Research Reports

An investigation into the anticipated impacts of mining proposed in the Clarence-Moreton Basin communities
The Felton project.
Moffatt, J.

Enhancing the knowledge and skills of advisory and extension agents in mental health issues of farmers.
Hossain, D., Gorman, D., Eley, R., Coutts, J.

New Standards of Practice for Australian Mental Health Nurses.
Neville, C., Eley, D., Hangan, C., Weir, J., Quinn, J., Meehan, T.

Refereed Journal Articles 

Dashwood, A., Lawrence, J., Burton, L., & Brown, A. (2009). Defining scholarship across disciplines in Higher Education: In search of a student perspective. International Journal of Arts and Sciences

Rose, J., Glass, N.  2009 An investigation of emotional wellbeing and its relationship to contemporary nursing practice.  Collegian 16 (4) pp185-192.

Tuckett, A., Parker, D., Eley, R., Hegney, D.  2009. I love nursing but' ..' - qualitative findings from Australian aged-care nurses about thier intrinsic, extrinsic and social work values.  International Journal of Older People Nursing.  4 (4) pp.307-317.

Schouten, P., Parisi, A.V. & Downs, N. 2009, Measuring Ultraviolet Radiation Underwater: A Practical Application of the Beer-Lambert-Bouguer Law for High School Physics, Teaching Science, vol.55, pp.50-54. 

Downs, N., Schouten, P., Parisi, A.V. & Turner, J. 2009, Measurements of the upper body ultraviolet exposure to golfers: non-melanoma skin cancer risk, and the potential benefits of exposure to sunlight, Photodermatology, Photoimmunology, Photomedicine, vol.25, pp.317-324. 

Schouten, P., Parisi, A.V. & Turnbull, D.J. 2009, Applicability of the Polyphenylene Oxide Film Dosimeter to High UV Exposures UV Dosages in Aquatic Environments, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, vol.96, pp.184-192.

Eley D, S & Eley R, M. 2009 How do rural GPs manage their inactive and overweight patients?  A pilot study of rural GPs in Queensland. Australian Family Physician 38 (9) pp 747-748.

Hossain D, D Gorman, R. Eley. 2009. Enhancing the Knowledge and Skills of Advisory and Extension Agents in Mental Health Issues of Farmers. Australasian Psychiatry 17:1, S116-120 

Eley D., Zhang, J., Wilkinson, D.  2009 Self sufficiency in intern supply: the impact of expanded medical schools medical places, and rural clinical schools in Queensland.  Australian Health Review. vol 33 (3): 472-477

Henwood, T., Eley, R., Parker,D., Tuckett, A., Hegney, D. 2009 Regional differences among employed nurses : a Queensland study.  The Australian Journal of Rural Health. Vol 17 pp 201-207.

Partennan, R., O'Brien, M., Eley, D. 2009 Necessity breeds innovation: GP's help prevent an emergency department closure.  Australian Health Review, 33 (3): 467-471.

Downs, N. & Parisi, A.V. 2009, “Measurements of the anatomical distribution of erythemal ultraviolet: a study comparing exposure distribution to the site incidence of solar keratoses, basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma,” Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., vol.8, pp.1195–1201.

Rahman, A., Chowdhury, S., Hossain, D. 2009. Acute malnutrition in Bangladeshi children: level and determinants.  Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health. 21: 294-302.

O’Brien, M. L., Buikstra, E., Fallon, T. & Hegney, D. (2009) Strategies for success: A toolbox of coping strategies used by breastfeeding women. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 18(11); 1574-1582.

Downs, N. & Parisi, A.V. 2009, "Ultraviolet exposures in different playground settings: A cohort study of measurements made in a school population," Photodermatology, Photoimmunology, Photomedicine, vol.25, pp.196-201.

Gorman, D., Toombs, M.  2009. Matching research methodology with Australian Indigenous Culture.  Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal Vol 33 No 3.  pp 4-7.

Parisi, A.V., Turnbull, D.J. & Turner, J.  2009.  Comparision of the biologically effective spectra for erythema and pre-vitamin D3 synthesis.  International Journal of Biometeorology, vol 53, pp 11-15.

Parisi, A.V., Smith, D., Schouten, P & Turnbull, D.J.  2009 Solar ultraviolet protection provided by human head hair.  Photochemistry and Photobiology, vol 85, pp 250-254.

Eley, R., Soar, J., Buikstra, E., Fallon, T., Hegney, D.  2009.  Attitudes of Australian Nurses to Information Technology in the Workplace.  Computers, Informatics, Nurses. Vol 27, Number 2. pp114-121.

Parisi A.V., Turnbull, D.J., de Byl, C., Schouten, P., Turner, J. & Downs, N. 2009, "Influence of Cloud and Solar Zenith Angle on the Diffuse Solar Erythemal UV Short Wavelength Cut-offs and Maximum Spectral Irradiance Wavelengths," Radiation Protection in Australasia, vol.26, pp.2-9.

Turner, J., Parisi, A.V. & Turnbull, D. 2009, "Dosimeter for the measurement of plant damaging solar UV exposures," Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, vol.149, pp.1301-1306.

O'Brien, M., Buikstra, E., Fallon, T., Hegney, D.  2009 Exploring the Influence of Physchological factors on breastfeeding duration, Phase 1:  Perceptions of Mothers and Physicians.  Journal of Human Lactation.  Vol 25 No 1 pp 55-63.

Yuginovich, T., O'Brien, P.  2009 Staff perceptions of an alternative educational model for at risk adolescents in Queensland.  The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences.  Vol 3 (12) pp 15-26.

Eley, D., Boyes, J., Young, L., Hegney, D. 2009. Adults with intellectual disability in regional Australia:  Incidence of disability and provision of accommodation support to their ageing carers.  The Australian Journal of Rural Health. Vol 17 pp 161-166.

Hossain, D., Gorman, D., Eley, R., Coutts, J.  2009. Farm advisors' reflections on Mental Health First Aid Training. Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health Vol 8, 1

Conferences:

Gorman, D 2009, 'Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Research: What works?', keynote presentation to ACCN 2009 New Horizons: Nursing Neonates, Families & Communities, Darwin, 19th April.

Parisi, A.V., & Turner, J. 2009, “Experiment kit for first year Physics students to undertake practicals at any place and any time,” Proceedings ALTC First Year Experience Curriculum Design Symposium 2009, Queensland University of Technology, February 2009. http://www.fyecd2009.qut.edu.au/resources/showcase_list.jsp

Parisi, AV., Schouten, P., Downs, N.J. & Turner, J. 2009, “Solar UV exposures measured simultaneously to all arbitrarily oriented leaves on a plant,” MOCA-09, 19-29th July, Montreal, Canada.

Young J., Eley, D., Fahey, P., Hegney, D.  2009. Research in action: remotely accessing electronic patient management systems - a win-win situation.  Australian practice Nurses Association inagural conference:  The Right Stuff, APNA Visionary Conference, Melbourne, Victoria.

Eley, DS, Eley, RM., Rogers-Clark,C. 2009  The influence of temperament and character traits on nurse retention. American Psychological Association Convention, Toronto, Canada.  

Eley, RM., Hossain, D., Coutts, J., Gorman, D., Eley, D,S. 2009 Supporting the mental health of farmers in south east Queensland.  American Psychological Association Convention, Toronto, Canada.