Reducing preventable health risks

Competitive Funding

Client centered, caseworker delivered smoking cessation intervention for a socially disadvantaged population: A randomised controlled trial. National Health and Medical Research Group.
Contact: Dr Bille Bonevski 

Effectiveness of a resilience intervention in reducing smoking and alcohol consumption among secondary school students. National Health and Medical Research Group.
Contact: A/Prof John Wiggers 

Efficacy of exercise physiologist counselling in primary care patients: A randomised controlled trial of two pragmatic approaches.
National Health and Medical Research Group.
Contact: Dr Erica James

Improving the Psychosocial Health of People with Cancer and their Carers: A Community Based Approach. Beyond Blue/Cancer Australia. 2009-2011.
Contact: Dr. Afaf Girgis

Psychological morbidity, unmet needs, quality of life and patterns of care in migrant cancer patients: first year. Beyond Blue/Cancer Australia. 2009-2011.
Contact: Dr. Afaf Girgis

Reducing Alcohol Misuse: The Efficacy of a Comprehensive Accreditation Intervention in Community Sports Clubs. ARC Linkage Grant.
Contact: John Wiggers, Dr Luke Wolfenden

Supporting Parents to Increase Children's Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables:
A Randomised Controlled Trial of a Telephone Based Intervention. NSW Cancer Institute.
Contact: John Wiggers, Dr Luke Wolfenden

A randomised controlled trial of a high intensity intervention to reduce smoking among pregnant indigenous women. National Health and Medical Research Council.
Contact: Health Behaviour Research Group

Reducing alcohol related harm in rural communities. A Randomised Controlled Trial. Australian Research Council.
Contact: Health Behaviour Research Group

The acceptability and effectiveness of a system based approach to reducing cardiovascular risk, including depression and lifestyle risk factors in rural and remote general practices.
A Randomised Controlled Trial. National Heart Foundation/Beyond Blue.
Contact: Health Behaviour Research Group

Testing the acceptability of a system-oriented intervention, involving touch screen computers, for reducing cancer risk status among general practice patients.
Cancer Institute NSW.
Contact: Health Behaviour Research Group

Community action for smoking cessation in remote Aboriginal communities.
National Health and Medical Research Council.
Contact: Health Behaviour Research Group

Making a difference: building research capacity for health interventions to improve Aboriginal Health. National Health and Medical Research Council.
Contact: Health Behaviour Research Group

Developing an effective UV Alert: A qualitative study. A pilot project for the development of UV alert intervention. 2008
Contact: Dr Billie Bonevski, Dr. Afaf Girgis

Many Rivers Diabetes Prevention Project. Developing and evaluating community and school based strategies to reduce the risk of Type 2 Diabetes and other chronic diseases amongst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in rural NSW. These strategies aim to increase physical activity participation and improve healthy eating habits amongst children, are implemented in schools and also in partnership with AMSs and GPs. A 5 year NHRMC Strategic Development Grant under the Healthy Start to Life for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.
Contact: Josephine Gwynn

Exploration of strategies to decrease smoking in socially disadvantaged communities.
Cancer Institute NSW.
Contact: Dr Billie Bonevski, Dr Chris Paul

The effectiveness of pro active telemarketing of a smoking cessation telephone counselling service. Determining the costs and benefits of taking a telemarketing approach to recruiting smokers into telephone counselling for smoking cessation. Australian Research Council, National Heart Foundation, Hunter New England Population Health, The Cancer Council NSW. 2005-2008
Contact: Dr Chris Paul, Dr. Raoul Walsh, Dr. Afaf Girgis

Tackling tobacco in community based social services: a pilot study. An action research project for tackling tobacco in community service organisations. Pilot work for the Project includes a workshop, focus groups and pilot study. 2008
Contact: Dr Billie Bonevski, Dr Chris Paul

Reducing the injury and disease burden attributable to alcohol: methodological, aetiological and intervention studies. A research fellowship whose aims are to conduct a range of methodological, aetiological and intervention studies in the area of unhealthy alcohol use.
Career Development Award 2009-12, National Health & Medical Research Council.
Contact: Dr Kyp Kypri

Alcohol outlet accessibility, area deprivation, and adult drinking patterns. This is a spatial epidemiological study of the relationship between the proximity of alcohol outlets to people's homes and their alcohol use and experience of various harms. Lottery Health Research Grant (NZ).
Contact: Dr Kyp Kypri

Investigation of performance biases in clinical trials of health behaviour interventions. This is a grant to facilitate meeting with a collaborator a the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine to progress an emerging area of research in the are of performance biases in clinical trials of health behaviour interventions. Australian Academy of Science - Scientific Visits to Europe grant. Australian Academy of Science - Scientific Visits to Europe grant.
Contact: Dr Kyp Kypri

Gender and alcohol: an international study. This is a national survey of alcohol consumption and the experience of interpersonal violence, particularly in the context of cohabiting relationships. Alcohol Advisory Council, New Zealand
Contact: Dr Kyp Kypri

Evaluation of the Campus Watch community intervention. This is a quasi-experimental evaluation of a community intervention to reduce social disorder, including that attributable to unhealthy alcohol use. National Drug Policy Discretionary Fund, 2008-9, New Zealand, $72,300
Contact: Dr Kyp Kypri

The Partners/carers study: A longitudinal study of the psychosocial outcomes of the partners/carers of cancer survivors. The Cancer Council NSW
Contact: Dr. Afaf Girgis

A comprehensive work program to develop specialist palliative care referral guidelines, screening and assessment tools grant. Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Contact: Dr. Afaf Girgis

Needs based access to specialist palliative care services: Development and evaluation of a Consumer Toolkit. National Health and Medical Research Council
Contact: Dr. Afaf Girgis, Ms. Allison Boyes

Needs based palliative care: Evaluation of the palliative care needs assessment guidelines and palliative care needs assessment tool. National Health and Medical Research Council
Contact: Ms. Amy Waller

Effectiveness of continuing medical education & feedback in altering diabetes outcomes at a population level. A RCT. National Health and Medical Research Council Research Grant
Contact: Dr Chris Paul

Tackling Tobacco: An exploration of methods to reduce smoking in socially disadvantaged populations. Cancer Institute NSW
Contact: Ms. Jamie Bryant

Determining critical points in the potential palliative care pathway in the last year of life. National Health and Medical Research Council
Contact: Dr. Afaf Girgis

Support for Cancer Clinical Trials Program: Psycho-Oncology Co-operative Research Group (PoCoG) Cancer Australia National Cooperative Cancer Clinical Trials Group
Contact: Dr. Afaf Girgis

Palliative Care in Community Pharmacy. Pharmacy Guild Project.
Contact: Dr. Afaf Girgis

Needs based access to specialist palliative care services: Development and evaluation of a Consumer Toolkit. National Health and Medical Research Council
Contact: Dr. Afaf Girgis, Ms. Allison Boyes

Determining critical points in the potential palliative care pathway in the last year of life. National Health and Medical Research Council.
Contact: Dr. Afaf Girgis