ConnectED: Translating mental health peer support into practice for consumers in rural and regional emergency departments

HCF Health & Medical Research Foundation
Role

Chief Investigator

Description

Translating mental health peer support into practice for consumers in rural and regional emergency departments, feasibility and pilot testing. Listed publicly by the funder as Embedding peer support in rural emergency departments. Medibank Better Health Foundation, now the Medibank Better Health Research Hub. Chief investigator Associate Professor Kevin Mc Namara at Deakin, with twenty co-investigators across eight organisations: Deakin, Grampians Health, the University of Melbourne, La Trobe, the University of Tasmania, Monash, Northern Health and Western Alliance.

Date

01 Jun 2025 - 31 May 2026

Project Type

N/A

Keywords

ED;LLEW;mental health

Funding Body

HCF Health & Medical Research Foundation

Amount

80000

Project Team

Anna Wong Shee, Sammy Russell, Camille Jeffrey, Anoop Raveendran Nair Lalitha, Mark Hartnell, Bridget Hamilton, Lisa Brophy, David Castle, Michael Berk, Kate Schlicht, Sharon Varela, Mary Malakellis, Tim Baker, Vincent Versace, Elizabeth Manias, Laura Kors, Donald Campbell, Lan Gao, Bianca Kavanagh and Drew Aras