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Journal articles
2015, 'Socioeconomic inequalities in oral health among adults in Tehran, Iran', Community Dental Health, 32, pp. 26 - 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1922/cdh_3400ahmady06
,2015, 'Gendered Disparities in Quality of Cataract Surgery in a Marginalised Population in Pakistan: The Karachi Marine Fishing Communities Eye and General Health Survey', PLoS One, 10, pp. e0131774, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0131774
,2015, 'Policy context and narrative leading to the commissioning of the Australian Indigenous Burden of Disease study', Health Research Policy and Systems, 13, pp. 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12961-015-0004-0
,2015, 'Policy context and narrative leading to the commissioning of the Australian indigenous burden of disease study.', Health Res Policy Syst, 13, pp. 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12961-015-0004-0
,2014, 'Self-perceived barriers to eye care in an hard-to-reach population: The Karachi Marine Fishing Communities Eye and General Health Survey', Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 56, pp. 1023 - 1032, http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/iovs.14-16019
,2014, 'Interventions to improve access to cataract surgical services and their impact on equity in low- and middle-income countries', The Cochrane Library, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD011307
,2014, 'Effects of recurrent violence on post-traumatic stress disorder and severe distress in conflict-affected Timor-Leste: a 6-year longitudinal study', The Lancet Global Health, 2, pp. e293 - e300, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(14)70196-2
,2014, 'Taking stock-what is known about suicide in Sri Lanka: A Systematic review of diverse literature', Crisis, 35, pp. 90 - 101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000244
,2014, 'A case study in the use of evidence in a changing political context: an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health service re-examines practice models, governance and financing.', Australian Health Review, 38, pp. 383 - 386, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AH13221
,2013, 'Mobile phone-based syndromic surveillance system, Papua New Guinea', Emerging Infectious Diseases, 19, pp. 1811 - 1818, http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1911.121843
,2013, 'Concurrent Outbreaks of Cholera and Peripheral Neuropathy Associated with High Mortality among Persons Internally Displaced by a Volcanic Eruption', PLoS ONE, 8, pp. e72566 - e72566, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0072566
,2013, 'Closing the Gaps: Competing Estimates of Indigenous Australian Life Expectancy in the Scientific Literature', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 37, pp. 356 - 364, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12084
,2013, 'Achieving convergence between a community-based measure of explosive anger and a clinical interview for intermittent explosive disorder in Timor-Leste.', Journal of Affective Disorders, 150, pp. 1242 - 1246, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2013.06.006
,2013, 'Addressing the human resource crisis: A case study of Cambodia's efforts to reduce maternal mortality (1980-2012', BMJ Open, 5, pp. e002685, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002685
,2013, 'Changing the malaria treatment protocol policy in Timor-Leste: an examination of context, process and actor's involvement', Health Research Policy and Systems, 11, pp. 1 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1478-4505-11-16
,2013, 'Human resources for health: lessons from the cholera outbreak in Papua New Guinea', Western Pacific Surveillance and Response Journal, 4, pp. 1 - 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.5365/wpsar.2013.4.2.006
,2013, 'Intermittent Explosive Disorder amongst women in conflict affected Timor-Leste: associations with human rights trauma, ongoing violence, poverty and injustice.', PLoS ONE, 8, pp. Art. No. e69207, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0069207
,2013, 'Policymaking ‘under the radar’: a case study of pesticide regulation to prevent intentional poisoning in Sri Lanka', Health Policy and Planning, 30, pp. 56 - 67, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czt096
,2013, 'What evidence exists for initiatives to reduce risk and incidence of sexual violence in armed conflict and other humanitarian crises? A systematic review', PLoS ONE, 8, pp. 1 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0062600
,2012, 'Did the first Global Fund grant (2003-2006) contribute to malaria control and health system strengthening in Timor-Leste?', Malaria Journal, 11, pp. 237, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-11-237
,2012, 'Building health systems capacity in global health graduate programs: Reflections from Australian educators', BMC International Health and Human Rights, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-698X-12-14
,2012, 'Analysis of policy implications and challenges of the Cuban health assistance program related to human resources for health in the Pacific', Human Resources for Health, 10, pp. 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1478-4491-10-10
,2012, 'Brain Gains: a literature review of short-term medical missions to low and middle-income countries.', BMC Health Services Research, 12, pp. 134, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-12-134
,2012, 'Building health systems capacity in global health graduate programs: reflections from Australian educators', BMC International Health and Human Rights, 12, pp. 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-698x-12-14
