By Associate Professor Margo Barr

Conference Papers

O'Callaghan C; Williamson M; Miller J; Prince D; Putra ADM; Barr M, 2025, 'Acceptability of an integrated care program to identify patients at risk of advanced chronic liver disease in Australian primary care settings', in AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PRIMARY HEALTH, CSIRO PUBLISHING

Barr M; Leong C; Kabir D, 2025, 'Heart failure readmissions: mixed methods research using linked population data', in AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PRIMARY HEALTH, CSIRO PUBLISHING

Vuong K; Kabir AYMA; Conway D; Williamson M; Harris M; Barr M, 2023, 'Identifying risk factors for becoming obese: a record linkage longitudinal study in metropolitan Sydney using the 45 and Up Study', in International Journal of Integrated Care, Ubiquity Press, pp. 515, http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/ijic.icic23535

Kabir AYMA; Conway D; Rhee J; Ansari S; Tran A; Barr M, 2023, 'Impact of multimorbidity on health care utilisation in Australian older adults aged 45 years and over: a large population-based data linkage cohort study', in International Journal of Integrated Care, Ubiquity Press, pp. 513, http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/ijic.icic23190

Kabir A; Vuong K; Conway D; Williamson M; Harris M; Barr M, 2023, 'Identifying risk factors for becoming obese: a record linkage longitudinal study in metropolitan Sydney using the 45 and Up Study', in Population Medicine, http://dx.doi.org/10.18332/popmed/165115

Kabir AYM; Ansari S; Conway D; Rhee J; Tran A; Barr M, 2023, 'Impact of multimorbidity on health care utilisation in Australian older adults aged 45 years and over: a large population-based data linkage cohort study', in Population Medicine, http://dx.doi.org/10.18332/popmed/165112

Maher S; Kabir A; Behary J; Conway D; Akon A; Barr M; Zekry A, 2023, 'IDDF2023-ABS-0020 Shifting patterns of hepatocellular carcinoma mortality risk: the impact of socioeconomic status and ethnicity in NSW, australia', BMJ, pp. a21 - a22, presented at Gut – IDDF Young Investigator Award, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2023-iddf.11

Maher S; Kabir A; Behary J; Conway D; Akon A; Barr M; Zekry A, 2023, 'Shifting patterns of hepatocellular carcinoma mortality risk: The impact of socioeconomic status and ethnicity in New South Wales, Australia', in JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY, WILEY, pp. 42 - 42

Roxas BH; Barr M, 2022, 'Characteristics and health service use of carers aged over 45 in Central and Eastern Sydney, Australia', in AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PRIMARY HEALTH, CSIRO PUBLISHING, pp. XVIII - XVIII

Taggart J; Chin M; Liauw W; Spooner C; Barr M; Li XS; Harris M, 2022, 'Enhancing shared care between health services and primary health care using an interactive e-care plan in South Eastern Sydney Local Health District', in AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PRIMARY HEALTH, CSIRO PUBLISHING, pp. LIX - LIX

Ho YW; Williamson M; Kabir AYMA; Conway D; Sharma A; Barr M; Harris M, 2022, 'Telehealth use and satisfaction with telehealth during the COVID pandemic in metropolitan Sydney', in AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PRIMARY HEALTH, CSIRO PUBLISHING, pp. XIX - XIX

Parcsi L, 2021, 'Impact of a local health and hospital service placing a Community Link Worker in a high need social housing area of inner Sydney, Australia', in International Journal of Integrated Care, Ubiquity Press, pp. 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/ijic.icic20142

Parcsi L; Barr M, 2021, 'Impact of a local health and hospital service placing a Community Link Worker in a high need social housing area of inner Sydney, Australia', in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INTEGRATED CARE, UBIQUITY PRESS LTD, http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/ijic.ICIC20142

Conference Posters

Parker S; Wright S; Aslani P; Barr M; Osborne R; Haigh F; Bandiera C; Brown A; Doolan-Noble F; Javanparast S; Sharma A; Cullen J; Wright M; Levesque J-F; Donnelly D; Osten R; Harris M, 2024, 'Key methodological, recruitment, and implementation challenges within a randomised trial of a Community Health navigator intervention with patients transitioning from hospital to home', Brisbane, presented at Health Services Research Conference, Brisbane, 04 December 2024 - 06 December 2024

Reid A; Barr M; Meikle K; Jaques K; Harris P, 2023, 'An innovative approach to conducting household surveys for improved health equity', Dublin, Ireland, presented at 16th European Public Health Conference 2023, Dublin, Ireland, 08 November 2023 - 11 November 2023

Blunden L-A; Lloyd J; Barr M; Welberry H; Comino E; Harris-Roxas B; Jackson T; Donnelly D; Harris E; Harris M, 2019, 'Understanding the medical determinants and health service needs of older people who experience loneliness in Sydney', San Sebastian, Spain, Vol. 19, pp. 160, presented at 19th International Conference for Integrated Care, San Sebastian, Spain, 01 April 2019 - 03 April 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/ijic.s3160

