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Preventing arterial catheter-related harm in intensive care
Each year more than 200,000 patients (adults and children) are admitted to intensive care units (ICU) in Australia and New Zealand for treatment of serious and life-threatening injury or illness, or recovery from major surgery. The vast majority (~90%) of ICU patients will require an arterial catheter during their admission to optimise vital treatment and monitoring. Arterial catheters are small hollow plastic tubes inserted into peripheral arteries to facilitate continuous haemodynamic monitoring (e.g. blood-pressure) and frequent blood sampling. Hence, effective …
- Study level
- PhD, Master of Philosophy
- Faculty
- Faculty of Health
- School
- School of Nursing
- Research centre(s)
- Centre for Healthcare Transformation
PHSW02 - Effectiveness of disaster education with CALD communities: A review of co-design challenges and benefits
Disaster education is a broad field closely associated with disaster communication and messaging. However, concerns are growing about the effectiveness of methods used to communicate with communities and educate them about disaster risk reduction. 'Co-design' is increasingly utilised to minimise the limitations of the conventional methods and maximise the community engagement and behavioural change. This proposed literature review will assess the effectiveness, challenges and benefits of the co-design approach as used in disaster education and communication with CALD communities. A …
- Study level
- Vacation research experience scheme
- Faculty
- Faculty of Health
- School
- School of Public Health and Social Work
- Research centre(s)
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Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation
Investigating effectiveness of local government social media channels
As social media becomes more intertwined into our daily lives, having an online presence on social media has become common not just in the private but also in the public sectors. The use of social media in local governments has shown great potential in terms of improving the efficiency and effectiveness of citizen-government communication. It has also been effective in terms of increasing citizen engagement and participation. Therefore, this research project seeks to discover how do local governments leverage the …
- Study level
- PhD, Master of Philosophy, Honours, Vacation research experience scheme
- Faculty
- Faculty of Engineering
- School
- School of Architecture and Built Environment
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