Long Covid Assessment and Management in Practice (LAMP) Project

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Long Covid Assessment and Management in Practice (LAMP) Project

Emerging from the long shadow: Optimising supportive consumer and provider care pathways through the post-acute sequelae of COVID-19.

Our project explores how long COVID impacts people’s health, daily life, and what their experiences of support are, drawing on the perspectives of those living with the condition, their carers/supporters, and health practitioners. By working closely with diverse communities across Australia, we aim to develop inclusive and sustainable models of care that respond to the needs of diverse groups.

About our research

Our research focuses on developing a meaningful understanding of the multiple impacts of long COVID (also called Post Acute Sequelae of COVID19, PASC) in Australia’s diverse populations, and what healthcare and other support responses are required going forward.

The interdisciplinary program of research is supported by experts in nutrition, exercise, healthcare delivery, mental health, and immunology, as well as clinicians, social scientists, economists and health providers to understand how long-COVID impacts a person’s physical and psychological health, social life, work and study. We further investigate people’s experiences of seeking and receiving support from medical and allied health practitioners, service providers, friends, family and others.

To ensure resulting recommendations are reflective of some of the most affected groups of people in Australia, our project includes First Nations peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) populations, people living on a low income and those experiencing homelessness, children, unpaid carers, and people living in regional, rural and remote areas.

The research has been funded by the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) and is focused on better understanding lived experience, carer/supporter, and health practitioner perspectives on long COVID (Grant Identifier: MRF2035219).

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Meet our team

Discover more about our research team and the groups contributing to our project.

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Research overview

A deeper dive into our program of research and how we are going to deliver it.

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Knowledge translation and impact

Find out more about some of the recent outputs and publications from our research.

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Get involved

Learn how to take part in our research.

Research partners

We are partnering with a number of diverse organisation to help shape and deliver this research, including community, industry and university partners, which are: Northern Health, Victorian Virtual Emergency Department, Hands on Health Australia, Carers NT, Australian POTS Foundation, Launceston General Hospital, Westmead Hospital, University of Leeds, Charles Sturt University and Adelaide University.

News

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From diagnosis to services and support: how Australia’s long COVID response is falling short

In this Conversation article we outline that compared to international standards, Australia is generally slow to recognise and investigate possible cases of long COVID. Our research also found the availability of multidisciplinary long COVID services was lacking in Australia, as was accessibility of trustworthy public health information.

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We followed 14 ‘long haulers’ for 3 months. Here’s what they told us about living with long COVID

This piece in the Conversation reports on a journey mapping study we conducted where we followed 14 people with long COVID – or ‘long haulers’ – to better understand their experiences. Our research highlighted that two key factors shaped how well people managed: agency and social support.

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Long COVID lingers: Australia’s quest for answers

In this SBS News podcast we highlight how Australia is lagging behind other countries when it comes to detecting and managing long COVID. Confusion concerning what long COVID looks like and how it is defined is a problem for the general public and healthcare practitioners.

Contact

We’d love to hear from you.

Whether you have questions, would like to learn more about the research, partner with us, or are interested in getting involved, this is the place to connect. Contact a member of the team at the following email address: longcovid.project@rmit.edu.au

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Acknowledgement of lived experience

We would like to acknowledge the experiences of people living with long COVID, as well as their carers, supporters, and families. We recognise the profound and often invisible impact long COVID can have – physically, emotionally, socially, and economically. We acknowledge the uncertainty, frustration, and at times disbelief that many have faced in trying to access care, be heard, and navigate everyday life.

Your strength in continuing to share your stories and advocate for recognition and change is both powerful and essential. We are committed to listening deeply, holding space with respect and care, and ensuring your voices shape the work ahead.

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Acknowledgement of Country

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.

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