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School of Population Health
Staff Profile

Dr Ruth Crowther

Position: Research Fellow

Phone: +61 7 3346 4627

Fax:

Email: r.crowther@uq.edu.au

 

Location: Tram

Building: Public Health Building

Centre or Group: Health Systems and Economics

Biography:

Dr Ruth Crowther is a Research Fellow in the Health Systems and Economics Group in the School of Population Health at The University of Queensland. She holds a BSc (Hons) in Psychology and an MPhil and PhD in Psychology from the University of Manchester in the UK. With a research background in community based services for people with psychiatric illness, Dr Crowther has an emerging area of interest in health system responses to people with complex multi-morbidities. She is currently coordinator of the Undergraduate Health Systems and Evaluation course and teaches into the Postgraduate Health Systems Organisation and Management course.

Qualifications:

  • Doctor of Philosophy  (2004)
    University of Manchester, UK
  • Master of Philosophy  (1999)
    University of Manchester, UK
  • BSc (Hons) Psychology  (1996)
    Sheffield Hallam Unviersity, UK

Research Interests:

  • Epidemiology
  • Health Policy
  • Health Psychology
  • Health Services Research
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Mental Health

 

Publications

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  • Donald M, Crowther R, Jamrozik K. Mortality, Prevalence, Incidence, Health Status & QoL. Baseline Evaluation of the Queensland Strategy for Chronic Disease 2005-2015. Herston. School of Population Health, University of Queensland; ;
  • Crowther R, Orlandi A, Donald M, Jamrozik K. Health Services Quality Improvement and Partnerships. Baseline Evaluation of the Queensland Strategy for Chronic Disease 2005-2015. Herston. School of Population Health, University of Queensland; ;
  • Crowther RE. Determining the Accountability of Disability Services Queensland (DSQ) Funding: A Focus on Disability Groups. Brisbane. ;
  • Crowther RE. Vocational Rehabilitation for People with Severe Mental Illness in the North West of England: A Naturalistic Follow up Study. In: Eighth Biennial Australasian Schizophrenia Conference; 2004 September Brisbane.
  • Crowther RE, Faragher B. The Impact of Stigma on the Employment of People with Mental Health Problems. In: Work, Stress and Health: New Challenges in a Changing Workplace; 2003 March Toronto, Canada. American Psychological Association;
  • Crowther RE. Employment issues for people with Mental Health Problems. Open Mind; ;
  • Crowther RE, Gask L, Ives R, Jackenfields J. A program designed to monitor the course and management of depressive illness across the Interface from Primary to Secondary Care. In: Towards Global Health: The Informatics Route to Knowledge; 2001 Sept London.
  • Crowther RE, Marshall M, Bond GR, Huxley P. Helping people with severe mental illness to obtain work: systematic review. British Medical Journal. 2001 Jan; 322(7280):204-209.
  • Crowther RE, Marshall M. Employment Rehabilitation Schemes for people with severe mental illness in the North West Region: Service Characteristics and Utilisation. Journal of Mental Health. 2001; 10(4):373-381.
  • Crowther RE. Vocational Rehabilitation Services: Review and Synthesis. In: American Psychiatric Association Conference; 1999 October New Orleans, LA.

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