,2012, 'Cholera risk factors, Papua New Guinea, 2010', BMC Infectious Diseases, 12, pp. 1 - 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-12-287
,2012, 'The implementation of a new Malaria Treatment Protocol in Timor-Leste: challenges and constraints', Health Policy and Planning, 2012, pp. 1 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czs019
,2011, 'Staff management and capacity building under conditions of insecurity: Lessons from developing mental health service and research programs in post-conflict Timor-Leste', Australasian Psychiatry, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10398562.2011.583076
,2011, '(A257) Enhancing Human Resources for Health in Crisis: Experience from the War-Affected Districts of Sri Lanka', Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 26, pp. s71 - s71
,2011, '(P1-109) Violence, Health and Human Rights: Analysis of the Right to Health for Conflict Displaced Persons Living In IDP Camps in Northern Sri Lanka', Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 26, pp. s134 - s134
,2011, 'A Comprehensive Framework for Human Resources for Health System Development in Fragile and Post-Conflict States', PLOS Medicine, 8, pp. 1 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001146
,2011, 'Concurrent Influenza and Shigellosis Outbreaks, Papua New Guinea, 2009', Emerging Infectious Diseases, 17, pp. 756 - 758, http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1706.101021
,2011, 'Decision-makers, donors and data: factors influencing the development of mental health and psychosocial policy in the Solomon Islands.', Health Policy and Planning, 26, pp. 338 - 348, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czq069
,2011, 'Global protection and the health impact of migration interception', PLOS Medicine, 8, pp. e1001038, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001038
,2011, 'Pandora doesn't live here anymore: Normalization of screening for intimate partner violence in Australian antenatal, mental health, and substance abuse services', Violence and Victims, 26, pp. 130 - 144, http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.26.1.130
,2011, 'Persist. Persist: A qualitative study of women’s decisions to disclose and their perceptions of the impact of routine screening for intimate partner violence', Psychology of Violence, 1, pp. 150 - 162, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0023136
,2010, 'Prospective Policy Analysis: How an epistemic community informed policymaking on intentional self poisoning in Sri Lanka', Health Research Policy and Systems, 2010, pp. 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1478-4505-8-19
,2010, 'Six months after routine screening for intimate partner violence: attitude change, useful and adverse effects', Women and Health, 50, pp. 125 - 143, http://pdfserve.informaworld.com/558730_751309012_921837175.pdf
,2010, 'What has been the contribution of the first Global Fund grant (2003-2006) to malaria control and health system strengthening in Timor-Leste?', Malaria Journal, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-9-s2-o23
,2010, 'Who tells and what happens: Disclosure and health service responses to screening for intimate partner violence', Health and Social Care in the Community, 18, pp. 671 - 680, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2524.2010.00943.x
,2009, 'Increasing the use of evidence in health policy: Practice and views of policy makers and researchers', Australia and New Zealand Health Policy, 6, pp. 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1743-8462-6-21
,2009, 'Community perceptions of mental health needs: a qualitive study in the Soloman Islands', International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 3, pp. 1 - 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-4458-3-6
,2009, 'Factors influencing resource allocation decisions and equity in the health system of Ghana', Public Health, 123, pp. 371 - 377, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2009.02.006
,2009, 'H1N1, public health security, bioethics, and human rights', Lancet, 373, pp. 2107 - 2108, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61143-0
,2009, 'Increasing the use of evidence in health policy: Practice and views of policy makers and researchers', Australia and New Zealand Health Policy, 6, pp. 1 - 11, http://www.anzhealthpolicy.com/content/6/1/21
,2009, 'Insider-Outsider positions in a health-development research: reflections for practice', Development in Practice, 19, pp. 106 - 112, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09614520802576526
,2009, 'Killer facts, politics and other influences: what evidence triggered early childhood intervention policies in Australia?', Evidence and Policy A Journal of Research Debate and Practice, 5, pp. 5 - 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/174426409X395394
,2009, 'Malaria control in Timor-Leste during a period of political instability: what lessons can be learned?', Conflict and Health, 3, pp. 1 - 10, http://www.conflictandhealth.com/content/3/1/11
,2009, 'Malaria control in Timor-Leste during a period of political instability: what lessons can be learned?', Conflict and Health, 3, pp. 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1505-3-11
,2009, 'The elusive search for definitive evidence on routine screening for intimate partner violence', Trauma Violence and Abuse, 10, pp. 55 - 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1524838008327261
,2009, 'TS09 TOWARDS A TRAUMA‐LESS TIMOR‐LESTE: AN EXPLORATION OF HOSPITAL‐BASED TRAUMA CARE IN TIMOR‐LESTE USING THE ‘WHO‐IATSC’ ESSENTIAL TRAUMA CARE GUIDELINES', ANZ Journal of Surgery, 79, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-2197.2009.04934_9.x
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