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. 

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Healthy 4 Life

The examination of the current practices of PNs, their self-efficacy and interest around child obesity prevention.

Implementation of a decision support triage tool in specialist-general practitioner shared care

This study will guide the implementation of the shared care team model by evaluating a decision support triage tool that will assist in the selection of patient scenarios at ‘low-intermediate risk’ of complications for shared care, further refine the roles of cancer specialists and GPs, and inform the development of supporting resources.

Implementing guidelines to prevent chronic disease in the community

The focus of this study is to develop innovative and evidence based strategies for implementation with both health care providers and consumers.

Innovative Models Promoting Access & Coverage Team (IMPACT)

Innovative Models Promoting Access & Coverage Team (IMPACT)

The IMPACT study is a five-year international research program that aims to develop and evaluate models of care that enhance access to primary health care for vulnerable populations in six sites across Australia and Canada. 

Integrating chronic disease self management into general practice: a scoping paper

This paper scopes the literature and programs relating to the self management in general practice.

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