Browsing Emerging Health Policy Research Conference (Annual) by title
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Access to Dental Services for Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Published 2017-08-15Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) have poorer oral health than the general population. Evidence shows these children are at a disadvantage in accessing dental services due to barriers that ...Open AccessOther -
Age, time and health limit: what hours should older workers work?
Published 2019-07-03The current policy aims at raising older worker participation and retirement age. Fast changing in workforce raises questions on what work hours could and should be for older workers. Will older workers be able to work in ...Open AccessOther -
Analysis of Harm Minimisation policy: a Brazil and Australia case study
Published 2019-06-28Historically, in 1985 Kings Cross (KC) (Sydney, Australia) and the Harbour District (HD) (Santos, Brazil) had both the highest prevalence of blood-borne virus infection (BBVI) among injected drug users (IDU) in the country. ...Open AccessPresentation -
Catastrophic health care expenditure and finacial risk protection among households of Udupi district; South India
Published 2016-09-21In a country like India where the health care delivery is privately driven (72%) and only 25% of the population is formally covered by some form of health insurance, the patients have to make the payments out of their ...Open AccessPresentation -
Challenges in delivering optimal care for low back pain in Nepal
Published 2019-06-13Low back pain (LBP) is the leading cause of disability worldwide. Delivering optimal healthcare for LBP is particularly challenging in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).Open AccessPresentation -
Community boundary spanning and health- accessing the ‘hardly reached’
Published 2019-06-13Health services face the policy challenge to effectively engage with community members who are ‘hardly reached’ by services and are known to have a poorer health status compared to the general population. This study explores ...Open AccessPresentation -
Comparability of online out-of-pocket tools from Australian private health funds
Published 2019-06-28Privately insured patients face highly variable out-of-pocket (OOP) costs for inpatient admissions. Three of Australia’s largest private health insurance (PHI) funds have therefore developed online OOP cost estimator tools ...Open AccessPresentation -
Conceptualizing oral health care systems for comparative analysis – public, private and statutory
Published 2019-06-28The Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 put the worldwide figure at 15 million disability adjusted life years due to oral health disorders considerably varying across countries. Epidemiological factors like Socio-demographics, ...Open AccessOther -
Consumer Perspectives of Accelerated Access to Medicines: A Mixed-Methods Study
Published 2019-07-03There are increasing concerns about the ability of current systems to provide timely access to medicines; a number of policy approaches have been suggested to address these. Such initiatives may provide patients with a ...Open AccessPresentation -
Creating a policy mapping tool for early childhood obesity prevention in Australian states and territories
Published 2019-06-13Childhood obesity is an internationally recognised public health problem. The prevention of obesity is complex, it requires a systematic approach across all sectors of government. Policy represents the intention of a ...Open AccessOther -
Dealing with complaints against doctors without causing further harm
Published 2019-07-17Complaints can create morbidity, defensive practice, loss of trust and confidence in doctors. These effects impact on the doctor, on colleagues, family and patients, the latter due to loss of trust and because a distracted, ...Open AccessPresentation -
Debates About Accelerated Access to Medicines: Reality or Rhetoric?
Published 2017-07-27The current discourse surrounding accelerated access to medicines is an emotive one that is placing increased pressure on policy makers to both register and fund medicines even when there are significant questions about ...Open AccessPresentation -
The Discursive Dynamics of Changing Health Policy
Published 2017-07-28Primary health policy is discursively informed and includes complex intersections between multiple actors and institutions. To establish legitimacy and get traction for change at the local level support is needed from the ...Open AccessPresentation -
Evolving concepts of health system governance: implications for research and policy
Published 2019-07-03Governance was included as one of the health system building blocks by WHO, with a focus on the steering and direction of the health system. Research has tended towards defining and measuring scales of ‘good governance’. ...Open AccessPresentation -
Geographical Hot Spot Analysis of ATAPS for Policy Planning
Published 2017-03-10Studies on equity of mental health referrals have used qualitative approaches or service utilisation data, however little information is available on spatial equity. The Access to Allied Psychological Services (ATAPS) ...Open AccessPresentation -
Getting over the blues from the rush on poppers
Published 2019-07-03Alkyl nitrite inhalants (eg amyl) have become commonly used recreational drugs, particularly among LGBTIQ+ communities to facilitate receptive anal intercourse (26-46% of gay men ). It is also used more generally as a ...Open AccessOther -
Harm Minimisation Drug Policy Implementation with Australian Injecting Drug Users
Published 2018-10-23National health care policies are important for defining the vision, priorities, budgetary decisions and actions for improving and maintaining the health of a countries people. Yet in order for a countries health care ...Open AccessConference paper -
Healthcare managers’ felt financial accountability, feedback process, commitment, and performance: Evidence from an Italian healthcare provider
Published 2019-07-19Accountability is a crucial issue in the public and private sectors and its nature varies between contexts and across levels. In healthcare organizations, accountability at individual level has received increasing attention ...Open AccessPresentation -
The healthiness of food and beverage advertising on Sydney train stations: regulation and policy implications
Published 2017-07-27The results of this study highlight the inadequacy of Australia’s voluntary self-regulatory system in protecting train commuters from exposure to unhealthy food and beverage advertising. Regulatory action by state government, ...Open AccessPresentation -
Historical development of and paradigm shifts in public health nutrition
Published 2019-06-14There is a bi-directional relationship between public health nutrition (PHN) and the environmental sustainability (ES) of food systems. Dietary guidelines provide evidence-based recommendations for healthy eating. There ...Open AccessOther