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<strong>Health</strong> check<br />
<strong>Griffith</strong> <strong>Health</strong> newsletter<br />
<strong>Issue</strong> <strong>19</strong>, <strong>2008</strong><br />
<strong>Griffith</strong> <strong>Health</strong> vision<br />
Promoting <strong>Health</strong>, Enabling Communities<br />
<strong>Griffith</strong> <strong>Health</strong> will, through leadership and innovation in teaching, research and community<br />
engagement, create sustained improvements in all aspects of health and health care for the<br />
local, national and international communities.<br />
<strong>Health</strong> check<br />
New leadership for dental clinic<br />
<strong>Griffith</strong>’s new Professor<br />
of Restorative Dentistry<br />
and Director of<br />
Clinical Operations has<br />
experienced the full<br />
spectrum of his profession<br />
- from the high-end<br />
glamour game of cosmetic<br />
dentistry to providing<br />
the basics of oral health<br />
Professor Theunis Oberholzer<br />
care in disadvantaged<br />
communities.<br />
It’s an interesting career mix and one that highlights the<br />
diversity of opportunities available for <strong>Griffith</strong>’s first<br />
cohort of dentists who will graduate later this year.<br />
Professor Theunis Oberholzer says there is a need to<br />
train students for all types of dental practice including<br />
bleaching and re-shaping teeth for the wealthy or<br />
providing much needed dental care in Indigenous or<br />
rural and remote communities.<br />
“My job here is to continue building the dental clinic<br />
where all our students learn within a centre of<br />
excellence, supervised and backed up by a team of<br />
experienced dentists and specialists.”<br />
He said he enjoys sharing his professional expertise<br />
and experience with students and rates one of the<br />
highlights of his career being voted ‘Best Clinical<br />
Supervisor’ by students in 2005.<br />
Professor Oberholzer studied at Stellenbosch<br />
<strong>University</strong> in South Africa and worked for 21 years<br />
in his own private practice.<br />
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Editorial Co-ordinator: Sue Gibbons<br />
Email: s.gibbons@griffith.edu.au<br />
Telephone: Email: s.gibbons@griffith.edu.au<br />
+61 (7) 5678 0796<br />
Telephone: +61 (7) 5678 0796<br />
“During that time I started taking university students<br />
into my practice for work experience and slowly got<br />
more interested in an academic career.”<br />
His postgraduate qualifications include a Graduate<br />
Diploma in Aesthetic (Cosmetic) Dentistry (Cum<br />
Laude), Master in Restorative Dentistry and PhD where<br />
he studied the polymerisation shrinkage of dental resins.<br />
He taught at both Stellenbosch and the Medical<br />
<strong>University</strong> of Southern Africa and during that time<br />
provided dental clinics to rural South Africans via a<br />
health outreach program delivered by train.<br />
“As in rural Australia, oral health in rural South Africa is<br />
compromised by a lack of access to health professionals<br />
and other socio-economic problems,” he said.<br />
Professor Oberholzer has recently been helping to<br />
establish a new dental school at the International<br />
Medical <strong>University</strong> in Malaysia.<br />
He plans to continue his research at <strong>Griffith</strong> into the<br />
dental materials used to restore teeth and the new<br />
applications of lasers in dentistry.<br />
“I am also very keen to establish a Practice Based<br />
Research Network in Australia. Laboratory based<br />
research is conducted under very controlled<br />
circumstances but what is equally important is how<br />
these materials and techniques perform in the hands of<br />
dentists in the community.”<br />
“Our colleagues in private practice have a valuable<br />
role to play in developing the evidence base for<br />
best practice.”<br />
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Inside this issue<br />
3 Bone, muscle and<br />
movement research<br />
3 Honorary doctorate<br />
3 International research links<br />
3 Teaching excellence<br />
<strong>Health</strong>y growth<br />
<strong>Griffith</strong> <strong>Health</strong> continues to develop<br />
at a rapid pace. The <strong>University</strong> has<br />
been working closely with Queensland<br />
<strong>Health</strong> and other stakeholders around<br />
the design of the education and<br />
research facilities for the new Gold<br />
Coast <strong>University</strong> Hospital. In addition<br />
we are also investigating ways in<br />
which we can consolidate and further<br />
develop our own facilities including<br />
the new medicine and oral health<br />
and research facilities at Parklands to<br />
actively encourage interaction and<br />
close collaboration with our Queensland<br />
<strong>Health</strong> colleagues.<br />
The Group was delighted to receive<br />
notice in June that the <strong>University</strong> is<br />
committing funds to further develop<br />
health research. As one of the eight<br />
areas of strategic investment, the<br />
<strong>University</strong> will provide $5 million over<br />
the next five years to build activities<br />
with the <strong>Griffith</strong> Institute for <strong>Health</strong><br />
and Medical Research focussed on<br />
developing national standing in research<br />
covering health innovation, prevention<br />
of chronic disease and health promotion.<br />
The Group will also actively participate<br />
with the Science, Environment,<br />
Engineering and Technology Group in<br />
a second area of strategic investment<br />
focussed on building capacity in drug<br />
discovery to combat infectious diseases.<br />
Planning for the Gold Coast <strong>University</strong><br />
Hospital, and the prospect of new<br />
<strong>University</strong> health facilities and funding<br />
are very exciting. These initiatives will<br />
add to the already substantial health<br />
presence at Parklands, delivering the<br />
next phase in what is fast developing<br />
into a health education and research<br />
precinct of international significance.<br />
Professor Allan Cripps, Pro Vice Chancellor<br />
(<strong>Health</strong>)<br />
Food for thought on<br />
falls prevention<br />
Research conducted in the emergency<br />
department of the Princess Alexandra<br />
Hospital has shown the benefits of early<br />
identification of malnutrition in the elderly.<br />
While malnutrition has been previously<br />
associated with the risk of falls in the<br />
older population, the study was unique in<br />
discriminating between falls in the active<br />
elderly and falls in the frail elderly with<br />
predisposing conditions such as impaired<br />
vision, motor or cognition function.<br />
Master of Nutrition and Dietetics<br />
student Cameron McDonald found frail<br />
fallers were seven times more likely to<br />
be malnourished than the active fallers.<br />
“Almost half of frail elderly patients<br />
who reported a fall were found to be<br />
malnourished compared to only ten<br />
per cent of the active patients who<br />
experienced a fall,” he said.<br />
Given that a history of falls greatly<br />
increases the risk of future falls,<br />
hospital stays and health complications,<br />
he said early identification of the<br />
at-risk group and intervention such as<br />
nutritional supplements was likely to be<br />
cost effective.<br />
Mr McDonald, who is also an Australian<br />
Association for Exercise and Sports<br />
Science Accredited Exercise Physiologist,<br />
said previous trials had found while<br />
supplements helped undernourished<br />
people put on weight, there was no<br />
evidence it prevented falls.<br />
“However those studies haven’t<br />
separated out the cause of the falls.<br />
Now we know the frail are more<br />
affected by malnutrition, we can<br />
better assess the usefulness of various<br />
interventions in preventing falls.”<br />
He said falls prevention programs<br />
tended to focus on improving balance<br />
and lower body strength but also<br />
needed to incorporate nutrition.<br />
“It’s a vicious cycle as inactivity in the<br />
elderly leads to a lack of appetite, and<br />
not eating causes weakness, increased<br />
susceptibility to disease and reinforces<br />
the lack of physical activity.”<br />
The study also found that more<br />
than half of the patients found to<br />
be malnourished by the researcher,<br />
were not routinely identified as such<br />
by medical or allied health staff in the<br />
emergency department or during their<br />
hospital stay.<br />
This is despite the availability of<br />
a simple, two-item Malnutrition<br />
Screening Tool.<br />
Further research is required to establish<br />
