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A/PROF LENA SANCI
Positions
- Academic, General Practice
- Primary care and general practice (young people's health, health risk behaviours, mental health and interventions)
Overview
Publications
Selected publications
2012
Journal Articles Refereed
- Potential roles for practice nurses in preventive care for young people: A qualitative study. Australian Family Physician. 41:618-621. 2012
- Self-monitoring using mobile phones in the early stages of adolescent depression: Randomized controlled trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 14:15-31. 2012
- The prevention access and risk taking in young people (PARTY) project protocol: a cluster randomised controlled trial of health risk screening and motivational interviewing for young people presenting to general practice. BMC Public Health. 12. 2012
- Using a mobile phone application in youth mental health - an evaluation study. Australian Family Physician. 41:711-714. 2012
Other Refereed Contribution to Refereed Journals
- Global adolescent health: is there a role for general practice?. British Journal of General Practice. November:608-610. 2012
- Primary care research - an international responsibility. Family Practice. 29:499-500. 2012
2011
Journal Articles Refereed
- A mobile phone application for the assessment and management of youth mental health problems in primary care: a randomised controlled trial. BMC Family Practice. 12. 2011
- Sexting and young people. Youth Studies Australia. 30:8-16. 2011
- Sexting and young people. Youth Studies Australia. 30:8-16. 2011
Journal Articles Unrefereed Letters or Notes
- Clinical Preventive Services for Adolescents: Facing the Challenge of Proving "An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure". Journal of Adolescent Health. 49:450-452. 2011
2010
Journal Articles Refereed
- Detecting emotional disorder in young people in primary care. Current Opinion in Psychiatry. 23:318-323. 2010
- Incentive payments to general practitioners aimed at increasing opportunistic testing of young women for chlamydia: a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial. BMC Public Health. 10. 2010
- Using simulated patients to develop doctors' skills in facilitating behaviour change: addressing childhood obesity. Medical Education. 44:706-715. 2010
2009
Journal Articles Refereed
- A mobile phone program to track young people's experiences of mood, stress and coping. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 44:501-507. 2009
- Improving general practice consultations for older people with asthma: a cluster randomised control trial. Medical Journal of Australia. 191:113-117. 2009
- Investigating the utility of mobile phones for collecting data about adolescent alcohol use and related mood, stress and coping behaviours: Lessons and recommendations. Drug and Alcohol Review. 28:25-30. 2009
- Outcomes and costs of primary care surveillance and intervention for overweight or obese children: the LEAP 2 randomised controlled trial. British Medical Journal. 339:1-8. 2009
- Text message communication in primary care research: a randomized controlled trial. Family Practice. 26:325-330. 2009
- The experience of providing young people attending general practice with an online risk assessment tool to assess their own sexual health risk. BMC Infectious Diseases. 9. 2009
- The identification of young people's emotional distress: a study in primary care. British Journal of General Practice. 59:159-165. 2009
2008
Journal Articles Refereed
- Childhood sexual abuse and eating disorders in females. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. 162:261-267. 2008
- Do Young People's Illness Beliefs Affect Healthcare? A systematic Review. Journal of Adolescent Health. 42:436-449. 2008
- Prognosis of adolescent partial syndromes of eating disorders. British Journal of Psychiatry. 192:294-299. 2008
- What do GPs get out of participating in research? Experience of the LEAP trial. Australian Family Physician. 37:372-376. 2008
2007
Journal Articles Refereed
- A training agenda in adolescent medicine and health. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health. 19:305-315. 2007
- Outcome data from the LEAP (Live, Eat and Play) trial: A randomized controlled trial of a primary care intervention for childhood overweight/mild obesity.. International Journal of Obesity. 31:630-636. 2007
- Primary health care for young people in Australia. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health. 19:229-234. 2007
- Screening for chlamydia trachomatis: barriers for homeless young people.. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing. 24:8-13. 2007
- Toward Youth Friendly Services: A Survey of Young People in Primary Care. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 22:775-781. 2007
