Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0559293

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0559293

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Gender and genetic risk: Exploring how men and women conceptualise and experience genetic risk in the Australian context. The proposed comprehensive empirical investigation will contribute new foundational knowledge relevant to preventative healthcare in Australia, an area of national research priority. Genetic technology promises significant preventative health economy benefits to Australia. Knowledge from this study will potentially benefit male and female users of healthcare services involving genetics, by elucidating their perspectives and needs. It will potentially benefit policy-makers and service providers in clinical genetic and other services involving genetics and inform future service models. It will contribute to future strategic research directions and the training,at PhD level, of a future researcher in a priority health area.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2005

End Date: 31-12-2008

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $123,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Other Studies in Human Society | Psychology Not Elsewhere Classified | Public Health And Health Services Not Elsewhere Classified | Gender Specific Studies

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Women’s health | Public health not elsewhere classified | Men’s health |

Other Keywords

Gender Specific Studies | Men’s health | Other Studies in Human Society | Psychology Not Elsewhere Classified | Public Health And Health Services Not Elsewhere Classified | Public health not elsewhere classified | Women’s health

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