The project will evaluate the impact of transition care and service integration models on older people and their carers in three States, as well as the use of resources and costs of the services; evaluate the implementation and operation of transition care and service integration models by determining conditions that would assist-inhibit implementation from the viewpoint of older people, their carers and formal care givers; and develop and validate quality, cost and continuity of service integra ....The project will evaluate the impact of transition care and service integration models on older people and their carers in three States, as well as the use of resources and costs of the services; evaluate the implementation and operation of transition care and service integration models by determining conditions that would assist-inhibit implementation from the viewpoint of older people, their carers and formal care givers; and develop and validate quality, cost and continuity of service integration in different settings.Read moreRead less
Indigenous Network Suicide Intervention Skills Training (INSIST): Can A Community Designed And Delivered Framework Reduce Suicide/self-harm In Indigenous Youth?
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$828,215.00
Summary
Queensland has the highest rates of youth suicide in Australia. Indigenous youth suicide rates are reported at twice the rate of Queensland’s total population for 15 to 44 years. Statistical data on urban-rural differences in Australia have only been available since 1986 (ABS, 1994). Although the number of suicides is far greater in urban areas (1,299 suicides aged 10–24 years in metropolitan areas versus 311 in towns with populations less than 4,000), rural demonstrate greater suicide rates per