Staff Profile
Dr Maria Donald
Position: Senior Lecturer
Phone: +61 7 334 64795
Fax:
Email: m.donald@sph.uq.edu.au
Location: 119
Building: Public Health Building
Centre or Group: Health Systems and Economics
Biography:
Dr Maria Donald is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Population Health. She has a BA (Hons) and completed her PhD in 1998, both of which were awarded by the University of Queensland. Her principal areas of research include mental health promotion, suicide prevention, sexual health and HIV/AIDS prevention and recently chronic disease prevention and management. The evaluation (both quantitative and qualitative) of multifaceted interventions concerned with health promotion and the delivery of health services has been a fundamental focus of her research. She has an emerging interest in healthy public policy and has been involved in large-scale research and evaluation projects that have directly informed health policy developments in Australia, particularly in the area of mental health. This influence has taken the form of increasing the consideration of socio-ecological models of health and how broader environments can impact on health, and has strengthened our approach to the measurement of the complex interventions that are required to promote health among the Australian population. A key theme in her research has been collaboration across the research community, the implementation of policy, and the needs of patients and local communities.Qualifications:
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Doctor of Philosophy (1998)
University of Queensland
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Bachelor of Arts Honours (1988)
University of Queensland
Research Interests:
- Health Behaviour Interventions
- Health Policy
- Health Psychology
- Health Services Research
- Mental Health
- Social Determinants of Health
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- Millear P, Liossis P, Shochet IM, Biggs H, Donald M. Being on PAR: Outcomes of a Pilot Trial to Improve Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace With the Promoting Adult Resilience (PAR) Program. Behaviour Change. 2008; 25(4):215-228.
- Cole R, Leslie E, Donald M, Cerin E, Neller A, Owen N. Motivational readiness for active commuting by university students: Incentives and barriers. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. 2008; 19:210-215.
- Orlandi A, Thorpe M, Donald M. Key Informant Interviews with Clinicians. Baseline Evaluation of the Queensland Strategy for Chronic Disease 2005-2015. Herston. School of Population Health, University of Queensland; ;
- Millear P, Liossis P, Shochet I, Biggs H, Donald M. Promoting adult resilience in the workplace: Synthesizing mental health and work-life balance approaches. In: 42nd Australian Psychological Society Annual Conference; 2007 September 2007 Brisbane. .
- Evans R, Donald M, Ware R, Lutsenko H, Cornes B. Health Risk Behaviours & Supportive Environments for Healthy Behaviour. Baseline Evaluation of the Queensland Strategy for Chronic Disease 2005-2015. Herston. School of Population Health, University of Queensland; ;
- Donald M, Naylor M, Parekh S, Orlandi A. Hospital Separations, Avoidable Admissions, Health Service Utilisation & Quality of Care. Baseline Evaluation of the Queensland Strategy for Chronic Disease 2005-2015. Herston. School of Population Health, University of Queensland; ;
- Donald M, Crowther R, Ware 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; ;
- Cole R, Leslie E, Donald M, Cerin E, Owen N. Residential Proximity to School and the Active Travel Choices of Parents. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. 2007; 18(2):127-134.
- Boyle FM, Donald M, Dean JH, Conrad S, Mutch AJ. Mental Health Promotion and Non-profit Health Organisations. Health and Social Care in the Community. 2007; 15(6):553-560.
- Donald M, Dower J, Correa-Velez I, Jones M. Risk and protective factors for medically serious suicide attempts: a comparison of hospital-based with population-based samples of young adults. Australia and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 2006; 40(1):87-96.
- Cole R, Leslie E, Bauman A, Donald M, Owen N. Socio-demographic variations in walking for transport and for recreation or exercise among adult Australians. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 2006; 3(2):164-178.
- Donald M, Dower J, Kavanagh D. Integrated versus non-integrated management and care for clients with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders: a qualitative systematic review of randomised controlled trials. Social Science and Medicine. 2005; 60(6):1371-83.
- Donald M, Dower J, Chen L. Literature Review- National Drug Strategy and National Mental Health Strategy. Siggins Miller Consultancy; ;
- Donald M, Dower J, Chen L. Literature review. In: National comorbidity project: current practice in the management of clients with co-morbid mental health and substance use disorders in tertiary care settings. National Drug Strategy and National Mental Health Strategy; ;
- Boyle F, Donald M. Future directions for information dissemination: Population health and the primary health care workforce. Thinking Populations: Population health and the primary health care workforce. Public Health Education and Research Program Project. . 2003; .
- Spence S, Donald M, Dower J, Woodward R, Lacharez P. Outcomes and indicators: measurement tools; and databases for the National Action Plan for Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention for Mental Health 2000. Brisbane. School of Psychology and Centre for Primary Health Care, University of Queensland. Report produced for the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care; ;
- Donald M, Dower J. Risk and protective factors for depressive symptomatology among a community sample of adolescents and young adults. Australia and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 2002; 26(6):555-62.
- Donald M, Bush R. Involving consumers with mental illness in Qualitative Evaluation: Application of the Community Capacity Building Audit. In: 8th International Qualitative Health Research Conference; 2002 April 2002 Banff, Canada.
- Donald M, Bush R. Application of the Community-Capacity Building Audit - A case study involving consumers with mental illness in qualitative evaluation. Australian Journal of Psychology. 2002; 54(Supplement):22-23.
