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An Evaluation Of Trust In A Primary Health Care System
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$135,550.00
Summary
Trust is a critical issue in the relationships between organisations that need to work together to achieve integrated services for consumers. As organisational representatives get to know one another trust may develop permitting a greater degree of collaboration. In Victoria, the Primary Care Partnerships Strategy process aims to strengthen the relationships between agencies in alocal areas to improve collaboration and achieve services that operate in an integrated way in the provision of servic ....Trust is a critical issue in the relationships between organisations that need to work together to achieve integrated services for consumers. As organisational representatives get to know one another trust may develop permitting a greater degree of collaboration. In Victoria, the Primary Care Partnerships Strategy process aims to strengthen the relationships between agencies in alocal areas to improve collaboration and achieve services that operate in an integrated way in the provision of services to consumers. It is about strengthening the system of care. The aim of this study is to understand how people within a primary care system build and maintain relationships of trust between individuals and between organisations. Individuals will be interviewed to learn how they experience trust and related issues, documents will be analysed to learn about the policy and organisational environments of trust relationships, and the Trust Evaluation Scale used to measure the factors associated with trust over a two year period. The outcomes of this study will be an understanding of how organisations establish the relationships that allow them to collaborate effectively. In particular it will help us understand how they can be encouraged to share the same protocols and procedures, to share information, and become more skilful at managing organisational differences, and it will provide a deeper understanding of relationships between primary health care organisations and the strategies that can help individuals and organisations create trust and collaborate.Read moreRead less
The Who, Why, What, Where And When Of Primary Youth Mental Health Care: The 5W Research Program
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$857,288.00
Summary
headspace has been an international pioneer for primary mental health care for young people. However, we need to better understand how to match the range of services headspace provides to the diverse needs of its clients. In the 5W research program, we will use a range of big data techniques, machine learning, data linkage, discrete choice experiments and economic modelling to develop an acceptable, equitable and efficient stepped care model for headspace.
Use Of An Online Canteen Ordering System To Implement Healthy Canteen Policies In NSW Primary Schools
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$175,303.00
Summary
Given evidence that school food policies can improve children’s dietary intake, Australian state governments have launched healthy canteen policies. However, these policies are poorly implemented. This research seeks to assess the effectiveness of an online classification tool in increasing policy compliance. The tool will be embedded in an online canteen system, and will automatically assess whether menu items are compliant as they are uploaded onto the online canteen system.
A national collaboration to generate new knowledge, co-design, implement, evaluate and measure individual and organisational level interventions that will address key barriers to leadership across capacity, perceived capability and credibility and cultural diversity, to successful advance women in healthcare leadership. This work is highly prioritised by partners and in a policy context.
Building Best Practice In Child Protection At The Intersection Of Child Protection And Adult Mental Health Services
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$294,590.00
Summary
This research is an investigation of child protection practices with families where at least one parent has been diagnosed with a serious mental illness (affective or non-affective psychosis), and where child abuse or neglect has been substantiated or children are at risk of significant harm. It is specifically concerned to understand processes of interagency collaboration between workers in state government child protection and mental health service systems. The research has several aims. These ....This research is an investigation of child protection practices with families where at least one parent has been diagnosed with a serious mental illness (affective or non-affective psychosis), and where child abuse or neglect has been substantiated or children are at risk of significant harm. It is specifically concerned to understand processes of interagency collaboration between workers in state government child protection and mental health service systems. The research has several aims. These are, first, to identify and examine the current practices of child protection and mental health workers where protective concerns have been identified in relation to children whose parent-s have been diagnosed with a mental illness. Practice will be examined at the assessment, child protection follow-up and post-order phases. Second, to identify and examine any barriers to effective collaboration between child protection and mental health organisations; and third, to develop inductively derived descriptions of 'best practice' in relation to these cases. The research will be conducted in four stages, including a survey of child protection and mental health workers, tracking of cases through the child protection system, in-depth interviews with child protection workers, mental health workers and parents, and group discussions with highly experienced child protection and mental health workers. The expected outcomes of the study are: the development of child protection practice guidelines for working with families where children have been harmed or at risk of harm by a parent who has a mental illness, including practice guidelines for interagency collaboration in this field; and identification of supervisional, training, administrative and policy responses to this issue.Read moreRead less
The Victorian Centre For Applied Biostatistics (VCAB): Building Core Methodological Capacity For Population Health
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$2,497,184.00
Summary
Biostatistics is the scientific discipline that focusses on the methods used to design and analyse research studies on human health. Doctors and other researchers conduct increasingly complex studies to identify best approaches for the prevention and treatment of disease, and these studies must be underpinned by sound biostatistical methods. This Centre will develop a critical mass of expertise in this under-resourced area around a program of methodological research, translation and training.
The Centre for Research Excellence in Discovering Indigenous Strategies to improve Cancer Outcomes Via Engagement, Research Translation and Training (DISCOVER-TT) aims to reduce the marked disparities in diagnosis, treatment and survival for Indigenous Australians with cancer. DISCOVER-TT’s co-ordinated, collaborative, Indigenous-led research program will feature extensive stakeholder engagement to ensure its work is relevant and applicable, and will enhance research capacity by developing early ....The Centre for Research Excellence in Discovering Indigenous Strategies to improve Cancer Outcomes Via Engagement, Research Translation and Training (DISCOVER-TT) aims to reduce the marked disparities in diagnosis, treatment and survival for Indigenous Australians with cancer. DISCOVER-TT’s co-ordinated, collaborative, Indigenous-led research program will feature extensive stakeholder engagement to ensure its work is relevant and applicable, and will enhance research capacity by developing early-career researchers.Read moreRead less