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QUT Receives $803,000 to Help Chronic Disease Sufferers |
13 August 2009  |
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| Federal Member for Brisbane Arch Bevis has welcomed Federal Government funding for the Queensland University of Technology to work on chronic disease. |
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| The federal funding of $803,264 will be for four projects involving: |
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| A review of QUT’s Faculty of Health undergraduate and postgraduate health curriculum with respect to chronic disease self-management; |
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| The development of improved patient self-management abilities following cancer treatment; |
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| The preparation of a DVD to support each patient’s engagement in activity following cardiac and diabetes treatment; |
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| The evaluation of a new and flexible method for supporting exercise-based lifestyle changes in chronic disease. This involves wearing monitoring devices that allow outdoor exercise to be supervised in real-time by university-trained accredited exercise physiologists based at QUT. |
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| Mr Bevis said: “These projects are an important part of the Federal Government’s commitment to improve the lives of people suffering from chronic disease. |
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| “They are part of eighty-two projects across Australia. |
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| “The Australian community will reap significant benefits from expanded assistance and services.” |
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| The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare estimates that chronic diseases are responsible for about 80% of the total burden of disease in Australia. |
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