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Being a good research partner: the virtues and rewards looks at the role and value of research, in particular health services research High-performing organisations understand the competitive advantage gained through an ability to absorb and generate research knowledge. UK NHS (Oct 2010) A guide for using statistics for evidence based policy, 2010 an overview of how statistical information can be used to make well informed policy decisions. ABS (Oct 2010) Logic mapping - Hints and tips guide advice on developing logic maps to inform the planning, design and evaluation of transport interventions. Logic mapping is a tool for articulating underlying and implicit assumptions of what changes will occur, the delivery steps which need to be undertaken to achieve the anticipated changes and the external factors which will also influence the outcome. UK Transport (Oct 2010) A best practice guide to using real-time patient feedback Real-time feedback technology is located in the GP practice (usually in the patient waiting area) and collects patients’ views at the point at which they are accessing services – for example, while they are waiting to be seen by their doctor or nurse or after they have been seen. UK NHS (2010) Consultation on registration fees scheme the UK Care Quality Commission plans to launch a single fee scheme for all providers, including those that will be new to registration, such as dental services and independent ambulance providers UK Care Quality Commission (Oct 2010) Cloud computing: Challenges and future directions Cloud computing can be defined as a pool of virtualised computing resources that allows users to gain access to applications and data in a web-based environment on demand....A major risk to business continuity in the cloud computing environment is loss of internet connectivity (that could occur in a range of circumstances such as natural disasters) as businesses are dependent on the internet access to their corporate information. AIC (Oct 2010) Capitalisation of Software As at 30 June 2009, the value of Australian Government software assets was $2779 million...Software has considerable costs attached which, depending on their nature, are capitalised as an asset, or expensed. It is important these costs are correctly accounted for to provide users of financial statements with accurate information on an entity’s software assets and the costs of its operations...Understanding the true value of software assets better enables entities to plan future investments to replace, extend or improve their software assets, in support of strategic and operational objectives. ANAO (Oct 2010) Does support for VET reduce employee churn? A case study in local government (free registration required) Reasons ‘to stay’ and reasons ‘to quit’ are different. The human resource personnel interviewed believed that career development or training opportunities were not why employees stayed with an organisation, but that a lack of such opportunities might cause them to leave. NCVER (Oct 2010) Who works beyond the 'standard' retirement age and why? two groups of workers, in terms of their educational qualifications, are more likely to remain working—the most and least educated—while labour force participation of those with vocational qualifications declines. NCVER (Oct 2010) The 21st century doctor: Understanding the doctors of tomorrow how medical professionalism can become a powerful force in raising standards, and in supporting continuous improvement UK Kings Fund (Oct 2010) "Health Centers’ Contributions to Training Tomorrow’s Physicians," how US community health centers are building a pipeline of primary care providers to serve in their communities as well as confronting the challenges associated with residency training, which include inadequate financing, insufficient facility space, and the struggle to balance the demands of residency training with patient care. This report aims to provide more information on health center-run residency training programs and how these programs can be extremely effective tools for the recruitment and retention of family medicine physicians into community-based practices US NACHC (Oct 2010) Should healthcare support workers be regulated? a strong case exists for regulation given evidence of risks to public and the likelihood that its introduction will further control access to employment and lead to standardised roles, competencies and education UK Kings College (Oct 2010) How to create an attractive and supportive working environment for health professionals Two examples of what can be done to improve the quality of the work environment in the health professions include policy approaches to promote a healthy balance between family life and work, and the enhancement of the protection of workers’ health. WHO Europe (Oct 2010) | |
Value for Money in Health Spending examines current efforts to improve health care efficiency, including tools that show promise in helping health systems provide the best care for their money, such as pay for performance, co-ordination of care, health technology assessment and clinical guidelines, pharmaceutical re-imbursement and risk-sharing agreements, and information and communication technology. (DHS staff:download full report) OECD (Oct 2010) Improving Value in Health Care: Measuring Quality describes what international comparable quality measures are currently available and how to link these measures to quality policies such as accreditation, practice guidelines, pay-for-performance, national safety programmes and quality reporting. (DHS staff:download full report) OECD (Oct 2010) Australian National Preventive Health Agency Bill 2010 background briefing: the strategic and operational plans were extended from three to five years and the social marketing campaigns to be conducted by the Australian National Preventive Health Agency (ANPHA), are to be directed towards alcohol, tobacco and other substance abuse, and obesity programs. Aus Parliamentary Library (Oct 2010) Avoiding hospitalisation: effective primary care interventions provides an overview of interventions that may be effective in reducing avoidable hospitalisations Aus PHCRIS (Oct 2010) Deaths in Older Adults in England The causes of death change with increasing age at death – Alzheimer’s, senility, pneumonia and stroke becoming more common. The place of death changes too, with a higher proportion of the extreme elderly, who are more likely to be women, dying in nursing or old