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Kate Silburn BSc (Hons) UWA, Grad Dip Women's Health Melb., Cert Prof Writing and Editing RMIT
Senior Research
Fellow
Centre for Health Systems Development
Kate Silburn is Senior Research Fellow at the Australian Institute for Primary
Care. Kate has worked in research and policy development in a range of women’s health, women’s
safety, consumer health issues and primary health care since 1985. She
has held positions at La Trobe University, the Macfarlane Burnet Centre,
Health Issues Centre, the Chronic Illness Alliance, the Department of
Human Services and the Department of Victorian Communities. Kate was a
member of the small team that established the National Resource Centre
for Consumer Participation in Health. Kate also worked with the Victorian
Primary and Community Health Network and organised their first conference
held in November 2003.
Since joining AIPC in July 2002,Kate has worked on a number of projects and evaluations, including:
| • | Evaluation of the Connecting Healthcare in Communities (CHIC) Initiative in Queensland (for Queensland Health) |
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| • | Evaluation of the Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health |
| • | Support systems for Indigenous Primary Health Care Services (a Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health project) |
| • | Evaluation and monitoring framework for the Australian Better Health Initiative (for the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing) |
| • | A Way Forward for Consumer, Carer and Community Engagement in Primary Health (2008-2010) for the Department of Human Services, Victoria |
| • | Consultation workshops for review of the NH&MRC Road Map: A Strategic Framework for Improving the Health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People through Research - current |
| • | Comparative evaluation of indicators for gender equity and health (for the Kobe Centre of the World Health Organization) |
| • | A review of national strategies for improving Indigenous health and health care (for the Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health) |
| • | The Hospital Admission Risk Program's community-hospital interface working party report (for the Department of Human Services in Victoria) |
| • | Evaluation of the Primary Care Partnerships Strategy (for the Department of Human Services in Victoria) |
| • | Evaluation of the Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Foundation |
| • | Evaluation of the Australian Drug Foundation’s Good Sports Accreditation Program |
| • | Evaluation of the Respecting Patient Choices Program (and its roll out into community-based palliative care and aged care services and to hospitals interstate) for Austin Health |
| • | Evaluation of the Allied Health Workforce Projects (for the Department of Human Services in Victoria) |
| • | Evaluation framework for the Aboriginal Health Promotion and Chronic Care Partnerships Projects (for the Department of Human Services in Victoria) |
| • | The Total Wellbeing Project (for the Royal Women's Hospital in Victoria) |
| • | Population health workshops for small rural health services in Victoria |
Phone: +61
3 9479 3514
Fax: +61 3 9479 5987
Email:k.silburn@latrobe.edu.au
Location: Level 5, Health Sciences Building 2, Bundoora Campus La Trobe
University
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Last Updated: 18 November, 2009