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Reducing Vaccine Preventable Diseases In Children: Using National Active Hospital-based Surveillance To Evaluate And Improve Immunisation Program Performance
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$1,049,916.00
Summary
This proposal aims to evaluate and improve upon immunisation policy and programs for the prevention of severe childhood influenza and pertussis. Using our successful Paediatric Active Enhanced Disease Surveillance (PAEDS) network in 6 major children's hospitals across Australia, we will identify gaps in the evidence base needed to better control influenza and pertussis and in particular to ensure programs are delivered in such a way so as to address health inequalities.
FitSkills: A Community-university Partnership To Increase Participation In Exercise Among Youth With Disability
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$857,941.00
Summary
Youth with disability have poorer health and are more socially isolated that their typically developing peers. Participation in exercise can improve their health and social connectedness. FitSkills is an evidence-based program that matches a young person with disability with a mentor and the pair exercise together at their local gymnasium. This research translation project will implement FitSkills as an on-going community-university partnership.
Identifying And Addressing Gaps In Australia’s Adolescent HPV Vaccination Program
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$689,723.00
Summary
Australia was the first country to implement a national vaccination program for human papillomavirus (HPV) which is the primary cause of cervical cancer. However national vaccination coverage remains suboptimal at 77% in girls. Through a partnership between researchers and health departments (Tasmania, Western Australia and New South Wales) we will conduct research to determine barriers to vaccination and evaluate the cost and impact of innovative strategies to increase vaccination coverage.
Optimising Computerised Decision Support To Transform Medication Safety And Reduce Prescriber Burden
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$325,546.00
Summary
As medication management in Australian hospitals shifts from paper to electronic formats, organisations are faced with a difficult decision: should drug-drug interaction (DDI) alerts be turned on and if so, which alerts? In this study, we propose a highly innovative approach to assess DDI alerts, which combines a robust evaluation of error rates with a human factors evaluation of alerts.
Evaluating The Effectiveness Of A Strategy To Increase The Adoption Of Best Evidence Practice.
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$800,532.00
Summary
The health-care system does not consistently implement best-evidence practice, preventing the community from achieving optimal health outcomes. Effective strategies to reduce evidence practice gaps are now required. In stroke care, thrombolysis is the most powerful and cost-effective therapy but is delivered to less than 5% of stroke patients. This study would be the first to rigorously test the effectiveness of a modified Breakthrough Series approach in achieving best evidence stroke care.
A Partnership For Evidence-Based Resource Allocation And Enhanced Research Translation In Allied Health
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$616,780.00
Summary
This partnership will develop an online resource allocation decision making tool for allied health managers, investigate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of two strategies to assist allied health managers to incorporate research evidence into their decision making, and develop a system whereby expert committees of researchers, managers and policy makers work to develop "Evidence-Based Policy Recommendations" for improving how allied health managers allocate their resources.
The Effectiveness Of A Clinical Practice Change Intervention In Increasing, On A Health Service Wide Basis, Community Health Clinician Adherence To Preventive Care Guidelines.
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$612,290.00
Summary
The delivery of preventive care that aims to decrease smoking, risky alcohol use, physical inactivity and inadequate fruit and vegetable consumption is less than optimal in community health services. The study examines the effectiveness of an intervention in increasing the delivery of such across an area health service. The findings will demonstrate the ability of community health clinicians to routinely provide preventive care, and hence improve the health of the community.
The OPTIMISE Project: Collaborative Improvement Of Primary Health Care Delivery To The Australian Refugee Community
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$1,022,303.00
Summary
Identifying and addressing the health needs of refugees arriving in Australia can be difficult amidst current primary care system limitations. Our team will build the capacity of frontline health services for providing comprehensive, evidence-based care to this vulnerable community, while addressing system gaps in health service access and coordination. Our framework for effective, practical and sustainable primary health care delivery will improve health outcomes for refugees nationally.
The Best Service At The Best Time: Improving The Implementation Of Research For Children With Cerebral Palsy.
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$893,089.00
Summary
Health outcomes for Australian children with cerebral palsy (CP) are reduced compared to similar children in other countries where there is greater uptake of research evidence in their management. This project will investigate strategies to facilitate the use of evidence-based outcomes among health professionals who work with children with CP to reduce hip dislocation, severe contractures and pain, and improve daily activity participation. This will in turn improve the health outcomes for Austra ....Health outcomes for Australian children with cerebral palsy (CP) are reduced compared to similar children in other countries where there is greater uptake of research evidence in their management. This project will investigate strategies to facilitate the use of evidence-based outcomes among health professionals who work with children with CP to reduce hip dislocation, severe contractures and pain, and improve daily activity participation. This will in turn improve the health outcomes for Australian children with CP.Read moreRead less
Developing And Implementing Systems To Optimise Treatment, Care And Support Among People Diagnosed With HIV
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$1,021,439.00
Summary
Immediate treatment of people diagnosed with HIV infection has become a key public health intervention, based on recent evidence confirming treatment suppresses the virus to undetectable levels, and effectively eliminates the risk of transmission to sexual partners. Our partnership will identify and address barriers to accessing specialist HIV care and starting treatment among people recently diagnosed with HIV, and will contribute to Australia’s goal of ending HIV transmission by 2020.