We enable our client partners to provide effective public health strategies and to generate persuasive evidence for the impact of their work.
DEVELOPING PLANS, PROGRAMS, AND POLICIES
DEVELOPMENT OF HEALTH & WELLBEING STRATEGY
GEORGE TOWN COUNCIL
ehc worked with George Town Council, community and stakeholders to develop a health and wellbeing strategy. This project involves us collaborating with community, key stakeholders and Council to prioritise social and...
ehc worked with Scenic Rim Regional Council to evaluate the current health and wellbeing programs and services offered by Council. This process included auditing the resources currently available, evaluating the current programs that are offered, and consulting the community to get...
ehc undertook an Options Analysis of the possible options for the future policy and governance home for the Newborn Bloodspot Screening (NBS) service in Queensland; and created a...
ehc completed the development of a state-wide strategic plan to improve community participation in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program. This project saw us negotiating closely with stakeholders from...
ehc led the stakeholder and community consultation and worked across the IAP2 spectrum of public participation. There was a concerted effort for an inclusive consultation process, which involved providing several engagement methods and an emphasis on clear communication...
ehc worked with the Central Goldfields Council and their stakeholders to finalise their MPHWP. This project has seen us work closely with Council and community through similar methods to those proposed in this project. This Plan is nearing completion and will drive a new strategic direction for …
ehc worked with the Corangamite Shire Council and their stakeholders to produce their MPHWP. This project required in-depth knowledge about the legislative environment, healthcare service systems, community support networks and the overarching role of the Victorian State Public Health & Wellbeing Plan. We understand the unique role of local …
PILOT DEVELOPMENT & ESTABLISHMENT OF VIRTUAL NETWORK
FOUNDATION FOR ANGELMAN SUNDROME THERAPEUTICS (FAST) AUSTRALIA
ehc supported FAST Australia to establish a virtual network for clinical excellence for AS, and develop a pilot of a model of care for multi-disciplinary care for...
After designing the program curriculum framework for the Master of Public Health, we were invited back to work alongside academics from the School of Health and Wellbeing to design the content for one of the new core courses: PUH8030 “Public Health in Practice”. This first year, first semester …
ehc was employed by USQ to support academic staff from the School of Health and Wellbeing in the development of the new Master of Public Health in 2019-20. This project saw us interviewing USQ staff to understand the coverage of public health curriculum across faculties. We then met …
ehc worked with the Cancer Screening Branch and the Statewide Health Promotion Network to develop a Queensland Participation Strategy aimed at increasing participation in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP) in Queensland. The Strategy described the strategic work that this group...
ehc conducted, in collaboration with Human Movement Studies at CQU, a digital parenting program within a children's sports organisation setting. ehc developed modulised learning and digital tools to...
NATIONAL HEALTH & MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (NHMRC)
This project aimed to determine the implications of providing a ‘fit-for-purpose definition’ for ‘discretionary foods and drinks’ to the Australian Dietary Guidelines. The outcomes of this project informed the NHMRC on how to improve...
TEXT MESSAGE-DELIVERED HEALTHY EATING INTERVENTION
ehc supported the University of Newcastle and the Hunter New England (HNE) Local Health District (LHD) Population Health team in scaling up a healthy lunchbox program called ‘SWAP IT’. SWAP IT is an evidence-based digital lunchbox intervention integrated...
ehc facilitated the delivery of text messages to participants involved in the Triple P program, an evidence-based parenting program designed to provide parents with a toolbox of strategies and skills to manage a variety of behavioral issues in children and adolescents. The project involved...
ehc supported the implementation of txt4two with clinicians from the Mater Mother’s Hospital. txt4two is a personalised text message-delivered program that supports women through their pregnancy. Its aim is to support women to achieve their dietary and exercise goals through regular communication through texting, links to quality online information, …
ehc supported the development of a text message delivered program to support postnatal women in first 2,000 days of their child’s life. We worked with staff from the Hunter New England Local Health District to conduct user engagement activities to design a tailored program that …
ehc worked with academics from The University of Queensland (UQ) to inform the translation of an evidence-based intervention into practice. ‘Activate’ is a text message-delivered program designed to extend the care offered through clinical contact between allied health professionals and their clients. ehc ran consultation processes with …
ehc is collaborating with Toowoomba Regional Council to evaluate The CHANGE Project. This project sees us working with community members, providers, referrers and funders of The CHANGE Project. We are using a mixed-methods approach to understand...
