RESEARCH CENTRE FOR PRIMARY HEALTH CARE AND EQUITY
Research that makes a difference
We have more than fifteen years’ experience in primary health care research and development. We are keen to use this to support the development of Primary Health Networks and Local Health Districts.
What are we offering?
You have the challenging task of ensuring comprehensive primary health care for your community. We can assist with training, consultancy, advice and other support in our areas of expertise (see centre pages). We can work with individual organisations or groups of organisations, including Primary Health Networks/Local Health District partnerships.
Supporting primary and community health care is a part of our mission to create ‘better fairer health in the community’. Our work will need to be funded through the organisations that we work with and/or through external grants or funding programs.
We can work with interested organisations to identify possible sources of funding.
Who are we?
We are a research centre of the University of NSW. We have been studying and supporting primary health care development since 1996, focusing on:
- Primary health care system development
- Prevention and management of chronic disease
- Equity
- Informatics and eHealth
- Research capacity building
We have an extensive track record of successful projects and established partnerships including three jointly funded research and development hubs in Local Health Districts;
- Centre for Health Equity Training and Research Evaluation (CHETRE) with South Western Sydney Local Health District
- SEaRCH: South Eastern Research Collaboration Hub with South Eastern Sydney Local Health District
- Health Equity Research Development Unit (HERDU) with Sydney Local Health District
We are the academic partner for the national evaluation of Primary Health Networks and work closely with the NSW Department of Health.
For further details go to www.cphce.unsw.edu.au
WHAT WE CAN OFFER
Contacts for further information and discussion of your needs
Leading and Developing Primary and Community Health
We continue to develop our successful leadership program to support implementation of primary health care reforms; service and model development to build the capacity of primary health care and organisational development.
Contact: Julie McDonald
E: j.mcdonald@unsw.edu.au T: 9385 1547
Equity
We have developed resources and training materials to help primary health care organisations and local health districts to build equity into the way they work. We are looking for opportunities to take this work further.
Contact: Jane Lloyd and Elizabeth Harris
E: j.lloyd@unsw.edu.au T: 9385 1547 and e.harris@unsw.edu.au T: 9515 1234
Informatics and e Health
We can advise and assist with developing systems for data extraction, linkage, and data quality management in primary and integrated care contexts with primary care, community health and hospital services. This includes electronic decision support systems.
Contact: Teng Liaw
E: siaw@unsw.edu.au T:9616 8520
Building research capacity
We can advise on approaches to developing research capacity of practitioners, services and organisations.
Contact: Nick Zwar
E: n.zwar@unsw.edu.au T: 9385 2515
Population based health planning and commissioning
We can assist PHNs and Local Health Districts to assess health needs and set priorities, plan, commission, distribute and deliver services with a strong population and equity focus.
Contact: Julie McDonald and Elizabeth Harris
E: j.mcdonald@unsw.edu.au T: 9385 1547 and e.harris@unsw.edu.au T: 9515 1234
Evaluation
We can work with PHNs and Local Health Districts to evaluate services and programs.
Contact: Julie McDonald
E: j.mcdonald@unsw.edu.au T: 9385 1547
Health Impact Assessments (HIA)
As a global leader in the conduct of HIA, we can work with service development teams, policy makers, service providers and communities to increase the likely success of their health care and public health programs.
Contact: Fiona Haigh
E: f.haigh@unsw.edu.au T: 8738 9310
Education and training
We can provide access to education and training through our Masters programs and short courses and links to other parts of the university.
Contact: Nick Zwar
E: n.zwar@unsw.edu.au T: 9385 2515
Policy and governance analysis
Based on decades of research in Healthy Cities and local government policy processes we have the capacity to provide strategic advice on policies and governance arrangements (e.g., in community engagement) for healthy urban planning.
E: e.deleeuw@unsw.edu.au T:8738 9310
Contact us: See overleaf for particular areas, or contact Terry Findlay at t.findlay@unsw.edu.au