the cost effectiveness of earlier nutrition<br />
assessment of patients and referral to<br />
dietetic staff for intervention.<br />
New strength<br />
in bone, muscle and<br />
movement research<br />
Recent appointments and the arrival of<br />
some key equipment have boosted the<br />
emerging Bone, Muscle and Movement<br />
research group of the <strong>Griffith</strong> Institute<br />
for <strong>Health</strong> and Medical Research.<br />
The multidisciplinary group currently<br />
includes members from the Schools of<br />
Physiotherapy and Exercise Science,<br />
Medicine, Medical Science and Pharmacy<br />
– with all having a common interest in<br />
the neuromuscular or skeletal basis of<br />
physical function in health and disease.<br />
Associate Professor Rod Barrett,<br />
from the School of Physiotherapy<br />
and Exercise Science, said the group<br />
included both pure and applied<br />
researchers, however the majority<br />
were engaged in research relating to<br />
early interventions and treatment for<br />
musculoskeletal disorders.<br />
“Some of our current research includes<br />
the prevention of osteoporosis and falls<br />
in the elderly, treatments for a broad<br />
range of musculoskeletal disorders such<br />
as osteoarthritis and tennis elbow, and<br />
neurological disorders such as tremor,”<br />
he said.<br />
New research talent in the group<br />
includes Professor Peter Milburn (Head<br />
of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science)<br />
and the incoming Professor of Anatomy<br />
Mark Forwood.<br />
Associate Professor Barrett said the<br />
Institute already boasted sophisticated<br />
research facilities such as the high<br />
speed 3D motion capture system in<br />
the biomechanics lab. A new isokinetic<br />
dynamometer for strength testing<br />
and peripheral quantitative computed<br />
tomograph for measuring bone density<br />
and shape have also recently<br />
been installed.<br />
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<strong>Health</strong> check
Gold Coast joins<br />
international MS study<br />
<strong>Griffith</strong>’s School<br />
of Medicine in<br />
collaboration<br />
with the Gold<br />
Coast Hospital<br />
was the first<br />
Australian site<br />
to join a large<br />
multinational trial<br />
of a potential<br />
treatment for<br />
Associate Professor<br />
Simon Broadley<br />
multiple sclerosis<br />
this year.<br />
Alemtuzumab (Campath) is a<br />
monoclonal antibody currently used to<br />
treat leukaemia and now in Phase III<br />
clinical trials to test its effectiveness in<br />
multiple sclerosis.<br />
Principal investigator Associate<br />
Professor Simon Broadley, a lecturer<br />
in the School of Medicine and staff<br />
specialist in neurology at the Gold<br />
Coast Hospital, said the drug’s mode of<br />
action was to temporarily remove all<br />
circulating lymphocytes.<br />
“Multiple sclerosis is an inflammatory<br />
disease so by removing the lymphocytes<br />
we are effectively rebooting the<br />
immune system. The cells come back to<br />
near normal within about three months.”<br />
He said the treatment regime was an<br />
appealing one because it only required a<br />
series of injections over five days and a<br />
shorter series of injections one year later.<br />
Trial participants receive a clinical<br />
review every three months and annual<br />
MRI to evaluate their progress.<br />
Canadian appointment expands<br />
research links<br />
Nursing researcher Professor Wendy Chaboyer has<br />
accepted a prestigious invitation to become the second<br />
Frances Bloomberg International Distinguished Visiting<br />
Professor at the <strong>University</strong> of Toronto.<br />
The 12-month appointment in the recently renamed<br />
Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing will not<br />
only enhance research collaboration between <strong>Griffith</strong>,<br />
the <strong>University</strong> of Toronto and clinical partners, but<br />
also provides new opportunities for two early career<br />
researchers.<br />
Professor Wendy Chaboyer<br />
<strong>Griffith</strong>’s Dr Brigid Gillespie and adjunct senior research<br />
fellow Dr Julia Crilly, a <strong>Griffith</strong> graduate currently working in a research position at the<br />
Gold Coast Hospital, will also accompany Professor Chaboyer on her visit to Canada<br />
this year.<br />
“Personally this appointment will allow me to work with people I’ve admired such as<br />
Professor of Patient Safety Di Doran. However the funding package also gives me<br />
the opportunity to help establish Brigid’s and Julia’s international research careers,”<br />
Professor Chaboyer said.<br />
The first trip will include initial visits to four Toronto hospitals and a series of<br />
workshops to identify local quality, safety and improvement activities with the<br />
potential to be formalised into research projects.<br />
“Local solutions can be good but we need high quality research to show whether<br />
those solutions have universal application. Initially our research will focus on patient<br />
safety in acute and critical care settings, but long-term these connections will also<br />
foster other research as well,” she said.<br />
Professor Chaboyer said there was much to be gained from expanding links between<br />
<strong>Griffith</strong>’s Research Centre for Clinical and Community Practice Innovation, the<br />
School of Nursing and Midwifery and the more established Lawrence S. Bloomberg<br />
Faculty of Nursing.<br />
“For example, Toronto researchers use a lot of IT support such as hand-held PDAs at<br />
the point of care. I’ll be interested in more exposure to these sorts of tools to access<br />
clinical guidelines or to assist in patient handover, a particular research interest of<br />
mine.”<br />
Software to ease emergency<br />
department bottlenecks<br />
A new software package, the Patient Admission Prediction<br />
Tool (PAPT), has been shown to help hospital emergency<br />
departments predict demand on their services.<br />
The development of the PAPT, led by the Australian e-<strong>Health</strong><br />
Research Centre, has involved researchers and clinicians from<br />
<strong>Griffith</strong> <strong>University</strong>, the Queensland <strong>University</strong> of Technology,<br />
Gold Coast and Toowoomba Hospitals.<br />
Dr David Green, director of emergency medicine at Gold Coast<br />
Hospital and an academic title holder in the School of Medicine,<br />
said the PAPT uses historical data to provide an accurate<br />
prediction of the expected patient load on any given day.<br />
It can forecast how many patients will present at emergency<br />
departments, their expected medical needs and the number of<br />
hospital admissions.<br />
“Accurate forecasting will assist many areas of health<br />
management from basic bed management and staff resourcing<br />
to scheduling elective surgery – not to mention reducing stress<br />
for staff and improving patient outcomes,” Dr Green said.<br />
The prototype PAPT package has a simple interface designed<br />
in consultation with staff who will ultimately use it every day.<br />
Research is continuing to validate the forecasts against actual<br />
hospital data and develop the prototype software package<br />
into a product that can be used statewide.<br />
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Krumping on campus<br />
Three hundred<br />
students from<br />
Logan high schools<br />
plus their friends<br />
and families enjoyed<br />
an afternoon of<br />
street dance and<br />
music at Logan<br />
campus recently.<br />
The event,<br />
which included a display of krumping,<br />
hip-hop and rapping and a dance<br />
competition between the schools, was<br />
the culmination of a 10-week health<br />
promotion project to increase physical<br />
activity in local teenagers.<br />
Other aims for the project include<br />
building connectedness and self-worth<br />
in the local community which boasts<br />
more than 15 cultural groups.<br />
This is the second year of the HYPE<br />
project, a community partnership<br />
between <strong>Griffith</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Queensland<br />
<strong>Health</strong>, Logan City Council and a number<br />
of youth and health organisations.<br />
The number of participating schools<br />
doubled from five last year to ten this<br />
year – bringing an estimated 1800<br />
visitors onto Logan campus for the event.<br />
Plans are already underway to further<br />
expand the program in the future.<br />
Dr Naomi Sunderland, <strong>Griffith</strong> PhD candidate Debra Domalewski, Emma Bennison (Access Arts) and<br />
Sally Josephson (Access Arts) at the exhibition.<br />
A picture of health<br />
