Collaborations Between the Center and Australia
Sydney, Australia
A two way exchange is ongoing with colleagues in Sydney, Australia.
A successful Australian peer teaching program for school students with asthma, Triple A, is being adapted and assessed in 19 middle schools in Detroit, Michigan. Colleagues from the Department of Public Health and Community Medicine at Westmead Hospital in Australia are collaborating in this eff
ort. Here is a link to a power point presentation provided for Triple A Leaders in Australia.
The Physician Asthma Care Education (PACE) program is being tested in Sydney with local health care providers. It is being adapted to fit Australian clinical and health care practices. Patients are being followed to observe changes in their health status and relationship with their clinicians.
For more information, contact Center Associate Smita Shah at Smita_Shah@wsahs.nsw.gov.au
Did you know
The USA's five most expensive medical conditions cost about $320 billion to treat in 2005. Estimated spending for each condition: Heart Problems, $76 billion; Trauma Accidents, $72 Billion; Cancer, $70 Billion; Mental Disorders including Depression, $56 Billion; Asthma & Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, $54 Billion. (Source: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey).