Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0775520
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Improved communication with heart patients in the context of the gift economy. Coronary Heart Disease is Australia's biggest killer and a patient's diagnosis is a traumatic event. A majority of patients resists the implications of their disease and fails to follow medical recommendations fully. Humanities research enables increased understanding of, and better communication with, heart patients yet has not been extensively used to understand how patients make sense of their new status. HeartNET, a therapeutic website, is used to investigate construction of the self as a heart patient and the research also applies gift economy theory to online interactions which help both self and others. Benefits include patient support and improved health outcomes, reducing human and financial costs to the community and Australia.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 05-2007
End Date: 05-2010
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $75,354.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Cultural Studies Not Elsewhere Classified | Communication And Media Studies | Communication and Media Studies | Journalism, Communication And Media Not Elsewhere Classified |
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Health and support services not elsewhere classified | Behaviour and health
