- Title
- Still on the outer edges? Progress towards and prospects for the development of a rural and remote evidence base for clinical practice
- Creator
- McDonald, John; Murphy, Angela
- Date
- 2005
- Type
- Text; Conference paper
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/35954
- Identifier
- vital:1471
- Abstract
- One of the most significant issues in clinical practice for rural and remote Australia is the need for improved evidence about the most effective and appropriate interventions. Clinical research is fundamental to effective evidence-based practice. This paper assesses the extent to which an Australian rural evidence base for clinical practice has emerged over the past five years. The methodology for this study involves an analysis of one input (research funding) and one output (published evidence) concerning Australian research that specifically addresses rural health issues and includes rural, regional and/or remote populations in clinical research. The first project involves the analysis of extant databases of rural clinical research funding and funding for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) research allocated during the period 2000 to 2004 by two major national organisations: the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), and the National Institute of Clinical Studies (NICS). Data are analysed in terms of the number of grants allocated and the level of funding. The results show that, of the 5995 grants (exceeding $1.3 billion) awarded by the NHMRC, only 126 grants (2.1%) amounting to $21 million (1.6% of the total dollars) were allocated to rural/regional/remote and ATSI research. NICS has funded one rural/remote clinical research project, and has commissioned a literature review and conducted a workshop on the use of evidence by rural and remote health practitioners.; E1
- Publisher
- Alice Springs, Australia : National Rural Health Alliance
- Relation
- Paper presented at the 8th National Rural Health Conference, Alice Springs, Australia : 10th - 13th March, 2005
- Rights
- Open Access
- Rights
- Copyright National Rural Health Alliance
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- Rural; Clinical practice
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