“Improving health at a population level involves identifying groups of people at risk of ill health, promoting wellness, and developing equitable and efficient services to meet health needs.”
Program Co-Leaders, Professors Julie Byles and Afaf Girgis
The activities of HMRI's public health program are coordinated by two organisations, the Newcastle Institute of Public Health (NIPH) and the Health Behaviour Research Group,
NIPH conducts research and translates this knowledge into solutions for health services, planning and public health issues. The 45 NIPH members come from health service and public health research groups from the University of Newcastle and Hunter New England Area Health Service. NIPH is funded primarily by a Capacity Building Infrastructure Grant from NSW Health and uses these funds to provide four post doctoral fellowships with the aim of increasing the critical mass of public health researchers in the Hunter New England Region.
The Health Behaviour Research Group draws together over 120 researchers, aiming to reduce preventable mortality and morbidity rates by changing community health behaviour patterns.
The research themes within HMRI's public health program include:
The Public Health Program includes members who are affiliated with the University of Newcastle Priority Research Centre for Gender, Health and Ageing, as well as health service and public health research groups including:
