Principal Investigator(s): Helen Dixon, Melanie Wakefield; Michael Murphy (Market Access Research & Consulting)
Aim(s): To explore older men's and their partners' psychological reactions to a news program on the medical debate surrounding prostate cancer screening.
Contact: Helen Dixon at CBRC
Principal Investigator(s): Trish Livingston, David Hill, Vicki White, Doreen Akkerman (CISS); Stewart Dunn (Sydney University); Liz Maunsell (Laval University, Quebec); and other collaborators.
Aim(s): To determine whether an ‘active referral' and outcall program, as part of the specialist's management plan for newly diagnosed prostate and colorectal patients, will lead to a greater and/or more rapid improvement in psychological adjustment compared to patients in the ‘passive referral' group.
Funding: NHMRC; Australian Health Management Group
Contact: Trish Livingston at CBRC
