The mission of the Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute (APHCRI) is to provide national leadership in improving the quality and effectiveness of primary health care through the conduct of high quality priority-driven research and the support and promotion of best practice. It focuses on important sectoral questions relating to the organisation, financing, delivery and performance of primary health care, including its interaction with public health and the secondary and tertiary health care sectors.
The Institute's Research Advisory Board has determined that the research priorities for APHCRI are:
In undertaking all aspects of its work, APHCRI places high value on:
Domain |
Topic |
Stream |
Lead Investigator |
Lead Investigator's institution |
| Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander PHC |
Sustaining an Aboriginal mental health service partnership |
Stream One |
A/Professor Jeffrey Fuller |
The University of Sydney |
| |
Sustainable chronic disease management in remote Australia |
Stream One |
Professor John Wakerman |
Flinders University of South Australia |
| |
Mapping Aboriginal Health Partnerships for the Evidence policy Transfer (MAHPET) |
Stream Five |
A/Professor Jeffrey Fuller |
The University of Sydney |
| Adolescent/child health |
A trial of new ways to encourage adolescent Australians to avoid or reduce risk behaviours like smoking, drinking, drug use and unprotected sex |
Stream Three |
Dr Lena Sanci |
The University of Melbourne |
| |
Interventions to prevent growth faltering in remote indigenous communities |
Stream Four |
Professor Ross Bailie |
Menzies School of Health Research/ Flinders University of South Australia |
| |
Preventing overweight and obesity in young children: synthesising the evidence for management and policy making |
Stream Four |
Professor Donna Cross |
Edith Cowan University |
| |
Building a portfolio of interventions for primary health care providers to promote healthy weight among young children |
Stream Five |
Professor Donna Cross |
Edith Cowan University |
| |
Primary health care and readiness for school |
Hub Research |
Ms Karen Gardner |
The Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute |
| Chronic disease management |
Sustainable chronic disease management in remote Australia |
Stream One |
Professor John Wakerman |
Flinders University |
| |
Caring for a marginalised community: the costs of engaging with culture and complexity |
Stream One |
Dr Gary Rogers |
The University of Adelaide |
| |
Models of chronic disease management in primary for patients with mild to moderate asthma or COPD |
Stream Four |
A/Professor Alan Crockett |
The University of Adelaide |
| |
A systematic review of chronic disease management |
Stream Four |
Professor Nicholas Zwar |
University of New South Wales |
| |
Southern Highlands Division of General Practice diabetes program - report on implementation |
Hub Research |
A/Prof Beverly Sibthorpe |
The Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute |
| |
European Observatory - Chronic Disease |
Hub Research |
Professor Nicholas Glasgow |
The Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute |
| |
Serious and continuing illness policy and practice study |
Hub Research |
Professor Nicholas Glasgow |
The Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute |
| E-health |
Electronic data for primary health care outcomes |
Hub Research |
Dr Chris Kelman |
The Australian National University |
| Mental health |
Sustaining an Aboriginal mental health service partnership |
Stream One |
A/Professor Jeffrey Fuller |
The University of Sydney |
| |
Exploratory economic analyses of two primary care mental health projects: implications for sustainability |
Stream One |
Professor Jane Gunn |
The University of Melbourne |
| |
Re-order - Re-organising care for depression and related disorders in the Australian primary health care setting |
Stream Three |
Professor Jane Gunn |
The University of Melbourne |
| |
Extending Re-order - Tasmanian and cross-cultural component |
Stream Five |
Professor Jane Gunn |
The University of Melbourne |
| |
Models of mental health delivery: efficacy, support and policy |
Stream Four |
Professor Helen Christensen |
The Australian National University |
| |
Primary care management of comorbid mental health and drug and alcohol problems |
Stream Five |
Professor Helen Christensen |
The Australian National University |
| Multidisciplinary teams |
Co-ordination of care within primary health care and with other sectors: a systematic review |
Stream Four |
A/Professor Gawaine Powell Davies |
University of New South Wales |
| |
Integration, co-ordination and miltidisciplinary care in Australia: growth via optimal governance arrangements |
