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Personal profile
Biography
Deana is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at Monash University, Australia. Her research draws on interdisciplinary perspectives to critically study health education - from policy formations to their translations into everyday pedagogies. Whilst her work has a strong school focus, she has recently begun to explore the possibilities of other pedagogical spaces and approaches that seek to teach us something about health including museums/ exhibits, festivals, kitchen gardens, and various digital technology platforms. Deana has just completed working on two ARC Discovery Projects that sought to critically examine health pedagogies in different settings including schools and families.
She is currently leading two funded research teams.
1. Transforming food systems: Transforming food education in the Pacific (Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research)
2. Kids co-designing healthy places (VicHealth)
Deana currently serves on the editorial boards of Health Education Journal and Health Education and is co-convenor of the CHESS (Critical Health Education Studies). She is co-editor of the Routledge Book Series Critical Studies of Health and Education. Additionally she is a co-convenor of the European Education Research Association's Research Network 8 - Research in Health Education group. More recently Deana has been invited to be a member of the International Scientific Committee of the new UNESCO Chair for Global Health and Education.
Research interests
Deana is an interdisciplinary researcher whose interests include:
* critical studies of health education
* critical food studies
* critical intersections and interventions in health promotion and health education
* co design and other participatory research methods
* transforming health pedagogies
* education policy, curriculum and pedagogies
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research area keywords
- food studies
- health education
- governmentality
- curriculum
- pedagogy
- policy
- sociology
- school health
- design and co-design
- nutrition
- wellbeing
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Update the 2004 Principles for School Drug Education
Lubman, D. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Grove, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bowden, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Toumbourou, J. W. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Leahy, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Cheetham, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Rowland, B. (Chief Investigator (CI))
31/05/24 → 30/06/25
Project: Research
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Scoping the suitability on Tonga and Samoa as potential research sites for inclusion in FIS/2022/120
Leahy, D., Kleve, S. & Barbour, L.
24/05/23 → 14/12/23
Project: Research
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Active Travel 4 Climate Action
Adepoyibi, T. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Leahy, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Alfrey, L. (Chief Investigator (CI))
7/09/22 → 31/10/22
Project: Research
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Kids building healthier futures together in Minecraft
Leahy, D., Blannin, J., Jeanes, R., Alfrey, L., Welch, R., Perrotta, C. & Grove, C.
15/03/22 → 28/03/23
Project: Research
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Belonging, identity, inclusion, and togetherness: the lesser-known social benefits of food for children and young people
Allen, K.-A., Leahy, D., Patlamazoglou, L., Bristow, C., McGlinchey, C. & Boyle, C., 2024, Food Futures in Education and Society. Lalli, G. S., Turner, A. & Rutland, M. (eds.). 1st ed. Abingdon UK: Routledge, p. 145-156 12 p. (Routledge Studies in Food, Society and the Environment).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus) -
Representing risk: designing a "vertical studio" for knowledge mobilisation and impact
Han, H. Y., Leahy, D., Norwood, A. & Gilbert, J., 2023, Teaching Beyond the Curriculum: A Focus on Pedagogy. Hurcomb, G., Herring, E., Jackson, J. & Peu Duvallon, V. (eds.). UK: Architecture Media Politics Society, p. 65-71 7 p. (AMPS Proceedings Series; no. 36.1).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Other › peer-review
Open Access -
Sexual and reproductive health education for young people in Victoria, Australia: a mixed methods study
Walker, R., Mangelsdorf, R., Leahy, D. & Boyle, J., 2023, In: Sex Education. 23, 5, p. 585-600 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus) -
Sexual and reproductive health education in Australia: a qualitative study of health professionals’ views
Walker, R., Guitera, J., Leahy, D. & Boyle, J., 2023, In: Sex Education. 23, 6, p. 647-661 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus) -
Systems thinking in local government: intervention design and adaptation in a community-based study
Felmingham, T., O’Halloran, S., Poorter, J., Rhook, E., Needham, C., Hayward, J., Fraser, P., Kilpatrick, S., Leahy, D. & Allender, S., 2023, In: Health Research Policy and Systems. 21, 1, 8 p., 90.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile4 Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
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Dean's Award - Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning
Leahy, Deana (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Dean's Award for Early Career Researcher, Faculty of Education, Monash University
Leahy, Deana (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Kids Co-designing Healthy and Sustainable Environments resource tool-kit: First-cycle winner and short-listed for World Health Organization NCD Lab innovative tools and initiatives in the NCDs and Next Generation thematic area
Leahy, D. (Recipient), Jeanes, R. (Recipient), Duhn, I. (Recipient), Lindsay, J. (Recipient), Tanner, C. (Recipient), Taylor, W. (Recipient), Welch, R. (Recipient) & Cumbo, B. (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Schooling Food: An exhibition
Leahy, D. (Director), Tiquia, A. (Producer), Taylor, W. (Director), Supski, S. D. (Contributor), Beltsos-Russo, Z. (Contributor) & Holloway, A. M. (Contributor)
18 Feb 2019 → 1 Mar 2019Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Performance/exhibition
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Schooling Food: An Exhibition
Leahy, D. (Director), Tiquia, A. (Producer), Taylor, W. (Director), Supski, S. (Producer), Beltsos-Russo, Z. (Contributor), Holloway, A. (Contributor), Maher, J. (Contributor), Lindsay, J. (Contributor), Tanner, C. (Contributor) & Wright, J. (Contributor)
18 Feb 2019 → 1 Mar 2019Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Performance/exhibition
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UNESCO Chair Global Health and Education Scientific Committee member
Deana Leahy (Member)
2018 → …Activity: External Academic Engagement › Committees and working groups
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Health Education (Journal)
Deana Leahy (Editorial board member)
2017 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial responsibility
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Health Education Journal (Journal)
Deana Leahy (Editorial board member)
2016 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial responsibility
Press/Media
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Family meals during the pandemic: The good, the bad and the struggle (Monash Lens)
Jo Lindsay, Claire Tanner & Deana Leahy
20/05/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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Students taking extreme measures to hide ‘unhealthy’ lunch boxes (The Herald Sun, 3AW Drive)
Claire Tanner, JaneMaree Maher, Jo Lindsay, Sian Supski, Deana Leahy & Jan Wright
9/12/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature