Leeder Centre for Health Policy, Economics and Data: Recent submissions
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Scaling-up Complex Interventions : Adaptation is not a Threat to Fidelity
Published 2020-08-14Practitioners 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 ...Open AccessPresentation -
Prescription opioid use in Australian children and adolescents: a national population-based study
Published 2019-12-10The 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 ...Open AccessArticle -
How guidelines shape the geography of healthcare: measuring, explaining, acting
Published 2019-08-01In 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 ...Open AccessPresentation -
Reducing sugar consumption: a taxing problem
Published 2019-08-15The 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, ...Open AccessPresentation -
The use and evaluation of social media in public health campaigns
Published 2019-03-01Social 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 ...Open AccessPresentation