Community response to trauma in the 21st Century
Dr Jeremy Baker
Amount awarded: $11,450
In the wake of the Christchurch earthquakes, the city suffered significant loss of life, building damage, and ongoing trauma from other influences. What also emerged was the high rates of previously “unvoiced” childhood, developmental and sexual abuse traumas that had failed to receive adequate therapeutic care. Through phenomenologically oriented interviews with those who have experienced trauma, the study looks towards improvements in personal, social, and political circumstances and encourage advocacy towards improving the community’s understanding and overall response to trauma, and access to and availability of trauma services.
Primary care experience in the “Let’s test for HPV” study
Dr Lynn McBain
Amount awarded: $6,250
The aim of this study is to explore the experiences of members who are part of the primary care team participating in the “Let’s test for HPV” study and will follow 17 practices in three localities, starting in July 2022, to assess the workflow from recall, to screening through to any required follow-up. The results from this study will be used to inform the rollout of the national cervical screening programme in 2023.
Disparities in acute coronary syndrome? An urban-rural comparison
Dr Rory Miller
Amount awarded: $13,000
The aim of this research is to determine whether there are any differences in the access to quality care (investigations and treatment) or outcomes for patients that present with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and live in rural or remote areas, compared to those that live in the urban centres of New Zealand.
Defining catchment boundaries/areas and their populations for New Zealand’s rural hospitals cost effective and equitable health care for people living in these rural communities
Dr Katharina (Kati) Blattner
Amount awarded: $11,410
It is estimated that around 19 percent of New Zealanders rely on rural health services and at least ten percent use rural hospitals for healthcare. This research aims to define and describe a catchment population for each of New Zealand’s hospitals. This will allow for wider research to be undertaken in New Zealand’s rural hospitals and help to inform the delivery of high quality, cost effective and equitable health care for people living in these rural communities
Do general practice capitation fees account for concentrations of complexity?
Dr Mona Jeffreys
Amount awarded: $13,478
The aim of this study, run through Victoria University of Wellington, is to measure primary health care use and funding in general practice, for practices with differing levels of high needs patients.
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Identifying and addressing gaps in general medical practice staff’s oral health knowledge and management of dental presentations
Moira Smith
Amount awarded: $5,000
This study aims to identify the current level of knowledge and confidence among general medical practice workers. Advice will also be sought from health care professionals on how to improve engagement and collaboration between general medical and oral health care practitioners.
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Exploring inequity in access to medications for Type 2 Diabetes in primary care in the Waikato region
Professor Ross Lawrenson, Dr Lynne Chepulis, Dr Ryan Paul, and Dr Rawiri Keenan
Amount awarded: $13,980
Diabetes is primarily managed in primary care, and a number of publications suggest that there is considerable inequity in the management of diabetes in New Zealand. Earlier work suggests Māori are significantly less-likely than non-Māori to be prescribed metformin, but once prescribed it they are equally likely to have the medication dispensed. This study aims to characterise diabetes medication, to evaluate equity in access to diabetes medication, determine the prescription adherence by linking prescription to pharmaceutical dispensing data, and evaluating how medication and prescription adherence correlates to clinical outcomes.
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The built environment of care for higher weight people
Ms Lesley Gray
Amount awarded: $11,591
The built environment, furniture and equipment can present barriers to higher weight people which may lead to inequitable care and delayed treatment seeking. This study will explore the built environment of General Practice to identify opportunities and limitations for patients of higher weight and will gain insights into the views of people with higher weight to inform future practice facility improvements.
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Identifying threashold concepts in general practice
Dr Katherine Hall
Amount awarded: $18,401
This study aims to identify the existence and nature of threashold concepts as experienced by current and recent general practice trainees via the GPEP peogramme. Four domains of health will be specifically invesitgated – physical, emotional, cultural and spiritual – to promote a holistic understanding of threshold concepts for Aotearoa which aligns with Hauora Māori.
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