The <strong>Griffith</strong> Abilities Research Program<br />
within the Research Centre for Clinical<br />
and Community Practice Innovation<br />
recently hosted the inaugural Arts<br />
Intersections Symposium at Logan<br />
campus. The event, co-hosted by<br />
Access Arts Queensland, featured<br />
presentations and workshops on the<br />
themes of arts, disability, happiness<br />
and wellbeing.<br />
Symposium convenor and post doctoral<br />
fellow Dr Naomi Sunderland said a key<br />
aim of the event was to connect artists<br />
and arts workers, researchers, and<br />
health and community<br />
service providers.<br />
“We wanted to share experiences<br />
and understanding from a number of<br />
perspectives on how art-making can<br />
promote happiness and wellbeing for<br />
all people but particularly for people<br />
with disabilities.<br />
“We also wanted to offer learning both<br />
ways so that community participants<br />
could learn about things like evaluation<br />
research methods and researchers could<br />
learn more about working with artists<br />
and arts-based methods.”<br />
A number of professional artists<br />
exhibited work as part of the event,<br />
exploring topics including mental illness,<br />
AIDS, and chronic disease.<br />
Sponsorship for the event was provided<br />
by Arts Queensland, Disability Services<br />
Queensland, <strong>Griffith</strong> <strong>University</strong> Logan<br />
Campus, the <strong>Griffith</strong> Institute for <strong>Health</strong><br />
and Medical Research, and Chenoweth<br />
Environmental Planning and Landscape<br />
Architecture.<br />
Bright young minds<br />
create cultural<br />
experience for refugees<br />
Social work student Michelle Hoomans<br />
has been selected as one of Australia’s<br />
Brightest Young Minds in a nationwide<br />
search for the top 100 young people<br />
to drive a range of innovative<br />
social projects.<br />
Ms Hoomans was selected after a<br />
rigorous process to identify 18-25 year<br />
olds with talent, passion and ideas.<br />
“Basically the vision of Brightest<br />
Young Minds is to develop new social<br />
initiatives which can then be launched<br />
to business people and organisations for<br />
funding. One of the themes for us is to<br />
be significant, not just successful.”<br />
“My group and I came up with an<br />
initiative called Grounded which aims to<br />
use creative arts to increase the longterm<br />
social inclusion of young migrants<br />
and refugees.”<br />
Ms Hoomans said their plan was to pair<br />
up students from schools in areas with<br />
high refugee populations and a range<br />
of creative arts professionals including<br />
musicians, writers and visual artists.<br />
“We want to give migrants and refugees<br />
the opportunity to develop their stories<br />
into performance pieces and present<br />
them at Arts Festivals so we can all<br />
share in their experiences, become more<br />
informed about the issues they face,<br />
and enhance community connections.“<br />
“Because the project involves a<br />
mentoring process between the<br />
refugees and artists, long-term we<br />
would love to see the young refugees<br />
take charge.”<br />
Ms Hoomans has previously helped<br />
young migrants and refugees with<br />
inductions and homework programs<br />
while working as a youth worker at<br />
the Logan based Multilink<br />
Community Services.<br />
She is currently doing her final field<br />
placement with the Australian Red<br />
Cross before graduating with a Master<br />
of Social Work in December. Ultimately<br />
she hopes to work in the area of<br />
international and humanitarian aid.<br />
The Brightest Young Minds Foundation,<br />
sponsored by corporate giants<br />
Westpac and Lend Lease, was launched<br />
in Australia in 2005. One aim is to<br />
show young Australians that social<br />
responsibility is a benefit, rather than<br />
a barrier, to their career development.<br />
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Head of School<br />
measures up<br />
Professor Peter Milburn started his<br />
career as a physical education teacher<br />
and still loves the process of teaching<br />
and learning, understanding how people<br />
learn new skills, enabling people to<br />
participate safely, and finding creative<br />
ways to meet those needs.<br />
His new role as head of the School of<br />
Physiotherapy and Exercise Science<br />
gives him the opportunity to further<br />
pursue that passion and extend the<br />
School’s reputation as a provider<br />
of high-quality undergraduate and<br />
postgraduate programs.<br />
Professor Milburn said the strength<br />
in <strong>Griffith</strong>’s exercise science program<br />
underpinned the School’s overall success.<br />
“Exercise science is an entirely<br />
appropriate starting point for careers in<br />
physiotherapy and <strong>Griffith</strong> is recognised<br />
for its unique double-degree program<br />
that builds on the synergies between<br />
the two disciplines.”<br />
“I see the opportunities here are<br />
to further define alternate career<br />
pathways for exercise scientists and<br />
enhance their employability in areas<br />
such as sport, health and education,”<br />
he said.<br />
Professor Milburn helped establish<br />
human movement studies at the<br />
<strong>University</strong> of Wollongong and also<br />
supervised the transition of the<br />
Bachelor of Physiotherapy program<br />
from New Zealand’s Otago Polytechnic<br />
to the <strong>University</strong> of Otago.<br />
As well teaching at <strong>Griffith</strong>, he said he<br />
looks forward to playing a mentoring<br />
role for the many new and early career<br />
researchers in the School.<br />
His own areas of research are<br />
based on biomechanical analyses of<br />
musculoskeletal stress during activities<br />
such as sport and at work.<br />
”I’m particularly interested in the<br />
development and application<br />
Professor Peter Milburn<br />
of new technologies such as<br />
stereophotogrammetry which allows<br />
us to take accurate three dimensional<br />
measurements of the shape of the back<br />
and spine.”<br />
Some of his current projects include<br />
documenting the change in shape of<br />
the spine as it compresses and bends<br />
during the course of the day, during<br />
high intensity activity such as rugby<br />
scrums or pace bowling, and in specific<br />
conditions such as pregnancy.<br />
He is also interested in developing<br />
targeted exercise programs for<br />
overweight children who already suffer<br />
from extra loading on their knee and hip<br />
joints and typically experience pain or<br />
discomfort with physical activity.<br />
International<br />
researchers flexing their<br />
collective muscle<br />
A Memorandum of Understanding<br />
(MoU) to develop collaborative research<br />
initiatives in exercise physiology and<br />
other areas has been signed by the<br />
<strong>University</strong> of Copenhagen Muscle<br />
Research Centre and <strong>Griffith</strong> <strong>Health</strong>.<br />
The MoU initially supports a research<br />
partnership between <strong>Griffith</strong>’s muscle<br />
physiologist Dr Luke Haseler and<br />
internationally recognised exercise<br />
physiologist Professor Bengt Saltin,<br />
founder of the Copenhagen Muscle<br />
Research Centre.<br />
The two researchers have teamed up<br />
to further investigate how muscles use<br />
oxygen. Their findings will contribute<br />
valuable information to help combat<br />
heart and lung diseases such as chronic<br />
heart failure and chronic obstructive<br />
pulmonary disease.<br />
Professor Saltin’s extensive experience<br />
in the field and Dr Haseler’s expertise in<br />
magnetic resonance spectroscopy make<br />
for an extremely effective partnership.<br />
While magnetic resonance imaging<br />
(MRI) scanners are best known for<br />
taking images of the brain, Dr Haseler<br />
has designed a system for scanning<br />
lower limbs and obtaining real-time<br />
information on muscle function including<br />
the matching of oxygen delivery to<br />
metabolic demand.<br />
“Only a handful of places in the world<br />
can do these metabolic measurements,”<br />
he said.<br />
“Hopefully we will be able to tease<br />
out whether the problem in people<br />
with these conditions is due to poor<br />
blood flow and oxygen delivery to the<br />
muscle or a problem within the muscles<br />
themselves.”<br />
The research will also provide evidence<br />
about the effectiveness of exercise<br />
training in managing these conditions.<br />
The MoU builds on a 2006 Exchange<br />
Agreement for student and staff<br />
exchange between the two institutions,<br />
and mutual strengths in medicine, oral<br />
health, public health and biomedical<br />
sciences.
