https://hdl.handle.net/2123/8948 2026-06-06T20:05:01Z 2026-06-06T20:05:01Z Wilson, Andrew Huckel Schneider, Carmen https://hdl.handle.net/2123/34497 2026-04-29T00:31:59Z 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z

Master of Health Policy & Planning Webinar 2025 Wilson, Andrew; Huckel Schneider, Carmen Professor Andrew Wilson and Associate Professor Carmen Huckel Schneider will talk about what the program offers, as well as providing opportunities to ask any questions you have about the program.

2025-01-01T00:00:00Z Boer, Henry McCalman, Janya Doran, Chris Rush, Amanda Fagan, Ruth Mitchell, Bridget Mosby, Vinnitta Wilson, Andrew https://hdl.handle.net/2123/33927 2025-05-22T07:42:16Z 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cape and Torres Health Commissioning Ltd (CaTHC) Project Final Evaluation Report Boer, Henry; McCalman, Janya; Doran, Chris; Rush, Amanda; Fagan, Ruth; Mitchell, Bridget; Mosby, Vinnitta; Wilson, Andrew In May 2024, the Cape and Torres Health Commissioning (CaTHC) Ltd was established as a regional community-controlled commissioning entity. CaTHC is governed by a Board of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Directors and is independent from government. It is planned that over a 10-year period CaTHC will develop the capabilities to receive public funding and commission health services that respond to community need. The aim is to shift the way care is planned, purchased, and delivered, to drive improved health system effectiveness, equity and whole of population health and wellbeing outcomes. This report provides a detailed evaluation of the CaTHC project covering the period of entity establishment between August 2022 and December 2024. It focusses on project deliverables and resourcing; collaboration and governance; model design and implementation; and community and engagement. The project was formerly called the Torres and Cape Health Care Commissioning Fund (TORCH), with a name change to the CaTHC project in 2024.

2025-01-01T00:00:00Z Wilson, Andrew Howard, Kirsten Haywood, Phil Shaw, Miranda Chan, Jimmy Amanatidis, Sue Liu, Rong https://hdl.handle.net/2123/33586 2026-04-29T00:31:51Z 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z

RPA Virtual Hospital Economic Evaluation Report Wilson, Andrew; Howard, Kirsten; Haywood, Phil; Shaw, Miranda; Chan, Jimmy; Amanatidis, Sue; Liu, Rong This report evaluates the value of rpavirtual from an economic perspective. Five non-pandemic related virtual care services provided by rpavirtual were assessed: • acute hospital care substitution (Virtual Trauma); • subacute care substitution (Virtual Rehabilitation); • improving integration (Emergency Department to Community). • emergency department substitution (Virtual Urgent Care and Emergency Department); and • outpatient specialist care substitution (Virtual Fracture).

2025-01-01T00:00:00Z Wilson, Andrew Moore, Gai https://hdl.handle.net/2123/33316 2024-11-27T04:03:54Z 2024-11-27T00:00:00Z

Master of Health Policy & Planning Webinar 2024 Wilson, Andrew; Moore, Gai An introduction to the Master of Health Policy & Planning

2024-11-27T00:00:00Z Mason, Kylie https://hdl.handle.net/2123/33297 2024-11-21T02:56:35Z 2024-11-21T00:00:00Z

High-cost gene therapies Mason, Kylie Understanding patient, consumer, and societal values, perceptions and preferences.

2024-11-21T00:00:00Z Moore, Gabriel Wilson, Andrew https://hdl.handle.net/2123/31809 2023-10-25T23:13:02Z 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z

Master of Health Policy & Planning Webinar Moore, Gabriel; Wilson, Andrew Master of Health Policy & Planning Webinar

2023-01-01T00:00:00Z Wilson, Andrew Shaw, Miranda https://hdl.handle.net/2123/31423 2023-07-04T23:13:06Z 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z

RPA Virtual Hospital Year 2 Evaluation Report - February 2021 to January 2022 Wilson, Andrew; Shaw, Miranda Since its inception in February 2020, RPA Virtual Hospital (rpavirtual) has continued to rapidly evolve into one of Australia’s largest, most advanced, and complex virtual health care services. Year 2 of operations continued to be dominated by COVID-19-related health care delivery. The available results continue to show that rpavirtual offers safe care, that it is meeting needs beyond the existing services it complements and that it does so in a highly efficient way.

2022-01-01T00:00:00Z Cheyne, Saskia https://hdl.handle.net/2123/31355 2023-06-15T02:12:14Z 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z

An introduction to ‘living’ guidelines methods and processes Cheyne, Saskia ‘Living’ clinical practice guidelines provide an innovative approach to guideline development which ensures evidence is frequently identified and rapidly incorporated into living recommendations. The Australian Living Evidence Consortium (ALEC) hosts several living guidelines in COVID-19, stroke, diabetes, musculoskeletal health, and kidney disease. These projects are all at varying stages of development and adoption of a living approach. The ALEC Methods and Working Processes Group compiled their experiences across these living guidelines projects to develop a living guidelines' handbook (https://livingevidence.org.au/key-publications ), which provides guidance to developers who are considering starting a new living guideline. ALEC also collaborated with the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and the US GRADE Network, to produce a series of articles on ‘Methods for Living Guidelines: Early Guidance based on Practical Experience’ (https://www.jclinepi.com/content/living-guidelines).

2023-01-01T00:00:00Z Thow, Anne Marie Mitchell, Andrew Alschner, Wolfgang Barlow, Pepita Da Silva Gomes, Fabio https://hdl.handle.net/2123/31260 2023-05-24T02:22:17Z 2023-05-24T00:00:00Z

Safeguarding Health in International Investment Agreements Seminar Thow, Anne Marie; Mitchell, Andrew; Alschner, Wolfgang; Barlow, Pepita; Da Silva Gomes, Fabio International Investment Agreements (IIAs) form parts of broader economic policy efforts by governments to attract foreign investment. However, industry actors have used them to dispute health policy measures in critical areas, including tobacco control and access to medicines. Governments find themselves caught between the interests of investors (companies), and the health of their citizens. Recognising these risks, the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended that health safeguards be built into IIAs. However, their adoption has been limited and inconsistent, reflecting limited engagement by the health sector and a lack of knowledge regarding best practice safeguards. This presentation focuses on experiences and insights regarding the interface between IIAs and health from the WHO Region of the Americas, and provide an overview of the multidisciplinary research being conducted by the IIAs and Health Collaboration to better understand how health can be safeguarded in international investment agreements.

2023-05-24T00:00:00Z De Morgan, Simone Walker, Pippy Blyth, Fiona Huckel Schneider, Carmen https://hdl.handle.net/2123/30094 2023-02-22T23:57:06Z 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z

Evaluation of Project ECHO (Persistent Pain) De Morgan, Simone; Walker, Pippy; Blyth, Fiona; Huckel Schneider, Carmen Western Victoria Primary Health Network (WVPHN) in partnership with the Transport Accident Commission (TAC) and WorkSafe Victoria (‘WorkSafe’) implemented Project ECHO (Persistent Pain) Series 1 in February-June 2020 and Series 2 in July-December 2020. The Menzies Centre for Health Policy and Economics, University of Sydney was commissioned by WVPHN to undertake the evaluation of Project ECHO (Persistent Pain) Series 2.

2021-01-01T00:00:00Z Garton, Kelly https://hdl.handle.net/2123/29808 2022-12-15T04:30:06Z 2022-12-15T00:00:00Z

Building a conceptual framework for the role of trade and investment agreements in policy inertia with respect to regulating food environments Garton, Kelly This seminar presents our findings, describing how regulatory context and stakeholder influence, policy design, and mechanisms associated with TIA rules and provisions intersect in ways contributing to policy space outcomes. The new framework can provide a basis for rapidly assessing policy coherence between TIAs and food environment regulations in these domains. It can also be used to identify areas where further legal analysis would strengthen the development and defence of regulatory proposals. We discuss several strategies that can help protect policy space for food environment regulation, noting implications for future research in this area.

2022-12-15T00:00:00Z Patay, Dori https://hdl.handle.net/2123/29807 2022-12-15T04:25:31Z 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z

How do interests, ideas and institutions shape multisectoral governance for health? Patay, Dori Multisectoral governance has been recognised to be vital to regulate harmful commodity industries, yet countries struggle with reaching policy coherence due to government agencies’ conflicting mandates and industry interference. In this interdisciplinary seminar Dori will talk about the ways interests, ideas, and institutions intersect and shape multisectoral tobacco governance in Pacific Island Countries. The study she introduces explains how ideas about individual responsibility undermine health sector actors’ authority, how the political context determines the success of multisectoral collaboration, and what can be done to strengthen governance for health and policy coherence in Pacific Island Countries.

2022-01-01T00:00:00Z Rush, Amanda Wilson, Andrew https://hdl.handle.net/2123/28888 2026-04-29T00:31:49Z 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z

Precision Medicine and Prevention - An Evidence Brief Rush, Amanda; Wilson, Andrew This report aims to provide an overview of the evidence on the current landscape and the possible future opportunities for the utility of genomic precision medicine in preventative health. It considers the intersection of genomic precision medicine with existing health system behaviour change interventions with a particular focus on: cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity; smoking cessation; and skin cancer prevention

2022-01-01T00:00:00Z Huckel Schneider, Carmen Wilson, Andrew https://hdl.handle.net/2123/27106 2026-04-29T00:31:48Z 2021-12-02T00:00:00Z

Study Health Policy at the University of Sydney Huckel Schneider, Carmen; Wilson, Andrew Professor Andrew Wilson and Dr Carmen Huckel Schneider provide an introduction to Health Policy studies at the University of Sydney.

