Papers (accepted and published)

Brown R. Muller, T & Olsen, A. (2019). Australian women’s cervical cancer screening attendance as a function of screening barriers and facilitators. Social Science & Medicine 220, 396-402. 

New MEMBERS, VISITORS, Appointments and STUDENTS

We welcome Dr Ella Dilkes-Frayne to the Society, Culture, and Health group. She will be working with Cathy and Anna this year. Ella also has a position at ANU Sociology, and brings with her skills in qualitative research, interpretive methodologies, and sociological theory.

Impact and engagement

Leach L & Cooklin A. Aussie parents’ work, care and health. Parent Equality Network Meeting. Parents at Work – Australian Parental Leave Equality Network. 20^th February 2019, Sydney, Australia. (Invited presentation).

Lyndall attended the Centre for Work Health and Safety (CWHS) research group meeting in Sydney on the 12^th February.

Working to boost our collaborations with the ANUMS, Cathy and Anna were invited by Professor Christine Phillips to meet with Professor Simon Kitto, Director of Research in the Office of Continuing Professional Developmet, University of Ottawa. Simon is a medical sociologist working in health professions education who was visiting Canberra to discuss opportunities to expand hospital-based research, with a focus on social science approaches to understanding behaviours and practices.

Ruth Kharis was the PHAA representative for the ACT Food Regulation Reference Group 27 February 2019 meeting.

Ruth Kharis, as a DAA representative, contributed to the International Confederation of Dietetic Association’s Food Sustainability Initiative.

Ruth Kharis presented her PhD exit seminar; Coherent ‘Clean and green’ Australian food policies, February 21^st, 2019, at RSPH