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You may wish to note that grant applications addressing the following research priorities are preferred. Applications falling outside these priorities will still be considered although they will have a lower funding preference.

Thematic priorities for the Application Round to be closed on 17 November 2008 are:

Public health theme

Smoking

• Effectiveness of methods to prevent the uptake of smoking by young people
• Effectiveness of methods to encourage smokers to cease smoking
• Evaluation of tobacco control policies, in particular pre- and post-intervention studies
  

Mental Health

• Studies addressing the effectiveness of treatment models, particularly those in a community setting
• Health needs assessment of the mentally ill and ex-mentally ill
  

Healthy community

• Efficacy and cost-effectiveness of health promotion activities
• Engaging the community to improve its health
• Identifying factors that influence health behaviour

Child nutrition

Health services theme

• Early diagnosis and screening for common cancers at the population level
• Epidemiology and health needs assessment of cancer, heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, respiratory disease, injury and poisoning
• Efficacy and cost-effectiveness of therapeutic interventions for cancer, heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, respiratory disease, injury and poisoning
• New models of care delivery
  

Chinese medicine theme

• Establish safety profile of certain Chinese herbs and medicines
• Interactions between Chinese medicines and Western medicines
• Integrated approaches in combining Chinese and Western models of care
• Knowledge, attitude and practice or use of Chinese medicine in the community