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Contact Details

Organization: Melbourne Graduate School of Education
Position: SENIOR LECTURER
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Work: 8344 8624
Fax: 8344 8490
Room: 422D
Level: 04
Building: Alice Hoy Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Qualitative Research and Evaluation Education and Health Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
Japan Osaka University Research
United Kingdom University of Leicester Research
United Kingdom University of Warwick Exchange, Research, Teaching

Languages

Languages

Language Proficiency
English Speak, Read & Write

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Arts Wales 31-Dec-1969
Master of Education La Trobe University 31-Dec-1984
Teacher Training Certificate University of Nottingham 31-Dec-1970
Post Graduate Diploma of Sociology (Research & Survey Methods) La Trobe University 31-Dec-1989
Doctor of Philosophy La Trobe University 31-Dec-1998

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Australasian Evaluation Society Annual Membership 11-Feb-1992
Member American Evaluation Society Annual Membership 22-Mar-1996
Member Qualitative Research Association Annual Membership 25-Jul-1997

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Other (Award) Australasian Evaluation Society AES training and services award 14-Sep-2006
Other (Award) British Council Academic Links and Interchange Scheme - ALIS 19-Apr-1993

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
The identification & measurement of equity & other health sector objetives Chief Investigator MONASH UNIVERSITY Discovery Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/01/2003
RE-ORDER - RE-ORGANISING CARE FOR DEPRESSION AND RELATED DISORDERS IN THE AUSTRALIAN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SETTING Chief Investigator AUST PRIMARY HEALTH CARE RESEARCH INST Stream 3: Primary Health Care Policy and Practice 01/06/2005

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
Evaluation of Phase 1 of the Primary Welfare Officer Initiative Chief Investigator DEPT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING 17/03/2005
EVALUATION OF THE CUNNINGHAM DAX COLLECTION EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMS Chief Investigator THE MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INST 01/07/2007
EVALUATION OF THE SMITH FAMILY'S LEARNING FOR LIFE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM Chief Investigator THE SMITH FAMILY 29/10/2007
EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT OF INTERVENTION ON 'FAMILIES IN CRISIS' Chief Investigator MIRABEL FOUNDATION 12/11/2007
VERY SPECIAL KIDS MONITORING AND EVALUATION FRAMEWORK FOR SERVICE DELIVERY Chief Investigator VERY SPECIAL KIDS 01/03/2008
META EVALUATION OF POSITIVE AGEING STRATEGY PROJECTS Chief Investigator DEPT OF PLANNING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 30/07/2008
EVALUATION OF TRANSITION: A POSITIVE START TO SCHOOL PILOTS Chief Investigator DEPT OF EDUCATION & EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT 11/12/2008
DEVELOPMENT OF EVALUATION FRAMEWORK AND EVALUATION OF A COMPONENT PROJECT FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AUSTRALIA'S PROGRAM: "INCLUSIVE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WITH CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY DIVERSE (CALD) COMMUNITIES" Chief Investigator ATTORNEY-GENERALS DEPT 02/02/2009
FOCUS GROUP COMPONENT OF: THE FINANCIAL LITERACY INSURANCE BASICS PILOT MODULE Chief Investigator THE SMITH FAMILY 23/05/2009

Consultancies

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
Evaluation of the Primary Mental Health & Early Intervention Initiative Chief Investigator DEPT OF HUMAN SERVICES 01/11/2002

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 2009

Journal Articles

  • Treatment Costs and Priority Setting in Health Care: A Qualitative Study
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Australia and New Zealand Health Policy
    Volume: 6
    Issue: 11
    Page numbers: 1-34
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Publications in 2008

Books

  • Teaching Qualitative Research
    Year: 2008
    Publisher: Sense Publishers(Rotterdam)
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Journal Articles

  • Health Care Decision-Making: A Focus Group Study Involving Health Professionals and the General Public
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Qualitative Research Journal
    Volume: 8
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 43-58
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  • Program clarification: an overview and resources for evaluability assessment, program theory and program logic
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Evaluation Journal of Australasia
    Volume: 8
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 42-48
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  • Who should be involved in health care decision making? A qualitative study
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Health Care Analysis
    Volume: 16
    Page numbers: 114-126
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Reports

  • Understanding Mental Illness Through Art: An Independent Evaluation of the Cunningham Dax Collection
    Year: 2008
    Customer: The Cunningham Dax Collection
    Publisher: Centre for Program Evaluation, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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Computer Software Products

  • Evaluation Practice
    Year: 2008
    Version:: 1
    Publisher: University of Melbourne(Parkville)
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Audio Visual Recordings