2021-12-02T00:00:00Z Hunter, Jennifer Arentz, Susan Goldenberg, Joshua Yang, Guoyan Beardsley, Jennifer Myers, Stephen P Mertz, Dominik Leeder, Stephen https://hdl.handle.net/2123/26985 2026-04-29T00:31:50Z 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z

Zinc for the prevention or treatment of acute viral respiratory tract infections in adults: a rapid systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials Hunter, Jennifer; Arentz, Susan; Goldenberg, Joshua; Yang, Guoyan; Beardsley, Jennifer; Myers, Stephen P; Mertz, Dominik; Leeder, Stephen OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the benefits and risks of zinc formulations compared with controls for prevention or treatment of acute viral respiratory tract infections (RTIs) in adults. METHOD: Seventeen English and Chinese databases were searched in April/May 2020 for randomised controlled trials (RCTs), and from April/May 2020 to August 2020 for SARS-CoV-2 RCTs. Cochrane rapid review methods were applied. Quality appraisals used the Risk of Bias 2.0 and Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) approach. RESULTS: Twenty-eight RCTs with 5446 participants were identified. None were specific to SARS-CoV-2. Compared with placebo, oral or intranasal zinc prevented 5 RTIs per 100 person-months (95% CI 1 to 8, numbers needed to treat (NNT)=20, moderate-certainty/quality). Sublingual zinc did not prevent clinical colds following human rhinovirus inoculations (relative risk, RR 0.96, 95% CI 0.77 to 1.21, moderate-certainty/quality). On average, symptoms resolved 2 days earlier with sublingual or intranasal zinc compared with placebo (95% CI 0.61 to 3.50, very low-certainty/quality) and 19 more adults per 100 were likely to remain symptomatic on day 7 without zinc (95% CI 2 to 38, NNT=5, low-certainty/quality). There were clinically significant reductions in day 3 symptom severity scores (mean difference, MD -1.20 points, 95% CI -0.66 to -1.74, low-certainty/quality), but not average daily symptom severity scores (standardised MD -0.15, 95% CI -0.43 to 0.13, low-certainty/quality). Non-serious adverse events (AEs) (eg, nausea, mouth/nasal irritation) were higher (RR 1.41, 95% CI 1.17 to 1.69, NNHarm=7, moderate-certainty/quality). Compared with active controls, there were no differences in illness duration or AEs (low-certainty/quality). No serious AEs were reported in the 25 RCTs that monitored them (low-certainty/quality). CONCLUSIONS: In adult populations unlikely to be zinc deficient, there was some evidence suggesting zinc might prevent RTIs symptoms and shorten duration. Non-serious AEs may limit tolerability for some. The comparative efficacy/effectiveness of different zinc formulations and doses were unclear. The GRADE-certainty/quality of the evidence was limited by a high risk of bias, small sample sizes and/or heterogeneity. Further research, including SARS-CoV-2 clinical trials is warranted. PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER: CRD42020182044.

2021-01-01T00:00:00Z Choi, Silvia https://hdl.handle.net/2123/26720 2021-10-31T22:06:00Z 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z

Creating Short Videos Workshop Choi, Silvia During the workshop, we will first provide tips on how to shoot videos effectively using a readily available device such as your mobile phone and your computer. Then we will provide steps on how to edit a video using Adobe Premiere Rush - a software that is readily available for the University of Sydney through Adobe Creative Cloud.

2021-01-01T00:00:00Z Irving, Michelle https://hdl.handle.net/2123/26588 2021-10-20T23:58:30Z 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z

Knowledge Mobilisation Capacity Building Workshop Irving, Michelle A workshop aimed at building skills in systems thinking and knowledge mobilisation practices to effectively establish a knowledge pathway for their own research. Traditionally, efforts by researchers to inform policy and practice would focus on the publication and dissemination of research findings. But to achieve greater research impact, creating a strategy for the mobilisation of knowledge throughout the research process can be more effective. Knowledge mobilisation seeks to apply a systems approach – both to understand the complexity of the real world, and to adapt and work with that complexity. A systems approach recognises that many problems in policy and practice are complex, dynamic and have a web of interconnected elements. Rather than linear, cause-and effect responses, systems practice has the potential to be more effective in addressing complex problems like chronic disease Knowledge mobilisation requires institutional support for evidence-informed decision making. During this workshop you will learn about the importance of knowledge mobilisation in public health research; stakeholder mapping; developing key messages for stakeholders; and strategies and ideas to disseminate key messages.

