T Issues Consultancy

Grahame Collier for T Issues Consultancy has undertaken a number of projects in the Public Health sector. The information below provides some information about these projects. All project managers listed will provide feedback on the performance of T Issues about each of the projects.

North Coast Area Health Service Evaluation of HIV/AIDS Enhanced Primary Care Project : An evaluation of the first three years of operation of the HIV/AIDS Enhanced Primary Care Project conducted out of the Lismore Sexual Health and AIDS Service. This project delivered a report with significant recommendations about future project delivery.

Brought a sound understanding of the relevant issues to the evaluation. Excellent communication skills both verbal and written. Conducted the evaluation in a highly skilled way and presented the final report before the due date. Able to move from project objectives to assess if outcomes had been achieved and more!

Jen Ireland
Manager Sexual Health Service
Lismore

World Health Organization: Western Pacific Regional Office. Development trialing and peer review of Inside Out: HIV Harm Reduction Education for Closed Settings. This staff training kit and community [resident] education material was produced by Grahame Collier and Elizabeth O’Neil. The material was field tested in China and Viet Nam.

Extensive experience in planning, training design and management. Extremely cooperative and willing to assist in achieving WHO goals for this project. Particularly understanding of the difficulties and delays that can arise from working in a bureaucracy and with several countries and stakeholders.

Gray Sattler
Technical Officer: Harm Reduction
WHO/WPRO

This project involved delivery of a five-day train the trainer workshop in Viet Nam. The following are some comments made by participants:

Very comprehensive workshop – content and way of delivering
Learning by practicing was very good
Co-facilitation was very good
Content was very well organised and facilitators were very responsible
The workshop combined the factual information with energizers and other activities very harmoniously
Very patient trainers

Mid North Coast Area Health Service: HIV/AIDS Hep C and Sexual Health Planning Project. An extensive strategic and work planning project, following an initial review of the previous strategic plan. Used focus and work group input and one on one interviews.

"Exceptional strengths in group work and facilitating a clear direction. Ability to provide equitable opportunities for all staff and stakeholders to have input/ownership."

Jenny Heslop
Area Manager HIV/Infectious Diseases Program
Mid North Coast Area Health Service

South Western Sydney Area Health Service. Major review of Needle and Syringe Program in western Sydney. Comprehensive recommendations regarding restructure of the service, all of which are being implemented.

"Comprehensive, flexibility, worked within time lines, related well to staff and consumers, people felt comfortable and not threatened."

Rosemary Mason
Harm Minimisation Coordinator
Drug Services
South Western Sydney Area Health

Mid North Coast Area Health Service Evaluation of the Hepatitis C Enhanced Primary Care Plan [Hep C EPC Project]. A project which involved a survey of GPs one on one interviews of key informant, and a focus group, to assess the impact of the project on people with Hep C and their medical service providers [especially GPs]

"Tailored evaluation plan to meet budget. Cost for quality of the final evaluation report and the workload involved was very reasonable. Flexible, excellent communication, highly organised".

Jana Van der Jagt
Area Coordinator HEP C and NSP
Mid North Coast Area Health Service

New England Area Health Service. Review of AIDS and Sexual Health Service

"Grahame had the ability to gather information that was both focused and highly relevant to the central issues of sexual health...ability to listen was exceptional. His ability to meet tight deadlines is commended"

Sue Miller
Public Health Officer. Population Health and Planning
New England Area Health Service

Queensland AIDS Council. Review of Best Practice In Group Work With Gay Men.
This project was conducted in conjunction with Dr Rigmor Berg of BB Professional Services. It involved a literature review and extensive input from key informants about what are the components of good practice group work programs, including peer education

No evaluation data available

Northern Sydney Central Coast Area Health Service. Evaluation of the Steps to Respect Primary School Kit.
This project could be placed on the evaluation page of this website. It is placed here however, because it involves work with a major public health intervention on the Central Coast of NSW. The work that T Issues undertook was the evaluation of the Schools component of the program.

A fine evaluation of a challenging project

Ms Catherine Seventy
Jigsaw Project Officer
Northern Sydney Central Coast Area Health