Fact Sheet: Engaging the Media: Being interviewed

Health and medical research is one of the most widely reported sources of news. At some point in your primary health care research career, you are likely to be invited to take part in a media interview. This will be a vital opportunity to publicise your research specialty area and your latest research findings. All researchers can benefit from preparation; the media is reactive and unpredictable and you never know when your interview opportunity may arise. Whether you are preparing to be interviewed for print, online, radio or television media, this fact sheet will be a useful guide

Co-morbidity of mental and physical illness: meeting unmet care needs

People with chronic physical conditions experience poorer mental health compared to the general population. Co-morbid depression and chronic disease are associated with high healthcare use and high costs to the health system. Despite improvements in mental health care service delivery, people experiencing mental illness have high mortality from physical health issues, suggesting that the health care needs of this group are not being met. This RESEARCH ROUNDup explores the reasons for primary health care disadvantage among people with physical and mental illness co-morbidity, and strategies to improve health care provision for this group

Strategies to reduce barriers and inequities in access to health care services for rural/remote areas

Objective: To identify strategies to improve accessibility to Primary Health Care (PHC) services for people living in rural and remote areas, particularly for those in greatest need. Method: A review of the literature was undertaken. A range of bibliographic databases (PubMed, CINAHL, PsychInfo, Web of Science, Scopus), relevant websites, specialty journals, systematic reviews and the grey literature were searched. A snowballing technique was used to identify additional material

Fact Sheet: Engaging the Media: Writing a succinct media release

Media releases offer the opportunity to promote and publicise details about your work to the media. When written well media releases will highlight key messages about your work, be immediately interesting and eye-catching to the journalist. This fact sheet highlights what to consider when writing a media release

Fact Sheet: Design posters for maximum impact

Do you want your research or program evidence to effect changes to policy and practice? How can you use posters to communicate your key messages to those who matter? How can you maximise the impact of your poster and/or poster presentation

Disparities in primary health care utilisation: Who are the disadvantaged groups? How are they disadvantaged? What interventions work?

This Policy Issue Review draws on recent evidence to provide a picture of who in Australia experiences poor access to primary health care services, including particular areas of need, and how such needs may be remedied through intervention approaches that focus on equitable distribution of quality health care and outcomes

The practise and practice of Bourdieu: the application of social theory to youth alcohol research

This paper presents theoretically informed qualitative research that investigates why young Australian females (aged 14–17) drink and how social and cultural context form the basis, rather than the periphery, of their drinking experience. We demonstrate the utility of Pierre Bourdieu's sociological framework for delving beyond the dichotomy of young people's drinking decisions as either a determination of their cultural environment or the singular result of a rational individual's independent decision-making. The paper is presented in two parts. First, we provide the interpretation, or ‘practise’, of Bourdieu's concepts through an outline and application of his complex theoretical constructs. Specifically, the concept of symbolic capital (or social power) is applied. Second, our explication of Bourdieu's ‘practice’, or epistemological contributions, offers a methodologically grounded example to other researchers seeking to attain more complete understandings of the social processes underpinning youth alcohol consumption

Fact Sheet: Primary Health Care Matters

This Fact Sheet includes definitions, position statements and suggested reading about primary health care (PHC) as well as outlining the differences between comprehensive and selected PHC. And as a hard copy it can be disseminated at conferences and workshops or around the office

Integrated care: What can be done at the micro level to influence integration in primary health care?

Consumers require health services that meet their needs, are connected and well-integrated. They want to experience ‘one health system’ regardless of service structure, funding or governance. The provider-patient interface is the critical environment in which the needs and expectations of both providers and patients are considered