12:30pm-1:30pm, Tuesday 29th May 2012 Room 405A, Level 4, 207 Bouverie Street, Carlton Dr. Lisa Brophy, Research Fellow, Centre for Health Policy, Programs & Economics. The Victorian Mental Health Act, 1986 introduced Community Treatment Orders in Australia and since then there has been a worldwide increase in the rates of involuntary treatment in the community. [...]
11:00am – 12:00pm, Mon 7th May 2012, Room 302, Level 3, 207 Bouverie St, Carlton. All welcome, no RSVP required. There is an extensive health promotion literature extolling the benefits of a participatory approach to youth-focused research. However the processes of participation, and how the ideals outlined in the participation literature can be achieved in [...]
Wednesday 9 May 2012, 3pm, Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre, 54-62 Gertrude St, FITZROY 3065 Presented by Dr Anne-Marie Laslett, Centre for Health and Society and Turning Point. Whilst the majority of Australians disapprove of drinking whilst caring for young children, many Australians of parenting age drink heavily. This paper explores the way drinking [...]
11:00am – 12:00pm, Mon 23rd April 2012, Room 302, Level 3, 207 Bouverie Street, Carlton. All welcome. Dr Martha Morrow, Senior Research Fellow, Nossal Institute for Global Health, The University of Melbourne. No RSVP required – all welcome. Little is known about women who inject drugs in Vietnam, a country with a drug-fuelled HIV epidemic. [...]
The Mind Research and Evaluation Framework was launched late November at events in both Adelaide and Melbourne. The Framework represents the research agenda of the partnership between Mind Australia and the Centre for Health Policy, programs and Economics, Melbourne School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne.
The 2012 program for the Centre for Health Policy, Programs and Economics is available here. Details for each seminar will be posted on this blog as they become available. All seminars are free and open to everyone. Please contact the Centre on 03 8344 9111 for more information.