The Hospital Research Foundation Group is proud to be awarding $500,000 to 12 new research projects to advance healthcare in Adelaide’s south.
The funding has been committed as part of the latest Southern Adelaide Local Health Network (SALHN) Enquiry Grant Round – with seven projects awarded in ‘innovation’ and five in ‘research’.
The 12 projects address a wide range of healthcare needs from cancer, dementia, intensive care, speech pathology and more.
Presented at SALHN’s Research Week, the funded projects will be implemented across SALHN facilities which include Flinders Medical Centre, Noarlunga Hospital, the Repat Health Precinct, and various community health sites.
The 12 recipients include:
Innovation
Laura Cooper | Chronic respiratory disease
Patient journey mapping to enhance access and delivery of SALHN community-based airway clearance services for people with chronic respiratory disease.
Associate Professor Savio George Barreto | Pancreatic cancer
Implementation of a supportive care navigation tool for people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
Dr Sophie Plagakis | Bladder cancer
Reducing the pain of intravesical BCG for bladder cancer: pilot randomised clinical trial.
JoAnne McIntyre | Intensive care
Research culture in intensive care units in Australia and New Zealand – a binational survey of intensive care nurses (CLARITY).
Helen Mangahas & Alexandra Day | Speech pathology
Aphasia-friendly meal ordering system/menus.
Dr Lauren Priest | Dementia
Key risk factors for severe behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia: An Australasian perspective.
Amanda Luke | Kidney disease
A prospective single arm interventional quality improvement project measuring the effect of structured Point-of care Ultrasound (POCUS) education on complication free cannulation rates in the Flinders Medical Centre dialysis unit.
Research
Professor Bogda Koczwara | Cancer
Stress, allostatic load, and comorbidity in cancer survivors.
Bob Harrington | Indigenous health
Enhancing healthcare experiences for Aboriginal patients through health journey mapping: A comprehensive evaluation.
Dr Tamina Levy | Stroke
Implementing the adherence counselling toolkit in a stroke follow-up clinic; a pilot feasibility randomised clinical trial.
Natalie Knight | Speech pathology
Getting back on track with communication – A pilot study of early support speech pathology for patients who have a tracheostomy.
Dr Suzanne Dawson | Dementia
A process and outcomes evaluation of the implementation of ‘My Home Life’: a program to improve service culture and care practices for people living with dementia.