2021-01-01T00:00:00Z Rowbotham, Sam Laird, Yvonne https://hdl.handle.net/2123/25945 2021-09-06T03:36:23Z 2021-09-06T00:00:00Z

Building Capacity for Citizen Science Amongst Policy and Practice Stakeholders in Public Health Rowbotham, Sam; Laird, Yvonne Interest in citizen science approaches is growing amongst stakeholders in public health, but there is a lack of resources to support the use of citizen science in policy and practice settings. The Citizen Science in Prevention project is a co-produced program of work that seeks to build capacity in the application of citizen science amongst policy and practice stakeholders in public health. Working in partnership with four Australian health promotion agencies, we are 1) supporting the development and implementation of stakeholder-led citizen science projects, 2) conducting a developmental evaluation of each of these projects, and 3) providing a range of capacity building activities and resources, including a community of practice. Through this project we aim to provide practice-based insights around the design, management, and impact of citizen science approaches in prevention, and support capacity building in the use of citizen science approaches in public health. In this seminar we present an overview of the program of work and share early insights from our ongoing evaluation.

2021-09-06T00:00:00Z Hawe, Penny https://hdl.handle.net/2123/23109 2026-04-29T00:31:52Z 2020-08-14T00:00:00Z

Scaling-up Complex Interventions : Adaptation is not a Threat to Fidelity Hawe, Penny Practitioners delivering evidence-based interventions get pulled in different directions. It is intuitive to adapt interventions to context, but usually against ‘standard’ recommendations to do so. The nexus of the problem lies with different understandings of “complex.” This seminar puts forward the argument that with complex-system thinking, program scale-up should be less about precise replication and more about (re)generation according to the principal mechanisms of action. This means that fidelity and adaptation may co-exist, rather than the conventional logic, where adaptation is routinely seen as a threat to fidelity. With the complex way of thinking, intervention and context are intertwined. This means adaptation is not an add on consideration – it is integral to design and hence integral to transfer to every context. Practice has long been recognised as messy. Yet there remains a dominant orthodoxy which makes program implementation and scale-up sound simpler than it is. New ways forward will require innovative forms of quality assurance and accountability. This seminar investigates these issues, drawing on the burgeoning literature in complex systems and current examples from research with population-level interventions. It shows how insights from applied implementation practice could be harvested and harnessed to improve the reach and effect of interventions.

2020-08-14T00:00:00Z Bell, Jane Pearson, Sallie-Anne Paget, Simon P Nielsen, Timothy Buckley, Nicholas A Collins, John Nassar, Natasha https://hdl.handle.net/2123/21495 2026-04-29T00:09:10Z 2019-12-10T00:00:00Z

Prescription opioid use in Australian children and adolescents: a national population-based study Bell, Jane; Pearson, Sallie-Anne; Paget, Simon P; Nielsen, Timothy; Buckley, Nicholas A; Collins, John; Nassar, Natasha The increased use of strong opioids should be monitored as higher doses have been associated with increased opioid-related adverse events, (such as emergency department visits, hospital admissions and deaths) and opioid use in young populations is associated with future persistent use, non-medical use, and misuse

2019-12-10T00:00:00Z Ulyte, Agne https://hdl.handle.net/2123/21144 2026-04-29T00:31:55Z 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z

How guidelines shape the geography of healthcare: measuring, explaining, acting Ulyte, Agne In this seminar, we will explore how the geographic variation in healthcare services utilization reflects the differences in evidence and guidelines in Switzerland. First, we will discuss the opportunities and challenges associated with measuring unwarranted variation via healthcare claims data. Second, we will explore how guidelines and variation can be quantified to compare the variation across services. Finally, we will reflect on the preliminary results and their implications for the healthcare policy. Seminar presentation

2019-08-01T00:00:00Z Smith, Richard https://hdl.handle.net/2123/20910 2026-04-29T00:31:49Z 2019-08-15T00:00:00Z

Reducing sugar consumption: a taxing problem Smith, Richard The popularity of 'soda taxes' as a public health policy has grown rapidly in the last few years. While the evidence suggests that a tax is associated with reducing the purchases of sugar-sweetened beverages is emerging, there are a number of questions that remain, including: understanding possible spill-over effects across the food system, the mechanisms for behaviour change (price versus other effects), extension beyond 'soda', importance of changed product composition versus overall consumption. In this presentation, I will outline research we have conducted in the UK over the last few years that cover these areas, including our current evaluation of the UK’s 'soda tax', the 'sugar drinks industry levy'.

