Select Publications
Books
2011, Voices from the Field: Factors Influencing Rural Health Worker Performance in Papua New Guinea, University of New South Wales, Sydney
,Book Chapters
2014, 'Academic mobility and migration: Reflections of international academics in Australia', in International Perspectives on Higher Education Research, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp. 117 - 135, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/s1479-3628_2014_0000011013
,2014, 'Academic mobility and migration: Reflections of international academics in Australia', in International Perspectives on Higher Education Research, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp. 117 - 135, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/s1479-362820140000011013
,2014, 'Academic mobility & migration: Reflections of International Academics in Australia.', in Academic Mobility. International Perspectives on Higher Education Research, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp. 117 - 135, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/S1479-3628_2014_11
,Journal articles
2024, 'How Perceptions of Aging Influence Physical Activity and Exercise in Older Age: Exploring the Behavior of People Aged 70+ Years Engaged in Fall Prevention Activities', Journal of Applied Gerontology, 43, pp. 1386 - 1396, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/07334648241238315
,2023, 'Adolescent Pregnancy in South Asia: A Pooled Analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20126099
,2023, 'Exploring Older Adults' Experiences of a Home-Based, Technology-Driven Balance Training Exercise Program Designed to Reduce Fall Risk: A Qualitative Research Study Within a Randomized Controlled Trial', Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy, 46, pp. 139 - 148, http://dx.doi.org/10.1519/JPT.0000000000000321
,2022, 'Adolescent Pregnancy in South Asia: A Systematic Review of Observational Studies', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192215004
,2022, 'Exploring barriers to, and enablers of, evidence-informed hip fracture care in five low- middle-income countries: China, India, Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam', Health Policy and Planning, 37, pp. 1000 - 1011, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czac043
,2022, 'Exploring Female University Students' Participation in Physical Activity in Saudi Arabia: A Mixed-Methods Study', Frontiers in Public Health, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.829296
,2022, 'Evaluating and enhancing quality in higher education teaching practice: a meta- review', Studies in Higher Education, 47, pp. 80 - 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2020.1730315
,2021, 'Association between intimate partner violence and male alcohol use and the receipt of perinatal care: Evidence from Nepal demographic and health survey 2011-2016', PLoS ONE, 16, pp. e0259980, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259980
,2020, 'Did human security forget the humans? Critically assessing evaluations of interventions with a human security dimension in Sri Lanka', Conflict, Security and Development, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14678802.2020.1800954
,2020, 'Indian migrant women's experiences of motherhood and postnatal support in Australia: A qualitative study', Women and Birth, 33, pp. 479 - 489, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2019.09.006
,2020, 'The risk and protective factors for risky sexual behaviors among school-aged adolescents in Indonesia', EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, 30, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000605268703603&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2019, 'Fijian Adolescent Emotional Well-Being and Sexual and Reproductive Health-Seeking Behaviours', Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 16, pp. 373 - 384, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13178-018-0360-y
,2019, 'Exploring the factors impacting on access and acceptance of sexual and reproductive health services provided by adolescent-friendly health services in Nepal', PLoS ONE, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220855
,2018, 'Understanding the meaning of youth sexual and reproductive well-being in Fiji', Culture, Health and Sexuality, 20, pp. 1244 - 1258, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2018.1424938
,2018, 'Research priorities for childhood chronic conditions: a workshop report.', Archives of Disease in Childhood, pp. 1 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2018-315628
,2018, 'The Dietary Behaviours of Cancer Caregivers: Preliminary Findings on How Becoming a Cancer Caregiver Might Influence Food Choices and Dietary Behaviours in the Carer Compared With Pre-Caring', Journal of Global Oncology, 4, pp. 104s - 104s, http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jgo.18.33000
,2018, 'Corruption practices in drug prescribing in Vietnam - An analysis based on qualitative interviews', BMC Health Services Research, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-3384-3
,2018, 'An interactive home-based cognitive-motor step training program to reduce fall risk in older adults: Qualitative descriptive study of older adults' experiences and requirements', JMIR Aging, 1, pp. e11975, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/11975
,2018, 'Psychological Distress in Iranian International Students at an Australian University', Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 20, pp. 651 - 657, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10903-017-0590-8
,2018, 'Reliability and Validity of Measures for Investigating the Determinants of Health Behaviors Among Women With a History of Gestational Diabetes', Health Education and Behavior, 45, pp. 43 - 51, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1090198117709315
,2017, 'Inflated medicine prices in Vietnam: A qualitative study', Health Policy and Planning, 32, pp. 647 - 656, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czw174
,2017, 'Setting the right foundations: improving the approach used to teach concepts of hand hygiene to medical students', Journal of Hospital Infection, 95, pp. 355 - 358, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2017.01.006
,2017, 'Can we improve the approach taken to teaching medical students about hand hygiene?', Infection, Disease & Health, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idh.2016.09.019
,2016, '“We have to ask and only then do”: Unpacking agency and autonomy in women's reproductive health in urban India', Health Care for Women International, 37, pp. 1119 - 1137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07399332.2016.1140171
,2016, 'How natural is the supernatural? Synthesis of the qualitative literature from low and middle income countries on cultural practices and traditional beliefs influencing the perinatal period', Midwifery, 39, pp. 87 - 97, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2016.05.005
,2016, 'Eating soup with nails of pig: Thematic synthesis of the qualitative literature on cultural practices and beliefs influencing perinatal nutrition in low and middle income countries', BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-016-0991-z
,2016, 'Development and appraisal of a hand hygiene teaching approach for medical students: a qualitative study', Journal of Infection Prevention, 17, pp. 162 - 168, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1757177416645345
,2016, 'Exploring the attitudes of medical students towards a new hand hygiene teaching approach', Infection, Disease & Health, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idh.2016.09.049
,2016, 'The experiences of smoking cessation among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Australian general practice: a qualitative descriptive study.', Family Practice, 33, pp. 715 - 720, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmw083
,2015, 'Exploring the approaches used to teach concepts of hand hygiene to Australian medical students', Journal of Infection Prevention, 16, pp. 162 - 166, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1757177415580466
,2015, 'VIGNETTE-BASED DECISION POINT ANALYSIS (VDPA): A NOVEL METHOD OF EXPLORING PERSON-CENTERED CONTEXTUAL INFLUENCES ON CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING', European Journal for Person Centered Healthcare, 3, pp. 151 - 151, http://dx.doi.org/10.5750/ejpch.v3i2.902
,2014, '"Nothing special, everything is maamuli ": Socio-cultural and family practices influencing the perinatal period in urban India', PLoS ONE, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0111900
,2014, 'Facilitators and barriers around teaching concepts of hand hygiene to undergraduate medical students', Journal of Hospital Infection, 88, pp. 28 - 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2014.06.006
,2012, ''I'm telling you ... the language barrier is the most, the biggest challenge': barriers to education among Karen refugee women in Australia', Australian Journal of Education, 56, pp. 126 - 141, http://research.acer.edu.au/aje/vol56/iss2/2
,2012, 'Examining the knowledge, attitudes and practices of domestic and international university students towards seasonal and pandemic influenza', BMC Public Health, 12, pp. 1 - 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-307
,2012, 'Listening to the rural health workers in Papua New Guinea - The social factors that influence their motivation to work', Social Science and Medicine, 75, pp. 828 - 835, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.04.013
,2010, 'Beliefs, barriers, social support and environmental influences related to diabetes risk behaviours among women with a history of gestational diabetes', Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 21, pp. 130 - 137, http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=390902085639798;res=IELHEA
,Conference Papers
2013, 'Teaching concepts of hand hygiene to medical students: examining current practices across Australian medical schools', in Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, Geneva, Switzerland, presented at 2nd International Conference on Prevention and Infection Control (ICPIC 2013), Geneva, Switzerland, 25 June 2013 - 28 June 2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2047-2994-2-S1-P145
,2013, 'Teaching the concepts of hand hygiene to undergraduate medical students: the views of key stakeholders', in Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, Geneva, Switzerland, presented at 2nd International Conference on Prevention and Infection Control (ICPIC 2013), Geneva, Switzerland, 25 June 2013 - 28 June 2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2047-2994-2-S1-P143
,2011, 'Challenges to changing lifestyle for women with history of gestational diabetes mellitus in Pakistan', International Diabetes Federation, Dubai, pp. 291 - 291, presented at World Diabetes Congress, Dubai, 04 December 2011 - 08 December 2011
,2010, 'Root causes of high medicine prices in Vietnam - A qualitative study', in Pharmacy Practice, Centro de Investigaciones y Publicaciones Farmaceuticas, Spain, pp. 50 - 51, presented at 16th International Social Pharmacy Workshop, Lisbon, 23 August 2010 - 26 August 2010, http://www.pharmacypractice.org/vol08/pdf/s047-s075.pdf
,Conference Presentations
2021, 'Piloting formative peer review of teaching: strengthening academic professional development', presented at HERDSA 2021 Conference, Brisbane, 30 June 2021 - 03 July 2021
,2016, 'Can we improve the approach taken to teaching medical students about hand hygiene?', presented at Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control (ACPIC), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 20 November 2016 - 23 November 2016
,2016, 'Exploring the attitudes of medical students towards a new hand hygiene teaching approach', presented at Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control (ACPIC), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 20 November 2016 - 23 November 2016
,2016, 'A qualitative study of the experiences of smoking cessation among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Australian primary care', presented at North American Primary Care Research Group Conference, Colorado Springs, 12 November 2016 - 16 November 2016
,2016, 'A qualitative study on smoking cessation among general practice patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.', presented at Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Conference, Perth, 29 September 2016 - 01 October 2016
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