people’s homes. UK NHS (Oct 2010) Review of 'The range and magnitude of alcohol's harm to others' Claims that the social cost of alcohol is as high as $36 billion a year are grossly exaggerated and based on flawed research that “should play no part in informing health policy” Access Eco (Oct 2010) No Health without Public Mental Health: The Case for Action brings together the evidence to show that mental health must be at the core of the public health agenda. UK Coll Psychiatrists (Oct 2010) Mental Health Peer Workforce Competency Development Project draft qualification for the Mental Health peer workforce and a draft skill set for managers and supervisors of this workforce has been developed for inclusion in the CHC08 Community Services Training Package. Community Health and Industry Skills Council (Oct 2010) Making Room for Mental Health in the Medical Home Flexible models for coordinated care are needed for people with serious mental illness, who have high rates of comorbid medical problems....The medical home model originated several decades ago as an approach to coordinating services for children with special health care needs ... primary care physician takes responsibility for coordinating services provided by a team of clinicians. US CDC (Oct 2010) Childhood Obesity: An Economic Perspective Notwithstanding the lack of evidence of interventions reducing obesity, some studies suggest that they can positively influence children's eating behaviours and levels of physical activity, which in turn might influence obesity over time. Productivity Commission (Oct 2010) Change4Life Convenience Stores Evaluation Report sets out the history and development of the Change4Life Convenience Stores project to promote the purchase of fresh fruit and vegetables in deprived areas. UK Health (Oct 2010) Framework for the inspection of local authority private fostering services sets out the statutory basis for inspection and summarises the main features of these inspections also Evaluation schedule UK Ofsted (Oct 2010) Unemployment & the wellbeing of children aged 5 to 10 years children living in jobless families are 13% more likely to develop behavioural or emotional problems than those living in families where at least one parent is employed. Benevolent Society (Oct 2010) | |
Exposing the Dark Side of Parenting: A Report of Parents' Experiences of Child and Adolescent Family Violence Child and adolescent family violence is sometimes called child-to-parent violence, child- to-mother violence, adolescent violence to parents or parent abuse. This can be physical, psychological, verbal or financial with young people engaging in a variety of behaviours designed to dominate, threaten or coerce parents, other family members or pets SA Flinders Uni (Oct 2010) Family violence: Towards a holistic approach to screening and risk assessment in family support services No gold standard currently exists by which to test sensitivity, specificity and overall effectiveness of such tools ... At the same time, detection of and responses to family violence cannot wait until the gold standard research has been completed. AIFS (Oct 2010) Preventing youth violence: What does and doesn’t work and why? An overview of the evidence on approaches and programs more Evidence shows “get tough” approaches to youth violence don’t work ARACY (Oct 2010) Change in offence seriousness across early criminal careers shows that those whose first court appearance occurs when they are young are also more likely to commit more serious offences over time. This is a group, then, that deserve particular attention when it comes to programs that reduce the risk of juvenile re-offending. media release NSW BOCSAR (Oct 2010) Current Practices and Emerging Trends in Sexual Abuser Management: The Safer Society 2009 North American Survey , considerable research evidence now exists about the types of treatment programs that are most effective in reducing reoffending among sexual abusers. also Canadian report Over 60 percent of adult and adolescent programs selected the cognitive behavioural model as a top three choice. US Safer society (2010) The Economic Value of Informal Care in 2010 the annual replacement value of informal care has exceeded $40 billion per annum, 33% higher than in 2005. This growth is predominately due to demographic ageing coupled with growth in the replacement cost of care from $25 per hour on average in 2005 to $31 per hour today...Informal carers provide 1.32 billion hours of care each year and represent a precious economic resource in an age of growth health and aged care workforce shortages. Access Eco/Carers Aus (Oct 2010) Care to live or live to care? An insight into the experiences of ageing parent carers parents caring for a son or daughter with a disability are exhausted; they need more help to get through each day and plan for the future. NSW Anglicare (Oct 2010) Inclusion for people with disability through sustainable supported employment discussion paper has been developed to frame community consultation and help develop the Government's new vision for people in supported employment. FaHCSIA (Oct 2010) Education Development Project: improving educational and housing outcomes for children experiencing homelessness Children who are homeless miss out on education BSL (Oct 2010) Regional and National Tenants' Organisations assessments of the strengths and weaknesses of tenants’ organisations that operate across each region in England and at the national level...whether or not the organisations appear sustainable • what would be needed to make them sustainable • their potential for greater influence. UK Communities (Oct 2010) Decanting tenants Decanting is when a tenant is required to move out of their property, either temporarily or permanently, so that work can be carried out on it. UK CIH (Oct 2010) Safe as houses? Security of tenure for social housing tenants in England argues that the Government's plans to restrict security of tenure would change the understanding which has historically been at the heart of social housing, forcing families to move out of their homes and removing tenants who often serve as the 'social glue' which helps bind communities together. Instead it proposes that greater flexibility could be introduced into the existing social housing stock by periodically reassessing the circumstances of social tenants, with those who can afford to do so paying a market rent, with the additional revenue ringfenced for reinvestment in the housing supply. UK centreforum (Oct 2010) |
