Powerful Pictures Study
Partners: Apunipima Cape York Health Council, Mulungu Aboriginal Corporation Primary Healthcare Service, Wuchopperen Health Service, Northern Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health Alliance (NATSIHA), Queensland University of Technology, Metro North Hospital and Health Service, University of Sydney, Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service, Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service, South Metropolitan Health Service (WA), and East Metropolitan Health Service (WA).
Members of the team behind the Powerful Pictures project. L to R: Professor Louise Cullen, Dr Andrew Goodman, Professor Ray Mahoney, Associate Professor Andrea McKivett, Professor William Parsonage, Laura Stephensen.
The Powerful Pictures study aims to develop a new model of care with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to improve the way heart disease is detected and managed through the use of Computed Tomography Coronary Angiography (CTCA) as a form of imaging of the heart to detect coronary heart disease (CHD).
Chief investigators Mahoney and Goodman (MRFF 2022 Cardiovascular Health grant) along with Tiana Thorne are leading the co-design phase of this study to ensure that it is both tailored to the needs of local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and acceptable to the clinical community.
In 2017/2018 CHD was the leading cause of hospital admission in Australian patients >50 years, which resulted in 5% of all Emergency Department (ED) admissions. For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, heart disease occurs at a younger age (>45 years) compared to non-Indigenous Australians. This study’s objectives are to co-design and implement the Powerful Pictures model of care for the assessment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with suspected CHD and to evaluate the model of care using a hybrid effectiveness-implementation study. Our approach aims to ensure Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with lived experience of CHD and their preferred health service providers have a say in how this new model of care is hosted and delivered.
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