International<br />
news briefs<br />
Professor Florian Mack (Dentistry<br />
and Oral <strong>Health</strong>) has been elected<br />
Chair of the Nutrition Research Group<br />
of the International Association for<br />
Dental Research.<br />
More than sixty researchers from<br />
<strong>Griffith</strong> and key universities in Hong<br />
Kong, Taiwan and Singapore attended<br />
the inaugural Asia Pacific Research<br />
Symposium hosted by <strong>Griffith</strong>’s<br />
Research Centre for Clinical and<br />
Community Practice Innovation on the<br />
Gold Coast. Research areas included<br />
acute and critical care nursing, ageing<br />
and disability, and women’s health.<br />
<strong>Griffith</strong> <strong>Health</strong>’s Distinguished Visiting<br />
Researcher program is providing<br />
opportunities to develop collaborative<br />
research with the prestigious Institute of<br />
Psychology at the Chinese Academy of<br />
Science in Beijing. Professor Raymond<br />
Chan, the Institute’s Professor of<br />
Neuropsychology and Applied Cognitive<br />
Neuroscience, already has established<br />
links with Professor David Shum via their<br />
common research interests relating to<br />
prospective memory.<br />
A delegation from Taiwan’s Tzu Chi<br />
College of Technology visited <strong>Griffith</strong><br />
recently to sign a Memorandum of<br />
Understanding and develop links<br />
between their Department of <strong>Health</strong><br />
Administration and <strong>Griffith</strong>’s School of<br />
Public <strong>Health</strong>.<br />
Prescriptions<br />
for success<br />
A <strong>Griffith</strong> team comprising final year<br />
Master of Pharmacy students Kyle<br />
Wood, Tony Blake and Matthew<br />
Bottomley have made it to the semifinals<br />
of the National Pharmacy Student<br />
Business Plan Competition - an initiative<br />
of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia. A<br />
<strong>Griffith</strong> team won last year’s inaugural<br />
competition between Australia’s 16<br />
pharmacy schools.<br />
Master of Pharmacy student Lisa<br />
Goldsmith has been elected president<br />
of the National Australian Pharmacy<br />
Students’ Association (NAPSA). Lisa<br />
worked as a registered nurse in<br />
hospitals for about six years before<br />
becoming more interested in how<br />
Enhancing the quality<br />
of clinical teaching<br />
Participants in the first cohort of <strong>Griffith</strong>’s<br />
Graduate Certificate in <strong>Health</strong> Professional<br />
Education are finding the program builds<br />
confidence and practical skills.<br />
Physiotherapist Bridget Weeks, a<br />
<strong>Griffith</strong> graduate who has been working<br />
at the Gold Coast Hospital for over four<br />
years, said she was enjoying learning<br />
new teaching strategies.<br />
“I take physiotherapy students on<br />
clinical placement and also supervise<br />
new graduates. While I have done some<br />
workshops in the past to build my<br />
confidence in clinical teaching, I also<br />
wanted a recognised qualification.”<br />
Ms Weeks said the first half of the<br />
program had already helped highlight<br />
some of the components that needed<br />
to be built into the clinical supervision<br />
program at the hospital.<br />
They included setting learning<br />
objectives, relevant learning activities<br />
and appropriate assessment strategies.<br />
“It has certainly helped me evaluate<br />
the way we do things. For example,<br />
clinical teaching is not just about clinical<br />
techniques but also supporting junior<br />
staff to manage a clinical load and work<br />
as part of a team.”<br />
While the program is mostly delivered<br />
online, Ms Weeks said the group<br />
workshops during the semester were<br />
very helpful in consolidating their<br />
individual learning.<br />
medications worked and deciding she<br />
needed a career change.<br />
Recent Master of Pharmacy graduate<br />
Sophie Ribcak is the Queensland<br />
finalist in the Pharmacy Student of the<br />
Year award. Sophie graduated mid year<br />
and is currently doing her internship<br />
at Logan Hospital. The Student of<br />
the Year award will be decided at the<br />
Pharmacy Australia Congress hosted by<br />
Pharmaceutical Society of Australia in<br />
Perth in October.<br />
Queensland pharmacy identity and<br />
National President of the Pharmacy<br />
Guild Kos Sclavos has been awarded<br />
an Honorary Doctorate from <strong>Griffith</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong> for his distinguished<br />
contributions to the profession and<br />
to the community. Mr Sclavos has led<br />
The first cohort includes physiotherapists,<br />
a paramedic, a general practitioner,<br />
occupational therapist and nurses from<br />
a range of clinical areas.<br />
Cheryl Hunt worked as a registered<br />
nurse specialising in emergency and<br />
trauma care for 11 years before she<br />
started as an associate lecturer in the<br />
School of Nursing and Midwifery at<br />
<strong>Griffith</strong> this year.<br />
While she has plenty of experience<br />
teaching on the floor in a clinical<br />
setting, she enrolled in the Graduate<br />
Certificate to help support her<br />
transition into an academic career.<br />
”For me, this program is helping to give a<br />
name to the things I already do,” she said.<br />
Ms Hunt said sharing ideas between<br />
the different clinical disciplines had<br />
been interesting – especially given that<br />
everyone is working towards better<br />
staff training, better clinical practice<br />
and better care for patients.<br />
She said the program had reinforced<br />
the importance of communication<br />
skills such as effective listening in the<br />
process of teaching and learning.<br />
The Graduate Certificate in <strong>Health</strong><br />
Professional Education is relevant<br />
for all health disciplines including<br />
medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy,<br />
physiotherapy, occupational and speech<br />
therapy, psychology, human services,<br />
social work, nutrition and dietetics.<br />
Enrolment enquiries 07 5552 8752 or<br />
www.griffith.edu.au/postgraduate<br />
industry initiatives such as a unique<br />
quality assurance program for Australian<br />
community pharmacies. In serving<br />
the pharmacy profession, he has also<br />
established national programs with<br />
