Universal Surveillance And Early Identification Of Developmental Disorders
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$704,928.00
Summary
Does existing developmental surveillance of children reach those who need it and accurately identify those wtih problems that could benefit from early intervention? Given that developmental problems affect 10 to 15% of children and many are receiving services too late for early intervention, we need answers to these questions. This study will examine whether developmental surveillance helps individual children and improves public health.
Child Health And Development: A South Australian Data Linkage Study
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$283,934.00
Summary
Children’s healthy development is important for their readiness to learn, academic achievement at school, and for their future health and economic capability. This study links whole-of-population administrative data from nine different government sources, and data collected as part of a natural experiment evaluating the effects of the South Australian Family Home Visiting program to inform policy and service delivery in child health and development in South Australia.
Diabetes Case Detection Through Emergency Department Admissions
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$162,896.00
Summary
This study aims to determine if the routine measurement of blood glucose among people admitted to hospital through Emergency can be an effective means of identifying people with potential diabetes.
Evaluating A New Model Of Early Glaucoma Diagnosis
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$1,099,710.00
Summary
The provision of eyecare in Australia has significantly changed over the past decade. Major challenges have been created because of our ageing population with chronic ocular diseases (eg, glaucoma), expanded scope of practice including co-management options for glaucoma and dramatic expansion of technology associated with glaucoma diagnosis. Major questions have therefore arisen in relation to policy issues, service delivery and how research results are integrated with the overall aim being for ....The provision of eyecare in Australia has significantly changed over the past decade. Major challenges have been created because of our ageing population with chronic ocular diseases (eg, glaucoma), expanded scope of practice including co-management options for glaucoma and dramatic expansion of technology associated with glaucoma diagnosis. Major questions have therefore arisen in relation to policy issues, service delivery and how research results are integrated with the overall aim being for the early diagnosis of glaucoma.Read moreRead less
Advances in mobile telephone technology and available dermoscopic attachments (which provide a good light and magnification) for mobile telephones have created a unique opportunity for mobile teledermoscopy. This study will test whether and how it can be integrated into the workflow of dermatologists to improve the early detection of skin lesions suspicious of melanoma.
FitSkills: A Community-university Partnership To Increase Participation In Exercise Among Youth With Disability
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$857,941.00
Summary
Youth with disability have poorer health and are more socially isolated that their typically developing peers. Participation in exercise can improve their health and social connectedness. FitSkills is an evidence-based program that matches a young person with disability with a mentor and the pair exercise together at their local gymnasium. This research translation project will implement FitSkills as an on-going community-university partnership.
Improving Mental Health Screening For Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Pregnant Women And Mothers Of Young Children
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$1,369,612.00
Summary
Mental health during and after pregnancy is important for the well-being of mother and infant. Unfortunately Aboriginal women in remote Australia have high levels of anxiety and depression, which can have significant short and long-term impacts on both mother and child. Currently these issues are often not identified and if identified services may not feel equipped to address them. This study aims to improve screening for, and contribute to addressing, perinatal mental health issues.
Optimising Computerised Decision Support To Transform Medication Safety And Reduce Prescriber Burden
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$325,546.00
Summary
As medication management in Australian hospitals shifts from paper to electronic formats, organisations are faced with a difficult decision: should drug-drug interaction (DDI) alerts be turned on and if so, which alerts? In this study, we propose a highly innovative approach to assess DDI alerts, which combines a robust evaluation of error rates with a human factors evaluation of alerts.
Evaluating The Effectiveness Of A Strategy To Increase The Adoption Of Best Evidence Practice.
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$800,532.00
Summary
The health-care system does not consistently implement best-evidence practice, preventing the community from achieving optimal health outcomes. Effective strategies to reduce evidence practice gaps are now required. In stroke care, thrombolysis is the most powerful and cost-effective therapy but is delivered to less than 5% of stroke patients. This study would be the first to rigorously test the effectiveness of a modified Breakthrough Series approach in achieving best evidence stroke care.
A Partnership For Evidence-Based Resource Allocation And Enhanced Research Translation In Allied Health
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$616,780.00
Summary
This partnership will develop an online resource allocation decision making tool for allied health managers, investigate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of two strategies to assist allied health managers to incorporate research evidence into their decision making, and develop a system whereby expert committees of researchers, managers and policy makers work to develop "Evidence-Based Policy Recommendations" for improving how allied health managers allocate their resources.