EVALUATION OF PERSON-LED TAILORED SUPPORT CO-ORDINATION MODEL
MISSION AUSTRALIA
ehc is working with Mission Australia to explore the implementation, feasibility and scalability of their Person-Led Tailored Support Coordination (PL-TSC) program. Our goal is to assess how the PL-TSC program affects aspects of participants' lives...
ehc is working with Mission Australia to explore the feasibility and scalability of The Prioirty Project, an innovative pilot program that prioritises private rental for women who have experienced domestic family violence in Queensland and Western Sydney. This project involves assessing the need and...
ehc worked with Movember to evaluate SpeakEasy. This evaluation captured the impacts and scalability of a program delivered by Movember aimed at supporting people to have open, vulnerable conversations to improve their own and others mental health. We collected...
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGISTS
We worked with RANZCR to conduct a comprehensive examination of existing workforce data to assess the current landscape and future needs of interventional radiology (IR) and interventional neuroradiology (INR) professionals. This analysis aimed to identify trends, gaps, and opportunities within the workforce...
ehc worked with Stepping Stone Clubhouse - a community based organisation that supports people living with mental illness - to evaluate it's impact on members' lives. The aim of the evaluation was to help capture the impact of the Stepping Stone Clubhouse on members’ physical and mental wellbeing, social participation, and civic...
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZELAND COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGISTS
ehc worked with clinicians from RANZCR in evaluating a clinical decision-making tool. This project was an evaluation of iRefer, a digital tool, to explore the applicability and acceptability of using it to support decision-making for clinical imaging with GPs (referrers)...
ehc worked with Accoras staff and a steering committee from across leading agencies in infant mental health across Queensland on this project. We led the evaluation of an innovative mental health service. We have developed an Evaluation Framework for this project in consultation with the stakeholders, which sets an …
ehc worked with Movember to conduct a complex evaluation for two Digital Health products. This project aimed to: understand the extent to which these products have an impact on men diagnosed with or facing a diagnosis of testicular or prostate cancer and their support networks, and people seeking information about cancer...
ehc was selected to conduct a review of cervical screening and women’s health services across rural and remote Queensland. The review has seen ehc conduct extensive consultation with nurses and managers of the Mobile Women’s Health Service and the Outreach Clinics offered by TRUE Relationships & Reproductive Health. We …
‘Share the Dignity’ is an Australian charity bringing dignity to women and girls experiencing homelessness, domestic violence and period poverty through the distribution of sanitary items. ehc worked with Share the Dignity to help them understand how they could approach ...
ehc worked with the Hunter New England (HNE) Local Health District (LHD) to assess the feasibility and acceptability of using AI to support breastfeeding. We conducted a scoping review of evidence on AI-enabled supports for breastfeeding. We specifically focused on the implementation practices that currently exist and...
TEXT MESSAGE-DELIVERED SEDENTARY BEHAVIOUR INTERVENTION
HUNTER NEW ENGLAND LOCAL HEALTH DISTRICT
ehc supported Hunter New England (HNE) Local Health District (LHD) in developing a text message-delivered intervention to support caregivers of school-aged children to address their children’s sedentary behaviour and screen time. We are working collaboratively with caregivers to design the content, timing, and tone of the text messages to ensure...
TEXT MESSAGE-DELIVERED MENTAL WELLBEING INTERVENTION
HUNTER NEW ENGLAND LOCAL HEALTH DISTRICT
ehc supported Hunter New England (HNE) Local Health District (LHD) in developing a text message-delivered intervention to support caregivers of school-aged children to address their children’s mental health and wellbeing. We are working collaboratively with caregivers to design the content, timing, and tone of the text messages to ensure...
ehc worked with Hunter New England Local Health District and teenagers aged 12-15 to develop a text message delivered health promotion program aimed at reducing uptake of vaping among youth. To develop the texts, we interviewed adolescents and their caregivers to understand knowledge...
ehc supported the implementation of txt4two with clinicians from the Mater Mother’s Hospital. txt4two is a personalised text message-delivered program that supports women through their pregnancy. Its aim is to support women to achieve their dietary and exercise goals through regular communication through texting, links to quality online information, …
ehc supported the development of a text message delivered program to support postnatal women in first 2,000 days of their child’s life. We worked with staff from the Hunter New England Local Health District to conduct user engagement activities to design a tailored program that …
ehc supported ROSS Planning on the Ipswich City Council’s Analysis of Sport, Recreation and Physical Activity project. We consolidated multiple sources of data from the Ipswich community and analysed a community survey of over 1,500 residents. The outcomes of this project will help Ipswich City Council to plan much …
We conducted a 2-hour professional development workshop with staff from ROSS Planning on: “Where is physical activity headed?” Before the session we surveyed attendees to understand what they wanted to gain from the workshop. Based on this the workshop covered four main topics: Defining and measuring physical activity; Overweight and …
The state-wide Quality Group for the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program met for a capacity building workshop. Brianna Fjeldsoe and Sheleigh Lawler (School of Public Health, The University of Queensland) facilitated a 4-hour session. We surveyed workshop attendees before the session to learn about their existing experiences …