    Publications in 2007

    Journal Articles

    • Resources: References for qualitative methods


      Year: 2007
      Journal: Evaluation Journal of Australasia
      Volume: 7
      Issue: 1
      Page numbers: 36-43
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    • Book review: Doing visual ethnography: Images, media and representation in research, Sarah Pink
      Year: 2007
      Journal: Qualitative Research Journal
      Volume: 7
      Issue: 2
      Page numbers: 100-102
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    • Editorial
      Year: 2007
      Journal: Evaluation Journal of Australasia
      Volume: 7
      Issue: 1
      Page numbers: 2
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    • Review of HyperRESEARCH 2.7 for qualitative data analysis and HyperTRANSCRIBE 1.0 for transcribing audio and video files
      Year: 2007
      Journal: Qualitative Research Journal
      Volume: 6
      Issue: 2
      Page numbers: 191-201
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    • The use of (future) search conferences as a qualitative improvement tool
      Year: 2007
      Journal: Qualitative Research Journal
      Volume: 7
      Issue: 2
      Page numbers: 52-62
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    Reports

    • "...It'll change your life": An Evaluation of the BRIGHT FUTURES Demonstration Project for Merri Outreach Support Service
      Year: 2007
      Customer: Merri Outreach Support Service
      Publisher: Centre for Program Evaluation, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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    • A Focus Group Study of Health Care Priority Setting at the Individual Patient, Program and Health System Levels
      Year: 2007
      Customer: Centre for Health Economics, Monash University
      Publisher: Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University(Melbourne)
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    Publications in 2006

    Journal Articles

    • Characterisation of unilateral neglect by physiotherapists
      Year: 2006
      Journal: Disability and Rehabilitation
      Volume: 28
      Issue: 9
      Page numbers: 571-577
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    • Editorial: Evaluation Journal of Australasia
      Year: 2006
      Journal: Evaluation Journal of Australasia
      Volume: 6
      Issue: 1
      Page numbers: 2
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    • Exploring Program Sustainability: identifying factors in two educational initiatives in Victoria
      Year: 2006
      Journal: Evaluation Journal of Australasia
      Volume: 6
      Issue: 1
      Page numbers: 36-44
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    • Physiotherapy assessment of unilateral neglect: Insight into procedures and clinical reasoning
      Year: 2006
      Journal: Physiotherapy
      Volume: 92
      Issue: 2
      Page numbers: 103-109
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    Reports

    • A Logic-Based Approach to an Evaluation of the Metropolitan Ambulance Service's (MAS) 4-Steps for Life Program
      Year: 2006
      Customer: Metropolitan Ambulance Service
      Publisher: Centre for Program Evaluation, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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    • A Review of Teaching and Learning Languages other than English (LOTE) at Collingwood P-12 College: Planning for the Future
      Year: 2006
      Customer: Collingwood College
      Publisher: Centre for Program Evaluation, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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    • An Evaluation of the Australian Mental Health Leadership Program 2006
      Year: 2006
      Customer: International Centre for Mental Health
      Publisher: Centre for Program Evaluation, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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    Publications in 2005

    Books

    • Encyclopedia of Evaluation
      Year: 2005
      Publisher: Sage Publications(London)
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    Journal Articles

    • Adventures in Evaluation: Reviewing a CD-Rom based adventure game designed for young people recovering from psychosis
      Year: 2005
      Journal: Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia
      Volume: 14
      Issue: 3
      Page numbers: 273 - 290
      Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education(Norfolk)
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    • Emotional labour: listening to the patient's story
      Year: 2005
      Journal: Practice Development in Health Care
      Volume: 4
      Issue: 4
      Page numbers: 213-222
      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons(Chichester)
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    • Moving towards meaningful local population health planning data: the service provider perspective
      Year: 2005
      Journal: Australian Journal of Primary Health
      Volume: 11
      Issue: 2
      Page numbers: 1 - 7
      Publisher: La Trobe University(Bundoora)
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    • Recognition of depression and psychosis by young Australians and their beliefs about treatment
      Year: 2005
      Journal: Medical Journal of Australia
      Volume: 183
      Issue: 1
      Page numbers: 18-23
      Publisher: Australasian Medical Publishing Co Ltd(Sydney)
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    • Role dualisms during fieldwork: an examination of two evaluations
      Year: 2005
      Journal: Evaluation Journal of Australasia
      Volume: 5
      Issue: 5
      Page numbers: 45 - 51
      Publisher: Australasian Evaluation Society(Canberra)
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    • The use of photo-interviewing: three examples from health evaluation and research
      Year: 2005
      Journal: Evaluation Journal of Australasia
      Volume: 4
      Issue: 1 & 2
      Page numbers: 52 - 62
      Publisher: Australasian Evaluation Society(Canberra)
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    • The use of telephone focus groups for qualitative research
      Year: 2005
      Journal: Qualitative Research Journal
      Volume: 5
      Issue: 1
      Page numbers: 90 - 97
      Publisher: Association for Qualitative Research(Melbourne)
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    Reports

