Publications

Three themes characterised the strong contribution made by the Institute in 2017–18: Impact, Innovation and Partnerships. We secured a new five-year funding agreement with the NSW Government, attracted a new $2.5 million grant from the National Health and Medical Research Council to improve the lives of Aboriginal children, and...

October 2017. Travaglia J, Debono D, Debono G. People with intellectual disabilities (PWID) have specific healthcare needs. This Evidence Check sought evidence for methods to improve the capacity of healthcare services, systems and workforce to respond to these needs. The included reviews identified areas for improvement including: structural responses,...

March 2017. Toumbourou J, Rowland B, Renner H, Hobbs T. This review aims to provide evidence to inform effective prevention models for obesity and substance misuse in the primary and early secondary school years. It identifies risk and protective factors and factors that promote resiliency. For substance misuse, risk...

Latest news on simple ways to reduce food insecurity in urban Aboriginal communities, a podcast on physical inactivity, and our new Systems Change Framework. Read the full issue

Our new funding will enable us to expand out focus, extend our national reach and conduct more work in rural and remote Australia. Read the full issue

Features new findings on COPD, our Prevention Works podcast and new projects around mental illness, reducing obesity before and during pregnancy and tackling childhood obesity. Read the full issue

Shedding light on Aboriginal food and diet, Liveability in the news and workshops in Systems Thinking and Simulation Modelling. Read the full issue

News of our first MRFF project, a Findings Brief on scaling up in community settings, and a new tool to help you measure the success of working in partnership. Read the full issue

October 2018. In this issue of Evidence Matters, we highlight the latest issue of our Public Health Research & Practice journal, look at workshops to help policy & program makers assess the research they’re using, detail some of the more than 200 published papers to have used 45 and Up Study data, and more. Read...

August 2018. In this issue of Evidence Matters, we herald the closing of Research Action Awards applications on September 10, look at opportunities for rural health, detail renewed funding for the Australian Prevention Partnership Centre, and more Read the full issue of Evidence Matters Subscribe to Evidence Matters