Developing And Implenting An Ethical Framework For HIV Phylogenetic Analysis In Australia
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$537,855.00
Summary
Overseas, many countries are using genetic analysis to detect clusters of HIV transmission. This is an important part of reducing the number of new HIV infections, and making sure that all people with HIV receive timely medical care. In partnership with HIV community organisations and public health policy makers, we will provide the first evidence-base for the public health utility of real-time HIV genetic analysis in the Australian setting.
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.
Implementation Research To Guide The Elimination Of HIV Transmission In NSW
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$1,499,409.00
Summary
The implementation of new biomedical forms of HIV prevention since 2015 has been accompanied by a 40% reduction in HIV diagnoses in gay and bisexual men in New South Wales (NSW). Reductions in HIV have been much smaller in the overseas-born, the young, and in those living outside of inner Sydney. We propose a 5-year program of implementation research, integrated with the NSW HIV Strategy 2021-25, which will see NSW become the first jurisdiction globally to virtually eliminate HIV.
Enhancing Behavioural Surveillance To Address Gaps And Disparities In Australia's HIV Response In A Changing HIV Epidemic
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$1,268,159.00
Summary
This project will test and evaluate changes to Australia's HIV behavioural surveillance system, increasing recruitment and data collection from overseas-born, bisexual and heterosexual men who have sex with men (MSM). This is necessary because Australia's HIV epidemic is changing, with falling infections among Australian-born gay men, but rising infections in other groups, such as Asian-born MSM. The project will use technological advancements in recruitment, survey research and interviews.
Improving Interpreting For Dementia Assessments: The MINDSET Study
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$271,586.00
Summary
The MINDSET Study aims to improve the quality of communication in an interpreter mediated cognitive assessment for dementia. Working with interpreters, clinicians, culturally and linguistically diverse people with dementia, and their carers we will co-design, trial, and implement national online training targeted at interpreters. This training will enable interpreters to be prepared and confident in performing their role impartially, effectively, and accurately.
A Randomised Trial Of An Intervention To Sustain Schools’ Implementation Of A State-wide Physical Activity Policy
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$1,054,151.00
Summary
Sustaining effective health programmes in community-based settings is a considerable public health challenge. This study, the first RCT of its kind, will test the effectiveness of a sustainability strategy on the proportion of primary school classes that sustain implementation of a physical activity policy as mandated by the NSW Government. The trial could provide a model for supporting schools to sustain school health or education policies, which seek to improve wellbeing of students.
I-HEART - Implementation Of HEArt Failure Guidelines In Regional AusTralia
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$1,266,173.00
Summary
Heart failure (HF) is a common disease of the heart with a high rehospitalisation and mortality rate. Regional HF patients rarely receive the full benefits of evidence-based care simply due to inaccessibility to a HF specialist team. This translational project will implement key recommendations from clinical guidelines in regional health services and improve access to specialist services. It has the potential to keep patients out of hospital and save lives.
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.
A Practice Change Intervention To Increase The Routine Provision Of Care Addressing Gestational Weight Gain: A Stepped-wedge Trial
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$734,163.00
Summary
Unhealthy weight gain during pregnancy contributes to a range of adverse outcomes for the mother and child. Despite guidelines recommending routine weighing and weight gain care be provided by antenatal services, less than 10% of health professionals provide such care, and 50-70% of women gain weight outside of recommended levels during pregnancy. This study aims to determine if a practice change intervention can increase antenatal clinician delivery of recommended gestational weight gain care.
Improving Physical Activity And Screen Time In Outside School Hours Care Through Evidence-based Guidelines: An Effectiveness-implementation Hybrid Trial
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$1,398,570.00
Summary
This study aims to lift the standards of physical activity and screen time offerings in Out of School Hours Care services throughout Australia, by implementing and evaluating newly developed Australian OSHC physical activity and screen time guidelines. The guidelines will be evaluated in a rigorous trial in OSHC services in SA, NSW and WA, prior to national release and evaluation Australia-wide.