The paper draws on a case study of Australian social and policy research in HIV and hepatitis C. With reference to philosophical and functional considerations, it presents a research infrastructure project designed to support a national problem-based research program comprising partners and stakeholders from various health and social science disciplines, government and community-based organisations, and affected communities.
Disparities in health across the socioeconomic spectrum are now recognised worldwide and demand poli...
Periodic public concern about heroin use has been a major driver of Australian drug policy in the fo...
Summary This paper was originally written as a contribution to discussions about HIV treatments me...
The paper outlines a model for eResearch infrastructure designed to support collaborative and proble...
Social science health research in Australia has undergone considerable expansion through government ...
Objectives: Strong collaboration between researchers, policy makers and practitioners supports the u...
The provision of health care services by specialist practitioners has implications for professional ...
SUMMARY The increasing call for evidence-based policy making assumes a linear, positivist relation b...
Evidence-based policy has become rhetoric for many western governments across a broad range of healt...
Research findings from psychological science have identified interventions that will benefit human h...
There is often a disconnection between the creation of evidence and its use in policy and practice. ...
Australia needs to encourage a new form of research that contributes directly to the formulation of ...
Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is often cited as a suitable methodological approach f...
Problem: Gaps exist in researchers' understanding of the 'practice' of community governance in relat...
The need for research to better address health disparities in Indigenous people has been widely reco...
Disparities in health across the socioeconomic spectrum are now recognised worldwide and demand poli...
Periodic public concern about heroin use has been a major driver of Australian drug policy in the fo...
Summary This paper was originally written as a contribution to discussions about HIV treatments me...
The paper outlines a model for eResearch infrastructure designed to support collaborative and proble...
Social science health research in Australia has undergone considerable expansion through government ...
Objectives: Strong collaboration between researchers, policy makers and practitioners supports the u...
The provision of health care services by specialist practitioners has implications for professional ...
SUMMARY The increasing call for evidence-based policy making assumes a linear, positivist relation b...
Evidence-based policy has become rhetoric for many western governments across a broad range of healt...
Research findings from psychological science have identified interventions that will benefit human h...
There is often a disconnection between the creation of evidence and its use in policy and practice. ...
Australia needs to encourage a new form of research that contributes directly to the formulation of ...
Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is often cited as a suitable methodological approach f...
Problem: Gaps exist in researchers' understanding of the 'practice' of community governance in relat...
The need for research to better address health disparities in Indigenous people has been widely reco...
Disparities in health across the socioeconomic spectrum are now recognised worldwide and demand poli...
Periodic public concern about heroin use has been a major driver of Australian drug policy in the fo...
Summary This paper was originally written as a contribution to discussions about HIV treatments me...