2019-08-15T00:00:00Z Giles, Gillian Herkes, Robert https://hdl.handle.net/2123/20734 2026-04-29T00:31:53Z 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z

The Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation series Giles, Gillian; Herkes, Robert The Third Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation explores the extent to which healthcare use in Australia varies depending on where people live. The Atlas will be launched on 11 December 2018 by the Minister for Health, The Hon. Greg Hunt. This presentation will focus on the key findings from the third Atlas, and will also look at responses across the healthcare system to the first and second Atlases. Mapping data is only the first step in addressing clinical variation - translating the information in the Atlas series into action is key to ensuring the delivery of appropriate health care for all Australians.

2018-12-01T00:00:00Z Kite, James O’Hara, Blythe https://hdl.handle.net/2123/20727 2026-04-29T00:31:54Z 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

The use and evaluation of social media in public health campaigns Kite, James; O’Hara, Blythe Social media have become an unavoidable part of modern life. It is therefore no surprise that public health campaigns are making increasing use of social media as part of their communication strategies. However, little is known about how best to use social media to drive change in health behaviours and outcomes, with the available evidence suggesting campaigns are failing to make the most of social media’s potential. Further complicating matters is the difficulty of evaluating social media components of campaigns, especially going beyond process indicators such as ‘likes’ and shares. This seminar will explore how social media is being used and evaluated as part of campaigns. James and Blythe will discuss the theory of social media use, current practice and what is known about effective and ineffective use, and the implications for practice and evaluation.

2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Breuer, Erica https://hdl.handle.net/2123/20021 2026-04-29T00:31:50Z 2019-02-01T00:00:00Z

Using Theory of Change to design and evaluate a complex mental health intervention in five low and middle- income countries: the case of PRIME Breuer, Erica Developing and evaluating the implementation of complex health interventions into routine health services in low and middle income countries is challenging. This presentation will explore how Theory of Change, a monitoring and evaluation approach, strengthened the design and evaluation of a complex health intervention (PRIME) which aimed to integrate mental health into primary health in districts or sub-districts in Ethiopia, India, Nepal, South Africa and Uganda. Erica will describe how PRIME used Theory of Change to co-develop district level mental healthcare plans with stakeholders to ensure local relevance within each implementation site while providing an overall framework for evaluation across sites. She will reflect on the strengths and weaknesses of this approach in the context of the evaluation of complex health interventions in global health. Seminar Recording

2019-02-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/2123/19906 2026-04-29T00:31:50Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Menzies-Nous Australian Health Survey 2012 The Menzies-Nous Australian Health Survey 2012 provides key findings about the views held by Australians on their own health, on the Australian health care system and on aged-care services. The 2012 survey is the third biennial national survey conducted by the Menzies Centre for Health Policy and Nous Group (Nous). Previous surveys were conducted in 2008 and 2010. The Australian Health Survey 2012 was conducted via a phone interview of 1200 people in July 2012. To enable analysis of trends since 2008, a number of questions regarding the health of Australians and use of the health care system were consistently asked in 2008, 2010 and 2012. A number of questions were also asked for the first time this year – particularly those regarding Australian perspectives on aged-care reforms. The key findings of the 2012 survey and key trends between surveys are outlined in the report.

2012-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/2123/19911 2026-04-29T00:31:50Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Menzies-Nous Australian Health Survey 2010 The Menzies‐Nous Australian Health Survey 2010 provides valuable insight into the views held by Australians about their own health, the Australian health system and affordability of health and aged care services. The survey outcomes also provide an assessment of consumer satisfaction when they interact with health and aged care services and their confidence about future encounters. To find out how Australians view their health care system, the Menzies Centre for Health Policy and The Nous Group (Nous) conducted a telephone survey of a representative sample of 1201 Australians in July 2010.

2010-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/2123/19909 2026-04-29T00:31:50Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Menzies-Nous Australian Health Survey 2008 The Menzies Centre for Health Policy and The Nous Group surveyed 1200 Australians to understand their attitudes towards the health system. Results of the 2008 The Menzies-Nous Australian Health Survey

2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Gillespie, Stuart https://hdl.handle.net/2123/19785 2026-04-29T00:31:49Z 2019-01-16T00:00:00Z

Driving change in nutrition: from policy to impact Gillespie, Stuart After a period of relative success in generating political momentum to address malnutrition, there is an increasing urgency to focus on implementation and impact on the ground. In addition to evidence of what works, where and when, this requires better documentation of the experiences of policymakers, program managers and implementers in making decisions on what to do in real time. This presentation will highlight lessons learned in the Stories of Change (SoC) initiative, led by Transform Nutrition, on how enabling environments have been cultivated and sustained, and on what drives change, in different countries. SoC was largely focused on undernutrition, but there is a growing need now to adopt a wide-angled lens to identify and confront barriers to improvements across the nutrition spectrum. Can lessons from success in addressing undernutrition be applied to the challenge posed by the obesity epidemic? PDF of powerpoint presentation

