and occupational function. Well-being, socio-occupational function and anxiety and depressive symptoms will be measured before and for six months after the intervention in participants, and compared with scores from a group who either received a live intervention or a placebo.
Labels Used By Young People To Describe Mental Disorders: Their Determinants And Impact On Stigma And Help-seeking.
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$108,234.00
Summary
When a young person first begins to experience a mental health problem, getting professional help as early as possible is recommended. However, it is unclear whether being able to label the problem correctly when they first become aware of it actually assists a young person in getting the help they need. This study will look at how over 3,000 young Australians labelled mental disorders and which labels were more likely to guide them in choosing the best kinds of professional help and treatment.
Understanding The Relative Influence Of Parents And Peers Upon Young Driver Behaviour During Graduated Driver Licensing
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$124,361.00
Summary
Young drivers across the globe are killed in crashes at rates far exceeding older, more experienced drivers. Queensland and NSW have recently implemented graduated licensing programmes incorporating vehicle, journey and passenger restrictions in an attempt to reduce the road toll. The manner and extent friends and family influence the risky behaviour of young drivers is unknown and will be explored, including modeling of behaviours and attitudes, rewards and punishments.
The Developmental Outcomes Of Children With Mothers With Intellectual Disabilities And The Associated Risk And Protective Factors: Using Population Databases
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$67,477.00
Summary
environments. Little is known about factors that influence developmental outcomes of children living in these environments. Using population databases this study examines the developmental outcomes of children with parents with intellectual disabilities and the associated risk and protective factors on these outcomes. This will enable the development of appropriate interventions to provide supportive healthy living environments for these families.
Improving The Validity Of Health And Well-Being Measures For Refugee Adolescents Health Promotion Outcomes
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$50,173.00
Summary
Measuring health and wellbeing in a culturally diverse refugee population presents many methodological challenges (e.g. language and cultural barriers). Good Starts is a longitudinal study of the determinants of health and wellbeing among refugee youth recently resettled in Melbourne. The project proposed here is part of Good Starts. It focuses on methodological issues affecting data quality and will enhance analysis by improving the construct validity of the health and wellbeing indicators.
A Detailed Asssessment Of Severe Malaria And Severe Non Malarial Illness In Papua New Guinean Children.
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$39,171.00
Summary
PNG has the highest infant and childhood mortality in the Pacific with malaria accounting for 15% of infant mortality. Diagnosing and investigating malaria in this setting is hard because the symptoms are similar to other diseases. We aim to accurately describe clinical and laboratory features and risk factors for malaria, severe non malarial disease and mortality. We are investigating an outbreak of unexplained encephalitis as well.