significant benefit for the community<br />
such as the Lifeweight weight<br />
management program which has been<br />
adopted in over 3,000 pharmacies.<br />
Head of Pharmacy Professor Nerida<br />
Smith said Mr Sclavos had been a<br />
strong advocate and champion for<br />
<strong>Griffith</strong>’s School of Pharmacy.<br />
Professor<br />
Nerida Smith,<br />
Vice Chancellor<br />
Professor Ian<br />
O’Connor, Mr<br />
Kos Sclavos<br />
and Chancellor<br />
Leneen Forde.<br />
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Primary health<br />
care research<br />
Carolyn Ehrlich has recently been<br />
awarded first class honours for<br />
her Master of Advanced Practice<br />
(Community and Primary <strong>Health</strong> Care)<br />
thesis on the ways in which patients<br />
with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary<br />
Disease (COPD) access and utilise<br />
information to manage their condition.<br />
Findings from her research will assist<br />
community health nurses to provide<br />
more tailored interventions to<br />
individuals with COPD.<br />
Ms Ehrlich found that people with<br />
COPD gather information from a wide<br />
variety of sources including healthcare<br />
professionals, media, relatives and<br />
members of support groups. They then<br />
evaluate all the information they receive<br />
based on what they know and believe<br />
about themselves.<br />
Her research identified four interrelated<br />
themes that people with COPD<br />
use in self-management - personal<br />
intelligence, trial and error with or<br />
without risk taking, comparison and<br />
the “critical event”. This process often<br />
results in patients’ health-related<br />
behaviour being unpredictable and<br />
appearing illogical to an<br />
external observer.<br />
Ms Ehrlich was working for Queensland<br />
<strong>Health</strong> on a Place-Based Initiative - a<br />
holistic approach to health planning<br />
and delivery designed to promote and<br />
protect health and prevent and manage<br />
chronic disease.<br />
However the experience of doing<br />
her Masters degree, supported by a<br />
<strong>Griffith</strong> Primary <strong>Health</strong> Care Research<br />
Evaluation and Development (PHCRED)<br />
Fellowship, has stimulated an ongoing<br />
interest in research.<br />
Her research was well supported by<br />
access to supervisors and mentors<br />
across disciplines within the School<br />
of Nursing and Midwifery, School of<br />
Medicine and <strong>Griffith</strong>s Abilities<br />
Research Program.<br />
“A <strong>University</strong> setting gives you a<br />
different perspective; it was a positive<br />
experience for me,” she said.<br />
“Having the fellowship allowed me to<br />
have one day per week that I knew was<br />
research time and I was able to block<br />
that out. When you are busy with lives<br />
and jobs it is important to have the<br />
dedicated time to do research,” she said.<br />
Ms Ehrlich has been awarded a <strong>Griffith</strong><br />
PhD Scholarship to pursue research<br />
into complex chronic care and the<br />
patient’s experience.<br />
National recognition<br />
for teaching<br />
Three staff members from the School<br />
of Psychology have been awarded<br />
Citations for Outstanding Contributions<br />
to Student Learning by the Australian<br />
Learning and Teaching Council.<br />
Dr Debra Bath, Associate Professor<br />
Alf Lizzio and Dr David Neumann<br />
were each awarded a citation for their<br />
teaching excellence and concerted<br />
efforts to improve the student learning<br />
experience.<br />
Dr Bath’s focus is on enhancing her<br />
first-year students’ learning experience<br />
by creating a sense of community and<br />
confidence.<br />
“Students may be one of 300 in a core<br />
first-year course but I try to create the<br />
feeling of a small class environment<br />
within that by encouraging familiarity<br />
and interaction through activities<br />
such as group discussions and mini<br />
experiments,” she said.<br />
Associate Professor Lizzio was awarded<br />
the citation for his commitment to<br />
evidence-based practice and leadership<br />
in developing effective programs that<br />
foster graduate attributes and student<br />
engagement across the lifecycle.<br />
“We need to apply the same rules of<br />
evidence to our teaching as we do to<br />
our clinical practice,” he said.<br />
“For example, we know that 70-80<br />
per cent of cognitive enhancement<br />
occurs during the students’ first year at<br />
university. So we have this window of<br />
opportunity to stretch students at the<br />
same time as we are supporting them.”<br />
Dr Neumann’s citation recognises<br />
his efforts in improving student<br />
engagement, retention, and success in<br />
challenging psychology courses such as<br />
research methods and statistics.<br />
He has also introduced web based<br />
learning resources to support and<br />
encourage independent learning and<br />
student self management.<br />
Dr Debra Bath and Associate Professor<br />
Alf Lizzio<br />
Training for health<br />
department heads<br />
<strong>Griffith</strong>’s School of Public <strong>Health</strong> has taken<br />
on an important role in the professional<br />
development of senior executive staff<br />
within Queensland <strong>Health</strong>.<br />
Dr Gary Day has developed and will<br />
facilitate a number of workshops<br />
focussing on developing management<br />
and leadership potential of senior health<br />
executives across Queensland.<br />
Dr Day, who has previously developed<br />
training programs for Queensland <strong>Health</strong>,<br />
said the initiative initially came out of<br />
the findings of the Bundaberg Hospital<br />
Commission of Inquiry and the need for a<br />
change in the organisation’s culture.<br />
“These sort of programs won’t cut<br />
waiting lists as those are long-term<br />
problems requiring long-term solutions,<br />
but hopefully by improving the culture<br />
within Queensland <strong>Health</strong> we can create<br />
a workplace that is more conducive<br />
to teamwork, staff satisfaction and<br />
ultimately better patient care.”<br />
“Senior executive teams including<br />
district managers, directors of nursing,<br />
senior medical and administrative staff<br />
require a range of leadership skills from<br />
political astuteness to the ability to deal<br />
with conflict.”
Kangaroos bacteria fight<br />
against cancer<br />
A common bacterium from the Eastern<br />
Grey Kangaroo’s stomach could help<br />
fight deadly cancers.<br />
<strong>Griffith</strong> Institute of <strong>Health</strong> and Medical<br />
Research scientist Associate Professor<br />
Ming Wei is genetically engineering the<br />
bacterium to boost its cancer-busting<br />
power.<br />
He said the therapies developed from<br />
this world-first concept could save<br />
millions of lives each year.<br />
“One in four Australians dies from cancer<br />
and most people die from the spread of<br />
the tumour, not the primary tumour<br />
mass itself,” Associate Professor Wei<br />
said.<br />
“Conventional therapies are unable<br />
to penetrate solid tumour mass thus<br />
having a low success rate.”<br />
Associate Professor Wei said the<br />
bacteria found in the stomach of the<br />
Eastern Grey Kangaroo was similar to<br />
that found in humans, but contained<br />
more protein-digesting enzymes.<br />
The modified bacterium will be capable<br />
of targeting primary tumour masses as<br />
well as secondary tumours.<br />
“The kangaroo bacterium, injected into<br />
blood, will be able to colonise tumours<br />
with its innate ability, release special<br />
enzymes which liquefy the cancer mass,<br />
shrinking it and stimulating the body’s<br />
natural immune system.<br />
“An anaerobic bacterium doesn’t need<br />
oxygen to multiply and can multiply<br />
much faster than the tumour cells,<br />
effectively starving the tumour of the<br />
‘food’ it needs to grow.”<br />
The theory was tested on tumours in<br />
rats, with a 30 to 45 per cent success<br />
rate and clinical trials are expected to<br />
start in two years.<br />
Publications<br />
Aitken LM, Currey J, Marshall AP, Elliott D. (<strong>2008</strong>)<br />
Discrimination of educational outcomes between<br />
differing levels of critical care programmes by selected<br />
stakeholders in Australia: a mixed-method approach.<br />
Intensive and Critical Care Nursing 24:68-77.<br />
Aitken LM, Pelter MM, Carlson B, Marshall AP, Cross<br />
R, McKinley S, Dracup K. (<strong>2008</strong>) Effective strategies<br />
for implementing a multicenter international clinical<br />
trial. Journal of Nursing Scholarship 40(2):101–108.<br />
Boslooper K, Lam A K-Y, Gao J, Weinstein S, Johnson<br />
NW. (<strong>2008</strong>) The clinicopathological roles of alpha<br />
b-crystallin and p53 expression in patients with<br />
head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Pathology<br />
40: 500-504.<br />
Chan RCK, Shum D, Toulopoulou T, Chen EYH.<br />
(<strong>2008</strong>) Assessment of executive functions: Review<br />
of instruments and identification of critical issues.<br />
Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology 23, 201-216.<br />
Chan RCK, Wang Y, Ma Z, Hong ZH, Yuan Y, Yu X, Li<br />
ZJ, Shum D, Gong QY. (<strong>2008</strong>) Objective measures of<br />
prospective memory do not correlate with subjective<br />
complaints in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research<br />
103: 229-239.<br />
Creedy DK, Cantrill RM, Cooke M. (<strong>2008</strong>) Assessment<br />
of midwives’ breastfeeding knowledge: Reliability and<br />
validity of the Newborn Feeding Ability questionnaire<br />
and Breastfeeding Initiation Practices scale.<br />
International Breastfeeding Journal 3(7).<br />
Dracup K, McKinley S, Doering LV, Riegel B, Meischke<br />
H, Moser DK, Pelter MM, Carlson B, Aitken L, Marshall<br />
A. (<strong>2008</strong>) Cross R. Acute coronary syndrome: What<br />
do patients know? Archives of Internal Medicine<br />
168(10):1049–1054.<br />
Glendon AI (<strong>2008</strong>). Safety culture: Snapshot of<br />
a developing concept. Journal of Occupational<br />
<strong>Health</strong> and Safety – Australia and New Zealand<br />
24(3), 179-189.<br />
Glendon AI (<strong>2008</strong>). Safety culture and safety climate:<br />
How far have we come and where could we be<br />
heading? Journal of Occupational <strong>Health</strong> and Safety –<br />
Australia and New Zealand 24(3), 249-271.<br />
Gowardman JR, Robertson IK, Parkes S, Rickard CM.<br />
(<strong>2008</strong>) Influence of insertion site on central venous<br />
catheter (CVC) colonization and bloodstream infection<br />
rates. Intensive Care Medicine 34(6):1038-1045.<br />
Hawgood J, De Leo D. (<strong>2008</strong>) Anxiety disorders<br />
and suicidal behaviour: an update. Current Opinion in<br />
Psychiatry 21: 51-64.<br />
Kalliath T, Brough P. (<strong>2008</strong>). Work-life balance:<br />
A review of the meaning of the balance construct.<br />
Journal of Management and Organization 14(3),<br />
323-327.<br />
Kalliath T, Brough P. (<strong>2008</strong>). Editorial: Achieving<br />
work-family balance. Journal of Management and<br />
Organization 14(3), 224-226.<br />
King NM, Tonhkoom S, Itthagarun A, Wong HK, Lee<br />
CK. (<strong>2008</strong>) A catalogue of anomalies and traits of the<br />
primary dentition of southern Chinese. J Clin Pediatr<br />
Dent. Winter; 32(2):139-46.<br />
Kliegel M, Jager T, Altgassen M, Shum D. (<strong>2008</strong>)<br />
Clinical neuropsychology of prospective memory.<br />
In M. Kligel, M. A. McDaniel, & G. O. Einstein (Eds.),<br />
Prospective memory: Cognitive, neuroscience,<br />
developmental, and applied perspective (pp.<br />
283-308). Mahwah: Erlbaum.<br />
Lapierre LM, Spector PE, Allen TD, Poelmans S, Cooper<br />
CL, O’Driscoll M, Sanchez JI, Brough P, Kinnunen U.<br />
(<strong>2008</strong>). Family-supportive organization perceptions,<br />
multiple dimensions of work-family conflict, and<br />
employee satisfaction: A test of model across five<br />
samples. Journal of Vocational Behavior 73, 92-106.<br />
Lin MF, Moyle W, Chang HJ, Hsu M. (<strong>2008</strong>) Effect of<br />
an interactive computerised psycho-education system<br />
on patients suffering from depression. Journal of<br />
Clinical Nursing. 17:667-676.<br />
McAllister M, Moyle W. (<strong>2008</strong>) An exploration of<br />
mental health nursing models of care in a Queensland<br />
psychiatric hospital. International Journal of Mental<br />
<strong>Health</strong> Nursing. 17:18-26.<br />
Moyle W, Olorenshaw R, Wallis M, Borbasi S. (<strong>2008</strong>)<br />
Best practice for the management of older people<br />
with dementia in the acute care setting: a re view of<br />
the literature. International Journal of Older People<br />
Nursing. 3:121-130.<br />
Mundt T, Mack F, Schwahn C, Bernhardt O,<br />
Kocher T, Biffar R. (<strong>2008</strong>) Association between<br />
Sociodemographic, Behavioural, and Medical<br />
Conditions and Temporomandibular Disorders across<br />
Gender – Results of the Study of <strong>Health</strong> in Pomerania<br />
(SHIP-0) Int J Prosthodont 21;141-148.<br />
Ong C, Ivanovski S, Needleman IG, Retzepi M, Moles<br />
DR, Tonetti MS, Donos N. (<strong>2008</strong>) Systematic review<br />
of implant outcomes in treated periodontitis subjects.<br />
Journal of Clinical Periodontology 35 (5); 438 – 462.<br />
Ownsworth T, Shum D. (<strong>2008</strong>) Relationship<br />
between productivity outcomes and executive<br />
functions following stroke. Disability and<br />
Rehabilitation, 30, 531-540.<br />
Ownsworth T, Fleming J, Shum D, Kuipers P, Strong J.<br />
(<strong>2008</strong>) Comparison of individual, group and combined<br />
intervention formats in a randomised controlled<br />
trial for facilitating goal attainment and improving<br />
psychosocial function following acquired brain injury.<br />
Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 40, 81-88.<br />
Poelmans S, Kalliath T, Brough P. (<strong>2008</strong>). Achieving<br />
work-life balance: Current theoretical and practice<br />
issues. Journal of Management and Organization,<br />
14(3), 237-238.<br />
Reed J, Richardson E, Marais S, Moyle W. (<strong>2008</strong>)<br />
Older people maintaining well-being: An international<br />
appreciative enquiry study. International Journal of<br />
Older People Nursing 3(1):68-75.<br />
Rogers ME, Glendon AI, Creed PA. (<strong>2008</strong>). The role<br />
of personality in adolescent career planning and<br />
exploration: A social cognitive career perspective.<br />
Journal of Vocational Behavior, 73, 132-142.<br />
Shum D, Neulinger K, O’Callaghan M, Mohay H.<br />
(<strong>2008</strong>) Attentional problems in children born very<br />
