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Registration number
ACTRN12624001071516
Ethics application status
Approved
Date submitted
8/07/2024
Date registered
4/09/2024
Date last updated
4/09/2024
Date data sharing statement initially provided
4/09/2024
Type of registration
Prospectively registered
Titles & IDs
Public title
GROW SHARE: Social prescribing of permaculture for adults with mental illness
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Scientific title
Evaluate the change in quality of life through social prescribing of permaculture for adults living with a mental health condition
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Secondary ID [1]
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Universal Trial Number (UTN)
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Trial acronym
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Linked study record
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Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Mental Health
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Condition category
Condition code
Mental Health
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Other mental health disorders
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Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
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Description of intervention(s) / exposure
‘GROW SHARE’ is a new social prescribing Permaculture program for adults with mental illness. The key objectives of the ‘GROW SHARE’ permaculture program are to 1. To improve Quality of Life (QoL) (including perceptions of overall health, psychological distress levels, loneliness and recovery) - through engagement in activities of contribution, promoting goals and purpose, social connection and belonging; 2. To develop permaculture specific and transferable skills, increasing vocational readiness and opportunities to continue formal training; 3. To build confidence in participants to use and share developed skills building capacity and paying it forward to their communities.
GROW SHARE consists of eight 2–3-hour face-to-face sessions. Each session will consist of four to ten adults living with mental illness. Participants will be required to complete eight sessions but will have the flexibility to complete these sessions over a 12-week period to account for missed sessions due to acute illness, fluctuations in well-being, prior commitments, or adverse weather. Each session will have three phases: (1) Opening circle including Acknowledgment of country and group member introductions, (2) Permaculture activity in the garden, (3) Group cup of tea and snack (using fresh grown ingredients). The sessions will be underpinned by the ethics and principles of permaculture and guided by themes of water, nutrient cycling, life of the soil, preparing to plant, seeds, microclimates, and structures, harvesting, maximising nutrition, connection to land, community and self. Participants will be taught permaculture specific skills including system design, observing and interacting with nature, soil care, plant care, organic gardening, self-sufficiency, water management, harvesting, food preservation, and resource management. Through GROW SHARE participants will develop transferable skills including systems thinking, observation and awareness, resourcefulness, leadership, collaboration and communication, social, critical thinking, creative problem solving, innovation, adaptability, and ethical decision-making skills. Participants will be offered the ability to be assessed on their learning to gain credit towards a TAFE Certificate 1 in Permaculture. GROW SHARE will be taught by a permaculture teacher employed by Primary & Community Care Services to deliver the program.
Session attendance will be collected. Adults with mental illness will contribute to the study by providing pre, post and 12 months post surveys using validated outcome measures and single item measures. Individual realist interviews using photo elicitation will be conducted post completing the intervention and 12 month post program interviews will be conducted individually. To identify the contexts, mechanisms, intended and unintended outcomes of the program from multiple perspectives (Adults with mental illness, Primary and Community Care Services managers, link workers and facilitators, and a nominated family carer of the participant) will be measured by interviews, group interviews and facilitator reflection notes.
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Intervention code [1]
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Lifestyle
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Intervention code [2]
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Treatment: Other
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Comparator / control treatment
No control Group
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Control group
Uncontrolled
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Outcomes
Primary outcome [1]
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Quality of Life
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Assessment method [1]
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The World Health Organization Quality of Life Brief tool (WHOQOL-BREF)
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Timepoint [1]
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Pre intervention, post intervention (approx 12 weeks), & 12 months post completion of program
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Primary outcome [2]
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Health
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Assessment method [2]
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As measured on The EuroQol Health Thermometer (EQ-5D-5L VAS)
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Timepoint [2]
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Pre intervention, post intervention (approx 12 weeks), & 12 months post completion of program
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Primary outcome [3]
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Symptoms of mental illness [mild, moderate, severe]
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Assessment method [3]
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As measured on The Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10),
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Timepoint [3]
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Pre intervention, post intervention (approx 12 weeks), & 12 months post completion of program
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Secondary outcome [1]
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To assess what extent ‘GROW SHARE’ impacts permaculture knowledge and skills
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Assessment method [1]
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single item self-reported measure
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Pre intervention, post intervention (approx 12 weeks), & 12 months post completion of program
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Secondary outcome [2]
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Loneliness
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Assessment method [2]
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As measured on The 4-item UCLA Loneliness Scale
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Pre intervention, post intervention (approx 12 weeks), & 12 months post completion of program
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Secondary outcome [3]
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Recovery
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Assessment method [3]
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As measured on the Recovery Assessment Scale- Domains and Stages (RAS-DS).
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Timepoint [3]
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Pre intervention, post intervention (approx 12 weeks), & 12 months post completion of program
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Secondary outcome [4]
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Semi-structured interviews
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Assessment method [4]
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‘Most Significant Change Technique’ (MSC) (Davies & Dart, 2005; Serrat & Serrat, 2017)
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Timepoint [4]
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Interviews at 12 months post program
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Secondary outcome [5]
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Group interviews (individual interviews offered to those who would prefer)
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Assessment method [5]
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Realist interviews
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Timepoint [5]
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Pre and 12 months post group interviews. Interviewees will also be offered individual interviews
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Secondary outcome [6]
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Facilitatior reflection notes
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Assessment method [6]
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Specific questions adapted from Ménard and Ratnapalan (2013) reflection model
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Timepoint [6]
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After each GROW SHARE session
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Secondary outcome [7]
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Number of GROW SHARE sessions held
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Assessment method [7]
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‘GROW SHARE’ program session held will be assessed by audit of study records
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Timepoint [7]
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Collected during program
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Secondary outcome [8]
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Participation numbers per session
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Assessment method [8]
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Will be assessed by facilitator reflection notes
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Timepoint [8]
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During the program
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Secondary outcome [9]
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Number of sessions attended by individual participants, and number of weeks taken to complete program as a composite outcome
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Assessment method [9]
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Will be assessed by audit of attendance records
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Timepoint [9]
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Post completion of the program
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Secondary outcome [10]
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Number of enrolments in formal education
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Example question- looking back over the past 9-12 months, what was the most significant change in your skills (vocational readiness/employment) as a result of the ‘GROW SHARE’ program? will be asked at 12 month post interview.
