The Living well in the ACT region survey examines wellbeing and quality of life in the Australian Capital Territory and surrounding areas of New South Wales. Our mission is to support research that improves the wellbeing and quality of life of people living in the ACT region.
Regional Wellbeing Survey
The Regional Wellbeing Survey is one of the largest annual surveys examining wellbeing and quality of life in Australia's rural and regional areas. Our mission is to support research that improves the wellbeing and quality of life of people living in rural and regional Australia.
Integrating On-site Pharmacists into Residential Aged Care Facilities
This project examines the effectiveness and implementation of on-site pharmacists into residential aged care facilities to improve the quality and safety of medication management.
GLOCAL (Global and Local Observation and mapping of CAre Levels)
The GLOCAL project incorporates information from local atlases of care into a metadata repository to enable national and international health system comparison.
EMPOWER
EMPOWER is a research and innovation effort, with an innovative pilot of implementation, that focuses on the development and implementation of a novel and low-cost eHealth platform to address mental health in the workplace from a multimodal perspective.
A Good Start in Life for Young Children
A Good Start in Life for Young Children: This project will evaluate a program of support and connection aimed at improving the health and wellbeing of children aged birth to 5 years at risk of developmental vulnerability and disadvantage in Belconnen, Australian Capital Territory (ACT).
A local navigation tool for Mental Health Care (MChart): Demonstration study in ACT
MChart will design, develop and implement an interactive user-friendly digital care platform that can be used by mental health planners, professionals and organisation managers to navigate the mental health care system which should result in better care for people with mental illness.
Social work in General Practice
Social Work in General Practice is a research project that aims to improve how primary care supports consumers who are identified as having non-medical areas of need, which that are otherwise challenging to address through stand-alone primary care services.
Novel modelling to improve decision-making for neighbourhood design to reduce chronic disease risk
This project will look at developing a practical, user-friendly, generalisable, and scalable tool to improve decision-making for neighbourhood design to reduce chronic disease risk.
Measure It! Increasing the physical activity levels of people with heart disease
Measure It! Is a research initiative led by Dr Nicole Freene. The 2-year project will gauge the effectiveness of the intervention which is based on wearable activity tracker and a quick conversation; designed to be viable for both patients and health professionals, it also empowers patients to take greater charge of their own health.
Contact us
University of Canberra Health Research Institute
11 Kirianri Street
Bruce ACT 2601
+61 (02) 6206 8312
uchri@canberra.edu.au
