This research focused on encouraging Tongan women to participate in netball activities through a nationwide campaign in the first quarter of 2012. The study then evaluated the outcomes of the campaign using a community intercept quantitative survey, as well as longitudinal qualitative case studies to investigate social inclusion questions.
The main aim of the research in Nauru was to investigate whether programme beneficiaries adopted more healthy behaviours as a result of participation in Australian Sports Outreach Program activities. The research assessed the type of changes witnessed and the magnitude of these changes over time.
Evaluation procedures are essential for continued health programme improvement. This research project carried out formative evaluations of existing policies and workplace based health programmes in Tuvalu, Tonga and Kiribati. The assistance in health survey conduct was requested and the researchers screened a total of approximately 600 individuals from the three countries.
The research team developed and implemented a novel healthy lifestyle intervention targeting female civil servants. Culturally meaningful social marketing tools were designed. The intervention was conducted in a collaborative approach with the Ministry of Health Vanuatu.
This project was part of a doctoral thesis and was funded through the World Health Organization South Pacific office.
This research focused on the assessment and assistance in NCD prevention projects in two outer islands in the rural community in Vanuatu. This included the assistance in an NCD screening (data collection, monitoring, evaluation) and the assessment of interventions that were implemented since September 2009 (NCD clinic, NCD education and community policies). The final report illustrated the current community health programme and progress since 2009 and provided recommendations for further programme improvement.
The government-based health workplace programme Walk for Life was implemented by the Ministry of Health in Vanuatu in 2007 to tackle non communicable diseases (NCDs) in the workplace. The research team assessed and evaluated the Walk for Life programme in the Vanuatu public service in September 2009, including a stocktake of existing interventions to identify how new interventions can be used to improve the programme. Recommendations for future work with the programme were provided.