Background:
The Remote Health Systems and Climate Change Centre (RHC3) is being established in Menzies School of Health Research to conduct impactful, placed-based research and evaluation through genuine partnerships. Based in Mparntwe (Alice Springs), RHC3 is leading work to strengthen engagement between researchers, services, communities, planning bodies and other stakeholders to improve services and systems and enable evidence-informed practice and policy. Our work focusses on remote central and northern Australia and involves strategic linkages with national and international networks of health policy, systems and climate change researchers working to improve population health and wellbeing.
RHC3 is built on the legacy of Emeritus Professor John Wakerman who remains a mentor for the team.
Aims:
Improve local services and policy in remote, northern and rural Australia through genuine partnerships with key stakeholders across sectors including health, education, housing, and justice.
Engage in co-design of health systems research and evaluation on issues that are prioritised by stakeholders.
Proactively engage with policymaking processes at local, jurisdictional and national levels to improve knowledge translation and strengthen policy impact of research.
Strengthen linkages between local researchers and global health policy and systems research networks to promote two-way knowledge exchange and collaboration in relevant fields.
Within Menzies, create a platform to grow and coordinate health systems research and evaluation with an emphasis on remote and rural health and social, cultural and environmental determinants of health.
Objectives:
Build and sustain a critical mass of researchers in Mparntwe (Alice Springs)
Improve local services in remote and northern Australia through genuine partnerships with key stakeholders across sectors including health, education, housing, and justice
Engage in co-design of health systems and climate change research and evaluation on issues that are prioritised by our partners
Proactively engage with policymaking processes at local, jurisdictional and national levels to improve knowledge translation for evidence-based policy.
Strengthen linkages between local researchers and global health policy, systems and climate change research networks to promote two-way knowledge exchange and collaboration in relevant fields
Summary:
We aim to strengthen provision of more equitable services and improve the social and environmental determinants of health in remote Australia
We connect communities, researchers, health service professionals and policymakers locally in Central Australia, across remote Australia and internationally
We are committed to improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, conducting meaningful co-designed research with local community and service stakeholders, and translating knowledge into practice and policy.
RHC3 Co-Leads:
Contact:
alexandra.edelman@menzies.edu.au