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PROF DOREEN ANNE ROSENTHAL



Contact Details

Organization: Population Health
Position: Honorary (Professorial Fellow)
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Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Adolescence young people, youth Australia, United States of America
Sexual health sexuality, reproductive health, STIs, HIV Australia, United States of America, Indonesia, Nepal, Botswana
Marginalised populations homeless, gay & lesbian, CALD Australia, United States of America

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
Canada University of British Columbia Exchange
United States University of California - Los Angeles Exchange, Research
Viet Nam Research & Training Center for Community Development Research, Technical Assistance/Training
Philippines WHO - Regional Office for the Western Pacific Exchange, Technical Assistance/Training
Switzerland The Bertarelli Foundation Exchange, Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Arts (with honours) University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1971
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 31-Mar-1975

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Victorian AIDS Council 31-Dec-1999
Member Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia 31-Dec-1998
Member college of Psychologists, Aust Psychological Society 04-Oct-1994
Member Society of Research in Child Development 02-Jan-1975
Member International Society for the Study of Behavioural Science 04-Jan-1980
Member APS 04-Sep-1975

Honours

Honour Date Awarded
Officer of the Order of Australia 2003

Fellowships

Fellowship Date Awarded
Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (FASSA) 01-Dec-1998
Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (FASSA) 31-Dec-1998

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Other (Award) Commonwealth Postgraduate Research Award 24-Nov-1972
Prize The University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1971
Scholarship Prize Australian Government 31-Dec-1972

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
A cross national longitudinal study of HCV risk practices and health outcomes in homeless youth Chief Investigator NHMRC Public Health Postgraduate Scholarships 01/01/2003
Comparison of the health and settlement experienced of unauthorised refugees in Australia and New Zealand Principal Supervisor NHMRC Public Health Postgraduate Scholarships 01/01/2003
IMPROVING MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH IN VIETNAM Chief Investigator THE MYER FOUNDATION Arts and Humanities Grants 26/07/2005
Understanding women's experiences of unplanned pregnancy and abortion Chief Investigator VIC HEALTH PROMOTION FOUNDATION,
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL
Linkage Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/01/2006
Hamstrung by ethics creep? Investigating human research ethics in practice Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2006
MAKING IT REAL: RELEVANT SEXUAL HEALTH COMMUNICATION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Chief Investigator DEPT OF HUMAN SERVICES Victorian Department of Human Services Public Health Research Projects 01/05/2007
Healthier and sustainable futures for disadvantaged young people Chief Investigator MELBOURNE CITY MISSION,
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL
Linkage Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/07/2008

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
ADOLESCENT TRAJECTORIES FOR HOMELESSNESS AND RISK FOR HIV Chief Investigator NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH 26/06/2003
SUPPORTING PARENTS IN TELLING ADOLESCENT CHILDREN ABOUT THEIR DONOR-ASSISTED CONCEPTION: RESEARCH, RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT, AND PUBLIC INFORMATION Chief Investigator INFERTILITY TREATMENT AUTHORITY 01/07/2006

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 2008

Journal Articles

  • Drug Use Among Homeless Young People in Los Angeles and Melbourne
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Adolescent Health
    Volume: 43
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 296-305
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Publications in 2007

Books

  • Telling it your way. A guide for parents of donor-conceived adolescents
    Year: 2007
    Publisher: Infertility Treatment Authority(Melbourne)
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Journal Articles

  • Knowledge and awareness of human papillomavirus (HPV): attitudes towards HPV vaccination among a representative sample of women in Victoria, Australia


    Year: 2007
    Journal: Sexual Health
    Volume: 4
    Page numbers: 177-180
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  • Social connectedness among international students at an Australian university


    Year: 2007
    Journal: Social Indicators Research
    Volume: 84
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 71-82
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  • Social connectedness among international students at an Australian university


    Year: 2007
    Journal: Social Indicators Research
    Volume: 84
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 71-82
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  • Social connectedness among international students at an Australian university


    Year: 2007
    Journal: Social Indicators Research
    Volume: 84
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 71-82
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  • AIDS risk behaviours among American and Australian homeless young people
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Social Issues
    Volume: 63
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 543-566
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  • Challenges to accepting a Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine:  A qualitative study of Australian women
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Women and Health
    Volume: 45
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 59-73
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  • Changes over time among homeless young people in drug dependency, mental illness and their co-morbidity
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Psychology, Health & Medicine
    Volume: 12
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 70-80
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  • Families working it out: Adolescents’ views on communicating about donor-assisted conception.
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Human Reproduction
    Volume: 22
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 2318-2324
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  • Newly homeless youth typically return
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Adolescent Health
    Volume: 40
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 574-576
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  • Saying no to intergenerational sex: The experience of schoolgirls in Botswana
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies
    Volume: 2
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 1-11
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  • The dynamics of intergenerational sexual relationships: the experience of schoolgirls in Botswana
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Sexual Health
    Volume: 4
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 181-187
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Publications in 2006

Books

  • Sexuality in Adolescence: Current Trends
    Year: 2006
    Publisher: Routledge
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Book Chapters

  • Young people, Sexual practice and meanings
    Year: 2006
    Book: Sex, drugs and young people: international perspectives
    Publisher: Routledge(New York)
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Journal Articles

  • 'Obstructive and power hungry'?: the Australian human research ethics process
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Monash Bioethics Review
    Volume: 25
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 30-38
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  • Cross-national variations in behavioural profiles among homeless youth
    Year: 2006
    Journal: American Journal of Community Psychology
    Volume: 37
    Page numbers: 63-76
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  • Giving up on drugs: homeless young people and self-reported problematic drug use
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Contemporary Drug Problems
    Volume: 33
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 63-98
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  • Listening to female sex workers in Vietnam:  Influences on safe sex practices with clients and partners
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Sexual Health
    Volume: 3
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 21-32
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  • Why do homeless young people leave home?
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
    Volume: 30
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 281-285
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Reports

  • A Growing Experience: The Health and Well-Being of International Students at The University of Melbourne
    Year: 2006
    Customer: The University of Melbourne
    Publisher: The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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  • Moving Out Moving ON: Young people's pathways in and through homelessness
    Year: 2006
    Publisher: Key Centre for Women's Health in Society(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2005

Book Chapters

  • Globalisation and an epidemic: The consequences of HIV/AIDS for young people
    Year: 2005
    Book: Youth in transition: The challenges of generational change in Asia
    Publisher: UNESCO(Bangkok)
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  • Sexual wellbeing and life transitions: A focus on adolescence and old age
    Year: 2005
    Book: Sexual health: An Australian perspective
    Publisher: IP Communications(Hawthorn East)
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Journal Articles

  • The effects of peer-group network properties on drug use among homeless youth


    Year: 2005
    Journal: American Behavioral Scientist
    Volume: 48
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 1102-1123
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  • Being open with your mouth shut: the meaning of 'openess' in family communication about sexuality
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Sex Education
    Volume: 5
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 49-66
    Publisher: Carfax Publishing(London)
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  • Needed: Services research with homeless young people.
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Health & Social Policy
    Volume: 20
    Page numbers: 1-10
    Publisher: Haworth Press(New York)
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