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Queensland University of Technology - School of Public Health
Centre for Public Health Research
The Centre for Public Health Research, attached to the School of Public Health
of the Queensland University of Technology aims to foster excellence in research
and consultancy in public health. The CPHR has developed research excellence
in a number of areas. The CPHR encourages collaboration with key stakeholders
in government, private and industry sectors and in 1999 attracted competitive
research grants, scholarships and fellowships and consultancies to the value
of $1.3 million.
The mission of the Centre is to conduct both basic and applied research that
promotes the development, delivery, evaluation and dissemination of innovative
and effective public health interventions and practice for the benefit of
the community.
The
objectives of the Centre are to:
• promote and further the Queensland, national and international research
effort with respect to the development, implementation and application of
innovative public health research and evaluation;
• develop and enhance collaborative research;
• increase quality research funding and output, with a specific emphasis
on analytic research and controlled intervention studies in community settings.
• promote research training opportunities in public health for postgraduate
students, staff and other public health professionals.
Areas
of Research
• Promoting child and adolescent physical and mental health in schools
and other settings
• Promoting health and safety in the workplace setting
• Improving delivery of care in health and community settings
• Understanding psychosocial and economic determinants of health and
health outcomes
• Improving public health practice through workforce development, training
and policy development
• Health issues of particular interest include socioeconomic inequality,
nutrition and diet, cancer, palliative care, diabetes, cardiovascular disease,
smoking, alcohol use, physical inactivity, sexual health, social and mental
health, environmental health, indigenous health, occupational health and safety,
Parkinson's disease, neural tube defects in children and genetic epidemiology.
Centre for Public Health
Research