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Work Life Balance and Equity  

WA Health and University of South Australia collaborative research project

Work / Life Balance, Well-Being and Health

WA Health is collaborating with The University of South Australia, Centre for Work + Life (headed by Professor Barbara Pocock) and the South Australian Government on a Work, Life and Health Research Project. The project is obtaining ethics approval for each health site and will commence in 2008, to extend over three years. The collaborative and national approach to the research ensured a significant three-year ARC Grant. The project was also nominated in November for a Commonwealth Business/Education Award.

The research will:

  • address the well-being and work/life balance issues within WA Health and the larger Australian workforce
  • establish a longitudinal survey instrument, the Australian Work And Life Index (AWALI)

The project has an analytical focus on the three key transitions over the work/life cycle:

  • education into work
  • work into parenthood and other forms of care and family formation
  • work into pre-retirement and retirement

For a more detailed explanation and background information see the AWALI 2007 Research Report (PDF 709KB).