Research and Projects
The Australasian Cochrane Centre has a program of research
exploring effective ways to inform healthcare decisions
through the uptake of evidence. This includes projects
investigating the synthesis, interpretation, dissemination
and implementation of research evidence for clinical
practice and policy.
To date, our research has been nested in a variety of clinical areas, with a focus on chronic conditions where the healthcare burden is large. We have completed or are undertaking projects in men's health, musculoskeletal health, diabetes and maternal and child health.
We hope the output from our research will result in:
- a contribution to reliable methods for conducting
systematic reviews
- a contribution to informing researchers and disseminators
of evidence about framing their research in ways which
increases relevance to those making decisions about
health care (consumers, practitioners and policy makers)
- a contribution to effective methods of bringing
about improved clinical practice and health policy
through interventions to increase the uptake of evidence
- the production of tools to promote global access
to reliable health care information
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