Chronic disease, supportive and palliative care
Overview
Our chronic disease, supportive and palliative care research program has established a strong national and international reputation for undertaking high quality research with an applied emphasis.
Programs
Our research activities address a broad range of priority health-care issues including
- cancer care
- wound healing
- ageing and dementia care
- palliative care
- womens' health
- chronic kidney disease
- cardiovascular disease.
Our research takes a multidisciplinary approach with our world-class researchers drawn from a wide range of disciplines across the university including nursing, public health, psychology, and health services.
Projects
This is just a sample of our research activity in this area.
- Airway Inflammation in Asthma
- Pathways to Healing: Determining effective care pathways for chronic wounds for timely healing, prevention and cost effectiveness
- The Midlife Women's Wellness Program
- Palliative Care Curriculum for Undergraduates (PCC4U)
- The Indigenous Women's Wellness Program
- The Pink Women's Wellness Program
- The Healthy Ageing of Women Study
- The Chronic Disease Women's Wellness Program
- Palliative Care Outcomes Collaborative (PCOC)
- Program of Experience in the Palliative Approach (PEPA)
- Preventing hospital readmissions and loss of functional ability in high risk older adults
- Veterans' attitudes towards the experience of dementia: an Australian study
- Cardiac ARIA Index: Measuring accessibility to cardiovascular services in rural and remote Australia via applied geographic spatial technology
- Indicators of quality for Australian residential aged care facilities: establishing reliability, validity, and quality benchmarks
- EN ABLE Project: Developing and testing a toolkit for the implementation and evaluation of person-centred evidence-based responses to need-driven behaviours associated with dementia
Research enquiries
Health Research Services
- Phone: 3138 8290
- Int. phone: +61 7 3138 8290
- Email: health.research@qut.edu.au
