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PHCRED Strategy

The Primary Health Care Research, Evaluation and Development (PHCRED) Strategy is a groundbreaking program funded by the Australian Government since 2000 to improve Australia’s capacity to produce high quality primary health care research. In building research capacity, the Strategy offers opportunities for research training, support and experience spanning the full researcher development continuum.

An independent evaluation of the PHCRED Strategy took place during 2008, with the final report provided to the Department of Health and Ageing at the end of January 2009. View the summary of this report as well as details of the 2005 independent evaluation on the PHCRED Strategy Evaluation reports webpage

As described in the strategic plan the goals of this strategy are:

• an expanded pool of primary health care researchers;
• more research relevant to practice and policy; and
• in collaboration with other relevant organisations, well informed primary health care practice and policy.

The major Strategy components are:

• The Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute (APHCRI): tasked with providing leadership in primary health care research;
• The Research Capacity Building Initiative (RCBI): funding University Departments of General Practice and Rural Health to provide training and support in primary health care research for early career researchers;
• A program of Training Awards, and investigator-driven and priority-driven clinical research grants: administered by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC); and
• The Primary Health Care Research and Information Service (PHCRIS): providing support in the area of dissemination and knowledge-exchange.

Please direct any queries regarding the second phase of the Strategy to the Director of the Department's Collaboratives and Research Section, Primary Care Programs Branch, Primary Care Division on (02) 6289 8039.

Use the following links to discover:

• About PHCRED
  • Articles
  • PHC RIS Presentations
  • GP & PHC Research Conference abstracts
• Evaluation reports
• Grants & Awards
• National meetings
• Research Capacity Building Initiative
• PHCRED contacts
• PHCRED funded projects
• PHCRED logo
• PHCRED resources
• PHC RIS support
• Snapshot of Australian primary health care research
• Strategic Plan
• Upcoming PHCRED events