Joint Research Projects

Recent grants

Parker, V., Giles, M., McMullen, P., Bristow, S., Sheather, G., Fraser, J., Paliadelis, P., Parmenter, G., Mitchell, R. Higgins, I.
'The Actual and the Potential of Interprofessional Teamwork in Rural Health Care, New South Wales Institute of Rural Clinical Services and Teaching'($59,871)

Parker, V., Higgins, I., Cruichshank, M., Paliadelis, P., Parmenter, G., Giles, M., McMullen, P.,  White, A. &  Relf, M.
‘Challenges confronting health care professionals in rural acute care settings’. Nurses & Midwives Board of NSW, Research & Development Scholarship. ($28,429)

Tait, K., Hussain, R. & Young L.
‘Vulnerability and rurality: Parental perceptions of quality of life for families and children with intellectual disabilities’. APEX Foundation for Research into Intellectual Disabilities. ($22,872)

Hussain, R., Briggs D.S., & Wark S. ‘The ageing of people with disability in rural areas’.  UNE-FOTPs Deans Initiative Funding. ($14,600).

Briggs D.S., Cruickshank, M., Fraser, J., & Taytiwat, P. 
‘Strengthening rural Thai health services to meet Millennium Development Goals: Developing Thai rural health professionals’ health management capacity through collaborative Action Research (CAR)’. UNE International Linkages and Collaborative Grants Research Scheme $20,000 UNE plus $20,000 matching funding Naresuan University.

Hussain, R., Guppy, M., & Roberstson, S.
‘Health and well-being of undergraduate university students’. UNE-FOTPs Internal Grant Scheme, ($18,977).

Kennedy, A., Sheridan, A. Paterson, D., Parmenter G., & Martin, P.
'Establishment of a Significant UNE Research Program in Networks of Rural Professionals’. UNE-FOTPs Internal Grant Scheme, ($13,529).

Paliadelis, P. & Parmenter, G.
‘A scoping study to explore the capacity of General Practice Nurses to improve the prevention and management of childhood obesity’. UNE-FOTPs Internal Grant Scheme, ($8,548).

Maple, M., Hunter, S. & Ackling, S.
‘Maintaining Ethical Boundaries: An Exploration of Regional, Rural and Remote Counsellor Practice’. UNE-FOTPs Internal Grant Scheme, ($4,077).

Maple, M., Edwards, H. & Bartik W.
‘Grief in young people: Understanding the experience of losing a sibling or friend to suicide during adolescence or young adulthood. UNE-FOTPs Internal Grant Scheme, ($3,612).

Hussain R. & Khan A.
‘Exploratory collaborative project on violence against women in Fiji’. Seed funding UNE Asia Centre, ($3,500)

Briggs, D.S.
‘Identifying common interests and challenges in education, training and research: Collaborative action research: Indonesia’. Seed funding UNE Asia Centre, ($2,000)

Smyth, R., Tynan, B., Caladine, R., & Andrews, T.,
ALTC Leadership Grant: Leading Rich Media Implementation Collaboratively: Mobilising International, National and Business Expertise. ($220,000).

Previous grants

Maple, M., Simpson, B., Scott, J., Bowers, J.R. & Hunter, S.,
Bachelor of Social Work Development Project, UNE ($24,000).

Hay, I., Hussain R., Edwards, H, Paterson D., Brown J.
‘Investigating vulnerable rural youth with disabilities, their families and service needs: Mapping transitions, pathways and destinations from secondary school’. UNE-FEHPS Large Research Grant Scheme, ($14,195).

Parmenter G.
Community Nursing Clinical Facilitation Project. University of New England Partnerships & Hunter New England Health ($18,000).

Maxwell, T., & Smyth R., AusAid Public Service Leadership Project in Bhutan ($140,000).

Briggs D.S.
To deliver curricula for Primary Care Health Professionals in Health Management and Nursing. School of Health University of New England and National Health Security Office, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand. ($60,000).

Fraser J., Alexander C, eta l.
Development of a multidisciplinary Human Factors Training Modules. Rural Health Support and Education Scheme, $123,000

Khan, A.
‘Living with Multiple Identities: an Ethnographic Study of the Concept of Identity, Democracy and Pluralism among Pukhtuns of Pakistan’. Sponsored by Jawaharlal Nehru University's (New Delhi) Project on 'Dialogue on Democracy and Pluralism in South Asia and Funded by the Ford Foundation) (A$20,000).

Robertson, S, Watt J, Guppy M, Wielebinski, W, Horton, N, Hussain R., et al.
‘Iron status of a female university population’. Meat & Livestock Association, ($17,500).

Ditton, M.,
Quality Care in Primary Health Facilities: Improving Health Care for the Rural Poor of Thailand and Developing Countries, UNE University Research Grant Scheme, ($5000)

Parmenter, G. ‘An Exploration of Factors that Contribute to Social Isolation Among Residents of Rural Aged Care Facilities’. UNE-FEHPS Internal Small Research Grant, ($4,000)

Paliadelis, P. An exploration of how nurses have made the transition from clinician to nursing executive. UNE-FEHPS Small Research Grant, ($3,373)

Tynan, B., Smyth, R., Course Redevelopment PGCAP materials for online delivery for Heriot Watt University in the UK. ($45,000).

Tynan, B., Smyth, R., Higher Education Innovations Program: Supporting Post Graduate Students using Web Cams. ($45,000).

Bittles, AH Glasson, E.J., Hussain R. & Chalmers R.
‘The prevalence and impact of intellectual disability in Western Australia’. ARC-Linkage grant ($78,845). Administered through Edith Cowan University.       

Eckermann A, Boughton, B. Hussain R. & Cruickshank M.
‘Capacity Building among Indigenous Women in Armidale’. UNE Priming Grant ($14,402).

Hussain, R., Edwards H., Irwin L., Avery A. & Fitzgerald L.  
Ageing and Developmental Disabilities: Challenges for Adults and their Ageing Caregivers in Rural NSW’.  UNE-FEHPS Internal Large Research Grant Scheme, ($10,196)

Lea, J., Paliadelis, P., Parmenter, G., Sanderson, H. Thornberry, P.  & Cruickshank,  M.
‘An investigation of the impact rural clinical placement has on the career intentions of final year nursing students at UNE’. UNE-FEHPS Internal Large Research Grant Scheme, ($9,592.00).

Khan, A.
‘Ethnic Identity, Masculinity and Gender-based Violence: A Case Study of Migrant Muslim Men in Australia’. UNE-FEHPS Small Research Grant Scheme, ($4,500).

Smyth, R., Stein, S., Shanahan, P.,
University Research Grant: Investigation of videoconferencing for teaching and learning in the distributed environment of Access Centres and international partner institutions. ($10,000).
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