The
Well Child Health Research Stream
is centred at the Immunisation Advisory Centre (IMAC) which in turn sits within
the Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care. The research team support
all communication activities of this organisation with the priority of providing
the best available evidence-based information on vaccines, vaccination and vaccine
preventable diseases to health professionals and the wider community as well as
investigate the social impacts of immunisation and the diseases they prevent.
Broader research activities recognise
the need for a multidisciplinary approach for the delivery of any public health
programme. The Well Child Research Group consists of partnerships both within
the department and across the University, other academic institutions, the primary
care setting and the wider community.
Key areas of research include:
- social aspects of immunisation programmes including knowledge, attitudes,
media and barriers to services
- interventions to improve immunisation coverage
- vaccine reactogenicity Vaccine preventable disease epidemiology.
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