Completed projects by subject
Page contents: Communicable Disease Control | Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention| Environmental Health | Systems and Processes | Injury and Poisoning
Communicable Disease Control
Blood Borne Viruses/Sexually Transmissible Infections research program
| Topic |
An integrated response to reduce the spread of HIV amongst Vietnamese Australian Injecting Drug Users in Victoria: Surveillance/Epidemiology research component |
| Investigators |
Margaret Hellard, et al |
| Organisation |
Macfarlane Burnet Centre for Medical Research, Epidemiology & Social Research Unit, Melbourne Australia |
| Completion date |
August 2004 |
| Research report |
http://www.epi.burnet.edu.au |
| Topic |
An investigation of hepatitis C and commercial body piercing in Victoria – (a report on infection control practices and knowledge of hepatitis C virus among body piercing practioners in Victoria) |
| Investigators |
Margaret Hellard, et al |
| Organisation |
Macfarlane Burnet Centre for Medical Research, Epidemiology & Social Research Unit, Melbourne, Australia |
| Completion date |
June 2002 |
| Research report |
http://www.burnet.edu.au/ |
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Hepatitis A,B and C in Juvenile Justice Clients in Custody in Melbourne - (Hepatitis A, B and C and risk behaviours in detained adolescent offenders) |
| Investigators |
Andrew Lovett, et al |
| Organisation |
Centre for Adolescent Health, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia |
| Completion date |
August 2004 |
| Research report |
 Hepatitis A,B and C in Juvenile Justice Clients in Custody in Melbourne (476kb, pdf) |
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| Topic |
Hepatitis C and initiation into injecting drug use in a rural setting |
| Investigators |
John Fitzgerald, et al |
| Organisation |
Department of Criminology, Sociology Program, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia |
| Completion date |
October 2003 |
| Research report |
http://www.bodydrugsworld.unimelb.edu.au/hepc.html |
| Topic |
HIV in Men who Have Sex with Men - (a report of a case control study of an incident of HIV transmission among men who have sex with men) |
| Investigators |
Tim Read, et al |
| Organisation |
Macfarlane Burnet Centre for Medical Research, Epidemiology & Social Research Unit, Melbourne, Australia |
| Completion date |
March 2004 |
| Research report |
http://www.epi.burnet.edu.au |
| Topic |
Melbourne Gay Community Periodic Survey |
| Investigators |
Dr Paul Van de Ven |
| Organisation |
National Centre in HIV Social Research, Australia |
| Completion date |
October 2004 |
| Research report |
http://nchsr.arts.unsw.edu.au
Note: Annual reports of the Melbourne Gay Community Periodic Survey along with other research reports are listed on this website.
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| Topic |
Rates of gonorrhoea in asymptomatic men who have sex with men, validation of a new testing method |
| Investigators |
Nicholas Medland, et al |
| Organisation |
Victorian AIDS Council, Melbourne, Australia |
| Completion date |
Expected completion October 2004 |
| Research report |
Pending |
| Topic |
Survey of harms in Victorian prisons |
| Investigators |
Penny Heale, et al |
| Organisation |
Turning Point Alcohol & Drug Centre, Melbourne, Australia |
| Completion date |
April 2003 |
| Research report |
http://www.justice.vic.gov.au |
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| Topic |
Victorian Networks Study (VINES) – (new social and behavioural contexts of unprotected sex among homosexually active men in Melbourne) |
| Investigators |
Jeffery Grierson, et al |
| Organisation |
Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University, Melbourne Australia |
| Completion date |
March 2003 |
| Research report |
Victorian Networks Study (VINES) (129kb, pdf)
Available from the LaTrobe University website |
| Topic |
Perceptions and Understandings of HIV transmission among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities |
| Investigators |
Dr Stephen McNally, Professor Marian Pitts, Dr Jeffrey Grierson |
| Organisation |
La Trobe University, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health & Society |
| Funding |
$63,236 |
| Topic |
Reducing the risk of transmission of HIV/AIDS in African and Arabic-speaking communities in Victoria |
