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DR RUTH MCNAIR



Contact Details

Organization: General Practice
Position: SENIOR LECTURER
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Homepage: www.dialog.unimelb.edu.au
Work: 8344 6077
Fax: 9347 6136
Level: Ground
Building: 200 Berkeley St.
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Lesbian and bisexual women's health Australia
General Practice Australia
Health inequalities Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
United States Lesbian Health & Research Center at the University of California Exchange, Research, Technical Assistance/Training

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Diploma of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetrics and Gynae Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists 02-Jan-1990
Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Royal Australian College of General Practitioners 15-Dec-2004
Diploma of Anaesthetics UK Royal College of Anaesthetists 12-Feb-1992
Bachelor of Science University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1986
Bachelor of Medicine University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1986

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Australian Medical Association 01-May-1997
Member Australian Lesbian Medical Association 18-Jul-1999

Fellowships

Fellowship Date Awarded
Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP) 18-Nov-1994

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Other (Award) University of Melbourne Cultural Diversity Award, Academic Staff 10-Nov-2000
Scholarship NHMRC Primary Health Care Research Scholarship 30-Jun-2004
Medal Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Alan Chancellor Medal for Best First time presenter of a research paper 08-Oct-2006

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
Disclosure and attitudes to lesbians: outcomes in General Practice (DIALOG) Chief Investigator NHMRC Public Health Postgraduate Scholarships 01/01/2004
DISCLOSURE AND ATTITUDES TO LESBIANS: OUTCOMES IN GENERAL PRACTICE (DIALOG) Chief Investigator RACGP Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Family Medical Care, Education and Research Fdn 01/10/2004
AUSTRALIAN LESBIAN AND BISEXUAL WOMEN'S ATTITUDES TO THE HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS (HPV) VACCINE Chief Investigator GAY & LESBIAN MEDICAL ASSOC Lesbian Health Fund 01/01/2007

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

  • Lesbian Parents Negotiating the Health Care System in Australia  
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Health Care for Women International
    Volume: 29
    Issue: 114
    Page numbers: 91
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Legitimising Rainbow Families Using Partnerships for Change


    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian Feminist Law Journal
    Volume: n/a
    Issue: 27
    Page numbers: 163-174
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  • Recognising the health-care needs of sexual minorities.
    Year: 2007
    Journal: The Lancet
    Volume: 1371
    Page numbers: 377-378
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Lesbian family disclosure: Authenticity and safety within private and public domains.


    Year: 2006
    Journal: Lesbian and Gay Psychology Review
    Volume: 7
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 1467-2472
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  • Challenging research: Methodological barriers to inclusion of lesbian and bisexual women in Australian population-based health research.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Gay and Lesbian Issues and Psychology Review
    Volume: 2
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 114-127
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  • Family in transition: parents, children and grandparents in lesbian families give meaning to 'doing families'.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Family Therapy
    Volume: 28
    Page numbers: 175-199
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  • Stigma or Respect: Lesbian-parented families negotiating school settings.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Sociology
    Volume: 40
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 1059-1077
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Publications in 2005

Book Chapters

  • From GP to political activist for the New Family
    Year: 2005
    Book: Sperm Wars. The Rights and Wrongs of Reproduction
    Publisher: ABC Books(Sydney)
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  • Lesbian and Bisexual Women's Sexuality
    Year: 2005
    Book: Sexual Health Medicine
    Publisher: IP Communications(Hawthorn East)
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  • Sexually Transmitted Infections in Lesbian and Bisexual Women
    Year: 2005
    Book: Sexually Transmitted Infections
    Publisher: Elsevier(New Delhi)
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Journal Articles

