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Research Interests
A-La is a health economist whose work focuses on the economics of mental health and well-being promotion across the life-course, as well as on the prevention of accidental and intentional injuries. She focuses in particular on systematic reviewing and decision analytical modelling.
In October 2008 she was the joint recipient of the best poster prize at the Second European Conference on Injury Prevention. She has an MSc in Health Management from Imperial College, London and another MSc in Health, Population and Society from the LSE. Prior to joining PSSRU she gained experience through an internship at the WHO in Geneva.
Among current work she is analysing the financing and organisation of mental health systems across Europe, as well as assessing the cost effectiveness of area based suicide prevention programmes in four European countries. Another interests is the link between physical and mental health. She has also estimated the economic case for investing in early detection and early intervention for people with psychosis in work for the UK Department of Health.
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A-La Park's Publications
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Physical Health Interventions (2014)
Park A, McCrone P, Knapp M
Centre for Mental Health
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Early Intervention services (2014)
Park A, McCrone P, Knapp M
Centre for Mental Health
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Early Detection Services (2014)
Park A, McCrone P, Knapp M
Centre for Mental Health
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Investing in Recovery: Making the Business Case for Effective Interventions for People with Schizophrenia and Psychosis (2014)
Knapp M, Andrew A, McDaid D, Iemmi V, McCrone P, Park A, Parsonage M, Boardman J, Shepherd G
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Counting All the Costs: the Economic Impacts of Poor Physical Health in People With Mental Health Problems (2011)
McDaid D, Park A
Bristol-Myers Squibb
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Making the Case for Investing in the Health of Young People: Assessing the Economic Impact of Poor Health and Actions to Promote and Protect Better Health of Children in Europe (2011)
McDaid D, Park A
Personal Social Services Research Unit
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Online Health: Untangling the Web (2011)
McDaid D, Park A
Bupa
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Tackling Medically Unexplained Symptoms (2011)
McDaid D, Park A, Parsonage M
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Promoting Well-Being in the Workplace (2011)
McDaid D, King D, Park A, Parsonage M
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Early Intervention for Psychosis (2011)
McCrone P, Park A, Knapp M
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Early Detection for Psychosis (2011)
McCrone P, Park A, Knapp M
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Population-level suicide awareness training and intervention (2011)
McDaid D, Park A, Bonin E
Department of Health
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Economics of Early Intervention (EI): Literature Review and Modelling. Victoria: The Australian Government (2010)
McCrone P, Park A, Knapp M
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Economic Evaluation of Early Intervention (EI) Services: Phase IV Report (2010)
McCrone P, Park A, Knapp M
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Current practice and innovative approaches to prevent childhood unintentional injuries: an overview and synthesis of international comparative analyses and surveys of injury prevention policies, legislation and other activities: an overview and synthesis of international current practice to prevent unintentional injury in children: final report for consideration at PDG meeting 1 (2009)
Park A, McDaid D, Liu Z, Moxham T, Anderson R
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
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A Systematic Review of the Economic Costs and Consequences of Road Traffic Safety Interventions. Report Prepared for EU APOLLO Project on Best Practice in Injury Prevention (2009)
McDaid D, Park A
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A systematic review of the economic costs and consequences of fall prevention interventions. Report prepared for EU APOLLO project on Best Practice in Injury Prevention (2009)
Park A, McDaid D
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Making the Economic Case for Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Overview Report Prepared for EU APOLLO Project on Best Practice in Injury Prevention (2009)
McDaid D, Park A
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Systematic Literature Mapping of Approaches to Use of Research Evidence in Policy and Practice. Final Report for the National Police Improvement Authority (2009)
McDaid D, Park A, Matosevic T
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The Health Economic Evaluation of Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services Across the Enlarged Europe. Final Report for the Child and Adolescent Mental Health in the Enlarged Europe (CAMHEE) (2009)
Kilian R, Losert C, McDaid D, Park A, Knapp M, Beecham J, Kusakovskaja I, Murauskiene L
University of Ulm
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