Research interests
My current research interests include social determinants of health through multilevel analysis and spatial analysis, cultural and diversity health, population health, application of technology in health and education, and intercultural health.
I have partcipated and supervised/co-supervised the following projects:
- Pilot study on health outsourcing in Tasmanian rural hospitals and health services.
- Pilot study on overweight and obesity.
- Innovative solutions to skill shortages in health.
- Australian trained overseas born health professionals in rural practice
- A cross-cultural study of the views and attitudes towards maternity care held by migrants in rural Tasmania.
- Vietnamese-born health professionals' views and attitudes towards rurality and rural health.
- Factors influencing small business training.
- The expatriate English teacher experience.
- Early literacy development and intervention.