The Effects Of Different Alcohol Pricing Policies On Alcohol Consumption, Health, Social And Economic Outcomes, And Health Inequality In Australia
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$276,738.00
Summary
This project will examine the effects, effectiveness and cost-benefits of alcohol pricing policy initiatives in reducing risky drinking, health and social harms and health inequalities among priority populations in Australia. This project will provide key research evidence to cut through current policy debates and will point towards the most effective potential options for alcohol tax reform.
Uptake Of Evidence To Policy: The Indigenous Burden Of Disease Case Study
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$439,210.00
Summary
Burden of Disease (BOD) methods were designed with the intention of assisting health policy makers in decision making. Using a unit called the Disability Adjusted Life Year, the process measures both death and disability caused by disease or illness, allowing the burden of differing diseases to be compared, and priorities clarified. This research will improve communication between researchers, community and policy makers by showing how the Indigenous BOD study has been used in policy processes.
Strengthening The Evidence Foundation For Public Health Guidelines
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$987,647.00
Summary
Public health guidelines should be based on rigorous evidence. If underlying studies are not sound, guidelines will not be credible or implemented. Dietary guidelines have been criticized for being biased. Our group studies bias across the whole research process – from the questions asked to the final publication. This project will measure the influence of bias at all stages in nutrition research in order to improve the evaluation of this research and the evidence base for dietary guidance.
Paediatric Validating Injury Burden Estimates Study (VIBES-Junior)
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$484,562.00
Summary
Injury is a leading cause of death and disability in children and adolescents, and can have lifelong effects for survivors. This study will quantify how well children recover from injury, and how long this takes, to establish better measures of the population impact of injury sustained in childhood and adolescence. The findings will be used to inform future health and social policy concerning primary prevention of injury in childhood and adolescence and the provision of services after injury.
Accountable Fertility Treatment: An Evidenced-based Framework For The Provision Of Cost-effective, Patient-centred Fertility Treatment In Australia.
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$423,312.00
Summary
One in six Australian couples experience infertility. This is likely to worsen with trends such as delayed childbearing and rising obesity. Despite the use of fertility treatments doubling in Australia over the last decade there has been a lack of considered analysis of the economic implications of Medicare funding of treatments, such as IVF. This research will develop a framework that will be used by policy makers to support cost-effective and patient-centred fertility treatment in Australia.
An Investigation Of The Patient Experience Of Adverse Events.
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$587,543.00
Summary
Harm during health care (referred to as adverse events) can be serious. Reporting systems have been developed but patients’ experiences of adverse events have remained alarmingly absent. In order to be fully effective policy and services must be designed with these experiences in mind. This study will provide a unique and comprehensive picture of the occurrence of adverse events from the patient's perspective and use this data to enhance policy and service responses.
Addressing Conflicts Of Interest In Public Health And Biomedicine: Enhancing Professional Integrity And Safeguarding The Public’s Health
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$583,014.00
Summary
It is common for health researchers, clinicians and policymakers to have "conflicts of interest" due, for example, to relationships with private industry. It is widely accepted that conflicts of interest can at times distort research, policymaking and practice, but there is no consensus as to how they should be conceptualised, assessed or managed In this project we will explore the causes and impacts of conflict of interest, and devise a sophisticated framework for managing them.
Characteristics Of Intervention Research That Progresses To 'real-world' Implementation”
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$555,851.00
Summary
Governments, health agencies and the public are interested in knowing whether publicly funded research “makes a difference” . This project examines 8 years of NHMRC funded research on clinical and community based interventions to change health to better understand understand factors that best promote effective research being later implemented to benefit the community. It will assist planning to facilitate more useful research being funded.
Identification Of Testis-specific Markers Of Male Infertility
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$617,008.00
Summary
Infertility affects 1 in 20 men, and carries major health and financial burdens. Patient management is difficult because there are no tests to monitor testicular function. While sperm number is normally used, their absence in the ejaculate provides no information whether sperm are present in the testis suitable for IVF, or if sperm production could be ‘kick-started’ with hormones. Our goal is to identify new markers of testis function in blood, and then use them to help treat infertile men.
Identification And Molecular Characterisation Of High-risk Premalignant Breast Lesions
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$560,382.00
Summary
Understanding the full repertoire of genetic events that underlie the development of breast cancer may allow development of prevention strategies. This study will analyse genetic data of benign breast lesions that may be non-obligate precursors of breast cancer. Importantly, clinical management of these lesions is difficult. A reliable method of predicting the risk of progression to cancer would be a significant advance, with benefits to individual patients and also the health system.