Centre for Clinical Research Excellence (CCRE) in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
CRCAH Project No: IKCD99
Administering Organisation:
Flinders University/Aboriginal Health Council of SA
Project Leaders:
Inge Kowanko, Alwin Chong
Contact Details:
inge.kowanko@flinders.edu.au
alwin.chong@ahcsa.org.au
Team Members:
- Aboriginal Health Council of SA - Yvonne Buza, Alwin Chong
- Flinders University - Malcolm Battersby, Charlotte de Crespigny, Paddy Phillips, Peter Harvey, Mark Shephard
Funding Sources:
National Health & Medical Research Council
Partners Involved:
- Aboriginal Health Council of SA (Leading partner)
- Pika Wiya
- Ceduna Koonibba Aboriginal Health Service
- Port Lincoln Aboriginal Health Service
- Flinders University
- Spencer Gulf Rural Health School
CRCAH Program Manager:
Arwen Nikolof
Chronic Conditions Program
This project is endorsed as an in-kind project of the CRCAH.
Project Summary:
The CCRE in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health commenced in 2003 from funding through a five-year grant from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) as the first CCRE focusing on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health. It was established to conduct Aboriginal community-controlled population health and outcome-oriented research on strategies and systems that would support individuals and communities to prevent and manage chronic disease.
The CCRE was also designed to provide a range of training opportunities for Aboriginal people in research and clinical skills, to build the capacity of Aboriginal communities to direct and conduct their own health research and to deliver quality health services.
The CCRE was led by the Aboriginal Health Council of SA (AHCSA) in partnership with Flinders University. The CCRE built upon the partners' previous research and networks.
The CCRE continued research into preventing and managing Aboriginal patients with chronic illness, developed and delivered a Certificate IV course in Indigenous Research Capacity Building, and disseminated research information to Aboriginal communities in South Australia.
For more information on the CCRE in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, go to the AHCSA website CCRE page.
Timeline:
The project started in 2003 and finished in 2008.
Publications - available from the AHCSA website:
Giles, Glenn, CCRE in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, AHCSA and Flinders University, 2008. Centre of Clinical Research Excellence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health: achievements and milestones, CCRE in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, Norwood, SA.
Giles, Glenn, 2009. CCRE Mapping the Journey - the establishment and development of the first Centre of Clinical Research Excellence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, 2003-08, CCRE in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, Adelaide.
Giles G, Malin M, Harvey PW. The Centre of Clinical Research Excellence (CCRE) in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health - an operational rationale and summary of early achievements, Australian Journal of Primary Health 2006; 12(2):107-113. Link to abstract
Related CRCAH projects:
Chronic Condition Management Strategies in Aboriginal Communities
Better Medication Management for Aboriginal People with Mental Health Disorders and their Families
Evaluating the use of the Flinders Model of Chronic Care (incorporating care planning and self-management in Aboriginal Health Services) (Malcolm Battersby)
Point-of-Care testing in Aboriginal Hands - a model for chronic disease prevention and management in Indigenous Australia (Mark Shephard)
Preparation of a national chronic condition self-management curriculum resource kit for use in the Aboriginal health worker and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker Education Programs (Malcolm Battersby)
The self management component of the National Chronic Disease Self Management Strategies (Malcolm Battersby)