Completed Projects Archive

Projects completed with assistance from PHCRED Research Capacity Building Initiative Funding:

2008

COMBINED UNIVERSITIES CENTRE FOR RURAL HEALTH

  • Community interventions for at risk indigenous youth, Carnavon.
  • Urinary pH in pregnancy.
  • Evaluation of a work-life balance program.
  • Management of constipation in the older adult living in residential care.
  • Evaluation of the effectiveness and impact of the Older Patients Initiative Care Coordination Team.

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME AUSTRALIA, FREMANTLE

  • Fremantle primary prevention study into risk factor modification for cardiovascular disease in general practice.
  • Enhancing primary care research capacity in an indigenous community in the Kimberley.
  • Prostate cancer data linkage study.
  • A study to examine doctor's perceptions of radiation dose among a range of different investigations.
  • Diabetes co-morbidity study.

UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA

  • A double blind RCT to determine the effectiveness of using low level laser acupncture (LA) for the treatment of chronic low back pain (LBP).
  • Reduction of cardiovascular risk through self management interventions within general practice.
  • The utility of Troponin testing in primary care.
  • A project to improve and enrich PHC research by fostering collaboration between health professionals and communities.
  • To explore the effectiveness of GP health department communciation in the context of an infectious pandemic.
Primary Health Care Research, Evaluation and Development