Health Workforce
See our current projects at the International Centre for Future Health Systems below.
Evaluating the role of Community Health Workers (CHWs) in primary health care in Australia
This program aims to develop and evaluate the role of Community Health Navigators (CHNs) in health care in Australia.聽 It includes a range of projects and activities including The Community Health workers Extending Care in the Community (CHECC) study, which is a NHMRC funded trial of CHNs providing support and care in the community after hospitalisation, and a program of trials of CHNs in聽bilingual general practices.
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Emeritus Professor Mark Harris AO (ICFHS)
Associate Professor Elizabeth Harris (ICFHS)
Associate Professor Fiona Haigh (ICFHS)
Associate Professor Margo Barr (ICFHS)
Dr Sabuj Kanti Mistry (UNSW)
Associate Professor Ben Harris-Roxas (UNSW)
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Sydney Local Health District (SLHD)
Central and Eastern Sydney Primary Health Network (CESPHN)
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Mark Harris
m.f.harris@unsw.edu.au
Partnership payment - Community Health Workers extending care in the community
This is a study of Community Health Navigators (CHNs) providing follow-up care for patients as they move from hospital to the community.聽The study addresses a major challenge of the health system in supporting people with multiple long-term conditions and vulnerabilities who are at risk of hospitalisation and re-hospitalisation due to a range of problems including medication errors, challenges in self-management, and limited access to care. The first phase of the study is a co-design exercise that involves the key stakeholders working together to identify training and supervision needs. The second phase is a randomised trial evaluating the impact of CHN involvement following discharge from hospital.
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Emeritus Professor Mark Harris AO (ICFHS)
Prof Parisa Aslani (University of Sydney)
Associate Professor Jean-Frederic Levesque (ACI)
Associate Professor Margo Barr (ICFHS)
Dr Anurag Sharma (UNSW)
Associate Professor Ben Harris-Roxas (UNSW)
Associate Professor Michael Wright (ICFHS)
Professor Richard Osborne (Swinburne)
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Sydney Local Health District (SLHD)
Agency for Clinical Innovation (ACI)
Central and Eastern Sydney Primary Health Network (CESPHN)
Health Consumers NSW (HCNSW)
University of Otago
University of Ottawa
Flinders University
Maastricht University
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Mark Harris
m.f.harris@unsw.edu.auSarah Wright
sarah.wright1@unsw.edu.au
Bilingual Community Navigators in General Practice
This project explores the feasibility and acceptability of involving bilingual community navigators working in general practice settings to facilitate access to health and social services for people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds with chronic health conditions.
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Emeritus Professor Mark Harris AO (ICFHS)
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Sydney Local Health District (SLHD)
Central and Eastern Sydney Primary Health Network (CESPHN)
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Mark Harris
m.f.harris@unsw.edu.au