Stream Four |
Professor Claire Jackson |
The University of Queensland |
| |
Integration, co-ordination and miltidisciplinary approaches in primary care: a systematic investigation of the literature |
Stream Four |
Professor David Currow |
Flinders University of South Australia |
| Primary health care models/delivery |
SIREN project: Systems innovation and reviews of evidence in primary health care: narrative review of innovative models for comprehensive primary health care delivery |
Stream Four |
Dr Lucio Naccarella |
The University of Melbourne |
| |
Systematic review of comprehensive primary health care models |
Stream Four |
Ms Julie McDonald |
University of New South Wales |
| |
A systematic review of primary health care delivery models in rural and remote Australia 1993 - 2006 |
Stream Four |
Professor John Wakerman |
Flinders University of South Australia |
| Primary health care performance |
Qualitative study of the impact of National Performance Indicators on Divisions' planning |
Hub Research |
A/Prof Beverly Sibthorpe |
The Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute |
| |
Development of a pool of common local performance indicators |
Hub Research |
A/Prof Beverly Sibthorpe |
The Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute |
| Practice nursing |
Australian General Practice Nurses Study |
Stream Three |
Dr Christine Phillips |
The Australian National University |
| |
Practice Nurse Adolescent Clinic for Health Evaluation (PANACHE ) |
Stream Five |
Professor Kelsey Hegarty |
The University of Melbourne |
| Preventative medicine |
Implementation of a SNAP intervention in two divisions of general practice: a feasibility study |
Stream One |
Professor Mark Harris |
University of New South Wales |
| |
45-49 year old chronic disease prevention health checks in general practice: utilisation, acceptability and effectiveness
|
Stream Five |
Professor Mark Harris |
University of New South Wales |
| Rural and remote PHC |
A/Professor Jeffrey Fuller and Professor John Wakerman's projects both deal with rural and remote issues (see above and below) |
Stream One |
A/Professor Jeffrey Fuller
Professor John Wakerman |
The University of Sydney
Flinders University of South Australia |
| |
Implementation, sustainability and generalisation of exemplary models of PHC service delivery in rural and remote Australia: a case study analysis |
Stream Five |
Professor John Wakerman |
Flinders University of South Australia |
| Self-help organisations |
A critical evaluation of the benefits of self-help organisations to people who suffer chronic diseases and examine ways to improve links between the groups and General Practitioners |
Stream Three |
Dr Frances Boyle |
The University of Queensland |
| Workforce |
An investigation into the evidence base for competency-based training in primary health care settings, specifically on chronic disease in the general practice context |
Hub Research |
Professor Nicholas Glasgow |
The Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute |
| |
Optimising the primary mental health care workforce: how can effective psychological treatments for common mental disorders best be delivered in primary health care? |
Stream Six |
Dr Grant Blashki |
The University of Melbourne |
| |
The contribution of approaches to organisational change in optimising the primary care workforce |
Stream Six |
Professor James Dunbar |
Flinders University of South Australia |
| |
What is the place of generalism in the 2020 primary care team? |
Stream Six |
Professor Jane Gunn |
The University of Melbourne |
| |
Improving primary health care workforce retention in small rural and remote communities - how important is ongoing education and training? |
Stream Six |
Professor John Humphreys |
Monash University |
| |
Review of primary and community care nursing |
Stream Six |
Professor Helen Keleher |
Monash University |
| |
The expanding role of generalists in rural and remote health: A systematic review |
Stream Six |
A/Professor Dennis Pashen |
Australian College of Rural and Remmote Medicine |
| |
What is the place of generalism in mental health care in Australia? A systematic review of the literature |
Stream Six |
Dr David Perkins |
University of New South Wales |
| |
Attracting health professionals into primary care: Strategies for recruitment |
Stream Six |
A/Professor Jill Thistlewaite |
The University of Sydney |
| |
Optimising skill mix in the primary healthcare workforce for the care of older Australians |
Stream Six |
Professor Nicholas Zwar |
University of New South Wales |
| |
Optimising residential aged care workforce: Leadership and management |
Hub Research |
Dr Yun-Hee Jeon |
The Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute |