In Papua New Guinea, 1500+ women die every year from childbirth-related causes – 80 times higher than in Australia. And these deaths are, mostly, preventable.
Your support will help stop preventable deaths of mothers and babies in PNG
Promoting improved health and wellbeing by reducing harms related to risky behaviours.
Alcohol consumption among young people is a major focus of this program, as are injecting drug use, methamphetamine use, and sexual and reproductive health.
Through the Behaviours and Health Risks program Burnet is committing to making a major contribution:
Program Director, Behaviours and Health Risks
CREIDU: Centre for Research Excellence into Injecting Drug Use
Improving the health of PWID through new research to inform public health policy and practice.
EC Australia: The vital missing link to eliminating hepatitis C
Australia’s first nationally coordinated response to hepatitis C aims to achieve elimination by 2030.
EDRS: Ecstasy and related Drugs Reporting System
EDRS aims to examine trends in the use of ecstasy and other drugs among regular users.
Engaging men to improve family health and prevent gender-based violence
ANCP project to contribute to the improvement of the health of men, their families and communities.
Exploring alcohol and other drug use among migrant communities in Victoria
A qualitative study supported by the Wyndham City Council.
HCV Elimination Modelling
Providing evidence-based policy recommendations for prevention, testing and treatment of Hepatitis C.
Hepatitis C brief reports
Summaries of published hepatitis C research from Burnet Institute are now available to read and download.
IDRS: Illicit Drug Reporting System
A strategic early warning system identifying emerging trends related to illicit drugs.
IMSA: Improving SRH knowledge among young people in Magwey, Myanmar
This formative study provides evidence of current knowledge and attitudes among adolescents.
New media and technology in health promotion practice
Investigating new media/technology interventions in health promotion practice in Australia.
PATH Cohort Study
A cohort study of the trajectories of prisoners with a history of injecting drug use after release from prison.
Pornography and Young People
Exploring trends in pornography use among young people in the Australian context.
SCOPE - Social Connectivity: Online Perceptions and Experiences
Encouraging young people to discuss with peers issues relating to technology, sex and relationships.
Sex, Drugs, and Rock'n'Roll (Big Day Out Study)
A landmark study since 2005 of young people's risk behaviours including sex, drug use and alcohol.
SHARP: Sexual Health And Risk Prevention Study
Assessing responses to HIV prevention measures among Australian MSM.
SimDrink: Using simulation modelling to perform alcohol policy experiments
An agent-based model of young, heavy drinkers for conducting alcohol policy experiments.
SRH survey of Chinese-speaking international students
A survey of international students' sexual behaviors, knowledge of STIs, sexual education and pornography.
SuperMIX: The Melbourne Injecting Drug User Cohort Study
A five-year study of the dynamics of cessation of injecting drug use and any subsequent relapse.
TRYP: Transitions and Risk in Young People project
Investigating the influence of peer groups on behaviour in the transition from adolescence to adulthood.
05 August, 2019
The first national report on hepatitis C elimination in Australia shows important progress is being achieved.
31 July, 2019
Burnet Institute’s Dr Joseph Doyle is a finalist for the Club Melbourne Fellowship for 2019.
04 September, 2019
Professor Mark Stoové is an organising committee member for the Contemporary Drug Problems Conference.
17 September, 2019
Burnet Institute research will be showcased at the Australasian HIV&AIDS Conference in Perth from 17 to 19 September.
To achieve better health for vulnerable communities in Australia and internationally by accelerating the translation of research, discovery and evidence into sustainable health solutions.
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