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Isla Bowen

RN, BA(Hons), MAPS

Position:

• Honorary Fellow

Research Interests:

• Many aspects of developmental disability
• Adolescent health
• Primary health care

Affiliations:

• Professional Member, Guardianship Tribunal (NSW).
• Ministerial appointment to the Commonwealth Disability Standards Review Panel.
• Chairperson, Community Health for Adolescents in Need (CHAIN).
• Board Member and Deputy Chairperson of Greenacres.
• Criminal Justice (for people with developmental disability) committee. Also court support for people with developmental disability who are involved in the justice system.
• Several committees for the School of Community Services (DOCS).
• Member RCNA.

Recent Publications:

Searchable RIS publications from 2000 to date.

• Curtis, J, Bowen, I & Reid, A 2006, 'You have no credibility: nursing students' experiences of horizontal violence', Nurse Education in Practice, in press.
• Shaddock, A, Bond, M, Bowen, I & Hale, K (eds) 2000, Disability and the Law, Australian Society for the Study of Intellectual Disability.
• Bowen, I, & Watson, M 2000, Taking care of me: a training manual on violence prevention, Illawarra Disability Trust.
• Frater, S & Bowen, I 2000, 'Communication - A Pathway to Improved Life Quality', 11th ASSID World Congress, Seattle, USA, August 1-6. Paper accepted.
• Bowen, I & Gerry, M 1995, 'Changes in adaptive and maladaptive behaviour of clients in community based residential facilities', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disability, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 299-312.

Interests:

• Travel, Reading, Bushwalking, The Beach, Gardening

Email: isla@uow.edu.au