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We are at the heart of advanced learning in health sciences, nursing and midwifery.
The College of Nursing and Health Sciences has strong partnerships to industry, community and the healthcare sector.
In fact, we’re world renowned for multidisciplinary research and improving health care, where our high-quality programs and professional practices continue to expand what we can do to address emerging health issues.
We base our innovation on the very best teaching methods, using the latest equipment and facilities.
But most of all we seek to change and improve practice through our research and through our graduates.
We see it as thinking bravely.
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Relationships of eHealth Literacy to Socio-Demographic Characteristics and Engagement in Online Learning: A Quantitative Study
(Flinders University, 2021-06)Over the next two decades, population growth, chronic disease progression and an ageing population will see a growing number of people confront the difficulties that often accompany coming to the end of one’s life. Online ... -
How do nurses keep children safe from abuse and neglect, and does it make a difference? A scoping review
(Elsevier, 2018-01-29)Objectives: To explore the extent of child protection work performed by nurses and identify which interventions hold the strongest evidence for future practice. Design: This scoping review was guided by Arksey and O'Malley's ... -
Integrative review: Nurses' roles and experiences in keeping children safe
(Wiley, 2016-08-10)Aim To identify nurses' role and experiences of keeping children safe. Background Approaches to preventing, identifying and responding to child abuse and neglect have moved towards a multidisciplinary approach where ... -
Development and validation of the Australian Midwifery Standards Assessment Tool (AMSAT) to the Australian Midwife Standards for Practice 2018
(Elsevier, 2019-09-09)Background The Australian Midwifery Standards Assessment Tool (AMSAT) was developed against the Competency Standards for the Midwife in 2017 to enable consistent assessment of midwifery student performance in practice-based ... -
Parent Feeding Practices in the Australian Indigenous Population within the Context of non-Indigenous Australians and Indigenous Populations in Other High-Income Countries—A Scoping Review
(Oxford University Press, 2019-01)Although extensive literature on parent feeding practices among the general Australian population exists, Australian Indigenous populations are generally overlooked. A systematic scoping review was carried out to map any ... -
Development of a short‐item diet quality questionnaire for Indigenous mothers and their young children: The Menzies remote short‐item dietary assessment tool
(WIley, 2018-04-19)The importance of a healthy diet in facilitating optimal childhood development and preventing chronic disease cannot be overstated. Despite this, unhealthy food patterns frequently occur as early as 9 months of age and ... -
Characteristics of Smartphone Applications for Nutrition Improvement in Community Settings: A Scoping Review
(Oxford University Press, 2017-03-10)Smartphone applications are increasingly being used to support nutrition improvement in community settings. However, there is a scarcity of practical literature to support researchers and practitioners in choosing or ... -
Consumer Trust
(Sage, 2015)In the past two decades, food industries in developed countries have experienced increasing numbers of food scares that have resulted in increased consumer concerns about the safety of food. Concerns about the safety and ... -
The Relative Validity of the Menzies Remote Short-Item Dietary Assessment Tool (MRSDAT) in Aboriginal Australian Children Aged 6–36 Months
(MDPI, 2018-05-10)The Menzies Remote Short-item Dietary Assessment Tool (MRSDAT) can be used to derive a dietary index score, which measures the degree of compliance with the Australian Dietary Guidelines. This study aimed to determine the ... -
A Smartphone App to Reduce Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption Among Young Adults in Australian Remote Indigenous Communities: Design, Formative Evaluation and User-Testing
(JMIR Publications, 2017-12-12)Background: The disproportionate burden of noncommunicable disease among Indigenous Australians living in remote Indigenous communities (RICs) is a complex and persistent problem. Smartphones are increasingly being used ... -
Protein Intake and Growth in Preterm Infants: A Systematic Review
(Sage, 2014-10-15)Objective. This review aimed to investigate the relationship between varying levels of enteral protein intake and growth in preterm infants, regardless of feeding method. Data Sources. Electronic databases were searched ... -
Parent’s Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Body Mass, and Chronic Disease Status Is Associated with Metabolic Syndrome in Young Adults: A Preliminary Study
(MDPI, 2019-05-19)We sought to determine if there was an intergenerational association between parental weight, cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), and disease status, with the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetSyn) in their young adult o ... -
Cross-country comparison of strategies for building consumer trust in food
(Oxford University Press, 2019-04-09)Consumer trust in the modern food system is essential given its complexity. Contexts vary across countries with regard to food incidents, regulation and systems. It is therefore of interest to compare how key actors in ... -
Allied Health Clinicians' Understanding of Palliative Care as It Relates to Patients, Caregivers, and Health Clinicians: A Cross-Sectional Survey
(Association of Schools of Allied Health Professionals, 2019-06-01)PURPOSE: The scope of hospice or palliative care has expanded since its inception, which has significant ramifications for the AH workforce. This study sought to elicit allied health (AH) clinicians' understanding and views ... -
The role of community and professional engagement in teaching allied health higher education: the academic perspective
(Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions, 2018-07-26)Community and professional engagement describes a collaborative model of interaction between institutions of higher education and the communities in which they operate. This qualitative study aimed to examine how professional ... -
Addressing Uncomfortable Issues: Reflexivity as a Tool for Culturally Safe Practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
(Cambridge University Press, 2014-11-10)It is well recognised that research with Aboriginal communities needs to be ethical, meaningful and useful, in a way that is defined by communities themselves. This article provides an example of how reflexivity, from a ... -
A model for (re)building consumer trust in the food system
(Oxford University Press, 2016-04-12)The article presents a best practice model that can be utilized by food system actors to assist with (re)building trust in the food system, before, during and after a food incident defined as ‘any situation within the food ... -
Review of Indigenous Health Curriculum in Nutrition and Dietetics at One Australian University: An Action Research Study
(Cambridge University Press, 2015-05-20)This article describes a review undertaken in 2012–2013 by Nutrition and Dietetics, Flinders University, to assess the Indigenous health curriculum of the Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics (BND) and Masters of Nutrition ... -
Management of food incidents by Australian food regulators
(WIley, 2016-01-24)Aim This paper explores how food regulators respond to food incidents and the barriers and enablers associated with doing so. Methods Twenty‐six semi‐structured interviews lasting between 30 and 60 minutes were ... -
Supporting dietitians to work in Aboriginal health: Qualitative evaluation of a Community of Practice mentoring circle
(WIley, 2016-08-23)Aim This paper explores the experience of dietitians participating in a Community of Practice designed to support their work with Aboriginal communities. Methods The Community of Practice for dietitians working with ...
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