Centre for Health Initiatives (CHI)

Research Students

 PhD Students - Current

Pippa Burns (APAI Scholarship)
Supervisors: S. Jones and D. Iverson
Funding: Australian Research Council Linkage Grant
Title: The development and piloting of an online asthma self-management tool for use by older adults [pdf 96kb]

Andrew Bonney 
Supervisors: S. Jones, D. Iverson and L. Phillipson
FTitle: Interpersonal aspects of patient care: The Older person & General Practice Registrars [pdf 111kb]

Sandy Daley 
Supervisor: S. Jones
Title: The position of physical education within the primary school curriculum: policy, perceptions, attitudes and realities [pdf 105kb]

Jennifer Dooley
Supervisors: S. Jones and D. Iverson 
Funding: University Postgraduate Award (UPA) and International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS)
Title: Web 2.0 and its Implications for Health-Related Social Marketing Campaigns [pdf 112kb]

Uwana Evers (APAI Scholarship)
Supervisors: S. C. Jones, P. Caputi, D. Iverson
Funding: ARC Linkage Project with Asthma Foundation NSW
Title: Applying the Health Belief Model to a social marketing campaign to increase awareness of asthma in older adults [pdf 96kb]

Terry Froggatt 
Supervisor: P. Crookes
Title: The application of “Learning Organised Theory” to a community based organisation [pdf 566kb]

Andrea Garner
Supervisors: S. Jones and V. Harwood
Funding: University Postgraduate Award (UPA) and International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS)
Title: The impact of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) representations in entertainment media on pre-service teachers' knowledge, attitudes, and confidence in working with ASD affected students

Yuminko Horiguchi 
Supervisors: P. Crookes and S. Jones
Details to be advised

Joanne Joyce 
Supervisor: P. Crookes
Title: Magnet Organisations: Measurement of Australian health services for characteristics successful in retaining nursing staff [pdf 567kb]

Lyn Phillipson (BAppSc, MPH, EADTSC Scholarship Recipient)
Supervisors: S. Jones and C. Magee
Title: Factors influencing the use and non-use of respite services by caregivers of people with dementia [pdf 114kb]

Melinda Williams (APAI Scholarship)
Supervisors: S. Jones, D. Iverson and P. Caputi
Funding: Australian Postgraduate Award Industry 
(Industry partner: Cancer Council NSW)
Title: Adolescent UVR Behaviours: Developing an instrument to measure UVR related behaviours among adolescents [pdf 95kb]


 PhD Students - Past

Nina Berry (APA Scholarship)
Supervisors: S. Jones, D. Iverson and S. Dodds
Funding: Australian Postgraduate Award
Title: Got Milk? The influence of the advertising of Toddler Formula on attitudes, beliefs and perceptions about infant feeding [pdf 567kb]

Danika Hall 
Supervisors: S. Jones and D. Iverson
Title: Consumer responses to the advertising of disease and prescription medicines in Australia [pdf 567kb]

Christina Hoang (APAI Scholarship)
Supervisors: Professor S. Jones and Professor D. Iverson
Title: Efficacy of strategies to increase participation rates in disease management programs [pdf 95kb]
Completed: 2007

Keryn Johnson 
Funding: ARC Linkage
Project Partner(s): The Cancer Council NSW (TCCN)
Chief Investigator(s): S. Jones, D. Iverson
Title: Selling sun protection to a youth audience: Best practice guidelines for social marketing initiative [pdf 567kb]

 

Last reviewed: 24 August, 2011

CHI Seminar Series

Thursday, 14 June
12:30 - 1:30 ITAMS Bldg 233.115 iC Campus
Presenter: to be advised

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CHI NEWS

 

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Alcohol Advertising

Congratulations to Prof Sandra Jones and A/Prof Peter Caputi on their successful ARC Discovery Grant: "The nature of alcohol advertising in 'old' and 'new' media and the impact on young people's alcohol-related attitudes, intentions and behaviour "


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CHI IN THE MEDIA

Design Facilities for people with dementia - Illawarra Mercury, 27 January, 2012

Flexibility Needed For Young Offenders - ABC Illawarra, 27 January, 2012 

Pointed - ABC Illawarra, 27 January, 2012 

Aldi selling discounted Alcohol - WIN News, 27 January, 2012

Flexibility Needed For Young Offenders - Illawarra Mercury, 31 January, 2012 

"Get Your Life Back" Campaign Launch - WIN Evening News, 1 February, 2012 

"Get Your Life Back"Campaign Launch - Wave FM, 1 February, 2012 

"Get Your Life Back" Campaign Launch - ABC Illawarra, 1 February, 2012

Why kids and grog is a bad idea - Adelaide Now, 19 November 2011

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