2010 - General Practice and Primary Health Care Academic Centre

YOUNG PEOPLE'S HEALTH PROGRAM
The objectives of research in the young people's health stream are to:
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advance the health and wellbeing of young people through an accessible, effective and responsive primary care
workforce and system;
explore issues affecting the health and wellbeing of young people in the community that are important to young people,
parents and providers; and
design and test interventions that have potential to benefit the health and wellbeing of young people in the community.
RESEARCH TEAM
Young People's Health Program Team
(Left to right)
Andrew McCoy, Shelley Walker, Amanda Fraser,
Brenda Grabsch, Caroline Hart, Eleanor Tan,
Fan Yang, Janelle Seymour
Absent: Lena Sanci
TEAM LEADER
Dr Lena Sanci MB BS PhD DRANZCOG FRACGP leads the research program on young people's health in
primary care. She currently has a large cluster randomised trial in general practice underway testing the
effectiveness of preventive health care for young people within a youth friendly practice system (PARTY
project).
RESEARCH FELLOWS
Ms Brenda Grabsch BSc BSW GDipHumServRes&Eval is a research fellow and coordinator of the
Prevention, Access and Risk Taking in Young People (PARTY) project. She has worked previously in
counselling roles as well as in psycho-oncology research.
Mr Andrew McCoy COTElect GDipDigCompEng MAppSc is a research fellow in the PARTY project who is
working with staff in general practices to enhance their systems, practices and culture to facilitate youth
friendly care. Andrew's research interests are organisations, the way people work together and the impact
of subconscious processes in physical and Internet-based group settings.
Ms Janelle Seymour BA MPubHlth is a research fellow and health economist working on the PARTY
(Prevention, Access and Risk Taking in Young People) and PARTY II projects. Her research interests lie in
applied economic evaluation, particularly in the context of complex interventions and complex systems.
RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
Ms Caroline Hart BSc is a research
assistant working on the Prevention,
Access and Risk Taking in Young
People (PARTY) project as a field
researcher. Caroline has an interest
in qualitative research methods and
has previously worked in disability
and mental health research roles.
Ms Fan Yang BSc GDipStat is the
data manager for the Prevention,
Access and Risk Taking in Young
People (PARTY) project. She has
extensive experience in database
programming, data cleaning, data
manipulation and data analysis of
large datasets.
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