Student partnership to achieve cultural change

University/netl Student Partnership Program

How to Achieve Evidence-Based Behavioural Change

Practitioners are increasingly aware of the fact that providing for example drinking water disinfection technologies, improved toilets or handwashing facilities will fail to lead to the desired health effects if used inadequately or not at all. Evidence-based behavioural change must therefore be a major component of any mitigation effort. Hans-Joachim Mosler1, Alexandra Huber1, Jennifer Inauen1...

Student-Faculty Partnership for Deeper Learning

Using MSD prevention for cultural change in mining: Queensland Government/Anglo Coal Industry partnership.

Queensland Mining has a strong focus on safety performance, but risk management of health, including Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) continues to have a lower priority. The reliance on individual screening of workers and lower level approaches such as manual handling training is part of the coal mining 'culture'. Initiatives such as the New South Wales and Queensland Mining joint project to de...

From death and disability to patient empowerment: an interprofessional partnership to achieve cardiovascular health in Canada.

This paper proposes a paradigm shift in health care from a focus on death and disability to one on health empowerment resulting in improved cardiovascular lifestyles for all Canadians. It describes a national interprofessional initiative to achieve this new vision in the area of cardiovascular health promotion. Achieving Cardiovascular Health in Canada (ACHIC) is a partnership of health profess...