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Medicine & Health Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity

Prevention research resources for health professionals

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Support for your research

The Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity (CPHCE) supports NSW Health staff and others who are involved in commissioning, conducting or using the results of health research or evaluation.

Below are topics we chose that are important for prevention research in primary and public health. For each topic, we identify听free online resources that are suitable for people in the field.

If there is a free resource that you have found useful and would like to share, please let us know at听cphce@unsw.edu.au.

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  • This section provides an overview of prevention and health promotion that will be useful in determining the need, scope and focus of research and how the results can be used.听听

    • 罢丑别听听webpage for health promotion includes information, guidance and news on global health promotion.
    • : describes influential theories of health-related behaviors, processes of shaping behavior, and the effects of community and environmental factors on behavior.
    • A description of the Primary Health Care system in Australia by the听
    • WHO webpage on includes information and toolkits for the global action.鈥
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  • PHC provides opportunities for prevention and health promotion听

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    • The RACGP Preventive Health Guildline; for GPs includes the Guidelines for preventive activities in general practice鈥(the听)鈥痑nd Putting prevention into practice (the鈥)
    • .听础鈥痝reater emphasis on preventative measures is outlined to reduce the chronic disease burden

  • CPHCE and the School of Population Health developed an听online course听for GP registrars to provide an introduction to research in PHC. This course is freely accessible to anyone wanting to learn about doing research in PHC. To access the course, click听. There are many online manuals, training programs and guides for research and evaluation. It鈥檚 worth looking at a few different ones to see what might suit your needs at this time. Here are a few:

    • 听This book is a starter 鈥楧IY鈥 text for practitioners who are looking to conduct evaluation studies and research as part of their own professional practice.
    • 听focuses on helping practitioners conduct research in their own organisations, and attention is given to the best methods for doing this effectively and sensitively.听
    • 听This is an interactive guide for people who are managing an evaluation. The guide can be used for managing an evaluation that is conducted by an external evaluator or evaluation team, an internal team, or by a combination of these.
    • 听This guide to commissioning evaluation services complements the NSW Government Program Evaluation Guidelines and Toolkit. It promotes a proactive, planned and structured approach to commissioning evaluations, including information on when and how to commission an evaluation and how to make the most of the results
    • 听takes you through seven steps for planning and implementing a program evaluation project.
    • 听Developing Monitoring and Evaluation Frameworks + FRAMEWORK TEMPLATE
    • 听Evaluation framework for health promotion and disease prevention programs

  • Frameworks for evaluation help to plan the evaluation:

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    • Developmental evaluation for working in the early stage of an innovation in situations that are highly complex:听and听
    • Realist evaluation,听Realist evaluation, which asks 鈥渨hat works, for whom, under what circumstances and how鈥:听
    • Logic models for planning and evaluation:听;听; 听
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  • Working collaboratively with consumers and across institutions can help with the appropriateness of methods and uptake of results.

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    • VicHealth听听This resource is for organisations entering into or working in a partnership to assess, monitor and maximise its ongoing effectiveness.听
    • 听 A short guide to get started, and become more familiar with co-design research

  • Policy research and development:

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    Systematic reviews:听

    • Description of different types of systematic review and听
    • 听The National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools provides guidance on the process of conducting rapid reviews to use evidence to inform policy and program decision making.

    Health Impact Assessment (HIA):

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  • Ethics:

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    • 罢丑别听听Ethics Committee for听research proposals affecting the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal people and communities in NSW
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    Data:

    • Organising data storage and sharing:听

  • Social determinants of health (SDOH)

    • What are the SDOH and what does it mean for听?
    • Guidance on听of health by NACCHO

    Sustainable development goals (SDGs):

    • 听on SDGs

    Health literacy:

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    • How do you measure it?听
    • - a guide from the听Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care

    Patient activation:

    • Patient activation (PA) describes the knowledge, skills and confidence a person has in managing their own health and care
    • The Patient Activation Measure (PAM) is a validated licenced tool to measure patients鈥 skills, knowledge and confidence to manage their long-term conditions.
    • An implementation guide听from the NHS about PA and the PAM is .听

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