Accelerating the translation of research into practice

We address the unique challenges that face health service providers and researchers in regional, rural and remote Australia.

Our work

Economic Evaluation

Informing, guiding and promoting the evaluation and implementation of cost-effective health technologies and models of care.

End of Life

Improving the experience for people at a sensitive stage of life.

Physical Activity Policy

Supporting the implementation of physical activity policies at schools.

CHILD OBESITY REDUCTION​

Increasing the use of evidence-based government services by delivering health information and referral direct to parents.

THIRSTY? CHOOSE WATER!​

Encouraging students to choose water by providing better education and access to chilled water.

Healthy Weight Strategy

There are numerous programs and services that play a valuable role in obesity prevention and treatment within the NSWRHP area.

Cultural Safety

Working with Aboriginal families and children towards positive outcomes for their communities.​

Child Immunisation

Increasing vaccination rates, thereby preventing serious childhood disease and strengthening community resilience.

Telestroke

Providing neurologist videoconferencing and advanced CT imaging-supported stroke treatment in seven rural hospitals.

Our Objective

Our Objective is to make appreciable improvements in patient outcomes and experience by translating evidence into practice. 

Our purpose

Our Purpose is to accelerate the translation of evidence into practice to improve the health and wellbeing of regional, rural and remote communities.

Director's Message

Welcome to 2019 and also to our new website. NSW Regional Health Partners is a very new organisation but determined to have an impact – by accelerating the translation of evidence into practice to improve the health and wellbeing of regional, rural and remote communities.

Currently there is frequently a gap between the best evidence we know and the care patients actually receive. This ‘translation gap’ is a major problem, reducing the benefit of investment in biomedical research, resulting in research waste and needlessly poor outcomes for individuals and communities. Closing it is not easy:

‘as a social intervention, improving health care is complex and, therefore, difficult to understand, design, implement, reproduce, describe and report’.

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the latest from our blog

The Dark Side of Co-Production

Christine Jorm April 24, 2019 No Comments

This paper was a surprise. Translation of evidence into practice is central to NSWRHP’s mission and co-production of research, where end users are participants in

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NSW Regional Health Partners respectfully acknowledge Aboriginal people as the past, present and future traditional custodians of the land and recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and culture. We aim to partner with the Elders, community members and community controlled health services to improve health outcomes for Aboriginal people.

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An initiative of the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

Supported by the NSW Ministry for Health Hub Strategy

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