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APHCRI Linkage & Exchange Travelling Fellowships

Australian primary health care researchers took their research results to the world, visiting world renowned international health centres as a result of APHCRI Linkage and Exchange travelling fellowships in 2007 and early 2008.

Eight researchers were successful in being awarded funding to develop their research through international contacts and collaborations.

More than $300,000 of funding was invested in this program of work, which involved researchers travelling to Canada, the United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Geneva and the United States to share research results with international colleagues. These countries are common comparator countries for Australia in general practice and primary health care research.

The travelling fellowships offer researchers involved in an earlier program of work examining issues like mental health, chronic illness and multidisciplinary teams to take their work to an international audience, said APHCRI Foundation Director, Professor Nicholas Glasgow. “The work being done in Australia is of tremendous interest to overseas audiences, and of course our research benefits from this global input,” he said.

The APHCRI Linkage and Exchange Travelling Fellows are:

Sarah Dennis - University of New South Wales - who will be expanding on work led by Professor Nicholas Zwar last year which looked at chronic disease management. She will travel to Universities in the United Kingdom. Research summary report. Full report.

Julie McDonald - University of New South Wales - who looked at comprehensive primary health care models in Stream Four of APHCRI research will travel to Canada. Research summary report. Full report.

Elizabeth McDonald - Menzies School of Health Research - who participated in the Ross Bailie led project examining growth faltering in remote indigenous communities will spend time at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and the World Health Organization. Research summary report. Full report.

Lydia Hearn and Margaret Miller - Edith Cowan University - who looked at childhood obesity in Stream Four will travel to the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States to develop the research further. Research summary report. Full report.

Gawaine Powell Davies - University of New South Wales - who examined coordination of care within primary health care and secondary care, will travel to The Netherlands, which is a good comparator country for Australia in this area. Research summary report. Full report.

Lucio Naccarella - University of Melbourne - who examined systems innovation and reviews of evidence in primary health care will travel to the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Research summary report. Full report.

John Wakerman and John Humphreys - Flinders University - who were involved in looking at rural and remote health care programs sustainability will compare health concerns in remote Australia issues with a Canadian research team also dealing with remote populations. Research summary report. Full report.

Helen Christensen and Kathleen Griffiths - ANU - who were involved in a Stream Four project examining the use of Internet tools for the management of anxiety and depression, will travel to the United Kingdom and The Netherlands Research summary report. Full report.

Stream Seven participants were part of a half-day presentation to the Department of Health and Ageing in April 2008. Their presentations can be found here.