0-9
A
- AHRC
- Australian Human Rights Commission
- ANOVA
- Analysis of Variance is a test used to determine differences between research results from three or more unrelated samples or groups.
B
C
- CFIR
- Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research is a practical framework to help guide systematic assessment of potential barriers and facilitators to implementation of research.
- CHS
- Canberra Health Services
- CI
- Chief Investigator
- CIA
- Chief Investigator A
- CMTEDD
- Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate
- CRG
- Community Reference Group – a formally constituted consumer reference group providing expertise based on lived experience, and guidance and oversight of the project’s scope, methodology, and approach to community-engaged research and outreach.
D
- Delphi Consensus Model
- A consensus model in which multiple rounds of questionnaires are sent to a panel of experts to work toward a mutual agreement or consensus opinion. The participants modify their responses based on the information brought forth by other experts participating in the analysis.
E
F
- FES
- The Family Environment Scale – a scale intended to measure the actual, preferred, and expected family social environments. FES gives researchers a way of examining each family member’s perceptions of the family in three ways—as it is (real), as it would be in a perfect situation (ideal) and as it will probably be in new situations (expected).
G
H
- HREC
- Human Research Ethics Clearance – a review of research proposals involving human participants by a committee to ensure that they are ethically acceptable.
I
- ICD
- International Classification of Diseases – a medical classification system that is used globally to code and classify diseases and health conditions.
- IVSC
- Innate variations of sex characteristics
- InterLink
- A service connecting people with IVSC to trained counsellors and intersex peer workers.
J
K
- K6
- Kessler Screening Scale for Psychological Distress – a psychological screening tool that has been used widely as a screener for mental health problems and as a measure of severity of impact of mental health problems. It consists of six questions designed to assess the level of non-specific psychological distress a person experiences over a recent period, and it’s widely used to identify individuals who might need further mental health evaluation.
L
M
- MRFF
- Medical Research Future Fund – a long-term federal investment supporting Australian health and medical research. The MRFF aims to transform health and medical research and innovation to improve lives, build the economy and contribute to health system sustainability.
- MSPSS
- Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support – a 12-item questionnaire to identify an individual’s perceived level of social support with family, friends, and significant others.
N
- NHMRC
- National Health and Medical Research Council – the main statutory authority of the Australian Government responsible for medical research.
- NoMAD
- The Normalisation MeAsure Development questionnaire – a set of 23 survey items for assessing implementation processes from the perspective of professionals directly involved in the work of implementing complex interventions in healthcare.
O
- OHCHR
- Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
P
- PAB
- Project Advisory Board – a formal advisory body for the project.
Q
R
- RE-AIM
- A framework used to guide the planning and evaluation of programs according to the 5 key RE-AIM outcomes: Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance.
S
T
U
V
- VSC-PSU
- Variations in Sex Characteristics Psychosocial Support Unit – a new unit created within Canberra Health Services in the ACT tasked with creating a co-designed novel model of patient-centred care.
W
- WHOQOL-BREF
- The World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire – a self-report questionnaire which assesses four domains of quality of life (QOL): physical health, psychological health, social relationships, and environment.
- WP
- Work Package
X
Y
- YES
- Your Experience of Service assessment – a tool used to measure a client’s experience of mental health care, frequently used for assessing service levels in government health departments.
Z