Economic Evaluation Of PRISM: A Community Based Intervention Trial
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$512,845.00
Summary
This project evaluates the costs and outcomes of PRISM (Program of Resources, Information and Support to Mothers). PRISM is a community based intervention designed to promote the physical and mental health of mothers. This research project seeks to evaluate the costs and outcomes of the PRISM intervention in order to help inform judgements about its value. PRISM is being introduced in 8 local communities in Victoria with a further 8 communities acting as comparators. The full costs of the interv ....This project evaluates the costs and outcomes of PRISM (Program of Resources, Information and Support to Mothers). PRISM is a community based intervention designed to promote the physical and mental health of mothers. This research project seeks to evaluate the costs and outcomes of the PRISM intervention in order to help inform judgements about its value. PRISM is being introduced in 8 local communities in Victoria with a further 8 communities acting as comparators. The full costs of the intervention will be measured as will the impact the intervention has on the physical and mental health of mothers. Estimates of the intervention's economic benefits, that is the value that community members attach to the intervention's main outcomes will also be ascertained. In this way it is possible to judge whether or not the benefits of PRISM are worth its costs. Advanced statistical techniques will be used to ascertain the extent to which improved health outcomes in mothers are determined by individual, organisational or community-level factors.Read moreRead less
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
Subjective wellbeing and depression in Australia: A longitudinal study involving people in remote locations. This project is an extension of the Australian Unity Wellbeing surveys currently conducted as in a partnership between the industry partner and Deakin University. The project will involve the participants of current cross-sectional surveys into a longitudinal study. There are three aims: To investigate the ability of decreased levels of subjective wellbeing to signal depression; To tr ....Subjective wellbeing and depression in Australia: A longitudinal study involving people in remote locations. This project is an extension of the Australian Unity Wellbeing surveys currently conducted as in a partnership between the industry partner and Deakin University. The project will involve the participants of current cross-sectional surveys into a longitudinal study. There are three aims: To investigate the ability of decreased levels of subjective wellbeing to signal depression; To track the normal course of subjective wellbeing recovery following a life event that has caused it to decrease; To monitor the subjective wellbeing of rural-remote Australians. These outcomes will provide further understanding of depression and the wellbeing of Australians living in remote setting.Read moreRead less
Improved Treatment Of Comorbid Anxiety And Depression In Adolescents: A Randomised Controlled Trial
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$275,250.00
Summary
Anxiety and depression are serious mental disorders that affect large numbers of children and adolescents in our community. In particular, young people with both anxiety and depression may experience severe difficulties including poor physical health, social and interpersonal problems, academic problems, drug and alcohol problems, long-term adjustment problems and suicidal behaviour. Although a range of very effective treatments have been developed to treat anxiety and depression separately, the ....Anxiety and depression are serious mental disorders that affect large numbers of children and adolescents in our community. In particular, young people with both anxiety and depression may experience severe difficulties including poor physical health, social and interpersonal problems, academic problems, drug and alcohol problems, long-term adjustment problems and suicidal behaviour. Although a range of very effective treatments have been developed to treat anxiety and depression separately, there is very little work on the treatment of young people with both these problems. Some studies suggest that youth with both anxiety and depression together do worse in currently available treatments, compared to their peers with only a single condition. The current grant seeks to test whether a new treatment addressing both anxiety and depression concurrently, is superior to standard treatments for adolescents experiencing both these emotional problems. It is predicted that the addition of extra components to standard treatments, will result in considerably greater improvements in these more complex cases.Read moreRead less