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Biography
Dr Bernadette Ward is a Senior Research Fellow with the Centre of Research Excellence in Rural and Remote Primary Health Care (CRERRPHC). Bernadette has extensive experience in quantative and qualitative research in relation to health systems, service access in rural and remote areas, medical education and alcohol and young people. Bernadette was awarded an NHMRC scholarship to undertake her PhD "The role of parents in influencing adolescent alcohol use". Bernadette has extensive teaching experience and is a Fellow of the Victorian Public Health Training Scheme. Her recent funded consultancies are from the Partners in Recovery Program, VicHealth and the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education. Her community service includes a role as a Director on a local health service board. Bernadette's interest in rural and remote health stems from many years of primary health practice in remote Australia.
Research interests
1. Alcohol and young people
2. Access and integration in primary health care
3. Health services research capacity building
4. Rural and remote health
Keywords
- Rural Health
- alcohol
- Primary Care
- adolescent
- Health Services Research
- Mental Health Services
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Projects 2006 2022
Understanding the methamphetamine epidemic and its implications for service provision and harm reduction: The VicMeth cohort
Dietze, P., Hickman, M., Quinn, B., Jenkinson, R., Ward, B., Sutton, K. & Agius, P.
1/01/18 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
Advance Care Plans across the health system in rural Victoria (IF17186)
Naidoo, H., Adams, M., Ward, B., Harvey, P., O'Connor, D., Fletcher, J. & Jones, M.
1/09/17 → 31/08/18
Project: Research
Recovery 'support' feasibility for Murray PHN
Ward, B., Reupert, A. & Sutton, K.
1/07/17 → 31/08/17
Project: Research
The prevalence of methamphetamine use across the Murray PHN
Ward, B., Dietze, P. & Clarke, M.
28/06/17 → 31/08/17
Project: Research
Family focussed practice within a recovery framework
Ward, B., Andrew, L., Lenten, T., Maybery, D., McCormick, F., Reupert, A. & Waller, S.
Loddon Mallee Murray Medicare Local
5/01/15 → 30/06/15
Project: Research
Research Output 2001 2018
Awareness of alcohol as a risk factor for cancer is associated with public support for alcohol policies
Bates, S., Holmes, J., Gavens, L., De Matos, E. G., Li, J., Ward, B., Hooper, L., Dixon, S. & Buykx, P., 4 Jun 2018, In : BMC Public Health. 18, 1, 11 p., 688.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
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Comparing visual acuity, range of vision and spectacle independence in the extended range of vision and monofocal intraocular lens
Hogarty, D. T., Russell, D. J., Ward, B. M., Dewhurst, N. & Burt, P., 1 Nov 2018, In : Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. 46, 8, p. 854-860 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Context matters for primary health care access: A multi-method comparative study of contextual influences on health service access arrangements across models of primary health care
Ward, B., Lane, R., McDonald, J., Powell-Davies, G., Fuller, J., Dennis, S., Kearns, R. & Russell, G., 15 Jun 2018, In : International Journal for Equity in Health. 17, 1, 12 p., 78.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
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Developing a model of family focused practice with consumers, families, practitioners and managers: A community based participatory research approach
Reupert, A., Ward, B., McCormick, F., Ward, C., Waller, S. & Kidd, S., 30 Jan 2018, In : BMC Health Services Research. 18, 1, 9 p., 66.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
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Evaluation of a local government "shelter and van" intervention to improve safety and reduce alcohol-related harm
Ward, B. M., O'Sullivan, B. & Buykx, P., 12 Dec 2018, In : BMC Public Health. 18, 1, 11 p., 1370.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
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Prizes
Best General Practice Research Article in the AFP Journal Award
Bernadette Ward (Recipient), Carole Meade (Recipient) & Helen Cronin (Recipient), 28 Sep 2017
Prize: National/international honour
Activities 2004 2013
Board Member
Bernadette Ward (Member)30 Jul 2013
Activity: External Academic Engagement › Submissions to industry or govt committees, commissions and inquiries
'Young people and alcohol.'
Bernadette Ward (Invited speaker)12 Feb 2010
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
'Parental supply of alcohol to adolescents: Results of 2009 research.'
Bernadette Ward (Invited speaker)11 Aug 2009
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
'Young men and alcohol.'
Bernadette Ward (Invited speaker)8 Aug 2008
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
'The role of the family in reducing alcohol related harm amongst young people.'
Bernadette Ward (Invited speaker)22 Jul 2008
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference