2010 - General Practice and Primary Health Care Academic Centre
2010 - General Practice and Primary Health Care Academic Centre 2010 - General Practice and Primary Health Care Academic Centre
Safety and resiliency at home: voices of children who live with fear. Hegarty K, Humphreys C, Mudaly N & Roberts W. Total funding: $78,000 Awarded by: ARC LP/APAI Duration: 2009-2012 Turning points in women's accounts of current and recent intimate partner abuse. O'Doherty L. Total funding: $38,631 Awarded by: The University of Melbourne, Early Career Scheme Duration: 2008 Women's evaluation of abuse and violence care in general practice (WEAVE). Hegarty K, Gunn J, Taft A, Feder G, Astbury J & Brown S. Total funding: $654,525 Awarded by: NHMRC, Project Grant Duration: 2007-2010 COLLABORATIONS Australian female general practitioners: sexual harassment and responses to episodes (SHARE). Bratuskins P, McGarry H & Wilkinson S. Total funding: $44,900 Awarded by: Shepherd Foundation Duration: 2009-2010 Cochrane systematic review: Screening women for intimate partner violence in health care settings. Taft A, Hegarty K, Ramsay J, Feder G, Carter Y, Davidson L, Warburton A & O'Doherty L. Total funding: $ 14,000 Awarded by: Faculty of Health Sciences, Mother and Child Health Research, La Trobe University Duration: 2009-2010 Establishing a community-based outreach service for sex workers to prevent and manage HIV/ STI in Hong Kong. Wong W, Holroyd E, Griffiths S & Yim K. Total funding: HK$2,695,000 Awarded by: AIDS Trust Fund Duration: 2005-2008 GP education program and guidelines on whole-of-family management when family violence is present. Taft A & Hegarty K. Total funding: $ 28,285 Awarded by: Victorian Community Council Against Violence Duration: 2007-2008 Improving maternal and child healthcare for women experiencing violence: collaborative development, implementation and effectiveness of a good practice model (MOVE). Taft A, Small R, Humphreys C, Hegarty K & Lumley J. Total funding: $258,492 Awarded by: Australian Research Council Duration: 2009-2011 Midnight blue action: Hong Kong male sex workers AIDS prevention project. Chan L, Wong W & Leung P. Total funding: HK$478,000 Awarded by: AIDS Trust Fund Duration: 2007-2009 page16
CHRONIC DISEASE PROGRAM Chronic disease management is a major research theme of our academic centre. It focuses on interventions relating to the health care system to improve the health of people with chronic diseases from disadvantaged and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds and the Indigenous population. Projects focus on the role of general practitioners, practice nurses and the primary health care team as well as the health systems in improving diabetes care and reducing cardiovascular disease risks in the community. Emphasis is also placed on consumer engagement in self management of diabetes and other chronic illness. RESEARCH TEAM Chronic Disease Program Team (Left to right) Front: Phyllis Lau, Doris Young, Jo-Anne Manski- Nankervis, Thi Pham, Nur Farizah Johari, Marlene Burchill Back: Barbara Johnson, Ralph Audehm, Irene Blackberry, Kitty Novy, Oageng Ntsi TEAM LEADER Professor Doris Young MB BS MD FRACGP leads the Primary Care Chronic Disease research program. Doris has extensive teaching, clinical and research experience in general practice, adolescent health, preventative and community health. Her recent research focuses on improving the health outcomes of disadvantaged populations with diabetes and cardiovascular disease risks through interventions in general practice and primary care. SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW Dr John Furler MB BS GDipPubHlth PhD DipObs MRCGP FRACGP is a PHCRED senior research fellow and GP whose current research focuses on health equity and the management of chronic illness in general practice. Most of his work is in Type 2 Diabetes and depression and explores the co-construction of social identity in medical care and the ways in which medical practice may act as a social determinant of health. RESEARCH FELLOWS Dr Irene Blackberry BMed PhD is a research fellow in primary care. She coordinates the Chronic Disease research group and primary care research projects exploring the role of practice nursing in chronic disease management. Her research interests include chronic disease, practice nursing, ageing, clinical nutrition and health services research. Dr Phyllis Lau BPharm GDipDrugEval SpecCertCR PhD is a research fellow coordinating the 'Culturally appropriate diabetes care in mainstream general practice for urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people' project. She is also coordinating a pilot lifestyle modification program in Aboriginal women with a history of gestational diabetes. Her research interests include Indigenous health, chronic disease, diabetes management, multidisciplinary care and medication adherence. page17
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CHRONIC DISEASE PROGRAM<br />
Chronic disease management is a major research theme of our academic centre. It focuses on interventions relating to the<br />
health care system to improve the health of people with chronic diseases from disadvantaged <strong>and</strong> Culturally <strong>and</strong><br />
Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds <strong>and</strong> the Indigenous population. Projects focus on the role of general<br />
practitioners, practice nurses <strong>and</strong> the primary health care team as well as the health systems in improving diabetes care <strong>and</strong><br />
reducing cardiovascular disease risks in the community. Emphasis is also placed on consumer engagement in self<br />
management of diabetes <strong>and</strong> other chronic illness.<br />
RESEARCH TEAM<br />
Chronic Disease Program Team<br />
(Left to right)<br />
Front: Phyllis Lau, Doris Young, Jo-Anne Manski-<br />
Nankervis, Thi Pham, Nur Farizah Johari,<br />
Marlene Burchill<br />
Back: Barbara Johnson, Ralph Audehm, Irene<br />
Blackberry, Kitty Novy, Oageng Ntsi<br />
TEAM LEADER<br />
Professor Doris Young MB BS MD FRACGP leads the <strong>Primary</strong> <strong>Care</strong> Chronic Disease research program.<br />
Doris has extensive teaching, clinical <strong>and</strong> research experience in general practice, adolescent health,<br />
preventative <strong>and</strong> community health. Her recent research focuses on improving the health outcomes of<br />
disadvantaged populations with diabetes <strong>and</strong> cardiovascular disease risks through interventions in<br />
general practice <strong>and</strong> primary care.<br />
SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW<br />
Dr John Furler MB BS GDipPubHlth PhD DipObs MRCGP FRACGP is a PHCRED senior research fellow<br />
<strong>and</strong> GP whose current research focuses on health equity <strong>and</strong> the management of chronic illness in general<br />
practice. Most of his work is in Type 2 Diabetes <strong>and</strong> depression <strong>and</strong> explores the co-construction of social<br />
identity in medical care <strong>and</strong> the ways in which medical practice may act as a social determinant of health.<br />
RESEARCH FELLOWS<br />
Dr Irene Blackberry BMed PhD is a research fellow in primary care. She coordinates the Chronic Disease<br />
research group <strong>and</strong> primary care research projects exploring the role of practice nursing in chronic<br />
disease management. Her research interests include chronic disease, practice nursing, ageing, clinical<br />
nutrition <strong>and</strong> health services research.<br />
Dr Phyllis Lau BPharm GDipDrugEval SpecCertCR PhD is a research fellow coordinating the 'Culturally<br />
appropriate diabetes care in mainstream general practice for urban Aboriginal <strong>and</strong> Torres Strait Isl<strong>and</strong>er<br />
people' project. She is also coordinating a pilot lifestyle modification program in Aboriginal women with a<br />
history of gestational diabetes. Her research interests include Indigenous health, chronic disease,<br />
diabetes management, multidisciplinary care <strong>and</strong> medication adherence.<br />
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