Government funding for healthcare infection prevention research: A scoping review of the past decade
| avondale.affiliate | Mitchell, Brett; 0000-0003-4220-8291 | |
| avondale.affiliate | Russo, Philip; 0000-0003-3822-0554 | |
| avondale.department | Lifestyle Medicine and Health Research Centre | |
| avondale.faculty | Nursing | |
| avondale.reporting.fieldOfEducation | 06 Health | |
| avondale.reporting.fieldOfResearch | 42 HEALTH SCIENCES::4205 Nursing::420501 Acute care | |
| avondale.reporting.fieldOfResearch | 32 BIOMEDICAL AND CLINICAL SCIENCES::3202 Clinical sciences::320211 Infectious diseases | |
| avondale.reporting.fieldOfResearch | 42 HEALTH SCIENCES::4203 Health services and systems | |
| avondale.reporting.isPeerReviewed | Peer Reviewed | |
| avondale.reporting.version | Corrected Version | |
| dc.contributor.author | Schults, Jessica | |
| dc.contributor.author | Smith, Alison | |
| dc.contributor.author | Havers, Sally | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kwong, Jason | |
| dc.contributor.author | Stewardson, Andrew | |
| dc.contributor.author | Rickard, Claire | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-08-07T05:22:15Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2025-06-19 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: Healthcare infection prevention and control (IPC) programs are recognised globally as a system-wide strategy to support patient and staff safety. Research evidence is essential to underpin these programs, however it is unclear the level of national research funding invested into healthcare IPC in the past decade. Methods: Scoping review using Arksey and O’Malley’s framework. A systematic search of national category 1 grants awarded between 2014 and 2023 on healthcare IPC was undertaken. Grants were eligible if they were focused on healthcare IPC, we excluded preclinical studies and vaccine development studies. Two independent reviewers screened and extracted data, result were summarised narratively. Results: We identified 10,394 grants, amounting to \$19.7B, awarded between 2014 and 2023. A total of \$37.11M was provided for 23 IPC research projects/programs (median per grant $1.10M, interquartile range 335k to 2.44M). Accounted for approximately 0.19 % of the total government health research funding in Australia from 2014 to 2023. No healthcare IPC related grants were awarded in 2020, the peak of the pandemic. Conclusion: IPC research funding in Australia remains disproportionately low relative to infection health and economic burden. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Schults, J. A., Smith, A., Havers, S. M., Mitchell, B. G., Kwong, J. C., Russo, P. L., Stewardson, A. J., & Rickard, C. M. (2025). Government funding for healthcare infection prevention research: A scoping review of the past decade. Infection, Disease & Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idh.2025.05.003 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idh.2025.05.003 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2468-0451 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://research.avondale.edu.au/handle/1897/36055362 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Elsevier | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Infection, Disease & Health | |
| dc.relation.uri | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S246804512500032X | |
| dc.rights | © 2025 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control. | |
| dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| dc.subject | Infection control | |
| dc.subject | Infection prevention and control | |
| dc.subject | Infection control - hospital | |
| dc.subject | Healthcare-associated infection | |
| dc.subject | Quality of healthcare | |
| dc.subject | Research funding | |
| dc.title | Government funding for healthcare infection prevention research: A scoping review of the past decade | |
| dc.type | Journal Article | |
| dcterms.accessRights | Open Access |