Primary Care
National Evaluation of the After Hours Primary Medical Care Trial
Funding Body: Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Chief Investigators: David Dunt and Michael Montalto
Other Investigators: Susan Day, Robert Wilson, Helen Long and Ruth Liebowitz
Description: This project studies the impact of the After Hours Primary Medical Care Trials on levels of service utilization and their associated costs, as well as perceptions of unmet need, satisfaction and accessibility in the regional population.
Evaluation of the Best Start Program
Funding Body: Department of Human Services, Victoria
Chief Investigators: Margaret Kelaher, David Dunt, Bridie Raban (Department of Education) and Mandala Waniganayake (Department of Education)
Other investigators: Theonie Tacticos
Description: This project involves an evaluation of health and educational interventions aimed at improving developmental outcomes for children from disadvantaged communities.
Evaluation of the Supply of Pharmaceuticals to Remote Area Aboriginal Health Services
Funding Body: Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
Chief Investigators: Margaret Kelaher, Tony Barnes (Menzies School of Health Research) and David Dunt
Description: This project evaluates the impact of supply (through Section 100) on access to pharmaceuticals, compliance with state/territory regulations, and administration at the Aboriginal Health Services.
Evaluation of the Well For Life Initiative
Funding Body: Department of Human Services, Victoria
Chief Investigators: Rosemary McKenzie, Lucio Naccarella
Description: This project involves an evaluation of a physical activity and nutrition focused health promotion program for frail older people in aged care settings.
Raising Awareness of Prevention Programs for Chronic Pulmonary Disease
Funding Body: Department of Human Services, Victoria
Chief Investigator: David Dunt
Description: This project involves a literature review and consultation with stakeholders regarding the awareness-raising programs of greatest potential in addressing chronic pulmonary disease.
Evaluation of the Centre of Clinical Research Excellence in Neurosciences
Funding Body: Centre of Clinical Research Excellence in Neurosciences
Chief Investigator: David Dunt
Description: This is a review of capacity and attainment regarding the Centre's Strategic Plan.
Responding to Health Inequalities
Funding Body: Department of Human Services, Victoria
Chief Investigators: Margaret Kelaher, Theonie Tacticos, Deb Warr (Centre for Health and Society)
Description: This project involves baseline data collection for Neighbourhood Renewal in Fitzroy and Collingwood, comprising a community survey of neighbourhood characteristics, health and wellbeing.
Evaluation of the VicHealth Community Arts Development Scheme
Funding Body: VicHealth
Chief Investigators: Lindy Joubert (Facutly of Architecture, Building and Planning), Margaret Kelaher, David Dunt
Description: This project involves an evaluation of the VicHealth Community Arts Development Scheme on participants, audiences and the community.
Helping smokers with a history of depression quit smoking safely: depression and smoking cessation outcomes among clients of a tailored quitline callback service offering doctor-quitline comanagement of smoking cessation and depression.
Funding Body: beyondblue
Chief Investigators: Catherine Segan, Ron Borland (The Cancer Council Victoria), Kay Wilhelm (The University of New South Wales), Sunil Bhar (University of Pennsylvania), and David Dunt
Description: This project involves a prospective study in which three different groups of callers receiving the callback service will be followed up by trained telephone interviewers at 2 months (end of treatment) and at 6 months after enrolling on the callback service.
National Evaluation of the Australian Government Dementia Health Priority Initiative
Funding Body: Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Chief Investigators: Colleen Doyle, David Dunt, Richard Rosewarne (Applied Aged Care Solutions), Lynne Pezzullo (Access Economics)
Other Investigators: Susan Day
Description: This project aims to evaluate the Australian Government’s 2005 Budget Dementia Initiative and to provide ongoing evaluation advice to key stakeholders
Arts and Health Strategy
Funding Body: The Australia Council
Chief Investigators: Lindy Joubert (Facutly of Architecture, Building and Planning), Margaret Kelaher, David Dunt
Description: This project aims to provide a platform for the Australia Council to improve recognition of the role of the arts in such areas as healthcare, ageing and community service; and to promote the practice amongst the medical and health community professions.
An investigation into the extent to which General Practitioner (GP) remuneration can be used to overcome geographic inequities in the supply and demand for GP services
Funding Body: ARC and North-East Victorian Division of General Practice
Chief Investigator: Susan Day
Description: There have been long-standing geographic inequities in supply and demand for fee-for-service (FFS) GP services in Australia. This research looks at the extent to which these geographic differences can be overcome through the provision of appropriate financial incentives for GPs.
The impact of the new post mortem consent procedure on recently bereaved parents
Funding body: Victorian Department of Human Services
Chief Investigators: Lisa Begg, Maureen Johnson, Christine Hennequin, Barbara Robb (Royal Women's Hospital), Paul Monagle (Department of Pathology, University of Melbourne), Jenni Livingston
Description: Recently bereaved families were interviewed and surveyed to explore their undertanding of the new fully informed consent to post mortem process introduced at the Royal Women's Hospital in 2003.