2019-01-16T00:00:00Z Nguyen Thi Hoai Thu https://hdl.handle.net/2123/19695 2026-04-29T00:31:51Z 2018-12-17T00:00:00Z

The governance of human resources in the Vietnamese healthcare system: A critical analysis of maternity service Nguyen Thi Hoai Thu Developing a health workforce that is capable, motivated and supported is essential to achieving national and global health goals. Good governance of health workforce will help improve quality of health care, assure equity in health, and should help to improve efficiency in use of health resources. So far, there has been no research or systematic analysis to identify the determinants of health worker performance, and the points of weakness and gaps in the governance of human resources in the health care system at the district level in Vietnam. In this presentation, Dr Thu Nguyen will discuss her PhD study which was designed to understand how governance issues influence the organisational factors, and how they in turn impact the motivation and performance of the reproductive health workforce at commune and district levels.

2018-12-17T00:00:00Z Long, Graham Colagiuri, Ruth https://hdl.handle.net/2123/18265 2026-04-29T00:31:52Z 2018-05-30T00:00:00Z

Mitigating Poverty and Homelessness - is there a Role for Academia? Long, Graham; Colagiuri, Ruth The old adage ‘a rising tides lifts all boats’ only works for those who have a boat. In view of the ever-accelerating global and national social divide, it is timely to explore the role of academia in mounting an effective response to poverty and homelessness. The seminar will i) present a myths and-misconceptions-free picture of poverty and homelessness and causes and sequellae in an Australian big city context, and ii) explore ways in which academics, either collectively or as individuals, might contribute to solutions eg through research, teaching/learning, and community engagement. Seminar Recording

2018-05-30T00:00:00Z Harris, Patrick https://hdl.handle.net/2123/18266 2026-04-29T00:31:58Z 2018-05-28T00:00:00Z

Including Health in Land-Use Planning Policy-Making: People, Ideas, Systems, and Politics Harris, Patrick This presentation will provide findings from a four year research program investigating the inclusion of health at multiple levels of the New South Wales (NSW) land use planning system: legislative reform, strategic city planning, and environmental assessments of mega-infrastructure (transport and mining) projects Seminar recording

2018-05-28T00:00:00Z Hilton, Shona https://hdl.handle.net/2123/18264 2026-04-29T00:31:49Z 2018-05-30T00:00:00Z

The importance of stakeholder involvement and media framing in global health policy debates about NCDs Hilton, Shona For the first time in history non-communicable diseases (NCDs) now pose a greater global health burden than communicable infectious diseases and the media play a crucial role in framing public and policy debates about the causes of, and solutions to, NCDs. Seminar Recording

2018-05-30T00:00:00Z Naylor, Justine https://hdl.handle.net/2123/18138 2026-05-05T05:50:23Z 2018-05-02T00:00:00Z

Rehabilitation after total knee arthroplasty: what we know, what we don’t know Naylor, Justine The presentation will provide an overview of the evidence for supervised rehabilitation after TKA and discuss the implications of the evidence and the costs of the different rehabilitation options for policy and ultimately all of us. Seminar recording

2018-05-02T00:00:00Z Huckel Schneider, Carmen https://hdl.handle.net/2123/18139 2026-04-29T00:31:59Z 2018-05-02T00:00:00Z

Evaluating HealthPathways Sydney: adopting a system-wide perspective to capture the complexity of development, implementation and impact Huckel Schneider, Carmen In this seminar we examine how approaches are being used in the evaluation HealthPathways – a free, password-protected online portal for General Practitioners that is intended for use during consultations with patients containing localised management and referral information. In this seminar, we outline relationships between characteristics and agents of the system and approaches to study them. seminar Recording

2018-05-02T00:00:00Z Jason Bentley, Natasha Nassar https://hdl.handle.net/2123/17823 2026-04-29T00:31:59Z 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

The quality of record linkage between population-based birth and children’s early child development and school test result (NAPLAN) records in New South Wales, Australia Jason Bentley, Natasha Nassar This study aimed to describe the utility of probabilistic record linkage of development and school performance data to a large population-based birth cohort and other administrative health datasets, and to assess whether any systematic differences exist between the records that did and did not link in each dataset This population-based record linkage study comprised all children who were (i) live-born between 1994 and 2008 in New South Wales (NSW), or (ii) had a developmental assessment at school entry age in 2009 or 2012, or (iii) had a standardised test result for grade 3, 5, 7 or 9 between 2009 and 2014 in NSW public (government) schools