    • Evaluation of the Primary Mental Health and Early Internvention Initiative
      Year: 2005
      Customer: Mental Health BranchDepartment of Human Services
      Report No:: Vol II
      Publisher: Faculty of Education, University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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    • Evaluation of the Primary Mental Health and Early Intervention Initiative, Base Line Report Part A: Answers to Evaluation Tasks
      Year: 2005
      Customer: Mental Health Branch, Department of Human Services Victoran State Government
      Report No:: Base Line Repor
      Publisher: Faculty of Education, University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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    Publications in 2004

    Book Chapters

    • The Use of the Visual Medium for Programme Evaluation
      Year: 2004
      Book: Seeing is Believing? Approaches to Visual Research, Vol. 7
      Publisher: Elsevier(Amsterdam)
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    Journal Articles

    • Telephone Focus Groups
      Year: 2004
      Journal: Social Research Update
      Issue: 44
      Page numbers: 1 - 4
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    Conference Publications/Papers

    • Adventures in Evaluation. Reviewing a CD-ROM Based Adventure Game Designed for Young People Recovering from Psychosis
      Year: 2004
      Event name: ED-MEDIA 2004World conference on educational multimedia, hypermedia and telecommunications
      Conference Publication: Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 2004World conference on educational multimedia, hypermedia and telecommunications
      Page numbers: 5094-5102
      Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education(Norfolk)
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    • New challenges in evaluation: reviewing a computer game designed for young people with psychosis
      Year: 2004
      Event name: Australasian Evaluation Society 2004 International Conference
      Conference Publication: Papers from the Australasian Evaluation Society 2004 International Conference
      Page numbers: 1-11
      Publisher: Australasian Evaluation Society(Canberra)
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    Publications in 2003

    Journal Articles

    • Consumers have their say in the management of hypertension
      Year: 2003
      Journal: News Journal of the Health Issues Centre Inc
      Volume: 77
      Issue: Summer
      Page numbers: 27 - 31
      Publisher: La Trobe University(Bundoora)
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    • Photo-Interviewing for research
      Year: 2003
      Journal: Social Research Update
      Issue: 40
      Page numbers: 1 - 3
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    Reports

    • Review of the Pogo's Pledge CD ROM Prototype
      Year: 2003
      Customer: ORYGEN Youth Mental Health
      Publisher: Centre for Program Evaluation, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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    Publications in 2002

    Journal Articles

    • Needs assesment study of genetics education for general practioners in Australia
      Year: 2002
      Journal: Genetics in Medicine
      Volume: 4
      Issue: 2
      Page numbers: 71-77
      Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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    Reports

    • An Evaluation of the Introduction of an Employee 'Kiosk' Report for Australia Post.
      Year: 2002
      Publisher: The University of Melbourne(Parkville)
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    • An Evaluation of the local Area Asthma Planning Tool Kit
      Year: 2002
      Customer: Asthma Victoria
      Publisher: The University of Melbourne(Parkville)
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    • An Examination of the School Uniform Policy for Collingwood College
      Year: 2002
      Customer: Collingwood College
      Publisher: The University of Melbourne(Parkville)
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    • Building Learning Communities: the Case of the University of the Third Age (U3A) in Victoria
      Year: 2002
      Publisher: The University of Melbourne(Parkville)
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    • Early Intervention in Youth Mental health: Strengthening the Links Between Primary Care and Specialist Mental Health Services at the MH-SKY Youth Program.
      Year: 2002
      Publisher: The University of Melbourne(Parkville)
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    • Empowering Older Adults Through Engagement in the Evaluation Process: Examples from Adult and Community Education Projects in Victoria
      Year: 2002
      Publisher: The University of Melbourne(Parkville)
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    • Needs Assessment of Training for the Australian Emergency Management Institute.
      Year: 2002
      Customer: Australian Emergency Management institute
      Publisher: The University of Melbourne(Parkville)
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    • Reforming the older Adult System in Victoria, Australia: Empowering Older Adults in the Process
      Year: 2002
      Publisher: The University of Melbourne(Parkville)
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    • The issue of sharing qualitative methods teaching
      Year: 2002
      Report No:: 2
      Publisher: LaTrobe University(Melbourne)
      Authors:
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