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James Smith
BAppSc. Hons. (Hum Movt), BEd.
Location:
Room 931, Level 9, 10 Pulteney St
Email:
james.smith@adelaide.edu.au
Phone:
+61 8 8303 3588
Research Topic:
Help Seeking and Health Service Use Among Ageing Men
James was awarded a Florey Medical Research PhD Scholarship to pursue the
above project as a joint candidate in both the Department of Public Health and Department
of Medicine at the University of Adelaide. This work forms a component of the
Florey Adelaide Male Ageing Study (FAMAS), a collaborative project aiming to
determine the health status and health related behaviours of men residing in
the North Western suburbs of Adelaide. James is investigating men's help
seeking and health service use qualitatively, with the intent of guiding policy
development aimed at improving the provision of health services for men throughout
Australia.
Achievements related to this component of FAMAS include:
- RM Gibson Scientific Research Grant awarded by the Australian Association of Gerontology
- Men, masculinity and help seeking: The reluctant users of health
services. Respondent's Prize at the Public Health Association of
Australia (SA) Public Health Futures: Research and Practice Conference,
Adelaide, October 2004
- Masculinity and ageing men - The forgotten issue! South Australian Gerontology
Conference/7th Conjoint Scientific Meeting - Adelaide, July, 2004
- Confronting the reluctant users: Investigating why men don't seek help.
Postgraduate Symposium on Men's Issues, Men's Health and Information
Resource Centre - Sydney, October 2004
- Choosing to stay away: An exploration of why men are reluctant to seek help.
The Choice is ours: Sustainable futures and Home Economics, Home Economics
Institute of Australia, Hobart, January 2005
- Men - Behaving badly or behaving appropriately? Understanding help seeking
and health service use. Behaviour and Health: Evidence to Practice, Australasian
Society for Behavioural Health and Medicine, Melbourne, February 2005
Supervisors:
Dr Annette Braunack-Mayer, Senior Lecturer, Department of Public Health
Dr Megan Warin, Lecturer, Department of Public Health
Prof Gary Wittert, Associate Professor, Deptartment of Medicine
Interests:
Men’s Health, Ageing, Health Promotion Practice, Public Health Workforce
Development, Qualitative Health Research.
Background:
James works as a Health Promotion Officer at Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH).
He co-ordinates Health In Men (HIM), RAH men’s health initiative, which
involves a range of activities, including health education and health screening
and referral for men. James also teaches on men’s health across various
health-related tertiary curricula, including those relating to medicine, pharmacy,
nursing and human movement. He has presented on men’s health at a range
of health related conferences (some abstracts available at www.rah.sa.gov.au/healthpr/presentations.php).
Currently, James also holds the position of Vice President of the Australian
Health Promotion Association (SA Branch).
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