Talk Stroke: Developing Australia's First National Tele Stroke Framework And Communications Platform
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$1,164,847.00
Summary
Patients with a stroke in the regional areas are twice as likely to suffer significant disability compared to patients living in inner city regions. We propose to develop technology to close this gap, and guide its implementation with a national tele stroke policy framework. The technology we develop with our partner organisations will facilitate tele medicine to close the gaps in critical patient care.
Exposure To Trihalomethanes In Pregnancy And Birth Outcomes In Queensland: Integrated Data Analysis And Case Studies For Better Policy And Health Outcomes
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$522,284.00
Summary
We will assist the project partners in implementing evidence-based changes for disinfection by-products called Trihalomethanes (THMs) risk management, incident resolution, and exposure minimisation in pregnant women in Queensland, particularly those residing in high-risk areas. We anticipate that our findings will be a major contributor to the advocacy for revising the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines for THMs.
A Randomised Trial Of An Intervention To Sustain Schools’ Implementation Of A State-wide Physical Activity Policy
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$1,054,151.00
Summary
Sustaining effective health programmes in community-based settings is a considerable public health challenge. This study, the first RCT of its kind, will test the effectiveness of a sustainability strategy on the proportion of primary school classes that sustain implementation of a physical activity policy as mandated by the NSW Government. The trial could provide a model for supporting schools to sustain school health or education policies, which seek to improve wellbeing of students.
Supporting Food Companies To Implement Policies For Improving Population Nutrition
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$309,498.00
Summary
This proposal is to conduct a randomised-controlled trial to assess the effects of providing tailored support to food companies to improve their nutrition-related policies and practices. The aim of the project is to improve the healthiness of the food supply, and thereby improve population diets in Australia and New Zealand. The project will be conducted by leading international food policy experts in partnership with the Australian Government Department of Health and VicHealth.
Piloting, Implementing And Evaluating First Few Hundred Protocols In The Australian Context
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$1,497,570.00
Summary
The World Health Organisation identifies pandemic influenza as one of ten top threats to human health in 2019. Australia has invested extensively in preparedness planning, but gaps remain. We do not presently have finalised study protocols to collect evidence from early identified cases and household contacts in a pandemic, information needed to inform targeted public health responses. We will work across governments and settings to test and advise on these study protocols for all Australians.
Developing A Model Of Preventative Healthcare For People With Intellectual Disability
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$1,244,756.00
Summary
People with intellectual disability face stark health inequalities, die prematurely from potentially avoidable causes and experience poor access to preventative health care. Access to preventative health care is one of the key pillars of Australia's long-term national health plan. This project will find out why there are gaps in preventative health care for people with intellectual disability, determine how these gaps affect people and develop a new model of health care.
National Prisons Hepatitis C Education: Improving Health Literacy To Enhance Treatment Uptake
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$1,158,722.00
Summary
This Partnership Project will evaluate the National Prisons Hepatitis Education Program, which aims to improve the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours of healthcare providers, correctional officers, and prisoners regarding hepatitis C (HCV) and its treatment. This initiative is a key element of the national approach to achieve the World Health Organisation goal of elimination of HCV as an ongoing public health concern by 2030.
Enhancing Hepatitis C Testing And Treatment Among People Who Inject Drugs In Drug Treatment Settings: The ETHOS III Study
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$1,349,604.00
Summary
Progress towards hepatitis C elimination has been slowed. Given that most people with hepatitis C have a history of injecting drug use, reducing hepatitis C burden requires scale-up of enhanced testing and treatment for people who inject drugs. This Partnership project will evaluate an intervention to enhance hepatitis C testing and treatment in drug treatment clinics and develop a translational framework to scale-up hepatitis C care in this setting nationally.
Be Healthy: Implementing Culturally Secure Programs For Obesity And Chronic Disease Prevention With Remote Aboriginal Communities And Families
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$1,499,972.00
Summary
Environments cultivated in recent decades encouraging physical inactivity and poor diet have disproportionately affected Aboriginal people. Appropriate lifestyle modification programs substantially improves outcomes. We have co-designed, piloted and refined the 'Be Healthy' program with Derby Aboriginal people. This project aims to show how this program can be scaled up and transferred to other Aboriginal communities, leading to reduced rates of obesity, and improved health and quality of life.