Evidence-based Mental Health Planning: Translating Evidence Into Policy And Services
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$2,442,370.00
Summary
The CRE will design a better mental health system for Australia. This service system will include the full range of prevention and treatment interventions using the best available scientific evidence. It will also describe how to ensure that the service system is implemented, by incorporating it into government policy. The work will be carried out across 5 of the best research centres in Australia with expertise in clinical medicine, epidemiology, service planning and implementation science.
PRevention & Early Intervention In Mental Illness And Substance UsE (PREMISE CRE)
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$2,495,969.00
Summary
Substance use and mental disorders are among the leading causes of burden of disease in young people globally. Effective prevention and early intervention can reduce disease burden by halting, interrupting or delaying the onset and development of disorder. The PREMISE CRE will build the science to move the field from crisis, acute care and containment to prevention and early intervention, achieving a critical aim of the Australian Government’s program of reform in mental health and addiction.
Mental and substance use disorders account for more years of life lost due to disability than any other disorders. These disorders often occur together (comorbidity), yet, people with both mental and substance use disorders rarely have both disorders effectively treated. This CRE is a world first, tackling prevention and treatment for people with both mental and substance use disorders.
Musculoskeletal injuries sustained as a consequence of road traffic crashes are common and costly to the Australian community. Many people do not recover well after the injury but suffer ongoing pain and disability. The Centre for Research Excellence in Recovery Following Road Traffic Injury will target a clear need to improve health outcomes for injured individuals through research, capacity building and end-user engagement with a focus in primary care.
From Broome To Berrima: Building Australia-wide Research Capacity In Indigenous Offender Health And Health Care Delivery
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$3,018,575.00
Summary
Australia has the highest Indigenous incarceration rate in the OECD which impacts profoundly on Indigenous communities. Further, offender populations endure a greater health burden compared with the general community. This grant develops much needed capacity in offender health research, building a team of Indigenous researchers, and creating an Australia-wide network for sharing knowledge in this field. Outcomes will include better Indigenous offender health services and improved health and well ....Australia has the highest Indigenous incarceration rate in the OECD which impacts profoundly on Indigenous communities. Further, offender populations endure a greater health burden compared with the general community. This grant develops much needed capacity in offender health research, building a team of Indigenous researchers, and creating an Australia-wide network for sharing knowledge in this field. Outcomes will include better Indigenous offender health services and improved health and wellbeing for this marginalised population.Read moreRead less
Centre Of Research Excellence (CRE) In Newborn Medicine
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$2,622,320.00
Summary
Problems around birth are common and can have long-term implications, including into adulthood. Our goal is to improve health outcomes for all newborn babies and their families by determining factors that enhance outcome and assessing the benefits and consequences of new treatments for mothers and babies. We are world leaders in this field and are dedicated to training the next generation of health professionals in the care of newborn babies, in Australia and the rest of the world.
Centre Of Research Excellence (CRE) In Partnership Pathways To Better Care And Outcomes For Aboriginal Young People
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$2,497,872.00
Summary
Childhood and adolescence is a critical period during which chronic disease in Indigenous Australians can be prevented. Using long-term data and established partnerships developed over 10-15 years from two large studies of young Aboriginal people, this team of Indigenous and non-Indigenous researchers with expertise in child health, epidemiology, health services research, and implementation science will identify and test pathways to improved care and health outcomes for young Aboriginal people.
Reducing The Health, Social And Economic Burden Of Injecting Drug Use In Australia
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$2,606,037.00
Summary
Injecting drug use (IDU) is a disproportionately large source of health and social harm. This CRE unites Australia’s leading scientists in the IDU field – researchers working on blood-borne virus epidemiology and treatment, overdose prevention, justice health and psychiatric health - and experts from key non-government organisations. The CRE will develop new ways to improve the health of injecting drug users, and reduce the health and social burden of IDU to the Australian community.
Centre For Informing Policy In Health With Evidence From Research (CIPHER)
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$2,614,403.00
Summary
The Productivity Commission has recently said that without evidence, policy makers must fall back on intuition, ideology or conventional wisdom. CIPHER will make an internationally leading contribution to understanding how governments can most easily find and use research evidence. We will test strategies designed to make findings from research more readily available, to increase policy makers skills in using research and to encourage research that is of more immediate use to policy agencies.
This CRE is innovative because it brings new Aboriginal knowledge and perspectives into services for Aboriginal people. Led by Aboriginal researchers, the CRE will develop ways to empower Aboriginal people both as research leaders and how they engage with services. It will focus on positive pathways and overcome barriers to successful implementation to produce better health and wellbeing for all Aboriginal people.