| Investigators |
A/Professor Beverley-Ann Biggs, Dr Margaret Hellard, Dr Alan Street |
| Organisation |
Melbourne Health, Department of Medicine, Royal Melbourne Hospital |
| Funding |
$75,627 |
| Topic |
Typing of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neiseria gonorrhoea isolated from gay men |
| Investigators |
Dr Sepehr Tabrizi, Professor Christopher Fairley, A/Professor Anthony Smith, A/Professor Suzanne Garland |
| Organisation |
Murdoch Children's Research Institute |
| Funding |
$23,500 |
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Psychological and social factors associated with uptake and maintenance of clinical treatment for hepatitis C |
| Investigators |
Professor Marian Pitts, Dr Mary O'Brien, Dr Meredith Temple-Smith, Dr William Sievert
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| Organisation |
Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health & Society, La Trobe University |
| Funding |
$73,292 |
| Topic |
Determination of acute phase hepatitis C virus infection |
| Investigators |
Professor Eric Gowans |
| Organisation |
Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research & Public Health |
| Funding |
$74,243 |
| Topic |
Hepatitis C and Initiation Into Injecting Drug Use in a Rural Setting |
| Investigators |
Dr John Fitzgerald, Dr Kevin McDonald |
| Organisation |
Department of Criminology, Sociology Program, The University of Melbourne |
| Funding |
$37,101 |
Other
| Topic |
Safely First: Issues affecting the uptake of the Health Guidelines for Personal care and Body Art Industries |
| Chief Investigators |
Dr Meredith Temple-Smith, Dr Stephen McNally, Professor Marian Pitts, Dr Penny Weller |
| Organisation |
La Trobe University |
| Funding Awarded |
$78,915 (excluding GST) |
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| Topic |
Pivotal, Peripheral or positional: Understanding SOPVs for intervention. |
| Chief Investigators |
Dr Jeffrey Grierson, Professor Anthony Smith |
| Organisation |
La Trobe University |
| Funding Awarded |
$99,750 (excluding GST) |
| Topic |
Improving Access to Hepatitis C Treatment Services for Disadvantaged Groups: A Two Study Project: Lessons from a Ethno-specific Community Liver Clinic & Recognising and Responding to Hepatitis C in Indigenous Communities in Victoria |
| Chief Investigators |
Dr Stephen McNally, Dr Meredith Temple-Smith, Professor Sandra Gifford, Ms Jill Gallagher, Dr Anouk Dev, Ms Jacqui Richmond, Dr Priscilla Pyett |
| Organisation |
La Trobe University |
| Funding Awarded |
$98,649 (excluding GST) |
| Topic |
Development and testing of a tool to identify youth at risk of sexually transmitted infections in primary care. |
| Chief Investigators |
Dr Lena Sanci, Dr Marcus Chen, Professor Susan Sawyer, Assoc Professor Danielle Mazza, Dr Jane Hocking, Ms Michelle Wills, Ms Dot Henning |
| Organisation |
The University of Melbourne |
| Funding Awarded |
$83,295 (excluding GST) |
| Topic |
Health needs and sexual health knowledge in the unregulated sector of the Victorian sex Industry |
| Chief Investigators |
Professor Christopher Fairley, Professor Basil Donovan, Dr Christine Harcourt, Dr Sepehr Tabrizi, Professor Suzanne Garland, Dr Elizabeth Hoban, Dr Kay Cook |
| Organisation |
The University of Melbourne |
| Funding Awarded |
$97,032 (excluding GST) |
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| Topic |
Implementing Chlamydia Screening: attitudes of General Practitioners and young women |
| Chief Investigators |
Professor Christopher Fairley, A/Prof Jane Gunn, Ms Rhian Parker, Ms Jane Hocking |
| Organisation |
The University of Melbourne (School of Population Health, Melbourne Sexual Health Centre) |
| Funding Awarded |
$68,480 |
| Topic |
A prospective study examining the association between risk taking behaviour for HIV/STI transmission and mental illness and drug and/or alcohol use in men who have sex with men |
| Chief Investigators |
A/Professor Anne Mijch, Dr Margaret Hellard, Dr Steven Ellen, Dr Tim Read |
| Organisation |
Bayside Health Service (trading as the Alfred Hospital) |
| Funding Awarded |
$72,653 |
| Topic |
From custody to the community: Reducing HCV transmission among juvenile justice attendees |
| Chief Investigators |
Dr Margaret Hellard, Professor George Patton, Mr Peter Higgs |
| Organisation |
Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health |
| Funding Awarded |
$80,000 |
| Topic |
Barriers to implementation of a universal antenatal HIV screening policy in Australia |
| Chief Investigators |
Dr Margaret Hellard, Dr Michelle Giles, Professor Sharon Lewin |
| Organisation |
Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health |
| Funding Awarded |
$27,827 |
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| Topic |
Using the Internet to enhance Chlamydia partner notification for General Practititoners in Victoria |
| Chief Investigators |
Professor Christopher Fairley, Ms Jane Tomnay |
| Organisation |
The University of Melbourne (School of Population Health, Melbourne Sexual Health Centre) |
| Funding Awarded |
$10,130 |
| Topic |
Evidence base for STI/BBV prevention and treatment and Koori people in prison |
| Chief Investigators |
Ms Angela Clarke, Ms Karen Adams |
| Organisation |
Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation |
| Funding Awarded |
$79,190 |
| Topic |
The social processes of peer influence among gay men in Melbourne |
| Investigators |
A/Professor Anthony Smith, Professor Marian Pitts |
| Organisation |
La Trobe University, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health & Society |
| Funding |
$74,528 |
| Topic |
An evaluation of a new test for the detection of latent TB infection in Victoria |
| Investigators |
Dr Beverley-Ann Biggs, Dr Paul Vinton, A/Professor Paul Johnson, Dr James Black |
| Organisation |
Victorian Infectious Disease Service, Melbourne Health |
| Funding |
$69,020 |
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Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention
| Topic |
Type 2 diabetes and depression: Assessing the prevalence in Victoria and identifying effective public health interventions. |
| Chief Investigators |
Professor James Dunbar, Dr Prasuna Reddy, Professor Stephen Colagiuri, Professor Ian Hickie, Dr Stephen Bunker, Dr Sami Heistaro |
| Organisation |
Greater Green Triangle University (a Flinders University and Deakin University partnership) |
| Funding Awarded |
$89,600 (excluding GST) |
| Topic |
Promoting Public Awareness of Prevention, Early Detection & Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. |
| Chief Investigators |
Assoc Professor David Dunt |
| Organisation |
The University of Melbourne |
| Funding Awarded |
$58,603 (excluding GST) |
| Topic |
Responding to health inequalities: investigating the impact of Neighbourhood Renewal on health and well-being in disadvantaged Victorian communities. |
| Chief Investigators |
Dr Margaret Kelaher, Dr Deborah Warr, Ms Theonie Tacticos |
| Organisation |
The University of Melbourne |
| Funding Awarded |
$89,973 (excluding GST) |
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| Topic |
The effectiveness of a peer health telephone coaching model designed to reduce chronic disease risk factors |
| Chief Investigators |
Dr Sally Savage, Dr Susan Bailey, Dr Rona Bound |
| Organisation |
Deakin University |
| Funding Awarded |
$49,540 (excluding GST) |
| Topic |
Closing the Gap Between Research and Practice in Self Management of Osteoarthritis |
| Chief Investigators |
A/Prof Sally Green, Ms Denise O'Connor, Dr Sophie Hill, Professor, Simon French |
| Organisation |
Monash University (Monash Institute of Health Services Research) |
| Funding Awarded |
$79,736 |
| Topic |
Examining the evidence of the effectiveness and generalisability of chronic disease self management programs |
| Chief Investigators |
Mrs Jennifer Ham, A/Prof Nick Santamaria, Ms Angela Crombie |
| Organisation |
Bendigo Health Care Group, Ambulatory and Community Services |
| Funding Awarded |
$78,781 |
| Topic |
Chronic Disease self-management and education programs: Where should Victoria go? |
| Chief Investigators |
Dr Richard Osborne, Dr Caroline Brand |
| Organisation |
The University of Melbourne (Department of Medicine, Rheumatology, Royal Melbourne Hospital) |
| Funding Awarded |
$72,947 |
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| Topic |
Systematic review of chronic disease self management programs; available evidence on CDSM models and current programs in Victoria |
| Chief Investigators |
Dr Jonathan Shaw, Ms Virginia Hagger, Dr Helen Keleher |
| Organisation |
International Diabetes Institute |
| Funding Awarded |
$68,240 |
| Topic |
Developing nutrition and physical activity guidelines and interventions for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities |
| Chief Investigators |
Dr Kevin Rowley, Mr Paul Briggs, Ms Sharon Charles, Ms Rochelle Patten, Ms Julie Calleja |
| Organisation |
The University of Melbourne (Department of Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital) |
| Funding Awarded |
$80,000 |
| Topic |
Improving local areas to increase physical activity and healthy food choices |
| Chief Investigators |
A/Professor Anne Kavanagh, A/Prof Damien Jolley, Dr Gavin Turrell |
| Organisation |
The University of Melbourne (Key Centre for Women's Health, School of Population Health) |
| Funding Awarded |
$79,959 |
| Topic |
The built environment and children's physical activity and weight status |
| Chief Investigators |
Dr Anna Timperio, Dr Kylie Ball, Dr Jo Salmon |
| Organisation |
Deakin University (School of Exercise and Nutrition) |
| Funding Awarded |
$51,356 |
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| Topic |
Improving health outcomes for elderly people living in a regional and rural environment |
| Chief Investigators |
A/Professor Susan Bailey, Dr Iain Butterworth, Dr Sally Savage |
| Organisation |
Deakin University (School of Nursing) |
| Funding Awarded |
$74,062 |
| Topic |
An investigation into the effect of income inequality, social capital and socioeconomic status on smoking behaviour |
| Investigators |
Dr Mohammad Siahpush, Dr Ron Borland |
| Organisation |
Cancer Council Victoria |
| Funding |
$75,000 |
| Topic |
Occupational asthma - detection, surveillance and prevention of the disease burden |
| Investigators |
A/Professor Malcolm Sim, A/Professor Michael Abramson, A/Professor Anthony LaMontagne, Dr Rosalie Aroni |
| Organisation |
Monash University, Occupational & Environmental Health Unit |
| Funding |
$71,274 |
| Topic |
Asplenic Patient Education for the Prevention of Sepsis |
| Investigators |
A/Professor Denis Spelman, A/Professor Alison Street, Dr Merrole Cole-Sinclair, Dr Ian Wooley |
| Organisation |
Alfred Hospital |
| Funding |
$66,500 |
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| Topic |
The effectiveness of biocides in the control of amoebae in cooling towers. |
| Chief Investigators |
Dr Michelle Critchley, Dr Richard Bentham |
| Organisation |
Commonwelath Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) |
| Funding Awarded |
$80,963 (excluding GST) |
| Topic |
Mycobacterium ulcerans in Victoria |
| Chief Investigators |
Associate Professor Paul Johnson |
| Organisation |
Austin Hospital Medical Research Foundation |
| Funding Awarded |
$79,994 |
| Topic |
The development of a sensitive and rapid Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction test, using 'Real Time' PCR, for the detection of Murray Valley Encephalitis virus from infected mosquitoes and from animal blood |
| Investigators |
Ms Elwyn Wishart, Dr Simone Warner |
| Organisation |
Victorian Institute of Animal Science |
| Funding |
$19,498 |
| Topic |
The epidemiology and impact of childhood respiratory viral infections |
| Investigators |
Professor Terry Nolan, Dr Jonathan Carapetis, Dr John Carlin, Dr Christopher Birch |
| Organisation |
Murdoch Children's Research Institute |
| Funding |
$70,711 |
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To investigate existing service provision and best practice for pregnancy advisory services and develop a model applicable to Victoria that would deliver accessible, balanced information to women, especially those with an unexpected pregnancy. |
| Chief Investigators |
Dr Julia Shelley, Dr Chris Bayly, Ms Lynne Jordan, Dr Melissa Graham, Dr Jane Fisher, Dr Heather Rowe |
| Organisation |
Deakin University |
| Funding Awarded |
$77,419 (excluding GST) |
| Topic |
To investigate existing service provision and best practice for pregnancy advisory services and develop a model applicable to Victoria that would deliver accessible, balanced information to women, especially those with an unexpected pregnancy. |
| Chief Investigators |
Dr Julia Shelley, Dr Chris Bayly, Ms Lynne Jordan, Dr Melissa Graham, Dr Jane Fisher, Dr Heather Rowe |
| Organisation |
Deakin University |
| Funding Awarded |
$77,419 (excluding GST) |
| Topic |
Disclosure of genetic information to those at risk of familial cancer, a randomised controlled trial and evaluation of two methods of assisting families. |
