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Publications

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Peer-reviewed publications
Book chapter
Conference presentations
Reports
Opinion pieces and other publications


Peer-reviewed publications

Supporting good practice in the provision of services to people with comorbid mental health and alcohol and other drug problems in Australia: describing key elements of good service models (co-authored with Virginia Lewis and Rachel Canaway). BMC Health Services Research, 2010, 10(1), 325.

Physical and psychosocial effects of Wii video game use among older women (co-authored with Dennis Wollersheim, Nora Shields, Pranee Liamputtong, Lara Wallis, Fay Reynolds and Lee Koh). International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Society, 2010, 8(2), 85–98.

Mindfulness-based stress reduction for people with chronic diseases: A literature review. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 2010, 16(3), 200-210.

Barriers to comorbidity service delivery: the complexities of dual diagnosis and the need to agree on terminology and conceptual frameworks (co-authored with Rachel Canaway). Australian Health Review, 2010, 34, 262-268.

The Darebin Family Violence Working Group: a partnership approach. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 2004, 10(2), 104-111.
(link to full article)

Women of the baby boom generation and unpaid work - What are the indications for the future? (co-authored with Dr Yvonne Wells). Australasian Journal on Ageing, 2003, 22(4), 186-190.

Women's working futures - Views, policies and choices. Foresight: the Journal of Futures Studies, Strategic Thinking and Policy, 2003, 5(6), 53-60.

BabyBoomWomen@Work2020 - Reflections on the methodology of a research project using futures scenarios and computer mediated communication. Journal of Futures Studies, 2002, 6(3), 83-94.

Examples of exemplary practice in adolescent primary health care. Australian Journal of Primary Health Interchange, 1998, 4(1), 37-48.

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Book chapter

A longer working life for Australian women? – The BabyBoomWomen@Work2020 website.
In Health Research in Cyberspace, Liamputtong P (ed), Nova Science, New York, 2006.

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Conference presentations

Building community capacity through e-consultation: Darebin e-Forum. With Lucas Walsh and Jackie Bailey. Australian Social Policy Conference 2007.

Darebin City Council and lifelong learning - Policy, research and collaboration at the local government level. With Amelia Basset. Collaborative Learning Communities. A one-day seminar by the Victorian Learning Communities Network and RMIT University. Rockbank, Vic., July 2006.

The Darebin Family Violence Working Group - Addressing family violence at the local level. Health promotion and preventing violence against women - What does it really mean? Women's Health In The West Conference in collaboration with VicHealth, MVM Primary Care Partnership and WestBay Alliance. Melbourne, June 2006.

The Darebin Family Violence Working Group – The factors that make this partnership work. With Voula Pantsis, Kerry Laidlaw, Jane Redfern and Louise Collins. VCOSS Congress 2004.

Enabling Government, Engaging Communities: An Online Perspective . A discussion forum open by invitation to the government, community and academic sectors across Australia and from Asia-Pacific countries, presented by the Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO), in partnership with the Queensland Government and Cisco Systems. Brisbane 17-18 November 2004.

A working future for Australian women of the baby boom generation? Work after age 65 - Women's perceptions and the policy implications of an ageing female workforce. VCOSS Congress 2003.

A longer working life for Australian women of the baby boom generation?: Women’s voices and the policy implications of an ageing female workforce. Australian Social Policy Conference 2003.

BabyBoomWomen@Work2020. Women of the baby boom generation and work after age 65. World Futures Studies Federation 18th World Conference, Kure, Japan, November 2002.

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Reports

Comorbidity treatment service model evaluation: final report August 2009.

Early Intervention in Chronic Disease in Community Health (EIiCD) EIiCD statewide evaluation (816 kb). Michael Taylor, Dell Horey, Lynda Berends, Monika Merkes and Hal Swerissen, November 2008.

Darebin Family Violence Working Group. Background paper (466 kb)
Darebin City Council, January 2004.

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Opinion pieces and other publications

Not just smoke and mirrors: placebo’s place in modern medicine
The Conversation, February 2012

Meat and other animals
ON LINE opinion, December 2011

Consumers need the facts about complementary medicines
The Conversation, November 2011

Pirates into Parliament: Transforming German politics
ON LINE opinion, September 2011

Bitterness makes the heart grow sicker
The Conversation, September 2011

Breast cancer screening - are women given all the facts?
The Conversation, August 2011

The intelligence of pigs and the comfort of dogs
ON LINE opinion, August 2011.

Mindfulness meditation offers help with the travails of chronic illness
The Conversation, June 2011

A meal to die for?
ON LINE opinion, June 2011

The elephants in the room, or a direct way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
ON LINE opinion, January 2011

A woman's work is never done - reinventing retirement
ON LINE opinion, May 2005

We need less 'boomer bashing' and more stories of better futures for all.
ON LINE opinion, January 2004

Tailoring the workplace is the key to keeping skilled women at work.
ON LINE opinion, August 2003

Weblogs - "Tripe-writing" on the increase?
PC Update, November 2002

Australian politicians' use of new media technologies - are they making the most of it?

ON LINE Opinion, August 2002

Australian politicians' use of new media technologies - are they making the most of it?
PC Update, August 2002

Online relationships - Liars or friends?
PC Update, July 2002

Spam, Spam - And more to come
PC Update, May 2002

Online support groups for men with prostate cancer
PC Update, March 2002

Is social capital moving online?
ON LINE Opinion, January 2002

Online communities
PC Update, December 2001

Online support groups
PC Update, November 2001

Out-of-print online
PC Update, September 2001

http://www.e-gov.everywhere
PC Update, August 2001

Do women and men use the Internet and e-mail in different ways?
PC Update, July 2001

Wired from head to toe
PC Update, June 2001

PC on wheels
PC Update, May 2001

What happened to telework?
PC Update, April 2001

Dog-related information on the Internet
PC Update, March 2001

One year of Internet censorship in Australia
PC Update, February 2001

You had your say. What do Melbourne PC User Group members think about Internet censorship?
PC Update, February 2001

Freedom of speech, Internet censorship, and an interview with Ann K Symons

PC Update, December 2000

Older people and the Internet
PC Update, November 2000

Health information on the Internet
PC Update, October 2000

Electronic health records - Your health online?
PC Update, September 2000

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