Monitoring The Gap Between Evidence And Vaccination Behaviour By Sampling The Location-specific Consumption Of Health Information From News And Social Media
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$476,648.00
Summary
Vaccination programs have saved millions of lives in the last decade but vaccine refusal threatens their success. We propose new methods for tracking social media to measure how people in different locations are exposed to different information about vaccines from the media and other sources. This will help us understand why some communities appear to be more susceptible to vaccine hesitancy, and help public health organisations more effectively address the problem of vaccine acceptance.
Using Collaboration Networks To Measure Bias And Inefficiency In The Production And Translation Of Evidence About Cardiovascular Risk
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$219,806.00
Summary
Doctors rely on clinical trials comparing the safety and efficacy of cardiovascular treatments but are often unable to find or trust the information they seek because of problems in evidence translation. This project will examine the networks of collaboration amongst researchers and their research to identify the source of these problems. The research will be used to identify where to intervene in the process, in turn helping doctors to make safe and cost-effective decisions for their patients.
Developing Evidence Based Strategies For Addressing Childhood Vaccination Rejection
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$743,927.00
Summary
Parental rejection of vaccines is a global concern that threatens to undermine disease control. A lack of evidence hampers the responses to this complex and persistent problem. We will interview parents who don’t vaccinate their children to learn what influences their decisions. We will then hold community juries and a public engagement process to refine strategies for responding to vaccination rejection that are acceptable to a well informed citizenry, practical and ethically justified.
Near Real-time Identification Of Patient Safety Incidents Reported By Health Professionals.
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$324,174.00
Summary
Ten percent of admissions to Australian hospitals are associated with harm to patients. Reporting of patient safety incidents is now widespread. Current methods, which rely upon humans to manually review incident reports, do not permit timely detection of safety problems and can no longer keep up with the growing volume. This study will be the first internationally to automate the monitoring of incident reports. The outcomes have broad and immediate potential to improve the monitoring of inciden ....Ten percent of admissions to Australian hospitals are associated with harm to patients. Reporting of patient safety incidents is now widespread. Current methods, which rely upon humans to manually review incident reports, do not permit timely detection of safety problems and can no longer keep up with the growing volume. This study will be the first internationally to automate the monitoring of incident reports. The outcomes have broad and immediate potential to improve the monitoring of incidents on a local, national and international scale.Read moreRead less
Enabling Personalised Cohort Studies From Large Repositories Of Clinical Practice Data
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$520,968.00
Summary
We propose to leverage the information contained in large, routinely collected health datasets, by enabling personalised cohort studies on demand. Findings from these studies can be used to crowdsource prioritisation of clinical questions in need of further evidence. They can also provide an avenue to discuss and support treatment recommendations at the point-of-care.
Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records For Young Adults With Communication Disabilities: Charting The Course For Successful Child To Adult Health Service Transition.
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$400,665.00
Summary
Adolescents and young adults with chronic health conditions and communication disabilities struggle to communicate their health information with service providers. This causes problems in care when moving from child to adult health services. This study will investigate their use of the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record as a means to support timely and effective information exchange to improve healthcare for these vulnerable young adults.
Complex Statistical Analyses Of Genome-wide Association Studies Related To Breast And Prostate Cancers Using High Performance Supercomputing
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$656,073.00
Summary
Breast and prostate cancers are the most common cancers in Australian women and men. Simple analyses of genome-wide association (GWAS) studies explain only a fraction of why these cancers run in families. The University of Melbourne now has a supercomputer that can conduct much more complex analyses. We will apply these to the world’s GWAS data for breast and prostate cancers. We hope to learn more about the causes of these cancers, and expand an expert Australian workforce in supercomputing.
Decolonising Practice In Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$1,451,491.00
Summary
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care organisations do much to address issues surrounding ongoing colonisation, such as racism, discrimination, lack of power and control, and support for cultural identity and self-determination. This project examines what strategies organisations use, how these impact people's experiences of care and their health, and how policy could better support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health organisations in this role.
Assessing Infrastructure And Contextual Factors In Relation To Cardiometabolic Outcomes In Remote Indigenous Communities: Evidence For Policy Change
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$1,113,005.00
Summary
Cardiometabolic diseases account for the major burden of morbidity and mortality for Indigenous populations. This study with 75 remote Indigenous communities will be the first to evaluate features of their social, built and physical environments in relation to cardiometabolic risks and diseases. Policy-relevant results will identify features of environments to be targeted to reduce chronic diseases for Indigenous peoples in remote communities.
Electronic Portable Health File (PHF) To Promote Quality Of Care And Workflow Through Continuity Of Care
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$694,745.00
Summary
The medical of older individuals with chronicdiseases and with multiple doctors is complex and burdensome for the patient. We have done work where the patient is given charge of a portable personal health record that he-she can update as needed and care givers update at ofiice visits. The preliminary work is positive. Two types have been investigated, an electronic patient health file (on a data stick) and a wallet size booklet. Both have been found accceptable. The goal of this project is to se ....The medical of older individuals with chronicdiseases and with multiple doctors is complex and burdensome for the patient. We have done work where the patient is given charge of a portable personal health record that he-she can update as needed and care givers update at ofiice visits. The preliminary work is positive. Two types have been investigated, an electronic patient health file (on a data stick) and a wallet size booklet. Both have been found accceptable. The goal of this project is to see if short term acceptability and satisfaction will translate into later improved outcomes such as a reduced rate of hospitalizations.Read moreRead less