Introduction to COMPASS: navigating complexity in public health research
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BMC Public Health
2011
11(Suppl 5):S1
Volume 11 Supplement 5
Navigating complexity in public health
Reviews and Research
Edited by Angela J Taft and Mridula Bandyopadhyay
COMPASS was funded by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
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Finding my ground in public health research: lessons from my Grandmother’s kitchen
Research has a 'bad name' in Aboriginal communities. Too often, researchers have come, gathered information and taken it away from Aboriginal people, with no benefit for the communities taking part in the rese...
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Ethical complexities of screening for depression and intimate partner violence (IPV) in intervention studies
Intervention studies for depression and intimate partner violence (IPV) commonly incorporate screening to identify eligible participants. The challenge is that current ethical evaluation is largely informed by...
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The power of social connection and support in improving health: lessons from social support interventions with childbearing women
Social support interventions have a somewhat chequered history. Despite evidence that social connection is associated with good health, efforts to implement interventions designed to increase social support ha...
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Maternal bodies and medicines: a commentary on risk and decision-making of pregnant and breastfeeding women and health professionals
The perceived risk/benefit balance of prescribed and over-the-counter (OTC) medicine, as well as complementary therapies, will significantly impact on an individual’s decision-making to use medicine. For women...
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Tackling complexities in understanding the social determinants of health: the contribution of ethnographic research
The complexities inherent in understanding the social determinants of health are often not well-served by quantitative approaches. My aim is to show that well-designed and well-conducted ethnographic studies h...
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Looking back in time: conducting a cohort study of the long-term effects of treatment of adolescent tall girls with synthetic hormones
Public health research is an endeavour that often involves multiple relationships, far-reaching collaborations, divergent expectations and various outcomes. Using the Tall Girls Study as a case study, this pap...
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Exploring implementation and sustainability of models of care: can theory help?
Research on new models of care in health service provision is complex, as is the introduction and embedding of such models, and positive research findings are only one factor in whether a new model of care wil...
Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11(Suppl 5):S8
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