2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Bond, Diana Morris, Jonathan Nassar, Natasha https://hdl.handle.net/2123/17775 2026-04-29T00:31:50Z 2017-12-20T00:00:00Z

Evaluation of the probiotic Lactobacillus Fermentum for the prevention of mastitis in breastfeeding women: a randomised controlled trial Bond, Diana; Morris, Jonathan; Nassar, Natasha Mastitis and accompanying pain have been associated with the cessation of breastfeeding.1-3 Mastitis is an inflammatory condition of the breast and may be related to decreased immunity and lowered resistance to infection. 4 Mastitis affects up to one in five breastfeeding women with most episodes occurring in the first 6-8 weeks postpartum.5 Antibiotics are often used in the treatment of mastitis, but have not been popular or proven effective as a preventative agent.6 The WHO has highlighted significant concerns relating to adverse harms of antibiotic use with the production of antibioticresistant strains of disease organisms.7 Increasing research suggests that specific probiotic bacteria possess significant anti-inflammatory properties and supports their potential use as immunomodulatory agents.8 While animal studies have shown promising results in the use of probiotics for preventing mastitis9, their use in human trials has had limited investigation. APProve is a double-blind randomised controlled trial assessing outcomes between breastfeeding women ingesting a probiotic versus a placebo daily for 8 weeks following birth. The protocol for the trial was published in 2017. Trial outcomes are being collected using a mobile phone application system (APProve-Lite), with a sub-set of women using ‘standard’ data collection by means of a calendar diary and weekly emails.

2017-12-20T00:00:00Z Andrew Wilson, Carmen Huckel Schneider https://hdl.handle.net/2123/17628 2026-04-29T00:31:54Z 2017-11-21T00:00:00Z

Study Health Policy at the University of Sydney Andrew Wilson, Carmen Huckel Schneider Professor Andrew Wilson and Dr Carmen Huckel-Schneider from the Menzies Centre for Health Policy talk about the Master of Health Policy and answer questions.

2017-11-21T00:00:00Z Paul, Klarenaar https://hdl.handle.net/2123/17629 2026-04-29T00:31:58Z 2017-12-05T00:00:00Z

What does Health have to do with Planning? Paul, Klarenaar This presentation covered a range of approaches to creating healthy built environments, including inter-agency collaboration, prioritising ‘health’ in the planning system, community input into liquor licensing decisions, legal challenges, advocating for bike paths, tactical urbanism and community gardens.

2017-12-05T00:00:00Z Wilson, Andrew Huckel Schneider, Carmen https://hdl.handle.net/2123/17588 2026-04-29T00:31:48Z 2017-11-21T00:00:00Z

Study Health Policy at the University of Sydney Wilson, Andrew; Huckel Schneider, Carmen Professor Andrew Wilson and Dr Carmen Huckel Schneider from the Menzies Centre for Health Policy talk about the Master of Health Policy and answer questions.

2017-11-21T00:00:00Z Soumerai, Stephen B. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/17495 2026-04-29T00:31:52Z 2017-11-08T00:00:00Z

The Unfulfilled Promise of Pay-for-Performance Policies in Health Care Soumerai, Stephen B. The presentation will also demonstrate how a pervasive bias can undermine the results of poorly designed studies of pay-for performance programs, published in even the world’s leading medical journals. It will also point to strong observational study designs, randomised trials and systematic reviews of the total body of evidence to find more trustworthy conclusions on the efficacy of pay-for-performance. Seminar Recording

2017-11-08T00:00:00Z Yusuf, Farhat Leeder, Stephen https://hdl.handle.net/2123/17326 2026-04-29T00:31:57Z 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Privatising Medicare: the increasing out-of-pocket expenditure on medical care and health in Australia Yusuf, Farhat; Leeder, Stephen The out-of-pocket (OOP) cost of medical care and health in Australia increased by 25.4% between 2009-10 and 2015-16 according to recent figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). This was much greater than the 15.3% growth in the total household expenditure on all goods and services during the same period. This comparatively large increase in OOP expenditure is not new, according to estimates compiled by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare from various administrative records. In this presentation we will discuss our detailed analysis of the data on OOP expenditure using the two most recent Household Expenditure Surveys conducted by the ABS. Policy implications and suggestions for curtailing the increasing OOP expenditure on medical care and health will also be discussed. Lunchtime seminar recording

2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Sullivan, Richard https://hdl.handle.net/2123/17325 2026-04-29T00:31:56Z 2017-10-26T00:00:00Z

Can we cure the price problem for new cancer technologies? Sullivan, Richard In this lecture we will explore the evidence for the divergences and deficits, investor policy towards pricing and what determines price (such as power relationships), the conflicted relationship between the research communities, patient organisations, the media, regulatory authorities and pharmaceutical sector, and the data around declining value and affordability. What solutions can and should be imposed at both national and supra-national levels? Seminar presentation + oral recording

2017-10-26T00:00:00Z Vogt, Verena https://hdl.handle.net/2123/17206 2026-04-29T00:31:48Z 2017-09-13T00:00:00Z

Regional variations in health care supply and their potential impact on health care utilisation in Germany Vogt, Verena An unequal regional distribution of physicians is a persistent policy concern both in terms of equity and efficiency. Equity concerns may be raised if a high physician density coincides with both, better medical outcomes and higher average income but not with higher need for health care. Efficiency concerns may be raised if a high physician density is associated with a high use of medical services, regardless of need. The aim of this presentation is first, to assess if ambulatory care physicians in Germany are distributed according to need using regression-based decomposition techniques and second, to analyse whether geographic variations in physician density are associated with the utilisation of health care services using spatial regression techniques.

2017-09-13T00:00:00Z Corbett, Stephen https://hdl.handle.net/2123/17124 2026-04-29T00:31:54Z 2017-05-23T00:00:00Z

A Fiery Forge - The Industrial Revolution, Recent Human Evolution and the Global Burden of Non-Communicable Disease Corbett, Stephen The profound changes to human demography, life history, morphology, diet and environment wrought by the Industrial Revolution have been of an intensity, velocity and consequence without precedent in the history of our species. These changes have the potential to drive adaptive evolution, just as happened in the Neolithic revolution that preceded it. Two factors likely to have altered selection pressure for traits now linked to chronic and degenerative disease - the dramatic fall in childhood mortality from infectious disease and global increases in calorie and protein intake and food security. A better understanding of the impacts of modernization on human biology and evolution should be an essential part of the concerted global efforts to prevent and treat chronic diseases

2017-05-23T00:00:00Z Schneuer, F Bower, C Holland, A J A Tasevski, V Jamieson, S E Barker, A Lee, L Majzoub, J A Nassar, N https://hdl.handle.net/2123/17027 2026-04-29T00:31:53Z 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Maternal first trimester serum levels of free-beta human chorionic gonadotropin and male genital Schneuer, F; Bower, C; Holland, A J A; Tasevski, V; Jamieson, S E; Barker, A; Lee, L; Majzoub, J A; Nassar, N Are maternal first trimester levels of serum free-beta hCG associated with the development of hypospadias or undescended testis (UDT) in boys? Overall, first trimester maternal levels of serum free-beta hCG are not associated with hypospadias or UDT. However, elevated levels were found in severe phenotypes (proximal hypospadias and bilateral UDT) suggesting an altered pathway of hormonal release in early pregnancy.

2016-08-01T00:00:00Z Schneuer, Francisco J Bentley, Jason P Holland, Andrew JA Lain, Samantha J Jamieson, Sarra E Badawi, Badawi Nassar, Natasha https://hdl.handle.net/2123/17028 2026-04-29T00:31:55Z 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z

Early childhood development of boys with genital anomalies Schneuer, Francisco J; Bentley, Jason P; Holland, Andrew JA; Lain, Samantha J; Jamieson, Sarra E; Badawi, Badawi; Nassar, Natasha Male genital anomalies often require surgery in early life to address functional and cosmetic consequences. However, there has been little assessment of developmental outcomes of affected boys.

2017-05-01T00:00:00Z Wilson, Andrew https://hdl.handle.net/2123/16512 2026-04-29T00:31:48Z 2017-03-15T00:00:00Z

The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre: Thinking beyond individuals, their risk factors and diseases Wilson, Andrew This presentation discusses how the TAPPC program of research and development is addressing different system approaches to prevention, as well as the challenges of partnership research.

2017-03-15T00:00:00Z Gainsbury, Sally M. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/16501 2026-04-29T00:31:56Z 2017-03-10T00:00:00Z

The influence of the online environment on risk taking: Internet gambling and Gambling Disorder Gainsbury, Sally M. Disordered gambling is a significant public health issue and individuals who gamble online are significantly more likely to experience gambling problems than land-based-only gamblers. This presentation will consider what unique features of Internet gambling pose risks for harm, which population of Internet gamblers are at risk for experiencing gambling problems and whether Internet gambling leads to more gambling problems than venue-based gambling Presentation at EHPR 2016

2017-03-10T00:00:00Z Huckel Schneider, Carmen Wilson, Andrew https://hdl.handle.net/2123/15970 2026-04-29T00:31:53Z 2016-11-28T00:00:00Z

Graduate Studies in Health Policy - Webinar Huckel Schneider, Carmen; Wilson, Andrew The Menzies Centre for Health Policy ran a webinar session offering participants an opportunity to learn more about postgraduate study in Health Policy offered at the University of Sydney.

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