Identifying Patient-centred Outcomes For People With Chronic Kidney Disease And Translating Them Into Policy And Practice
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$463,652.00
Summary
This 4 year fellowship project engages with patients, caregivers, clinicians, researchers and policy makers, to establish core outcomes and outcome measures in dialysis and transplantation. This will ensure that patient-centred outcomes are consistently measured and reported in dialysis and transplantation trials and other forms of research.
Exploring Mealtimes On Subacute Wards Using An Ethnographic Approach
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$45,668.00
Summary
This research aims to understand what mealtimes are like for staff and visitors on rehabilitation hospital wards, and what beliefs and attitudes they have about mealtimes. A mealtime program that aims to improve patients’ nutritional intake will be introduced, and how staff and visitors experience this change will be explored. This research will help healthcare organisations to navigate complex change within the healthcare system.
Meeting The Needs Of The Elderly: Implementing The Palliatve Approach For People With Declining Health In Homeandhostel
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$83,456.00
Summary
This study aims to understand the extent to which a palliative approach is being used in the organisation and provision of care to elderly people with complex needs in home and hostel settings. It will identify current practices of aged care staff in the management of elderly people whose care needs are becoming increasingly more complex and not amendable to cure. In addition this study will explore the experiences of elderly people receiving this care. A model of the provision of a palliative a ....This study aims to understand the extent to which a palliative approach is being used in the organisation and provision of care to elderly people with complex needs in home and hostel settings. It will identify current practices of aged care staff in the management of elderly people whose care needs are becoming increasingly more complex and not amendable to cure. In addition this study will explore the experiences of elderly people receiving this care. A model of the provision of a palliative approach in this group of elderly Australians will be developed.Read moreRead less
Creating A Culture Of Safety And Respect: A Controlled, Mixed Methods Study Of The Effectiveness Of A Behavioural Accountability Intervention To Reduce Unprofessional Behaviours
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$875,978.00
Summary
Unprofessional behaviours among health professionals are common and are associated with increased patient dissatisfaction and medicolegal risk. Addressing these behaviours is a national issue. Ethos is a structured accountability system involving a process of early, non-punitive and tiered intervention and will be introduced across four Australian hospitals. This research will be the first controlled study to assess the effectiveness of the Ethos program to improve patient safety in Australia.
Reconceptualising Health Promotion: The Role Of Ethics, Values And Evidence In Obesity Interventions
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$90,566.00
Summary
Overweight and obesity are public health priorities. Population-level programs, campaigns and regulations are required to prevent and reduce obesity. How should these interventions proceed? What is effective? What is ethical? How can we avoid doing harm? At present, we do not know. By studying current interventions, and working with experts and practitioners in health promotion and ethics, this project will develop a new framework to guide overweight and obesity intervention in the future.