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Research projects
| Quit In General Practice: a cluster randomised trial of enhanced in-practice support for smoking cessation. |
| Principal Investigator(s): |
Zwar NA, Richmond R, Halcomb L, Furler J, Smith J |
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| Total Grant: |
$1,123,952 |
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| Awarded by: |
NHMRC Project Grant |
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| Duration: |
2009-2011 |
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| PEACH Patient Engagement and Coaching for Health: An intensive treatment intervention for patients with type 2 diabetes |
| Principal Investigator(s): |
Young D, Vale M, Furler J, Walker C, Dunning T |
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| Total Grant: |
$298,125 |
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| Awarded by: |
NHMRC Project Grant |
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| Duration: |
2008-2010 |
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| PHC RED research fellowship |
| Principal Investigator(s): |
Furler J |
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| Total Grant: |
$527, 500 |
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| Awarded by: |
Department of Health and Ageing |
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| Duration: |
2007-2011 |
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| Improving Community Coordination, Access and Networks (I-CCAaN): primary care for depression, anxiety and related disorders with co-morbid chronic physical illness. |
| Principal Investigator(s): |
Palmer V, Gunn J, Furler J, Kokanovic R. |
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| Total Grant: |
$202,077 |
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| Awarded by: |
Beyondblue |
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| Duration: |
2009-2010 |
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| Best practice' health care: optimising access to primary health care |
| Principal Investigator(s): |
Comino E, Harris M, Haas M, Furler J |
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| Total Grant: |
$249,881 |
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| Awarded by: |
APHCRI |
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| Duration: |
2009 |
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| Incentives for Primary Health Care Team Service Provision (Incentives4Teams) |
| Principal Investigator(s): |
Nacarrella L, Scott A, Furler J, Dwan K |
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| Total Grant: |
$234,178 |
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| Awarded by: |
APHCRI |
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| Duration: |
2009 |
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| Incentives and the quality of primary health care in Australia |
| Principal Investigator(s): |
Scott A, Naccarella L, Furler J, Young D |
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| Total Grant: |
$243,066 |
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| Awarded by: |
APHCRI |
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| Duration: |
2009 |
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| CCRE in clinical science in diabetes |
| Principal Investigator(s): |
Best J, O'Dea K, Taylor H, Kay T, Jenkins A, Young D |
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| Total Grant: |
$1,975,625 |
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| Awarded by: |
NHMRC CCRE |
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| Duration: |
2007-2011 |
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| Summary Paragraph: |
http://www.diabetesccre.unimelb.edu.au/ |
| Stepping Up in diabetes: a pilot implementation and evaluation of a program to enhance the way the primary care diabetes team works with patients to manage insulin treatment |
| Principal Investigator(s): |
Furler J, Blackberry I, Young D, Best J, Audehm R, Walker C |
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| Total Grant: |
$219,393 |
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| Awarded by: |
Department of Health and Ageing |
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| Duration: |
2009-2010 |
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| Piloting Stepping Up in General Practice |
| Principal Investigator(s): |
Furler J, Best J, Young D, Blackberry I, Audehm R |
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| Total Grant: |
$19,950 |
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| Awarded by: |
ADS-Servier (Barry Young) Grant |
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| Duration: |
2010 |
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| The Indigenous Diabetes Study – Improving Mainstream Diabetes Care for Urban Indigenous Australians |
| Principal Investigator(s): |
ST Liaw, J Furler, K Rowley, P Pyett, M Kelaher & P Lau |
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| Total Grant: |
$365,675 |
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| Awarded by: |
National Health and Medical Research Council |
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| Duration: |
2008-2010 |
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| Summary Paragraph: |
This study aims to determine the enablers and barriers for urban Indigenous people to access mainstream primary care services, in particular relating to services for diabetes care. Phase 1 involves conducting extensive consultation with Aboriginal community, both mainstream and Aboriginal health sectors, as well as relevant policy-makers. Phase 2 involves developing a culturally appropriate diabetes care model for piloting at four mainstream health service sites and then evaluating the model’s acceptability and feasibility. |
| The Indigenous Brokerage Project – Brokerage in Health: An Aboriginal Health Perspective |
| Principal Investigator(s): |
M Cheng, A Clark, T Moore & P Lau |
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| Total Grant: |
$2,000 |
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| Awarded by: |
GPET (General Practice Education and Training) |
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| Duration: |
2008 |
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| Summary Paragraph: |
This project aims to explore how the concept of “health brokerage” applies to Aboriginal health in Australia. Clarification of this concept is essential in avoiding ambiguity and confusion when referring to “brokerage” and will contribute to collective understanding and the alignment of goals during discussions about models of healthcare delivery in Aboriginal Health. This is a qualitative study that involves a combination of focus group discussions and semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders in Aboriginal health. |
Completed Grants (2005 to 2008)
| PEACH study-Patient Engagement and Coaching for Health: an intensive intervention for patients with type 2 diabetes in disadvantaged communities |
| Principal Investigator(s): |
Young D, Furler J, Walker C, Vale M, Best J, Segal L, Dunning T. |
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| Total Grant: |
$499, 263 |
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| Awarded by: |
NHMRC GP Clinical Research Grant |
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| Duration: |
2006-2009 |
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| Summary Paragraph: |
This project is a cluster randomised controlled trial that aims to determine the effectiveness of a patient-focused method for chronic disease self-management (COACH program) in order to achieve intensive treatment goals for Type 2 Diabetes in a general practice setting.