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Timepoint [10]
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12 months post completion of the program
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Secondary outcome [11]
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Percentage of employment gained
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Assessment method [11]
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Single item measures participation in number of days paid employment in the previous 2 weeks and number of days in unpaid/volunteer work in the previous 2 weeks assessed at pre, post and and 12 month post quantitative survey & interview
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Timepoint [11]
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12 months post completion of the program
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Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
Group 1- Adults with mental illness
Group 1 participants will be adults living in the Gold Coast community with ongoing mental illness. Participants will be care-coordination clients of Primary & Community Care Services, a not-for profit organisation that specialises in Social Prescribing programs in Australia. Primary & Community Care Services has a steady flow of new care-coordination clients (who are referred by their GP), and who if eligible for ‘GROW SHARE’ will be offered the opportunity to be involved in the program evaluation.
Inclusion criteria will include clients over 18 years old who speak English, living in the community, and diagnosed with a moderate to severe mental illness likely to last six months or longer.
Group 2 participants will include Primary & Community Care Services stakeholders (program developers and managers, ‘GROW SHARE’ facilitators and Link Workers) and the nominated family carer.
Inclusion criteria will include
• program developers and managers, ‘GROW SHARE’ facilitators and Link Workers employed at Primary & Community Care Services
• nominated family carers over 18 years old and who speak English. Nominated family carers will be excluded if they are receiving acute mental health inpatient treatment or have a significant cognitive impairment.
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Minimum age
18
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Maximum age
No limit
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Sex
Both males and females
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Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
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Key exclusion criteria
Clients will be excluded if they are receiving acute inpatient treatment, have thoughts of harm to themselves or others, or have a significant cognitive impairment.
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Study design
Purpose of the study
Educational / counselling / training
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Allocation to intervention
Non-randomised trial
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Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
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Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
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Masking / blinding
Open (masking not used)
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Who is / are masked / blinded?
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Intervention assignment
Single group
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Other design features
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Phase
Not Applicable
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Type of endpoint/s
Efficacy
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Statistical methods / analysis
For continuous/ratio variables, if the data is normally distributed, paired t-test will be used. If the data is not normally distributed, the Wilcoxon’s signed rank test will be used.
Qualitative data from participant and group interviews and facilitator reflection notes will be analysed independently then brought together using six-step thematic analysis (Braun & Clarke, 2006).
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Recruitment
Recruitment status
Not yet recruiting
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Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
30/09/2024
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Actual
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Date of last participant enrolment
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30/04/2025
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Actual
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Date of last data collection
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31/12/2026
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Actual
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Sample size
Target
22
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Accrual to date
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Final
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Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
QLD
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Funding & Sponsors
Funding source category [1]
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Charities/Societies/Foundations
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Name [1]
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Primary & Community Care Services
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Address [1]
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Australia
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Primary sponsor type
Charities/Societies/Foundations
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Name
Primary & Community Care Services
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Address
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Australia
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Secondary sponsor category [1]
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None
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Name [1]
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Address [1]
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status
Approved
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Ethics committee name [1]
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Southern Cross University Human Research Ethics Committee
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Ethics committee address [1]
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https://www.scu.edu.au/research/research-excellence/research-ethics/
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Ethics committee country [1]
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Australia
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Date submitted for ethics approval [1]
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Approval date [1]
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20/05/2024
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Ethics approval number [1]
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2024/049
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Summary
Brief summary
For people with mental illness, social prescribing has demonstrated the ability to improve a person’s physical health, mental health, self-efficacy, enhance social participation, vocational and work readiness, decrease hospital admissions and improve quality of life. Permaculture has not previously been explored in combination with social prescribing for adults with mental illness. Permaculture is an ethics and values-driven approach to living that can be applied to all aspects of life, including mental health. This study will employ a multi-methods research design guided by a realist evaluation to assess what extent ‘GROW SHARE’ improves Quality of Life, psychological distress and loneliness. The impact on permaculture knowledge and skills and what works for whom, in what what circumstances, how and why will also be investigated. It is anticipated that this research will demonstrate preliminary evidence of the GROW SHARE social prescribing of permaculture program for people living with mental illness implemented at Primary and Community Care Services.
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Contacts
Principal investigator
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A/Prof Christina Aggar
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Address
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Southern Cross University, Gold Coast Campus, Southern Cross Drive, Bilinga Qld, 4225
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Australia
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Phone
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+61 414754705
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Email
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[email protected]
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Contact person for public queries
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Cassandra Tognarini
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Address
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Southern Cross University, Gold Coast Campus, Southern Cross Drive, Bilinga Qld, 4225
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Australia
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Phone
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+61 402583329
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[email protected]
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Contact person for scientific queries
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Cassandra Tognarini
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Southern Cross University, Gold Coast Campus, Southern Cross Drive, Bilinga Qld, 4225
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Country
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Australia
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Phone
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+61 402583329
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Email
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[email protected]
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Data sharing statement
Will individual participant data (IPD) for this trial be available (including data dictionaries)?
No
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No/undecided IPD sharing reason/comment
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What supporting documents are/will be available?
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