Barr M; Welberry H; Hall J; Comino E; Harris-Roxas B; Harris MF, 2018, 'General Practitioner follow-up after hospitalisation: access and impact on health services', Melbourne, presented at Primary Health Care Research and Information Service (PHCRIS), Melbourne, -

Van Ritten J; Barr M; Steel D, 2012, 'Exploring ways to improve the Aboriginal sample in telephone health surveys', Adelainde, South Australi, presented at Population Health Congress,, Adelainde, South Australi, -

Conference Presentations

Haigh F; El-Haddad N; Jopson W; Barr M; Jeong S; Quinn E, 2025, 'Transforming Health Systems for Equity: Australian Health Equity Framework Evolution and Innovation', presented at Australian Public Health Conference, Wollongong, 17 September 2025 - 18 September 2025

Reid A; Barr M; Meikle K; Jaques K; Harris M; Harris P, 2024, 'Equity and Access in Healthcare: Insights from the 2022-2023 Miller Household Survey', presented at The Health Beyond Research & Innovation Showcase 2024, Warwick Farm, NSW, Australia, 25 September 2024 - 26 September 2024

Reid A; Barr M; Meikle K; Jaques K; Harris M; Harris P, 2024, 'Understanding Miller: Insights from the 2022-2023 Community Survey - Exploring Service Utilisation, Perceptions, and Community Needs​ ​', presented at CPHCE Annual Forum 2024, Tyree Room, John Scientia Building, UNSW, 27 August 2024 - 27 August 2024

Reid A; Barr M; Meikle K; Jaques K; Harris M; Harris P, 2024, 'Understanding Miller: Insights from the 2022-2023 Community Survey - Exploring Service Utilisation, Perceptions, and Community Needs​ ​', presented at SWSLHD Population Health Research and Evidence Meeting, Liverpool Hospital, Eastern Campus (Online), 20 March 2024

Harris-Roxas B; Parker S; Wright S; Barr M; Sharma A; Haigh F; Levesque J; Harris M; Harris E; Wright M, (eds.), 2023, 'Community Health Navigator assisted transition of care from hospital to community: A randomised control trial', presented at 3rd Asia Pacific Intergated Care Conference, Sydney, 13 November 2023 - 15 November 2023, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-077877

O'Callaghan C; Williamson M; Meikle K; Haigh F; Barr M, 2023, 'Review of the Waterloo Human Services Action Plan', presented at 3rd Asia Pacific Conference on Integrated Care, Sydney, Australia, 13 November 2023 - 15 November 2023, https://integratedcarefoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IFIC3695-APIC3-Sydney-Interactive-Programme-v12.pdf

Barr M; Steel D, 2018, 'Do blended sampling designs provide robust estimates: where is the evidence', presented at ACSPRI Social Science Methodology Conference, Sydney, - , https://conference.acspri.org.au/public/conferences/3/schedConfs/9/program-en_US.pdf

Barr M; Harris MF; Welberry H; Hall J; Harris-Roxas B; Comino E, 2018, 'GP follow-up within 2 weeks of hospital discharge in a community dwelling population of residents in Central and Eastern Sydney, Australia', presented at North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG), Chicago USA,, -

Barr M; Steel D, 2017, 'Quality metric for ongoing health surveys.', presented at 7th Conference of the European Survey Research Association, Lisbon, Portugal, 17 July 2017 - 21 September 2018

Barr M; Baker D, 2017, 'Innovative use of the 45 and Up Study research infrastructure,', presented at Australasian Epidemiological Association, -

Pinese M; Lacaze P; Rath E; Chuah A; Degrave D; Husson S; Kaplin W; Andrews D; Barr M; Thomas D; Dinger M, 2017, 'The Medical Genome Reference Bank – Deep genomics of a disease-depleted, elderly Australian population', presented at ComBio2017, Adelaide, -

Barr M, 2016, 'Randomised trial of online and postal questionnaires for a longitudinal study on health and ageing', presented at 5th Biennial ACSPRI Social Science Methodology Conference, Sydney, NSW, 19 July 2016 - 22 July 2016

Barr M; Bartlett M, 2015, 'Opportunities for policy, program development and/or further research from cancer risk behavior research conducted using the 45 and Up Study', presented at 12th Behavioural Research in Cancer Control Conference, Sydney, NSW, -

Barr M; Ferguson R; Steel D, 2014, 'Changing accuracy of self-reported BMI over time in NSW, Australia', presented at International Epidemiology Association Conference, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, 17 August 2014 - 21 August 2014

Barr M; Ferguson R; van Ritten J; Hughes P; Steel D, 2013, 'Examination of the impact of the inclusion of mobile phone numbers into the NSW Population Health Survey', presented at 8th World Alliance for Risk Factor Surveillance (WARFS) Global Conference, Beijing. China, 29 October 2013 - 01 November 2013

Hindmarsh D; Steel D; Chambers R; Barr M, 2012, 'The development of model-based local government area prevalence estimates from a state health survey', presented at Population Health Congress, Adelaide, South Australia, 10 September 2012 - 13 September 2012