preterm or with extremely low birthweight at 7-9<br />
years. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 23,<br />
103-112.<br />
Stewart I, Falconer IR. (<strong>2008</strong>) Cyanobacteria and<br />
cyanobacterial toxins. In: PJ Walsh, SL Smith, LE<br />
Fleming, HM Solo-Gabriele, WH Gerwick (Eds). Oceans<br />
and human health: risks and remedies from the seas.<br />
Academic Press, Burlington, pp. 271-96.<br />
Stewart DE. (<strong>2008</strong>) Implementing Mental <strong>Health</strong><br />
Promotion in Schools: a Process Evaluation.<br />
International Journal of Mental <strong>Health</strong> Promotion 10<br />
(1) 32-41.<br />
Van Staden RC, Guan H, Johnson NW, Loo YC,<br />
Meredith N. (<strong>2008</strong>) Step-wise analysis of the dental<br />
implant insertion process using the finite element<br />
technique. Clin Oral Implants Res. <strong>19</strong>(3):303-13.<br />
Vellore LNK, Itthagarun A, King NM. (<strong>2008</strong>) The<br />
effect of calcium phosphopeptide-amorphous calcium<br />
phosphate (CPP-ACP) on remineralization of artificial<br />
caries-like lesions : an in vitro study. Australian Dental<br />
Journal 53:34-40.<br />
Walker R, Cooke M, McAllister M. (<strong>2008</strong>) A<br />
neophyte’s journey through qualitative analysis using<br />
Morse’s cognitive processes of analysis. International<br />
Journal of Qualitative Methods. 7(1):81-93.<br />
Weeks BK, Young CM, Beck BR. (<strong>2008</strong>). Eight months<br />
of regular in-school jumping improves indices of<br />
bone strength in adolescent boys and girls: Results<br />
of the POWER PE study. Journal of Bone and Mineral<br />
Research, 23(7):1002-11.<br />
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Email: m.chapman@griffith.edu.au<br />
Telephone: + 61 (7) 5552 9089<br />
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Email: j.bowly@griffith.edu.au<br />
Telephone: + 61 (7) 5678 0716<br />
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<strong>Health</strong> check<br />
Funding and Conferences3<br />
FUNDING<br />
Aitken L, Clayton S, Burmeister E. The Impact of Nursing Rounds on the Practice Environment, Nurse Satisfaction and Processes of Care. Queensland <strong>Health</strong> Nursing Research<br />
Grants (Experienced Researcher). $25,313:<strong>2008</strong>-09.<br />
Aitken, L Chaboyer W, Kendall E, Schuetz M, Joyce C. <strong>Health</strong> status and economic outcomes of critically ill trauma patients. PA Foundation. $50,000:<strong>2008</strong>-10.<br />
Colquhoun S, Horner B, Moyle W. The impact of stigma on a diagnosis and treatment of dementia. Collaborative Centre for Consumers, Carers, and Social Research.<br />
$60,000:<strong>2008</strong>.<br />
Coyne, E. Travel grant. Attendance 15th International Conference on Cancer Nursing Singapore. CNSA. $2800:<strong>2008</strong>.<br />
Guan H, Ivanovski S, Johnson NW, Loo YC. Finate element analysis of dental implant-bone system during and after implantation. Australian Dental Research Foundation.<br />
$3750:<strong>2008</strong>.<br />
Guan H, Ivanovski S. Simulation of Bone Remodelling in Response to Mechanical Forces on Dental Implant. <strong>Griffith</strong> <strong>University</strong>. $11,571:<strong>2008</strong>.<br />
Harris N, Sav A, Sebar B. Literature review on the conceptual models used to develop surveys on OHS attitudes, perceptions and behaviours, Australian Safety and<br />
Compensation Commission, DEWR, $15 000:<strong>2008</strong>.<br />
Ivanovski S. The effect of surface topography on gingival, periodontal ligament and osteoblast differentiation. Australian Dental Research Foundation. $3000:<strong>2008</strong>.<br />
Ivanovski S. In vivo effects of different types of SLA implant surfaces on early osseointegration in humans. ITI Foundation for the promotion of oral implantology.<br />
$42946:<strong>2008</strong>.<br />
McCarthy A, Shaban, R, Winch, S, Yates P, Brunelli V. Prevalence and determinants of health promotion and risk-reduction behaviours in female survivors of cancer. Queensland<br />
Nursing Council Experience Research Grant. $24,990:<strong>2008</strong>-09.<br />
Rincon C, Ivanovski S. Expression of CP-23 cementum protein by epithelial rest cells of Malassez. Australian Dental Research Foundation. $5000:<strong>2008</strong>.<br />
Rowe FN, Harris N, Somerset S. The development of Community Garden research, infrastructure of the <strong>Griffith</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Logan Campus Community Garden. Queensland<br />
Department of Housing. $59 000:<strong>2008</strong><br />
Tung YC, Cooke M, Moyle W. Self efficacy, functional performance and quality of life in geriatric rehabilitation units. Queensland Nursing Council Research Grants. $9998:<strong>2008</strong>.<br />
CONFERENCES<br />
Aitken LM. ‘Think aloud’ and observation – two methods of data collection that offer differing benefits in the study of decision making. International Research Meeting. Royal<br />
College of Nursing (UK). April <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
Alajmi F, Somerset S. Associations between energy intake, physical activity level and adiposity in Kuwait: A cross-sectional study. International Society for Behavioral Nutrition<br />
and Physical Activity Annual Meeting, Banff, Canada, May <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
Cantrill R. Practices influencing breastfeeding commencement in the first hour after birth. Global On-line Lactation Discussion. (GOLD). <strong>Health</strong>-e-learning. May <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
Coyne E, Rogers-Clark C. Presentation skills Workshop. 11th Winter Congress. CNSA, Gold Coast. June <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
Creedy D, Cantrill R, Cooke M, Dykes F. Birthing room practices associated with effective breastfeeding. International Congress of Midwives 28th Triennial Congress. A<br />
worldwide commitment to women and the newborn. Glasgow, UK. Jun <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
Cummings D, Rowe F, Harris N, Somerset S. Quality of Life and Community Gardens: African refugees and the <strong>Griffith</strong> <strong>University</strong> Community Food Garden, Population <strong>Health</strong><br />
Congress: A Global World - Practical Action for <strong>Health</strong> and Well Being, Brisbane. July, <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
De Leo D, Klieve H, Sveticic J. Suicide in Indigenous people: a psychological autopsy study. Queensland Suicide and Self-harm Prevention Conference, Cairns. July <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
De Leo D, Barnes M, Dudley M. Ensuring the accuracy of national suicide statistics: the role of coroners and other parties.Queensland Suicide and Self-harm Prevention<br />
Conference, Cairns. July <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
De Leo D, Hawgood J, Ide N, Anderson K. Post-discharge care for high risk psychiatric populations. Queensland Suicide and Self-harm Prevention Conference, Cairns.<br />
July <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
De Leo D, Hawgood J, Klieve H. Suicide and occupation – evidence from the Queensland Suicide Register. Queensland Suicide and Self-harm Prevention Conference, Cairns.<br />
July <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
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Telephone: + 61 (7) 5678 0716<br />
www.griffith.edu.au/health
De Leo D, Ide N, Hawgood J, Andersen K. An investigation into suicidal behaviour in males during the process of marital and de-facto separation. Queensland Suicide and Selfharm<br />
Prevention Conference, Cairns. July <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
De Leo D, Klieve H, Sveticic J. Firearm suicide – are the reductions a demonstration of the impact of access restrictions? Queensland Suicide and Self-harm Prevention<br />
Conference in Cairns, 23-25 July <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
De Leo D, Milner A. Implementing a research and intervention project in the Western Pacific Region: the WHO / START Study. Queensland Suicide and Self-harm Prevention<br />
Conference, Cairns. July <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
Gillespie BM, Chaboyer W, Lizzio A. Error in the OR: The role of teamwork and communication. ‘Between the Flags’, the 13th ACORN National Conference. Australian College of<br />
Operating Room Nurses (ACORN). May <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
