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The Australian Institute for Primary Care is a dedicated research and consultancy unit within the Health Research Division of the Faculty of Health Sciences.
The goal of the AIPC is to make a significant, positive and enduring impact on the quality, efficiency and equity of health and community care services in Australia.
Applied research programs are conducted through the specialist units of the Institute:
- The Centre for Health Systems Development
- The Centre for Quality Improvement Research and Practice
- The Lincoln Centre for Research on Ageing
The Cochrane Consumers and Communication Review Group (part of the Cochrane Collaboration) is also located within the AIPC. The Quality Improvement Council and Health Issues Centre are associates of and collaborate with the AIPC on a range of projects.
Institute staff can provide research degree supervision in areas such as ageing and aged care (community-based aged care services, dementia services, carers, retirement and other life transitions), quality improvement in health and community services and primary health systems (methods and techniques, evaluation of approaches) and health services evaluation (health services policy and research, alcohol and drug, consumer participation).
Unique opportunities exist to work alongside skilled applied researchers, in consultation with policy-makers and service providers, with the shared goal of adding to the evidence base about and improving the design of health care systems in Victoria and across Australia.
Part-time employment as a research assistant or junior project worker while undertaking study may be available in some areas.
All enquiries should be directed in the first instance to Peter Foreman, Director, AIPC (03) 9479 1721, or email aipc@latrobe.edu.au
Staff Research Interests
| Ms Janette Collier | Aged care assessment and technology; health information; electronic health data; database development |
Evaluation of health services; dementia care |
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Work and health; occupational rehabilitation; stress; case management |
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Aged care services; survey methodology; housing |
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Education and training of postgraduate students in the ‘helping’ professions; student supervision; Situational Leadership; healthy ageing; quality issues in health care; public policy |
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Social policy; women’s health; women, work and ageing; family violence; primary and community health; partnership development; online research; future studies methodologies |
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Restorative health and social care programs for older adults; neuropsychological aspects of ageing and dementia; rehabilitation and treatment of mild cognitive impairment and dementia |
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Health services research; health system reform and development; chronic disease self-management; health communication and sociology |
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Survey methodology; healthy ageing; aged care services; health behaviours |
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Aged care services; care-giving; cross-culture; widowhood; retirement. |
Additional Resources
La Trobe Universityhttp://www.latrobe.edu.au/learning/research-students.html
Research and Graduate Studies Office
http://www.latrobe.edu.au/rgso/scholarships.htm
Faculty of Health Sciences
http://www.latrobe.edu.au/handbook/2009/postgraduate/health-sciences/
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8 October, 2008