Do A; Muscatello D; Barr M, 2012, 'From survey to surveillance: influenza like illness and influenza vaccine uptake', presented at Population Health Congress, Adelaide, South Australia, -

Barr M; van Ritten J; Steel D, 2012, 'Including mobile phone numbers into an existing health survey using an overlapping dual-frame design', presented at Population Health Congress, Adelaide, South Australia, -

Barr M; Raphael B; Taylor M; Stevens G; Jorm L; Griffin M; Lujic S, 2008, 'Pandemic influenza in Australia: Using telephone surveys to measure perceptions of threat and willingness to comply', presented at Technical Meeting of FLUMODCONT, Rome, Italy, -

Barr M; Ferguson R; Griffin M; Gorringe M; Kassis M; Yang B, 2007, 'Behavioural risk factor and chronic disease surveillance in the 21st century – meeting the challenge', presented at 5th Global Health Behaviour Risk Factor Surveillance conference, Rome, Italy, -

Conference Abstracts

Harris-Roxas B; Swann N; Parker S; Aslani P; Wright S; Barr M; Brown A; Blunden L-A; Sharma A; Wright M; Osborne R; Doolan-Noble F; Cullen J; Javanparast S; Goodger B; Dahrouge S; Haigh F; Donnelly D; Osten R; Levesque JF; Harris M, 2024, 'Community Health Navigator assisted transition of care from hospital to community: A randomised control trial', in International Journal of Integrated Care, Ubiquity Press, Vol. 24, presented at 3rd Asia Pacific Conference on Integrated Care, http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/ijic.APIC3153

Buss V; Varnfield M; Harris M; Barr M, 2022, 'App-based intervention for cardiovascular and diabetes risk awareness and prevention', in European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, Oxford University Press (OUP), Vol. 29, pp. zwac056.314, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurjpc/zwac056.314

Harris-Roxas B; Kabir AYMA; Barr M, 2022, 'Understanding the caregiver role and challenges in Sydney, Australia: A population based linked cohort study', in Annals of Family Medicine, Annals of Family Medicine, Vol. 20, pp. 3103, presented at Population health and epidemiology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1370/afm.20.s1.3103

Harris-Roxas B; Barr M; Kabir A; Webster G; Woodland L, 2022, 'Understanding the carer role and challenges in Central and Eastern Sydney in Australia: a population based linked cohort study of people age 45 years and over', in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INTEGRATED CARE, UBIQUITY PRESS LTD, Vol. 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/ijic.ICIC21028

Barr M; Kabir A; Harris-Roxas B; Comino E; Jackson T; Crozier A-M; Goodger B; Finch J; Harris M, 2021, '1034All-cause mortality in Australia: impact of social isolation and living alone', in International Journal of Epidemiology, Oxford University Press (OUP), ELECTR NETWORK, Vol. 50, pp. dyab168.060, presented at World Congress of Epidemiology of the International-Epidemiological-Association (IEA), ELECTR NETWORK, 03 September 2021 - 06 September 2021, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyab168.060

Buss V; Varnfield M; Harris M; Barr M, 2021, '184 Are genetic risk factors clinically useful in prognostic models for type 2 diabetes mellitus?', in International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 50, IEA WORLD CONGRESS OF EPIDEMIOLOGY 2021 - Scientific Program Abstracts, presented at World Congress of Epidemiology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyab168.103

Buss VH; Barr M; Varnfield M; Harris M, 2021, '184Are genetic risk factors clinically useful in prognostic models for type 2 diabetes mellitus?', in International Journal of Epidemiology, Oxford University Press (OUP), Vol. 50, pp. dyab168.103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyab168.103

Stewart G; Jackson T; Barr M; Blunden L-A; Clinch K; Roxas-Harris B; Welberry H; Comino E; Lloyd J; Harris E; Haris M, 2019, 'Understanding the predictors of services use in older people to plan for and provide quality cost effective care', in International Journal of Integrated Care, Ubiquity Press, Vol. 19, pp. 161, http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/ijic.s3161

Reports

Williamson M; Conway D; Rhee J; Jonnagaddala J; Barr M, 2026, Understanding Type 2 diabetes care in Central and Eastern Sydney, NSW, International Centre for Future Health Systems, UNSW, Sydney, https://d2xnkjysn6lg7q.cloudfront.net/files/unswPDF/1782352164679-diabetes-report-1_icfhs_2026.pdf

Haigh F; El-Haddad N; Barr M; Jopson W, 2025, Health Equity Frameworks in Australia: A Scoping Review, UNSW, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/31565

Reid A; Barr M; Meikle K; Jaques K; Harris M; Harris P, 2024, Miller Household Survey 2022-2023: Data Report, https://www.chetre.org/reports

Williamson M; Meikle K; O'Callaghan C; Haigh F; Barr M, 2024, Waterloo Public Housing Tenants Survey Report, https://waterloo2017.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Waterloo-Public-Housing-Tenants-Survey-Report-2-April-2024.pdf

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