Harris N, Sandor M. Understanding sustainable practice in community-based health promotion: A Delphi study of practitioner perspectives, Population <strong>Health</strong> Congress: A Global<br />
World - Practical Action for <strong>Health</strong> and Well Being, Brisbane. July, <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
Harris N, Grootjans J, Stewart R, Wenham K. Developing an ecological framework to promote wellbeing for communities of older people, Population <strong>Health</strong> Congress: A Global<br />
World - Practical Action for <strong>Health</strong> and Well Being, Brisbane. July, <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
Markwell K, Somerset S, Rowe F, Borbasi S. Determinants of dietary adherence in a community-based and weight loss trial. International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and<br />
Physical Activity Annual Meeting, Banff, Canada. May <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
McCarthy A, Yates P, Brunelli V, Shaban, R, Winch, S, Clavarino A. Prevalence and determinants of health promotion and risk-reduction behaviours in female survivors of cancer.<br />
Cancer Nurses Society Winter Congress, Gold Coast. June <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
McCarthy A, Yates P, Brunelli V, Shaban, R, Winch, S, Clavarino A. Quality of life in female survivors of cancer.Cancer Nurses Society Winter Congress, Gold Coast. June <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
Moyle W. <strong>Griffith</strong> <strong>University</strong> SONM and RCCCPI – Opportunities for education and research. Student and Staff Forums. Taipei Medical <strong>University</strong>, National Defence Medical<br />
<strong>University</strong> and Huang Kuang <strong>University</strong>. June <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
Moyle W (invited presentation). An Australian Study of Loneliness in Older People. I-Shou <strong>University</strong> Nursing Research Conference, Kaohsiung <strong>University</strong>, Taiwan. June <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
Moyle W (invited presentation). Determining QOL in people with dementia living in residential care. I-Shou <strong>University</strong> Nursing Research Conference, Kaohsiung <strong>University</strong>,<br />
Taiwan. June <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
Moyle W (invited presentation), Cheek J, McAllister M, Venturato L, Oxlade D, <strong>Griffith</strong>s S. A comparison of methods in determining QOL in people with dementia living in<br />
Australian residential care. Australian Association of Gerontology QOL Forum. RSL Care, Brisbane. May <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
Moyle W (invited presentation). QOL in people with dementia.Postgraduate and Staff Forum. National Taiwan College of Nursing, Taipei, Taiwan. June <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
Moyle W, Cheek J, Ballantyne A, Stanley M, Corliss M, Oxlade D, Jaworski K, du Chesne L, Stoll A, Van Emden J, Young B. An Australian Study of Loneliness in Older People:<br />
Implications of Stigma. International Psychogeriatric Association Conference. Dublin, Ireland. April <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
Moyle W, Cheek J, McAllister M, Venturato L, Oxlade D, <strong>Griffith</strong>s S. A comparison of methods in determining QOL in people with dementia living in Australian residential care.<br />
International Alzheimer’s Disease Conference. Taipei, Taiwan. June <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
Moyle, W (invited presentation). Using mixed methods to build an evidence based model of dementia care in Australia. Huang-Kuang <strong>University</strong> staff and student research<br />
forum. Taichung, Taiwan. June <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
Nalatu S, Stewart D, Panaretto K, Hills A. Mapping the physical activity experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander post-natal women. (Poster) Population <strong>Health</strong><br />
Congress, Brisbane. July <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
Nalatu S, Stewart D, Panaretto K, Hills A. Understanding the physical activity participation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander postnatal women. (Poster) Population <strong>Health</strong><br />
Congress, Brisbane. July <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
Nalatu S, Stewart D, Panaretto K, Hills A. Understanding the physical activity experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, including the factors that influence<br />
participation. Indigenous <strong>Health</strong> Symposium – Challenges in Indigenous<br />
<strong>Health</strong> - Contributing to a solution. Australian<br />
Catholic <strong>University</strong>.<br />
Rogers ME, Searle J, Creed PA. Career preferences of first year Australian medical students. ANZAME08: Practice, scholarship & research in health professional education,<br />
Sydney. July <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
Rowe FN, Somerset S, Stewart DE. Promoting Nutrition and Physical Activity Using a Whole School Approach. Population <strong>Health</strong> Congress: A Global World – Practical Action for<br />
<strong>Health</strong> and Well-being, Brisbane. July <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
Sadler R, Shaw G, Gabric A, Connell D, Shaw E. Climate Change Processes and Pollutant Behaviour the Asia-Pacific Environment. Presented at the Nepal Chemical Congress<br />
(Katmandu, Nepal) May <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
Sandor M, Harris N. Extending our understanding of effective partnerships and collaboration with community-based organisations in health promotion, Population <strong>Health</strong><br />
Congress: A Global World - Practical Action for <strong>Health</strong> and Well Being, Brisbane. July <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
Sandor, M. & Harris, N. Understanding the experience of university students as facilitators of the learning process within the medium of online discussion forums. In I. Olney,<br />
G. Lefoe, J. Mantei, & J. Herrington (Eds.), Supporting a Learning Community. Proceedings of the Second Emerging Technologies Conference <strong>2008</strong>, Wollongong: <strong>University</strong> of<br />
Wollongong, 173-181.<br />
Sav A, Sebar B, Harris N. The Voices of Muslim Men: The Experiences of Australian Muslim Men in the Workplace, Population <strong>Health</strong> Congress: A Global World - Practical Action<br />
for <strong>Health</strong> and Well Being, Brisbane. July <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
Somerset S, Graham L, Markwell K, Kostner K, Colquhoun D. Coronary risk reduction using isoenergetic, monounsaturated fat-enriched diets in overweight subjects.<br />
International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity Annual Meeting, Banff, Canada, May <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
Somerset S. New insights and novel interventions to steer youth toward healthy behaviours - Drawing from disciplines seemingly distant from health. International Society for<br />
Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity Annual Meeting, Banff, Canada, May <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
Stewart D. Sun J. Singing in choirs and quality of life: Australian data from an international study. Population <strong>Health</strong> Congress, Brisbane. July <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
Stolic S. The evaluation of nurse delivered symptom management program for people with Acute Coronary syndrome. Nursing Grand Rounds, Logan Hospital. June <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
Sun J, Stewart D. Resilience and mental health promotion in schools in China. (Poster) Population <strong>Health</strong> Congress, Brisbane. July <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
Sun J, Stewart D. <strong>University</strong> environment, mental health and resilience amongst university students in China. Population <strong>Health</strong> Congress, Brisbane. July <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
Walker R. Chairperson of Nathan Campus Clinical Workshop for Clinical Facilitators and Preceptors. April <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
3Editorial: Mardi Chapman<br />
Email: m.chapman@griffith.edu.au<br />
Telephone: + 61 (7) 5552 9089<br />
Editorial support: Jane Bowly<br />
Email: j.bowly@griffith.edu.au<br />
Telephone: + 61 (7) 5678 0716<br />
www.griffith.edu.au/health