NEW GRANTS/FUNDING

Banwell, C., Sutherland, S., Leach, L., LaBond, C., Calear, A., Olsen, A., and Philips, C. The effects of smoke, heat and fear of fire on social functioning: a pilot study. 

This project aims to understand how different aspects of social capital are being impacted due to the smoke, heat, and fear of fire that Canberra residents, including those from Indigenous communities and vulnerable groups, have been facing. This will inform strategies to reduce individual isolation and strengthen community connection. $17,600

Nolan C, Cherbuin N, Nanan R., Bansal A., et al, MRFF APP1201378 ‘Impact of bushfires on maternal and child health (Julie Smith, associate investigator).

Smith JP, Fox M, Eldridge S, Employers and breastfeeding: creating workplace settings that support women’s health’, ‘National Women’s Health Strategy Grant Opportunity, December 2019.

OTHER CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Dixon, J., Paul-Taylor, J., Arup, C. (2019) “Back to mine: re-territorialising digital dining”, Agri-Food XXV, Australasian Agri-Food Research Network, Christchurch, NZ, December 4, 2019.

Leach, L, Cooklin, A. Exploring the causes and consequences of work-family conflict: Gendered risks and opportunities. Gender and Sexuality at Work Conference. 18^th February 2020, Melbourne, Australia.

RSPH WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS

Smith, Julie. Breastfeeding Advocacy Australia workshops:  ‘The WHO International Code of Marketing on Breastmilk Substitutes’, and ‘Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies’, Brisbane, 20-25 February 2020.

OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT

Smith JP, Submission to NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into Support for Children of Imprisoned Parents in New South Wales, February 2020.

OTHER NEWS

Jane Dixon is currently serving as an external evaluator of the Master in Food Studies, Taylor’s University, Malaysia (2019-2020)

Jane Dixon contributed to grant review in her capacity as a Research Committee Member on the Consolidator Grant SH3 Panel (The Social World, Diversity, Population), European Research Council (2019).

Julie Smith was an invited participant, La Trobe University, Delphi study on breastfeeding measurement, February 2020

Julie Smith, MRFF assessor invitation, February 2020

Julie Smith, BMC Pediatrics editorial board invitation February 2020  

PAPERS ACCEPTED/PUBLISHED

Leach, L.S. San Too, L. Batterham, P. Kiely, K. Christensen, H. Butterworth, P. Workplace bullying and suicidal ideation: Findings from an Australian longitudinal study of mid-aged workers. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Accepted 18^th Feb, 2020.

Workplace bullying adversely affects mental health, yet little is known about the outcomes for suicidal ideation. The current study used Australian population-based data (n=1488 aged 52-8) to investigate the association between workplace bullying and suicidal ideation. Current and past experiences of workplace bullying were associated with increased risk of suicidal ideation. Current experiences were no longer associated after adjusting for concurrent indicators of psychosocial job stress, although a tendency for increased ideation remained. Reported prior experience of workplace bullying in a past workplace remained associated with higher odds of suicidal ideation after adjusting for prior psychosocial job stressors and excluding individuals with prior suicidal ideation. Being bullied at work is associated with increased risk of suicidal thoughts, although this occurs within the broader influence of other psychologically stressful employment conditions.