Outcomes report 2013-2018: Changing the system
In our first five years, we have created a strong platform for research translation through effective collaborations with policy agencies. We have built capacity in system thinking and created new knowledge about system change for prevention. We have embedded policy makers into research projects and researchers into policy environments, ensuring that outputs are policy relevant and building a prevention workforce for the future.
We have built a national profile and are widely recognised and highly regarded by academics and policy makers in the prevention space. Among our many research achievements, we have demonstrated the value of dynamic simulation modelling in synthesising complex information, made a significant contribution to a set of national liveability indicators to underpin decisions about urban planning for health, developed a way of costing healthy vs unhealthy diets, established and tested new methods for engaging communities in prevention, and developed a stronger understanding of the likely value of prevention to Australia.
We have provided new ways of communicating the value of prevention to governments, developed tools, frameworks and strategies to boost the prevention system, and increased the capacity of researchers, policy makers and practitioners to use evidence and systems approaches.