Prevention and Management of Long Term Conditions
Description and Aims
This stream is a response to the challenge of long-term conditions to health and health care services. These conditions include diabetes, cardiovascular disease, asthma and chronic obstructive lung disease, cancer and mental illness. They commonly occur as multi-morbidities. The aim is conduct research in the community which informs improvement in health care and programs which aim to prevent and manage these conditions.
Key Current Research Areas
Prevention
The program focuses on improving interventions to address the behavioural risk factors (especially Smoking, Nutrition, Alcohol and Physical activity) as well as physiological risk factors such as obesity and cardiovascular risk in primary health care. This uses the 5As framework (ask/assess, advise, agree and assist, arrange), approaches tailored to health literacy levels and use of wearable technology and social media.
Management
This program focuses on a patient centred approach based on the Chronic Care model and includes teamwork, information and communication systems (including e-health), self-management support and community resources. This is the focus of work on diabetes, cardiovascular disease, asthma, COPD, cancer, mental illness and multi-morbidity.
Key Partners
This research is conducted in partnership with primary health networks and local health districts along with other groups including Aboriginal Health organisations.
Stream lead
Mark Harris leads the stream.
Completed
Projects
Scoping paper on barriers and enablers to using diabetes care items
Take up of Chronic Disease items has been patchy. This paper attempts to show why from a practice perspective.
Scoping paper on evidence based interventions for diabetes mapped against national policies and programs
This study aims to identify evidence based interventions in diabetes prevention, detection, management and consumer support.
Scoping paper to examine the uses of and costs of a network of general practices to monitor changes in chronic disease care
This paper will assess the full range of costs and benefits which might arise from having access to current information about changes in patterns of chronic disease care from a general pratice perspective
Secondary Analysis of Data from Commonwealth Fund Survey (Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care)
The Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care commissioned CPHCE undertake a secondary analysis of data from a Commonwealth Fund international study of quality and safety in primary care in nine countries, for which the Commission had led the Australian arm. this paper delves into the details of the organisation and practices.
Shared absolute cardiovascular risk management in general practice
Shared decision making (SDM) between GPs and patients is ideal model for chronic disease. This study will test the feasibility of implementing SDM CVD Risk managment model in general practice.