2023

NHMRC Grant Approval and Project Initiation

Bridge to Better Health was funded by NHMRC to work towards improving health outcomes for people with intellectual disability.

2024

Education Development and Recruitment

We worked with people with intellectual disability, their supports and experts in the field to develop and review education, resources and project plans. With this developed we started recruitment. 

2025

12-month Intervention Period

In this period we will be giving general practices, and practice nurses education, specialised support and access to resources. We will also be collecting patient data once they have completed the 12 months.

2026

Data Collection and Analysis

We will collect QHealth, ABS and medical data from participatns who have completed the intervention. This will be from the time period of 1 year pre, during and 1 year post intervention. We will then compare to see if the intervention had any changes. 

2027

Project Write-up and Dissemination

We will conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the project’s impact, making necessary adjustments based on the data collected and feedback from participating GPs.