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DR JOHN STUART FURLER



Contact Details

Organization: General Practice
Position: PHCRED SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP
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Homepage: http://www.gp.unimelb.edu.au/about/staff/academic_details.asp?ID=5
Work: 03 8344 4747
Mobile: 0419 393 156
Fax: 03 9347 6136
Level: 01
Building: 200 Berkeley St.
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Health inequity, primary care, qualitative research Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 11-Aug-2007
Public Health University of New South Wales 31-Dec-1999
Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery Adelaide University 31-Dec-1981

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Executive Board International Society for Equity in Health 12-Sep-2006 12-Sep-2008

Fellowships

Fellowship Date Awarded
Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP) 07-Sep-2005

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Other (Award) Australian Association of Academic General Practice Travelling Fellowship 01-Jun-2005
Other (Award) Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Rex Walpole Travelling Fellowship 09-Sep-2005

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Impact of socio-economic disadvantage on chronic disease management in primary care: a diabetes case study Chief Investigator NHMRC Public Health Postgraduate Scholarships 01/01/2003
DIABETES IN GENERAL PRACTICE: DETERMINANTS OF CARE AND EXPERIENCES OF PATIENTS Chief Investigator RACGP Cardiovascular Research Grant in General Practice 08/09/2003
PEACH STUDY-PATIENT ENGAGEMENT AND COACHING FOR HEALTH: AN INTENSIVE TREATMENT INTERVENTION FOR PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES IN DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES Chief Investigator NHMRC General Practice Clinical Research Grants Program 01/01/2005
INNOVATIVE MODELS FOR COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE DELIVERY Chief Investigator AUST PRIMARY HEALTH CARE RESEARCH INST Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute Grant (AUST NATIONAL UNIVERSITY) 01/10/2005
A peer led self management diabetes prevention program for Turkish and Arabic speaking communities Chief Investigator DIABETES AUST RESEARCH TRUST Research Grants 01/01/2006
RE-ORGANISING CARE FOR DEPRESSION & RELATED DISORDERS IN THE AUSTRALIAN PRIMARY CARE SETTING - TASMANIAN & CROSS CULTURAL COMPONENT Chief Investigator AUST PRIMARY HEALTH CARE RESEARCH INST Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute Grant (AUST NATIONAL UNIVERSITY) 01/09/2006
CONSTRUCTING CHRONIC DISEASE: BUILDING EVIDENCE AND EQUITY IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POLICY, PROFESSION AND CARE Chief Investigator NHMRC Training (Postdoctoral) Fellowships 01/01/2007
Investigation of the care of chronic disease in general practice (diabetes and depression) and the role of general practice in addressing health inequalities in these conditions. Chief Investigator DEPT OF HEALTH & AGEING PHCRED Research Fellowships 01/01/2007
STEPPING UP: PERCEPTIONS OF INSULIN INITIATION IN GENERAL PRACTICE Chief Investigator RACGP Cardiovascular Research Grant in General Practice 01/08/2007
Culturally appropriate general practice services for Aboriginal Australians Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2008
PEACH: Patient Engagement and Coaching for Health: An intensive treatment intervention for patients with type 2 diabetes Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2009

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
DEPRESSION & MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN IN PRIMARY CARE:AN EXAMINATION OF PRACTITIONER, PATIENT & SOCIO-ECONOMIC INFLUENCES ON DETECTION AND MANAGEMENT Chief Investigator BEYONDBLUE

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Health inequalities, physician citizens and professional medical associations: an Australian case study.
    Year: 2007
    Journal: BMC Medicine
    Volume: 5
    Issue: 23
    Page numbers: 1-8
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  • Patient Engagement and Coaching for Health. The PEACH study - A cluster randomised controlled trial using the telephone to coach people with type 2 diabetes to engage with their GPs to improve diabetes care: A study protocol
    Year: 2007
    Journal: BMC Family Practice
    Volume: 8
    Issue: 20
    Page numbers: 1-9
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  • Reforming Primary Care in Australia: A Narrative Review of the Evidence from Five Comparator Countries
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian Journal of Primary Health
    Volume: 13
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 82-89
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  • Stress, culture and 'home': social context in Turkish and Arabic-speaking Australians' view of diabetes prevention
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Health Promotion Journal of Australia
    Volume: 18
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 63-68
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Developments in Australian general practice 2000-2002: What did these contribute to a well functioning

    and comprehensive Primary Health Care System?


    Year: 2006
    Journal: Australia and New Zealand Health Policy
    Volume: 3
    Issue: 1
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  • A randomised control trial of a self-management program for people with a chronic illness from Vietnamese, Chinese, Italian and Greek backgrounds.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Patient Education and Counseling
    Volume: 64
    Issue: 1-3
    Page numbers: 360-368
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  • Social determinants of health and health inequalities: what role for general practice?
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Health Promotion Journal of Australia
    Volume: 17
    Page numbers: 264-265
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Publications in 2005

Book Chapters

  • General practitioner services in Australia
    Year: 2005
    Book: General Practice in Australia: 2004
    Publisher: Commonwealth of Australia(Canberra)
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Journal Articles

  • National Heart Foundation of Australia and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Heart Lung and Circulation
    Volume: 14
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 275-291
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  • Patient social and economic circumstances: GP perceptions and their influence on management
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian Family Physician
    Volume: 34
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 189-192
    Publisher: Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
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  • Prevention and socioeconomic disadvantage
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian Family Physician
    Volume: 34
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 821-824
    Publisher: Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Matching care to need in general practice: A secondary analysis of Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health (BEACH) data
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Australian Journal of Primary Health
    Volume: 10
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 151-155
    Publisher: La Trobe University(Bundoora)
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  • Taking a systematic approach to addressing health inequality in primary health care
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Australian Journal of Primary Health
    Volume: 10
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 11-12
    Publisher: La Trobe University(Bundoora)
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  • UK health inequalities: the class system is alive and well.
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Medical Journal of Australia
    Volume: 181
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 583-584
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • General practice research
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Medical Journal of Australia
    Volume: 179
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 55-56
    Publisher: Australasian Medical Publishing Co Ltd(Sydney)
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  • Health inequalities in general practice
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Australian Family Physician
    Volume: 32
    Issue: 1/2
    Page numbers: 47-50
    Publisher: Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
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  • Negotiating ownership of chronic illness: An appropriate role for health professionals in chronic illness self-management programs
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Australian Journal of Primary Health
    Volume: 9
    Issue: 2&3
    Page numbers: 25-32
    Publisher: La Trobe University(Bundoora)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Do Divisions of General Practice have a role in and the capacity to tackle health inequalities?
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Australian Family Physician
    Volume: 31
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: 681-684
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  • How can primary care increase equity in health?
    Year: 2002
    Journal: NSW Public Health Bulletin
    Volume: 13
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 35-37
    Publisher: Health Department
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  • The inverse care law revisited: impact of disadvantaged location on accessing longer GP consultation times
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Medical Journal of Australia
    Volume: 177
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 80-83
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  • The Emerging Role for General Practice in Addressing Health Inequalities: What are the Challenges and Issues?
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Health Promotion Journal of Australia
    Volume: 13
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 56-59
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