Psychosocial aspects of medical testing

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1029241

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

This program of research will develop and evaluate improved strategies for communication and decision making in medical testing for consumers, patients and clinicians. Better understanding about medical tests and improved interventions to support decision making will enable patients and clinicians make more informed and more appropriate decisions about when and when not to test. This work forms part of a broader objective to build health literacy and shared health decision making in Australia.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2012

End Date: 01-01-2018

Funding Scheme: Career Development Fellowships

Funding Amount: $455,486.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Preventive Medicine

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

aged health | decision support techniques | health information | health literacy | psychological factors | psychological health | shared clinical decision making

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