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Indigenous Men Taking Their Rightful Place In Society?: A Participatory Action Research Process.
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$705,750.00
Summary
Men's health groups are increasingly being accepted as important strategies in improving health and wellbeing, especially in Indigenous communities. However, it is hard to find systematic documentation and evaluation of such initiatives in the literature. Since August 2001, we have been facilitating and analysing a Participatory Action Research (PAR) process designed to support members of a men's health group in Yarrabah, a rural Aboriginal community near Cairns (north Queensland), take greater ....Men's health groups are increasingly being accepted as important strategies in improving health and wellbeing, especially in Indigenous communities. However, it is hard to find systematic documentation and evaluation of such initiatives in the literature. Since August 2001, we have been facilitating and analysing a Participatory Action Research (PAR) process designed to support members of a men's health group in Yarrabah, a rural Aboriginal community near Cairns (north Queensland), take greater control and responsibility for the factors influencing their health and wellbeing. The PAR process is providing initial evidence indicating that the development of men's health groups in Indigenous settings can lead to social and behavioural change and that PAR is potentially a useful tool in working towards social change. The current proposal is a joint initiative between the academic partners and the men's group leadership and proposes among other things to: a) consolidate and extend the existing PAR initiative with members of the Yarrabah Men's Health Group and their community; b) adapt and pilot the PAR model in another north Queensland community; and c) undertake a systematic and comparative evaluation across the two sites to determine the medium -long term usefulness of men's health groups as health promotion strategies especially in rural-remote Indigenous settings. These types of micro-level studies have important implications for the way community development is perceived and approached in Indigenous settings.Read moreRead less
Special Research Initiatives - Grant ID: SR0354827
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$10,000.00
Summary
HEALTHY AGEING - PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION (HA-PI) NETWORK:
A RESEARCH NETWORK PROPOSAL ON THE BIOLOGICAL, SOCIAL AND PRIMARY CARE DYNAMICS OF AGEING
. Australian ageing research is dispersed across bioscience, social science and primary care organisations. Advances in healthy, productive ageing require connection of these three vital links. Bioscience and social science groupings are engaged in generating the evidence that primary care experts need to promote healthy ageing. Primary ....HEALTHY AGEING - PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION (HA-PI) NETWORK:
A RESEARCH NETWORK PROPOSAL ON THE BIOLOGICAL, SOCIAL AND PRIMARY CARE DYNAMICS OF AGEING
. Australian ageing research is dispersed across bioscience, social science and primary care organisations. Advances in healthy, productive ageing require connection of these three vital links. Bioscience and social science groupings are engaged in generating the evidence that primary care experts need to promote healthy ageing. Primary care experts also need to act as ?direction finders? for research on ageing so that the right questions are addressed. All these groups are relatively under-funded and poorly connected. The HA-PI Network will connect and support them to over-come barriers to the implementation of existing research and to create innovations for the future.Read moreRead less
Sirtuins And The Molecular Epidemiology Of Frailty In Older Men
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$483,246.00
Summary
People in Australia are living longer and longer and yet little is known about the underlying biology of the ageing process. This project will investigate the role of a number of molecular and cellular factors in the aetiology of frailty in a group of more than 1400 older men who are already participating in the Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project. A particular focus of the project are sirtiuns, a group of enzymes recently found to be associated with longer life in several animal models.
Identifying The Social, Personal And Health Needs Of Men Living With Hepatitis C.
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$215,906.00
Summary
This study will identify the health and social support needs of men who are infected with hepatitis C and will complement a similar study currently being conducted with women. At present, there is little information about the ways that hepatitis C impacts on the lives of men and research on the impact of related diseases (HIV-AIDS) strongly suggests that hepatitis C is likely to affect men in different ways to women, both economically, personally and physically. This is further complicated by th ....This study will identify the health and social support needs of men who are infected with hepatitis C and will complement a similar study currently being conducted with women. At present, there is little information about the ways that hepatitis C impacts on the lives of men and research on the impact of related diseases (HIV-AIDS) strongly suggests that hepatitis C is likely to affect men in different ways to women, both economically, personally and physically. This is further complicated by the fact that the majority of infected men have a history of injecting drug use, which coupled with the stigma often attached to chronic diseases such as hepatitis C, negatively impacts on men's lives. Of specific concerns are issues around employment, access to appropriate health care and social support. Six hundred men from Melbourne and regional Victoria will be surveyed. We will ask them questions about the social and personal impact of HCV on relationships with partners, the availability and accessibillity of appropriate treatment, care and support services and other ways that living with hepatitis C has affected their lives. The findings of this study will be used to help policy makers and service providers make decisions about education, support and care services so that they best suit the needs of men who have hepatitis C.Read moreRead less
Randomized Controlled Trial Of A Video-delivered Intervention For The Early Detection Of Melanoma In Men 50+ Years
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$511,694.00
Summary
Unfortunately, men over 50 years are most at risk to die from melanoma. Skin self-examination, where a man inspects the skin of his whole body with the help of a mirror or another person, and rapid presentation to a doctor without delay if he detects a suspicious lesion has the potential to increase awareness for the skin and to improve early diagnosis. We want to assess if we can increase the rate of skin self-examination in men 50 years and over through a video-delivered intervention.
Talking The Walk And Walking The Talk: A Descriptive Follow-up Study Of Refugee Mens Health, Wellbeing And Resettlement.
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$280,693.00
Summary
Although a significant proportion of refugees resettled in Australia are men, the health needs of male refugees remain largely unknown. This descriptive follow-up study aims to examine in depth, the health, well-being and resettlement experiences of 233 adult Sudanese and Iraqi refugee men living in the Melbourne metropolitan area. Participants will be followed-up four times per year for three years using both quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection. The study will produce eviden ....Although a significant proportion of refugees resettled in Australia are men, the health needs of male refugees remain largely unknown. This descriptive follow-up study aims to examine in depth, the health, well-being and resettlement experiences of 233 adult Sudanese and Iraqi refugee men living in the Melbourne metropolitan area. Participants will be followed-up four times per year for three years using both quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection. The study will produce evidence based knowledge of those aspects of health and wellbeing that are important for refugee men, and the identification of elements-resources that support refugee men during resettlement.Read moreRead less
MatesMonitor: Evaluating Suicide Prevention In The Construction Industry
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$628,742.00
Summary
We will evaluate a smart-phone based suicide prevention program for the construction industry called MatesMonitor. This will complement face-to-face training provided by an industry-wide suicide prevention program. MatesMonitor will provide education and awareness about suicide prevention and additional social support through regular contacts with participants. We anticipate MatesMonitor will result in improved suicide prevention literacy, and reduced suicide ideation and self harm.
Increasing inclusion in rural, generalist health services. The project aims to develop a 'toolkit' for health services to better serve minority groups. If health outcomes in Australia are to improve, health care must be provided to the poorest and sickest residents who need it most. However, these consumers will endure sickness rather than seek out services that are often exclusive and disrespectful. To provide accessible health care to disadvantaged residents, many of whom live rurally, all hea ....Increasing inclusion in rural, generalist health services. The project aims to develop a 'toolkit' for health services to better serve minority groups. If health outcomes in Australia are to improve, health care must be provided to the poorest and sickest residents who need it most. However, these consumers will endure sickness rather than seek out services that are often exclusive and disrespectful. To provide accessible health care to disadvantaged residents, many of whom live rurally, all health services need to be responsive to diverse cultures and identities. This project works with rural health services to implement service-wide changes and discover how health services can adapt to the needs of diverse consumers.Read moreRead less