As @MelissaSweetDr has tweeted this morning, one of her favourite stories of #ResearchTranslation is how @AKction2 go about it...with an important focus on involving patients in the research from the beginning! AB
The @LowitjaInstitut's way of doing knowledge translation means community members & end users drive the research agenda ensuring it is research that Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people want & need – @MegBastard
Other ways in which researchers & research orgs can engage with Croakey include:
* talk to us during grant application process
* embed journalism in your research
* join the funding consortium
Croakey Conference News Service is research/knowledge translation in action – we provide independent reporting of conferences (& other events like webinars) – AB.
One example of Croakey Conference News Svc in action is our coverage of the #RethinkAddiction conference in September, which culminated in six published articles & this report 👇
Many thanks to all individuals & organisations who have invited us to report at your conference – there have been many and we appreciate the opportunity.
Researchers & research organisations can engage with Croakey & public interest journalism by:
* writing oped articles - pitch your idea to us using #HealthEquityMatters2023!
* guest tweeting @WePublicHealth
Our archives provide an invaluable resource for researchers, educators & policymakers. Check our archives on:
* Indigenous health
* Climate emergency & health
* Health inequalities
* SDOH
* so much more!
"Looking at that quote & the Grattan Report side by side, it’s easy to feel like not much progress has been made in general practice policy in the three decades between them" – @JenniferDoggett
"Traditional Owners, health researchers, doctors and concerned community members have called for real-time ambient air quality monitoring to be undertaken and for data to be made publicly available" – @Jade_Braddy
* interviews
* sourcing health updates via Twitter, media releases etc
* attending webinars & meetings
* commissioning stories
* working on special projects
* editing opeds & other stories
Our social journalism team of editors, contributing editors, columnists & collaborators come from across Australia (and one from the UK!), with a wide range of backgrounds & skills.
Huge shout out to funding consortium members @AHPA_AU, the only professional association in Australia specifically for people involved in practice, policy, research & study of health promotion.
.@AHPA_AU have member branches in each state/territory and keep busy advocating for health promotion, such as their submission to gambling harm Inquiry, & supporting members through their #healthpromotion activities
On #AppreciationDay, the @CroakeyNews & @CroakeyServices team sends a big shout out to @LowitjaInstitut for wide-ranging work for health and wellbeing through quality research, knowledge translation and by supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health researchers
The @LowitjaInstitut & @JanineMilera have been longstanding supporters of public interest journalism in so many ways, including as a #HealthEquityStar member of the Croakey Funding Consortium
The connections between public interest journalism and research translation are many; something @MegBastard will explore tomorrow as part of the #CroakeyFundingDrive. Don't miss this new Pathways to Research toolkit lowitja.org.au/page/services/…