| Chief Investigators |
Professor Ingrid Winship, Dr Marion Harris, Assoc Professor Geoffrey Lindeman, Dr Gillian Mitchell, Professor Finlay Macrae, Ms Mary-Anne Young, Dr Bruce Mann, Dr Bev Warner, Ms Deborah Howell, Dr Vicki White, Mrs Susan Fitzpatrick |
| Organisation |
The Cancer Council Victoria |
| Funding Awarded |
$85,856 (excluding GST) |
| Topic |
Supporting parents in telling their adolescent children about their donor-assisted conception: Research, resource development, and public information |
| Chief Investigators |
Ms Louise Johnson, Dr Maggie Kirkman, Professor Doreen Rosenthal |
| Organisation |
Infertility Treatment Authority |
| Funding Awarded |
$99,856 (excluding GST) |
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| Topic |
The Positioning of Health Impact Assessment in Local Government in Victoria |
| Investigators |
Ms Mary Mahoney |
| Organisation |
Deakin University, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Science |
| Funding |
$75,000 |
| Topic |
Emergency Management Risk Communication |
| Investigators |
A/Professor Rae Walker, Professor Vivian Lin, Dr Priscilla Robinson, Dr John Tebbutt |
| Organisation |
La Trobe University, School of Population Health |
| Funding |
$72,882 |
| Topic |
Cultural safety in nursing practice: professional, educational, organisational and consumer perspectives |
| Investigators |
Professor Olga Kanitsaki, Professor Megan-Jane Johnstone |
| Organisation |
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Department of Nursing & Midwifery |
| Funding |
$72,650 |
| Topic |
Beyond the bedside: What contribution can Nurses make within a regional HACC agency? |
| Investigators |
Professor Linda Johnston, |
| Organisation |
The University of Melbourne, Victorian Centre for Nursing Practice Research |
| Funding |
$73,142 |
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| Topic |
Improving primary health care for settlers from the Middle East and Afghanistan |
| Investigators |
Dr Beverley-Ann Biggs, Dr James Black |
| Organisation |
International Health, Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne |
| Funding |
$75,469 |
| Topic |
Application of Geospatial Information Systems to Public Health Emergency Management |
| Investigators |
Arjen Klomp, Maurits van der Vlugt, Dr David Lemon, Peter O'Neill |
| Organisation |
Sinclair Knight Metz Pty Ltd |
| Funding |
$75,000 |
| Topic |
Building Graduate Nurse Competence in Risk Management and Harm Minimisation |
| Investigators |
Professor Megan-Jane Johnstone, Professor Olga Kanitsaki, Ms Janet Kelsh |
| Organisation |
Dept of Nursing & Midwifery, RMIT University |
| Funding |
$73,758 |
| Topic |
Occupational Violence in Nursing: An analysis of the phenomenon of patient aggression and code grey/black events in 4 Victorian hospitals |
| Investigators |
Ms Marie Gerdtz, Dr Phillip Maude, Dr Nick Santamaria |
| Organisation |
Victorian Centre for Nursing Practice Research,
The University of Melbourne |
| Funding |
$74,918 |
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Gear up: Motivators and barriers to Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) wearing by youth skaters (in-line skaters and skateboards) |
| Investigators |
Ms Erin Cassell, Dr Rosalie Aroni, A/Professor Susan Sawyer |
| Organisation |
Monash University, Accident Research Centre |
| Funding |
$69,953 |
| Topic |
Barriers to child poisoning prevention: Why does child resistant packaging fail? |
| Investigators |
Professor Joan Ozanne-Smith, Dr Jenny Sherrard, Mr Jeff Robinson |
| Organisation |
Monash University, Accident Research Centre |
| Funding |
$54,287 |
| Topic |
Investigating the over-representation of older persons in Do-It-Yourself home maintenance injury and barriers to prevention |
| Investigators |
Professor Joan Ozanne-Smith. Ms Karen Ashby |
| Organisation |
Monash University, Accident Research Centre |
| Funding |
$33,041 |
| Topic |
Doesn't everyone have poison in the kitchen cupboard? Investigating socio-cultural differences in child unintentional poisoning |
| Investigators |
Ms Lisa Gibbs, A/Professor Elizabeth Waters, Dr Simon Young |
| Organisation |
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Centre for Community Child Health |
| Funding |
$74,280 |
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