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Current Research Candidates at the School of Health Sciences for 2009

 

New/Provisional Candidates
New Candidates 2009 Program Supervisor (linked to supervisor's home page where available) Topic
Stella Artuso IPHD Professor Mark Daniel / Dr Margaret Cargo The Tobacco Brief Intervention Program among Aboriginal Health Workers: Is it working?
Katherine Baldock IPHD Professor Mark Daniel/ Dr Catherine Paquet A critical assessment of the causal contribution of area-level disadvantage to cardio-metabolic disease
James Charles IPHD Dr Sheila Scutter / Assoc Prof  Jon Buckley  & Professor Adrian Esterman What is the foot health status of Aboriginal people with diabetes?
Georgina Crichton (nee Whittem) IPHD Dr Karen Murphy / Dr Janet Bryan The effects of low fat dairy consumption on cognitive functioning, psychological well-being, and cardio-metabolic health
Janine Dizon IPHS Professor Karen Grimmer-Somers Developing an evidence-based teaching program for Physiotherapists in the Philippines: Implementation and evaluation of an innovative model of continuing education
Katia Ferrar IPHD Professor Tim Olds Use-of-time patterns among Australian youth
Debbie Howson IPHD Dr Sheila Scutter Integrating evidence based practice in radiation therapy education and practice in Australia
Nicole Lewis IPHD Professor Kevin Norton / Dr Jim Dollman Predicting maintenance of sufficient levels of physical activity following intervention among previously sedentary adults; a 3 year follow-up study
Julie Luker IPHD Professor Karen Grimmer-Somers The influence of acute stroke patients' age on the quality of care they receive from allied health professionals
Natasha Schranz IPHD Professor Tim Olds / Dr Grant Tomkinson The effects of resistance training for overweight and obese boys on strength, body composition and self-concept: A randomised controlled trial
Torbjorn Van Heeswijck IPHD Professor Mark Daniel / Professor John Lynch / Dr Catherine Paquet / Dr Yan Kestens Active transportation and health outcomes in a metropolitan population
Louise Wiles IPHD Professor Tim Olds / Associate Professor Marie Williams A new ERA: The evolution of research practices (and processes) across Australian medical, nursing and allied health professions: a bibliometric analysis
Dorota Zarnowiecki IPHD Dr Jim Dollman / Dr Natalie Sinn Defying the Odds: the healthy child in an obesogenic environment. An exploration of the unique factors leading to healthy diet and physical activity behaviours in children of low socioeconomic position.
       
Provisional Candidates Program Supervisor (linked to supervisor's home page where available) Topic
 

Expected to submit/complete in 2009
Lyndell Bruce IPHV Annette Raynor Factors contributing to decision making expertise.
Nicole Christensen IPHS Mark Jones The development of clinical reasoning capability in student physical therapists
Michael Cole (Under Review) IPHV Paul Grimshaw Low back pain in golf: The reliability of the golf swing in golfers with low back pain
Jim Daly IPHS Esther May The Ethical Governance of Australian National Sporting Organizations
Shaun Filiault IPHV Murray Drummond I want to play with that body: Body image in gay male athletes as expressed through phenomenological interviews.
Terri Gibson IPHS Julianne Cheek  
Lucy Lewis IPHS Marie Williams Educational processes for evidence based practice in entry level physiotherapy programs in Australia and New Zealand.
Lynda Norton IPHS Jim Dollman Effectiveness of intervention strategies to promote physical activity among insufficiently active adults.
Ashley Pedler IPHS Paul Grimshaw The biomechanics of drop punt kicking in Australian football
Mary Russell IPHS Simon Stewart The effects of multidisciplinary community based management of chronic angina pectoris
Rebecca Thomson IPHS Jon Buckley The effect of diet & exercise on overweight women with polycystic ovary syndrome.
Emily Ward IPHS Susan Hillier Do environmental and personnel affect the effectiveness of group motor coordination programmes for children with DCD: a RCT.
Janette Young IPHS Murray Drummond Migrating migration: Reflections on ethnicity, privilege and the migration experience.
 

Continuing

      
Deborah Agnew IPHV Murray Drummond The seasons of footballers life: An investigation into the social construction of masculinity and masculine identity among AFL footballers
Angela Berndt IPHS Esther May Dementia and Driving. Person, occupation and environment. An analysis of performance and implications for practice.
Lucy Brennan IPHS Simon Stewart/Esther May  
Trisha Carr IPHS Kay Price Exploring ‘communicates effectively’ in nursing
Lauren Civetta (nee Dryden) IPHS Susan Hillier  
Michael Dale IPHS Jon Buckley Whey protein supplementation: Effects on physiology and exercise performance.
Nathan Daniell IPHV Tim Olds Three-dimensional scanning in anthropometry - Bringing new techniques and applications to an old science.
Katina D'Onise IPHS Robyn McDermott Early childhood education: does preschool attendance reduce the risk of adult metabolic syndrome and cardio-vascular disease?
Nicole Elkins IPHS Karen Grimmer-Somers An online educational resource for physiotherapy clinical educators: development and evaluation
Karla Fell IPHV Robyn McDermott Physical activity lifestyle program to reduce waist circumferences in overweight Indigenous women
Caroline Fryer IPHS Shylie Mackintosh / Mandy Stanley / Jonathan Crichton How older people with limited English proficiency experience the transition from hospital to community care after stroke
Bridget Garnham IPHS Julianne Cheek Re-writing the older body: Cosmetic surgery consumption amongst people aged 65-75.
Deanna Gibbs IPHS Kobie Boshoff  
Michelle Guerin IPHS Karen Grimmer-Somers Crossing the hospital-community interface: Community services involvement in the discharge process.
Yasmin Lai IPHS Esther May Prescribing Assistive Technology (AT): Perspectives from consumers, service providers and educators
Maureen McEvoy IPHS Marie Williams Tim Olds Evolution of individual evidence-based practice profiles
Steven Milanese IPHS Karen Grimmer-Somers An investigation into the effect of anthropometric variability, motor skill development and self image on the prevalence of adolescent low back pain amongst South Australian secondary school students.
Catherine Milte IPHS Natalie Sinn Investigation of the cognitive & behavioural benefits of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation across the lifespan.
Rebecca Nolan IPHS Esther May The effect of exercise on strength, function and proprioception in those with diabetic peripheral neuropathy
Jacqueline Peters IPHS Natalie Sinn Parenting and teaching children health habits (PATCH)
Liz Pridham IPHS Susan Hillier  
Charlotte Sale IPHS Sheila Scutter Medical Radiation:  A case study of profession in transition from competent to critically reflective.
Rebecca Stanley IPHS Kobie Boshoff The role of occupational therapy in promoting physical activity in children
Norman Stomski IPHS Shylie Mackintosh Methodological issues associated with conduction a pragmatic acupuncture trial for the management of chronic lower back pain.
Naomi Szetu IPHS Julianne Cheek  
Rebecca Taylor IPHS Tim Olds Measuring participation in children & adolescents.
Margarita TSIROS IPHS Alison Coates Obesity, the new disability? Correlates of physical functioning & disability in obese children.
Julie Walters IPHS Lorraine Sheppard Orthopaedic waiting list management.
Andrew Wilson IPHV Jim Dollman The effect of Active Lesson Breaks on class-room on task behaviour and sustained attention among primary school children
Shelley Wright IPHS Fiona Arney Playfulness in preschool children: The impact of parental characteristics and child abuse and neglect.
 
Completed in 2009      
Bebet Gonzalez-Suarez IPHS Karen Grimmer-Somers Childhood obesity in San Juan, Metromanila: its prevalence, causes and treatment
 
Completed in 2008      
Sarah Barras IPHS Esther May Multiple perspectives of occupational therapy pre-discharge home assessments: processes and outcomes
Claire Drummond IPHS Lorraine Sheppard The role and function of the school food service and its place within the school system
Amanda Foley IPHS Susan Hillier A randomised controlled trial comparing the effectiveness of different exercise frequencies for maintaining rehabilitation outcomes for older adults
Julie Luker IMRO Esther May
Karen Grimmer-Somers		 Guideline compliance by Allied Health staff and the outcomes for patients with acute stroke
Carol Maher IPHS Marie Williams Using the internet to increase physical activity in adolescents with cerebral palsy - are you kidding?!
David Nicholls IPHS Julianne Cheek Body politics: a Foucauldian discourse analysis of physiotherapy practice
       
Completed in 2007      
David Birbeck IPHV Murray Drummond An investigation of the physical identity perceptions of boys and girls aged between five and six years in South Australian schools
Pitre Bourdon IPHV Jon Buckley Blood lactate thresholds: implications for testing, training and performance
Kim Dae-Yeon IMRQ Tim Olds How Korean children use their time
Lucy Chipchase IPHS Marie Williams Electrophysical agents: professional and generic competencies in Australian entry-level physiotherapy curricula
Denise O'Connor IPHS Esther May Developing an item bank for measuring upper extremity physical function using the
Rasch Measurement Model
Kerry Thoirs IPHS Marie Williams High Resolution Measurements of the Ulnar Nerve: A two group comparison of symptomatic and asymptomatic participants
       
Completed in 2006
Margaret McMahon IMRO Pat Trott An investigation of the prevalence of thumb problems in Australian Physiotherapists.
Suntara Klanarong IPHV Kevin Norton Socio-demographic distribution of health-related fitness in Thai children.
Coralie English IPHS Susan Hillier Is task-related circuit training an effective means of providing rehabilitation to an acute stroke sample? A controlled trial.
Belinda Lange IPHS Marie Williams Pain and anxiety associated with minor medical procedures in paediatric clients and their parents: is virtual reality a useful distracting technique.
Trish Neumann IPHS Ruth Grant Physiotherapy for the management of female stress urinary incontinence in Australia: an observational study.
Rungthip Puntametakul IPHS Pat Trott The vertical spinal creep (VSC) response in asymptomatic young subjects.
Rolf Scharfbillig IPHS Sheila Scutter The differences in activity, demographics, biomechanics and quality of life between adolescents with Sever's disease and non-symptomatic counterparts.

 

 

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