The latest issue of our online, open access, peer reviewed journal, Public Health Research & Practice, puts the spotlight on implementing mental health reform. Guest editor Professor Ian Hickie says urgent system reform is just as important as increased funding, and contents include a paper on an innovative decision-support tool to aid suicide prevention.

Researchers seeking to share their expertise with decision makers in health can join our new-look Radar researcher database by completing a simple online form. Those on the database will receive alerts about new Expressions of Interest, such as the current call for researchers to conduct a rapid review of international food service initiatives.

A new Sax Institute review of the evidence on consumer enablement finds that one-size-fits-all approaches are unlikely to be effective for getting patients engaged in their healthcare. Click below to read the review or browse rapid reviews on a wide range of topics in our Evidence Check library.

A Sax Institute review of the effectiveness of new strategies to increase research use in policy and program agencies has outlined four key factors underpinning successful knowledge translation, says Gai Moore (pictured left), who presented the findings at the recent World Congress on Public Health in Melbourne.

Being able to use the Sax Institute’s Secure Unified Research Environment (SURE) has meant researcher Julie Depczynski, based in Moree in north west NSW, is able to conduct research into cancer in farming families that would not have been possible for her before.

In this article first published in The Australian, Associate Professor Sonia Wutzke, deputy director of The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre, outlines how research co-produced with policy makers is key to tackling issues like chronic disease. Read more about the Prevention Centre's work by signing up to The Chronicle e-newsletter.