Projects
PHCRED Research Capacity Building Initiative
The Research Capacity Building Initiative is an integral component of the overall PHCRED strategy and provides those working the area of primary health care with a range of support to improve their research skills. Practical support may include fellowships or bursaries being awarded, mentoring by skilled researchers, and, access to a variety of workshops relevant to different aspects of the research process.
Fellowships and bursaries provide subsidised time for individuals away from their normal duties to either conduct research and analysis or write up the results of their activities. Research projects undertaken by fellowship and bursary recipients are presented at the annual state conference held in October/November each year.
Fellowships and bursaries are advertised annually. Details and application forms are available here
COMBINED UNIVERSITIES CENTRE FOR RURAL HEALTH
The following projects have been undertaken by PHCRED fellowship and bursary recipients in 2010. Most projects have been completed with some still ongoing.
- Community Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Survey of Vector-borne Disease Risk in South West and the Kimberley regions of Western Australia.
- Translation of rural and remote research projects into policy and practice.
- Fix my Ride, Mt Magnet.
- Use of chemicals on farms: the impact on the farming family.
- Predicting positive therapy outcomes for children with developmental delay in outreach settings.
- Profiling multimorbidity in general practice.
- Fremantle Primary Prevention study - a pilot study of risk factor modification for cardiovascular disease.
- Quantitatively calculating cardiovascular risk.
- GP knowledge regarding radiation exposure.
- Patient views of the role of practice nurses
- Audit of INR POC testing.
- Medical student patient encounter research, general practice and primary health care.
- Good systems for safety and quality in Aboriginal Primary Health Care.
- A needs assessment: Accommodating undergraduate students in health related courses in Albany.