  • A Lesbian Doctors' support and advocacy group: Creating Integration and Empowerment
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Social Alternatives
    Volume: 24
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 40-45
    Publisher: Social Alternatives
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  • Australian evidence for interprofessional education contributing to effective teamwork preparation and interst in rural practice
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Interprofessional Care
    Volume: 19
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 579 - 594
    Publisher: Carfax Publishing
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  • Risks and prevention of sexually transmissable infections among women who have sex with women
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Sexual Health
    Volume: 2
    Page numbers: 209-217
    Publisher: CSIRO Publications
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  • The case for educating health care students in professionalism as the core content of interprofessional education
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Medical Education
    Volume: 39
    Page numbers: 456-464
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  • The mental health status of young adult mid-life non-heterosexual Australian women
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
    Volume: 29
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 265-271
    Publisher: Public Health Association of Australia(Curtin)
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Publications in 2004

Book Chapters

  • The drug use patterns of heterosexual and non-heterosexual young women: data from the women's health Australia study
    Year: 2004
    Book: Out in the Antipodes: Australian and New Zealand Perspectives on Gay and Lesbian Issues in Psychology
    Publisher: Brightfire Press (Bentley)
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Journal Articles

  • Lesbian Parenting: Insiders' Voices
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy
    Volume: 25
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 129-140
    Publisher: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy
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Reports

  • Outcomes for children born of A.R.T. in a diverse range of families
    Year: 2004
    Publisher: Victorian Law Reform Commission(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2003

Book Chapters

  • Outing Lesbian Health in Medical Education
    Year: 2003
    Book: Teaching Gender, Teaching Women's Health
    Publisher: Haworth Press(New York)
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  • Sexuality
    Year: 2003
    Book: Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Women's Health
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Cambridge)
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Journal Articles

  • Lesbian health inequalities: a cultural minority issue for health professionals
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Medical Journal of Australia
    Volume: 178
    Page numbers: 643-645
    Publisher: Australasian Medical Publishing Co Ltd(Sydney)
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  • The association between licit and illicit drug use and sexuality in young Australian women
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Medical Journal of Australia
    Volume: 179
    Page numbers: 326-327
    Publisher: Australasian Medical Publishing Co Ltd(Sydney)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Exploring diversity in lesbian-parented families Paper 1: Family formation and women's roles
    Year: 2003
    Event name: 8th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of 8th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference
    Page numbers: 1-9
    Publisher: Australian Institute of Family Studies(Melbourne)
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  • Strengths and challenges in lesbian parenting: giving a voice to lesbian mothers
    Year: 2003
    Event name: 8th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of 8th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference
    Page numbers: 1-5
    Publisher: Australian Institute of Family Studies(Melbourne)
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  • The time is Ripe for community-based interprofessional education
    Year: 2003
    Event name: 7th National Rural Health Conference
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 7th National Rural Health Conference
    Page numbers: 1-17
    Publisher: National Rural Health Alliance(Canberra)
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Publications in 2002

Book Chapters

  • Lesbian parenthood: an imaginative fertility
    Year: 2002
    Book: The Fertile Imagination: narratives of reproduction (special book issue)
    Publisher: Meridian, The La Trobe University English Review(Melbourne)
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Journal Articles

  • Lesbian Issues, Strengths
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Family Matters
    Volume: 63
    Page numbers: 40-49
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  • Lesbian parenting issues, strengths and challenges
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Family Matters
    Volume: 63
    Issue: Spring/Summer
    Page numbers: 40-49
    Publisher: Australian Institute of Family Studies(Melbourne)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Educating for a sustainable rural workforce by building team working capacity
    Year: 2002
    Event name: 5th Wonca World Conference on Rural Health
    Conference Publication: 5th Wonca World Conference on Rural Health Proceedings
    Page numbers: 1-10
    Publisher: Wonca(Melbourne)
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Reports

  • Lifestage Issues within GLBTI Communities
    Year: 2002
    Customer: Department of Human Services
    Publisher: Department of Human Services (Melbourne)
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  • Physical Health Issues for GLBTI Victorians: What's the difference in health issues of major concern to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex (GLBTI) Victorians
    Year: 2002
    Customer: Department of Human Services
    Publisher: Department of Human Services (Melbourne)
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Addressing health inequalities in Victorian lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities.
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Health Promotion Journal of Australia
    Volume: 11
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 31-38
    Publisher: Australian Health Promotion Association
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