Evidence-based Practice & Community Supports

Evidence-based Practices and Community Supports

Evidence-based Practices and Community Supports (Program 1), focuses on enhancing personalised rehabilitation pathways, services and supports by tracking rehabilitation pathways, access to services and outcomes of people with spinal cord and brain injury. This program builds on research outcomes from TRaCE and Dignity Flagship Projects (2017-2022), Program 1 has a broad research agenda focused on personalised rehabilitation pathways. The Hopkins Centre is the only Queensland research centre that is systematically and consistently tracking rehabilitation pathways, access to support and outcomes of people with SCI and ABI. Research underway focuses on prioritised areas that will help inform personalised pathways which in turn will deliver more targeted rehabilitation services and enhance transitions and support for people with acquired neurological conditions.

The Hopkins Centre has been systematically and consistently tracking rehabilitation pathways and outcomes since 2017. By tracking individuals’ patterns of recovery over time, we have been able to identify those most at risk of poor outcomes. We are now in a position to generate insightful findings. This program of research will examine and deliver on evidence that can contribute to the personalisation of care pathways through more targeted and timely rehabilitation services that enhance outcomes, ease transitions and facilitate the uptake of appropriate supports. Program objectives aim to inform more personalised rehabilitation pathways through gaining a better understanding of people’s preferences and choices, supporting them to be actively involved in their care decisions and equipping them with skills to better navigate complex care and service systems; improve psychological well-being and reduce long-term secondary health complications and mental health issues; and improve understanding of factors that enable people to remain in work longer.

Program 1 research agenda is coordinated under the reseatch streams list below:


Key objectives of Research Program 1 are to:

  1. Improve rehabilitation system care, transitions, and trajectories to deliver equitable access to services and supports. This involves understanding people's choices and preferences regarding rehabilitation, supporting their participation in decisions about their care and facilitating their ability to navigate complex systems and transitions across the care continuum.
  2. Improve early identification and management of psychological distress to reduce long-term secondary health and mental health complications, as well as facilitate psychological well-being to restore sense of purpose and meaning and people’s lives after serious injury.
  3. Understand the enablers of sustainable employment, including workplace supports and reasonable accommodations to facilitate economic security and participation in society.

 

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