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Rachel Canaway
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Collaborations2008 - 2011 The use of complementary and alternative medicine by people with chronic conditions – drivers, costs and benefits. Funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council, Chief investigator Professor Lenore Manderson (Monash University), with Brian Oldenburg (Monash), Vivian Lin (La Trobe University), Bruce Hollingsworth (Monash), Maximilian de Courten (Monash) and Jean Spinks (Monash). 2007 Collaboration between La Trobe University (School of Public Health & Australian Institute for Primary Care), Public Health Information Development Unit (University of Adelaide) and Health Economics and Funding Reforms to design the national monitoring and evaluation framework for the Australian Better Health Initiative (ABHI), for the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. ABHI – a multifaceted, all-of-jurisdiction initiative aimed at refocusing the health system to increase disease prevention. 2006-2007 Collaboration between La Trobe University, Peking University and Harbin Medical University to involve experts in a project to build policy capacity in the health field in China. Thirty-five participants (academics, decision-makers and health program administrators), from 17 institutions, across five countries (China, Nepal, Australia, UK, USA) were directly associated with the project to produce a bilingual monograph (Chinese / English) on health policy in China. The project was assisted by funding from ANU-ICEAPS. PublicationsChaptersLin V, Zhao H, Yang H and Canaway R (in press) ‘History of Health Policy in China’ in V Lin, D Legge, Y Guo and W Qunhong (Eds) Health Policy in Transition – the challenges for China. Peking University Medical Press, Beijing. Lin V & Canaway R (2008) ‘Regulating complementary and alternative medicine practitioners’ in S Barraclough & H Gardner (Eds), Analysing Australian Health Policy: A problem-oriented approach, Churchill Livingstone (Elsevier Australia), Sydney pp.119-135. Lin V & Canaway R (2007) ‘Health promotion applications at the workplace’ in W Phoon & R Parekh (Eds), Occupational and Environmental Health: A practical manual. Bhalani Publishing House, Mumbai. pp.128-143. Articles Canaway R & Merkes M (forthcoming) ‘Barriers to comorbidity service delivery: the complexities of dual diagnosis and the need to agree on terminology and conceptual frameworks’. Australian Health Review Canaway R (2006) ‘Statutory Registration of Naturopaths and Western Herbal Medicine Practitioners’, in Health Issues – Journal of the Health Issues Centre, Issue 88, pp.25-28. Canaway R (2004) ‘The Herbal and Materia Medica: A Booksellers’ Guide’ in Australian Bookseller & Publisher Feb 2004, pp.26-27. ReportsCanaway R (2008) Comorbidity Treatment Service Model Evaluation – Literature Review. Australian Institute for Primary Care, La Trobe University (for the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing) Macmillan J & Canaway R (2008) Developing a Research Agenda for the Primary and Community Health Sector in Victoria. Australian Institute for Primary Care, La Trobe University (for the Victorian Government Department of Human Services) Lin V, Glover J, Silburn K, Gruszin S, Antioch K, Hetzel D, Szuster F & Canaway R (2007) The National Evaluation of the Australian Better Health Initiative (ABHI) Framework for Monitoring and Evaluation – Final Report October 2007. La Trobe University (School of Public Health & Australian Institute for Primary Care) in partnership with the Public Health Information Development Unit (University of Adelaide) and Health Economics and Funding Reforms (for the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing). Book ReviewsCanaway R (2005) ‘Paradise of Quacks’ by P. Martyr, in Health and History - Journal of the Australian Society of the History of Medicine 7(1), pp.116-18. Canaway R (2005) ‘Women’s Health: A Handbook’ by S. McDonald and C.Thompson (Eds), in Campus Bookseller & Publisher Aug 2005, p.25. PresentationsCanaway R (2009) Chronic disease self management, complementary therapies and the language of health policy. Society for Medical Anthropology conference, Yale University, 24-27 September 2009 Canaway R (2009) The use of CAM by people with chronic conditions. The Australasian Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine Association (AACMA) Annual Conference, Melbourne Olympic Park, 24 May 2009. Canaway R (2008) ‘A mixed blessing’ – Accepting compromise to save a profession: Change within the naturopathic profession in Australia. The Australian Sociological Association annual conference, The University of Melbourne, 2-5 December 2008. Canaway R & Macmillan J (2008) Developing a research agenda for the primary and community health sector. Australian Institute for Primary Care seminar series, La Trobe University, 2 September 2008. Canaway R (2008) Diversity or Disunity? Naturopathy in Australia: naturopaths’ perspectives on naturopathy. National Herbalists Association of Australia – Victorian chapter. Northcote Town Hall. 6 March 2008. Canaway R (2007) Conflict and Disunity in the Development of the Naturopathic Profession in Melbourne. School of Public Health lunchtime seminar, La Trobe University. 17 October 2007. Canaway R (2006) ‘Naturopaths’ perceptions on naturopathy’ at Conversazione; Centre for Health & Society, The University of Melbourne, 24 November 2006. Baer H, Beale C, Canaway R & Connolly G (2006). ‘A dialogue between naturopathy and critical medical anthropology: exploring notion of holistic health’ for Seminar Series, Centre for Health and Society, The University of Melbourne, 2 November 2006.
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