- Youth-friendly primary-care services: how are we doing and what more needs to be done?. The Lancet. 369:1565-1573. 2007
Audio-visual Recordings
- Preparing Young People for Change. Edition. 1 2007
2006
Book Chapters Other
- Common mental health problems in adolescence.. General Practice Psychiatry. McGraw Hill Australia. 231-256. 2006
Journal Articles Refereed
- R U OK 2 TXT 4 Research. Australian Family Physician. 35:175-176. 2006
2005
Journal Articles Refereed
- Barriers to delivering asthma care: a qualitative study of general practitioners. Medical Journal of Australia. 183:457-460. 2005
- Sustainability of change with quality general practitioner education in adolescent health: a 5-year follow-up. Medical Education. 39:557-560. 2005
Journal Articles Unrefereed Letters or Notes
- Improving adolescents' access to primary health care. Medical Journal of Australia. 183:416-417. 2005
- Practical evidence in favour of mature-minor consent in primary care research. Medical Journal of Australia. 183:439-439. 2005
Other Refereed Contribution to Refereed Journals
- Confidential health care for adolescents: reconciling clinical evidence with family values. Medical Journal of Australia. 183:410-414. 2005
2004
Journal Articles Unrefereed
- Forging Partnerships and Building Communities: Drama at the heart of innovative learning partnerships between school and students of Medicine and Education. Australian Drama Education Magazine. 9:11-15. 2004
Other Refereed Contribution to Refereed Journals
- Adolescent Health. In: Leading Australian doctors and clinical researchers set new priorities. Medical Journal of Australia. 181:14-19. 2004
- Youth health research ethics: time for a mature-minor clause?. Medical Journal of Australia. 180:336-338. 2004
2003
Journal Articles Refereed
- Adolescent health education programs: Theoretical principles in design and delivery.. Academy of Medicine, Singapore - Annals. 32:78-85. 2003
2002
Journal Articles Refereed
- Cannabis dependence in young adults: an Australian population study. Addiction. 97:187-194. 2002
- Simulations in evaluation of training: a medical example using standardised patients. Evaluation and Program Planning. 25:35-46. 2002
Journal Articles Unrefereed
- Adolescent Medicine. Medical Journal of Australia. 176. 2002
Research
Investigator on
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Contract
- LINK project awarded by YOUNG AND WELL CRC 2012 - 2016
- Online interactive assessment e-tool for youth health awarded by YOUNG AND WELL CRC 2012 - 2016
- YOUNG PEOPLE'S CRC - INCORPORATED COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE awarded by YOUNG AND WELL CRC 2011 - 2016
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Grant
- Chiropractic care for adolescent low back pain: a pilot study for a randomised trial (Project Grant) awarded by CHIROPRACTIC & OSTEOPATHIC COLLEGE OF AUSTRALASIA 2012 - 2013
- Re-orientating general practice systems toward youth friendly care (Project Grants) awarded by NHMRC 2009 - 2013
- Development and testing of a tool to identify youth at risk of sexually transmitted infections in primary care (Victorian Department of Human Services Public Health Research Projects) awarded by DEPT OF HUMAN SERVICES 2006 - 2008
- Re-orienting general practice toward preventative mental health care for adolescents, utilising the practice nurse: a pilot study. (Victorian Centre of Excellence in Depression and Related Disorders Grants) awarded by BEYONDBLUE 2006
- HEALTH RISK SCREENING AND COUNSELLING OF ADOLESCENTS IN PRIMARY CARE: A CLUSTER RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL (Stream 3: Primary Health Care Policy and Practice) awarded by AUST PRIMARY HEALTH CARE RESEARCH INST 2005 - 2009
- HEALTH RISK SCREENING OF ADOLESCENTS IN PRIMARY CARE: A CLUSTER RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL (Priority Driven Research Grants (AHMAC PDR)) awarded by NHMRC 2005 - 2009
- Public Health (Australia) Fellowship (Public Health Fellowship (Australia)) awarded by NHMRC 2004 - 2005
Awards
Education and training
- DPhil, University of Melbourne 2000
- FRACGP, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners 1996
- Dip RANZCOG, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists 1993
- MBBS, University of Melbourne 1988
Linkages
International Linkage
- King's College London (Research)
- University of Calgary (Research)
- University of California (Research)
Supervision
Available for supervision
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- Contact Details
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l.sanci@unimelb.edu.au
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8344 7276
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fax: 9347 6136
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Location
- Level: Ground Room: G07, 200 Berkeley St., Parkville
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