www.peach.unimelb.edu.au
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| Primary Care prevention of falls and fractures in the elderly by annual vitamin D supplementation. |
| Principal Investigator(s): |
Nicholson G, Sanders K, Young D, Kotowicz M, Pasco J. |
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| Total Grant: |
$293,000 |
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| Awarded by: |
NHMRC Project Grant |
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| Duration: |
2003-2007 |
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| Stepping up: Perceptions of insulin initiation in general practice |
| Principal Investigator(s): |
J Furler, C Mathieson & F Duffy |
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| Total Grant: |
$24,994 |
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| Awarded by: |
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners National Research Committee, Cardiovascular Research Grant in General Practice |
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| Duration: |
2007-2008 |
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| Summary Paragraph: |
The aim of this study is Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) is very common, and causes a lot of illness in the community, particularly from complications related to heart and blood vessel diseases. There are good clinical guidelines for managing T2D, and mostly it is managed in general practice. Evidence suggests more people should be on insulin treatment and that they ought to begin this earlier in the course of diabetes as a way of preventing complications. Yet despite this, it seems that small numbers of people with T2D progress to insulin treatment either early enough or at all. Our qualitative interview study aims to understand more clearly the reasons behind this by exploring the perceptions of GPs, patients and diabetes educators about the process of initiating insulin in general practice.
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Stream 4: Systematic Review of Innovative Models for Comprehensive Primary Health Care Delivery |
| Principal Investigator(s): |
Naccarella, Furler, Scott, Young |
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| Total Grant: |
$154,998 |
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| Awarded by: |
Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute |
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| Duration: |
2008 |
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| A peer-led self-management diabetes prevention program for Turkish and Arabic speaking communities |
| Principal Investigator(s): |
N Sulaiman, D Young, J Furler, J Best, E Hadj, M Graco, D O’Connor & S Hunt |
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| Total Grant: |
$44,900 |
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| Awarded by: |
Diabetes Australia |
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| Duration: |
2005-2006 |
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| Summary Paragraph: |
The aim of this study is to develop and evaluate a culturally appropriate intervention to prevent Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) in the Turkish and Arabic speaking communities. These communities have a high prevalence of risk factors for diabetes, including obesity and physical inactivity and a high prevalence of T2DM and impaired glucose tolerance.
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| Hospital Admission Risk Program: Evidence-based Asthma Model Project |
| Principal Investigator(s): |
N Sulaiman, C Winter, ST Liaw, W McDonald, A Bourke, M McKinnon & K Thitchener |
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| Total Grant: |
$645,480 |
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| Awarded by: |
Department of Human Services, Victoria - auspiced by the Northern Division of General Practice Pty Ltd |
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| Duration: |
2002-2006 |
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| Summary Paragraph: |
The aim of this project is to improve post discharge asthma care and health outcomes for children and adults with asthma presenting to the emergency department of the Northern Hospital through the provision of asthma education based on National Asthma Campaign guidelines and self-management principles.
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| What complementary medicines do Australians take and why do they take them? |
| Principal Investigator(s): |
M Pirotta, S Myers, K Stewart, K Gibbons & E Deveny |
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| Total Grant: |
$10,000 |
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| Awarded by: |
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners |
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| Duration: |
2005-2006 |
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| Summary Paragraph: |
The aims of this pilot project are to assess the effectiveness of a mailed diary aimed at collecting medication use in comparison to medication use determined by a pharmacist home visit, and to determine the reasons why people use complementary medicines and their knowledge of adverse events and interactions.
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