Public Health Palliative Care Unit (PHPCU) - La Trobe University

Description

The Public Health Palliative Care Unit (PHPCU) recognises that all communities and community and health organisations have a social and practical role to play in end-of-life care and support, drawing explicitly on evidence-base public health practice, strategies and frameworks. The Healthy End of Life Program (HELP) developed through research at the Unit provides a strengths-based implementation framework to unlock and mobilise untapped national, state, regional and local assets with the potential to make valuable contributions to improving end-of-life care outcomes for Australians. By building community and social capacity, and linking this with health and palliative care expertise, HELP builds an integrated end-of-life care approach where both the health and social needs of people are met.

Region

Oceania

Country

Australia

State

Victoria

City

Melbourne

Address

HS2 Room 545, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, 3086

Website/Social media page

https://www.latrobe.edu.au/public-health/research/centres/palliative-care-unit

Contact person

Dr Andrea Grindrod, Director of Public Health Palliative Care