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PROF DORIS YOUNG



Contact Details

Organization: Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, General Practice
Position: ASSOCIATE DEAN (ACADEMIC), PROFESSOR
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Homepage: www.gp.unimelb.edu.au
Work: 03 8344 4533
Fax: 03 9347 6136
Room: G05
Level: Ground
Building: 200 Berkeley St.
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Primary care and general practice Australia
Management of diabetes and chronic disease in clinical practice Australia
Preventive Medicine Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
United Kingdom University of Oxford Exchange, Research
United Kingdom University of Cambridge Exchange, Research
Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong Exchange, Research, Teaching
Netherlands Maastricht University Exchange, Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery University of Melbourne 16-Dec-1972
Doctor of Medicine University of Melbourne 05-Dec-1998

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Australian Association of Academic General Practice (AAAGP) Member 01-Sep-1991
Member North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) Member 03-Jan-2005
Member Society for Academic Primary Care (SAPC) Diabetes Special Interest Group 03-Jan-2005

Fellowships

Fellowship Date Awarded
Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP) 01-Sep-1979

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
Primary care prevention of falls and fractures in the elderly by annual vitamin D supplementation Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2003
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 Stream 4: Research into Policy 01/10/2005
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE RESEARCH EVALUATION DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY (PHC RED) PHASE 2 - RESEARCH CAPACITY BUILDING INITIATIVE (RCBI) 2006-2009 Chief Investigator DEPT OF HEALTH & AGEING Research Capacity Building Initiative 01/01/2006
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
APHCRI Stream 11 International Visiting Fellowship Chief Investigator AUST PRIMARY HEALTH CARE RESEARCH INST,
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
Stream 11: International Visiting Fellowship Program (AUST PRIMARY HEALTH CARE RESEARCH INST) 03/11/2008
Incentives and the quality of primary health care in Australia Chief Investigator AUST PRIMARY HEALTH CARE RESEARCH INST Stream 13: Drivers of Successful Primary Health Care 20/11/2008
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
PRIMARY HEALTHCARE RESEARCH EVALUATION DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY (PHC RED) - STATEWIDE COORDINATOR Chief Investigator DEPT OF HEALTH & AGEING 01/01/2005
AMD - PROVIDE STATEWIDE COORDINATION OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE RESEARCH, EVALUATION AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY - RESEARCH BUILDING CAPACITY INITIATIVE Chief Investigator DO NOT USE (33041) - COMMONWEALTH DEPT OF HEALTH & AGEING 01/01/2005
RUSC PROGRAM (RURAL UNDERGRADUATE SUPPORT COORDINATION) Chief Investigator DEPT OF HEALTH & AGEING 01/07/2005
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE RESEARCH, EVALUATION AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY-RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM Chief Investigator DO NOT USE (33041) - COMMONWEALTH DEPT OF HEALTH & AGEING

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

  • Primary care funding and organisational policy options and implications: a narrative review of evidence from five comparator countries
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Medical Journal of Australia
    Volume: 188
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: S73-S76
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  • The emotional context of self-management in chronic illness: A qualitative study of the role of health professional support in the self-management of type 2 diabetes
    Year: 2008
    Journal: BMC Health Services Research
    Volume: 8
    Issue: 214
    Page numbers: 1-9
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  • The role of the General Practitioner in weight management in primary care - a cross sectional study in General Practice
    Year: 2008
    Journal: BMC Family Practice
    Volume: 9
    Issue: 66
    Page numbers: 1-7
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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

  • Individual and area factors associated with general practitioner integration in Australia: A multilevel analysis.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Social Science & Medicine
    Volume: 63
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 680-690
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  • Mapping GP Integration in the Health Care System in Different Locations in Australia
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Australian Journal of Primary Health
    Volume: 12
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 47-55
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Balancing professional and personal goals in a medical career
    Year: 2005
    Journal: The Hong Kong Practitioner
    Volume: 27
    Page numbers: 197-201
    Publisher: Hong Kong College of Family Physicians
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  • Falls risk assessment and management system (FRAMS)- a decision support tool developed for general practitioners and their primary care team
    Year: 2005
    Journal: The Hong Kong Practitioner
    Volume: 27
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 306-310
    Publisher: Hong Kong College of Family Physicians
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  • Improving general practice survey response rates: Bells (primers), whistles (reminders) and carrots (incentives)
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian Journal of Primary Health
    Volume: 11
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 106-112
    Publisher: La Trobe University(Bundoora)
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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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  • Rethinking chronic disease: implications for diabetes and primary care
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Chronic Illness
    Volume: 1
    Page numbers: 278-279
    Publisher: Maney Publishing
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Publications in 2004

Book Chapters

  • Eating disorders
    Year: 2004
    Book: Oxford Textbook of Primary Medical Care. Volume 2: Clinical Management
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(Oxford)
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Journal Articles

  • Individual and area factors associated with GP intergration in Australia: a multilevel analysis
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
    Volume: 58
    Page numbers: A3-A63
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  • The ultimate balancing act
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Australian Family Physician
    Volume: 33
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 101-102
    Publisher: Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
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Publications in 2003

Reports

  • The retention of overseas trained doctors in general practice in regional Victoria
    Year: 2003
    Publisher: Rural Workforce Agency, Victoria(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Construction of a GP Integration Model
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Social Science & Medicine
    Volume: 54
    Page numbers: 1225-1241
    Publisher: Pergamon-Elsevier Science(Oxford)
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  • 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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  • Integration of Primary Care Services: Perceptions of General Practitioners, Non-general Practitioner Health Services Providers and Consumers at the General Practice-Primary Care Interface
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Evaluation and Program Planning
    Volume: 25
    Page numbers: 47-89
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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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Reports

  • Bells and Whistles (and Carrots): exploring strategies to improve GP response rates
    Year: 2002
    Publisher: University of Melbourne(Parkville)
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  • Division of General Practice: Divisional demographic survey and GP Integration Index findings.
    Year: 2002
    Customer: Divisions of General Practice
    Publisher: Department of General Practice(Parkville)
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  • Primary Health Care Research Evaluation and Development Annual Report 2002
    Year: 2002
    Customer: Comonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
    Publisher: Department of General Practice(Parkville)
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  • Study of General Practitioners in Community Health Services
    Year: 2002
    Publisher: Department of Human Services (Melbourne)
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  • Supporting Divisions of General Practice to Enhance GP Integrative Activities: A Role for the General Practice Integration Index
    Year: 2002
    Publisher: Department of General Practice(Parkville)
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  • Supporting Divisions of General Practice to enhance GP integrative activities: A role for the GP Integration Index.
    Year: 2002
    Customer: Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
    Publisher: Department of General Practice(Parkville)
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Changes in body composition as determinants of longitudinal changes in bone mineral measures in 8 to 26-year-old female twins
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Osteoporosis International
    Volume: 12
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 506-515
    Publisher: Springer-Verlag London(Godalming)
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  • Integration from the Australian GP's perspective
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Australian Family Physician
    Volume: 30
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 182-188
    Publisher: Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
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  • Research with older people: comparison of a general practice electoral roll sample with the Australian National Health Survey
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Australasian Journal on Ageing
    Volume: 20
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 79-84
    Publisher: Council on the Ageing(Melbourne)
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