Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Deborah is a Research Fellow at the School of Rural Health, Office of Research in December 2008, with a background of 10 years experience in general practice, predominantly in the private sector in Bendigo. She completed a Masters of Clinical Epidemiology (2011). At the same time she has worked at developing and enhancing practical research skills at the School of Rural Health.
Research interests
1. Rural and remote health worker retention
2. Rural and remote health workforce
3. Equitable access to high quality primary care services.
Research area keywords
- Allied health
- workforce retention
- primary health care
- Rural Health
Network
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Projects
- 4 Finished
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Supervising GP Registrars - who does and doesn't participate and why?
Warrington, A., Bentley, M., Wallace, G., O'Sullivan, B., McGrail, M., Russell, D., Burns, J. & Sampson, M.
17/08/17 → 17/08/18
Project: Research
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Retention of Victorian rural GPs
Russell, D., McGrail, M., O'Sullivan, B., Campbell, D. & Chisholm, M.
1/08/17 → 31/05/18
Project: Research
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A mixed methods study identifying underserved communities where GP registrar training could be better targeted in north-western Queensland and strategies to increase high quality GP registrar supervision and training in these locations
McGrail, M., Russell, D., O'Sullivan, B., Campbell, D., Teague, P., Reeve, C., Sen Gupta, T., Young, L., Hays, R. & Malau-Aduli, B. S.
1/08/17 → 31/07/18
Project: Research
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Understanding the decision to relocate rural amongst urban nursing and allied health students and recent graduates
Sutton, K., Brown, L., Carey, T. A., Farthing, A., Maybery, D., McAnnally, K., McGrail, M., Russell, D., Smith, T. N. & Waller, S.
14/02/16 → 17/06/16
Project: Research
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A critical review of definitions of rural areas in Indonesia and implications for health workforce policy and research
Putri, L. P., Russell, D. J., O’Sullivan, B. G., Meliala, A. & Kippen, R., 27 Apr 2022, In: Health Research Policy and Systems. 20, 1, 15 p., 46.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access -
Effects of turnover and stability of health staff on quality of care in remote communities of the Northern Territory, Australia: A retrospective cohort study
Jones, M. P., Zhao, Y., Guthridge, S., Russell, D. J., Ramjan, M., Humphreys, J. S. & Wakerman, J., Oct 2021, In: BMJ Open. 11, 10, 12 p., e055635.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access -
Factors Associated With Working in Remote Indonesia: A National Cross-Sectional Study of Early-Career Doctors
Putri, L. P., Russell, D. J., O'Sullivan, B. G. & Kippen, R., 13 May 2021, In: Frontiers in Medicine. 8, 10 p., 594695.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access2 Citations (Scopus) -
Interventions for health workforce retention in rural and remote areas: a systematic review
Russell, D., Mathew, S., Fitts, M., Liddle, Z., Murakami-Gold, L., Campbell, N., Ramjan, M., Zhao, Y., Hines, S., Humphreys, J. S. & Wakerman, J., Dec 2021, In: Human Resources for Health. 19, 1, 24 p., 103.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access7 Citations (Scopus) -
Understanding and responding to the cost and health impact of short-term health staffing in remote and rural Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-controlled health services: A mixed methods study protocol
Fitts, M. S., Humphreys, J., Dunbar, T., Bourke, L., Mulholland, E., Guthridge, S., Zhao, Y., Jones, M. P., Boffa, J., Ramjan, M., Murakami-Gold, L., Tangey, A., Comerford, C., Schultz, R., Campbell, N., Mathew, S., Liddle, Z., Russell, D. & Wakerman, J., 18 Aug 2021, In: BMJ Open. 11, 8, 11 p., e043902.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other › peer-review
Open Access3 Citations (Scopus)
Press / Media
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The medical workforce in Australia
Belinda O'Sullivan, Matthew Richard McGrail & Deborah Russell
8/05/17
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment