Ending The Global Tuberculosis Epidemic: The Role Of Patient Costs
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$408,768.00
Summary
TB is an important public health problem worldwide. Rates of TB are declining but not fast enough to reach targets set by the World Health Organization to end the disease by 2035. One reason why TB remains an issue is the cost of health care for patients. My research will look at the costs of TB care for patients in Papua New Guinea and will compare costs between countries. I will look at policies to protect the sick and will conduct research to determine what works best in decreasing costs.
To Investigate The Health Benefits Gained Through Employment In Land And Sea Management Ventures.
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$71,003.00
Summary
Indigenous people have extensive knowledge of sustainable land and sea management. We hypothesise that there are greater health benefits gained through employment in land and sea management ventures, and their families, than employment which does not utilise traditional knowledge. This study will give qualitative and quantitative feedback of ground level application of this relatively new employment venture and recognition of the wealth of Indigenous knowledge.
Social Disadvantage, Health Inequalities And Common Mental Disorders: Implications For Social Policy And Health Services
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$387,489.00
Summary
Mental disorders such as anxiety and depression are more common among people who are socially disadvantaged (eg, living in poverty, welfare recipients, lone parents). This project seeks to understand why disadvantaged groups are more likely to have mental health problems, explores social differences in access to mental health services, and develops methods to reduce mental health problems that take account of these social differences and promotes greater fairness and equity.
Addressing The Health And Economic Burden Of Chronic Conditions
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$838,845.00
Summary
I have established a successful program of health economics and health systems research at the George Institute. Over the next 5 years, I will expand this work to evaluate health financing reforms in Australia and the Asia-Pacific, and develop new evaluation methods. My research will tackle problems with the greatest disease burden worldwide and in populations with the greatest social disadvantages. It will have immediate policy relevance and involve training in a field with skills shortages.
A report to review the landscape of evidence institutes, and explore if a new evidence institute in Australia focused specifically on disadvantage would help break cycles of disadvantage.
Valuing Every Contribution: What A Basic Income Would Mean For Australians
Funder
IPSOS
Summary
It surveys Australians to explore how a basic income would affect their lives, how they use their time, and how they engage with the workforce. The survey also sheds light on the growing problem of income and work insecurity, which is alarmingly high.
Poverty And Australian Housing: Findings From An AHURI Investigative Panel
Funder
AHURI
Summary
This Investigative Panel was guided by three principal research questions:
1. What housing, planning, taxation and social security policies significantly affect housing-related poverty?
a. What are the risks and potential benefits of changing policy settings?
b. What lessons can be learnt from international policy and practice?
2. How do Australian housing markets and institutions (e.g. tenure regulations, costs, location, built form, capacity of affordable housing sector) intersect with ind ....This Investigative Panel was guided by three principal research questions:
1. What housing, planning, taxation and social security policies significantly affect housing-related poverty?
a. What are the risks and potential benefits of changing policy settings?
b. What lessons can be learnt from international policy and practice?
2. How do Australian housing markets and institutions (e.g. tenure regulations, costs, location, built form, capacity of affordable housing sector) intersect with individual capabilities (e.g. income support, labour market status, household type, race, gender) to produce and reproduce particular experiences of poverty?
3. What programs and policies are already operating which address the intersections of housing and poverty? What are the opportunities to extend and add to these?
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