Update 1 November 2018 EASTERN BAY OF PLENTY CHILD HEALTH RESEARCH TRUST RESEARCH CRITERIA FOR APPLICATIONS <$10,000 1.0
Introduction
The Eastern Bay of Plenty Hepatitis ‘B’ Immunisation Trust was established in 1983 under the Charitable Trusts Act for the purposes of promoting the vaccination of pre-school and primary school children against Hepatitis B, and to promote and encourage research into child-related diseases. This Trust collected and administered funds sourced from the communities of the Eastern Bay of Plenty to provide a Hepatitis B immunisation programme to pre-school and primary school children of the Eastern Bay of Plenty. The programme was undertaken on behalf of the Trust by the Whakatāne Hospital. Once the success of the Hepatitis B immunisation programme was realised, immunisation of pre-school and primary school children against Hepatitis B was incorporated into a national vaccination programme that was, and continues to be, funded and administered by the Ministry of Health. The Trust invested the balance of community funds that remained in the Trust’s care after the Ministry of Health incorporated Hepatitis B vaccinations into its national immunisation strategy. These monies have accrued interest and the Eastern Bay of Plenty Immunisation ‘B’ Trust Board wished to make these funds available to promoting the purposes of the Trust. As a consequence of Hepatitis B vaccinations being funded and administered by the Ministry of Health, the Trustees looked to the wider aims of the Trust and determined it would be appropriate to alter the name of the Trust to reflect these wider aims. The Eastern Bay of Plenty Hepatitis ‘B’ Immunisation Trust subsequently became the Eastern Bay of Plenty Child Health Research Trust which was registered as an Incorporated Trust on 12 March 2018. Making research funding available through an application process is the mechanism the Eastern Bay of Plenty Child Health Research Trust has adopted to achieve its purposes. 2.0
Application Evaluation
Applications will be evaluated against the following criteria: 2.1
Local relevance - the proposal demonstrates how the research and potential outcomes are a priority for Eastern Bay of Plenty communities.
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Benefit - the potential health benefit of the project is demonstrated by addressing an important public health issue for Eastern Bay of Plenty peoples.
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Sustainability and transferability - the proposal demonstrates how the results of the project have the potential to lead to achievable and effective contributions to health gain for Eastern Bay of Plenty peoples, beyond the life of the project. This may be through sustainability in the project setting and/or transferability to other settings such as evidencebased practice and/or policy. In considering this issue the proposal should address the relationship between costs and benefits.
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Research Involving Maori
The Eastern Bay of Plenty Hepatitis B Immunisation Trust recognises that health research that focuses on health of Eastern Bay of Plenty children is likely to include children of Maori ethnicity. Applicants considering research that involve Maori should familiarise themselves with Guidelines for Researchers
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Update 1 November 2018 on Health Research Involving Maori (2010) (Health Research Council of New Zealand, Version 2)1. Applications for research involving Maori children will be reviewed for alignment with these guidelines.
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This document is available on the Health Research Council of New Zealand Website: Refer http://www.hrc.govt.nz
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