Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Dr Mandy Truong is a Research Fellow who works on a range of projects within multi-disciplinary teams examining and addressing the social determinants of health. Her primary interests are: institutional racism, cultural safety and health equity. Mandy draws on interdisciplinary work within the social sciences to analyse how gender, race, religion and class intersect on a broad range of public health issues, with particular focus on health service provision, racism and family violence. She has extensive research and teaching experience in the areas of cultural competence and cultural safety in health care practice and organisational change.
At present, her main work centres on a project investigating the risk factors for family homicide with A/Prof Lyndal Bugeja at Monash University. She is also a Senior Project Officer on the NHMRC project ‘Return to Country: A national platform study to return Indigenous renal patients home’. Mandy is a lecturer in the NUR1013 unit Indigenous Health for Nursing and Midwifery Practice and a member of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce Development Group, Health Education Research Network, Monash Centre for Scholarship in Health Education (MCSHE).
Mandy has experience conducting rigorous qualitative research with children and adults from diverse cultural, religious and linguistic backgrounds. She also has experience using surveys and mixed methods in research.
Mandy is also a registered Optometrist with over 17 years of clinical experience.
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):
Education/Academic qualification
Postgraduate Certificate of Ocular Therapeutics, University of Melbourne
Bachelor of Optometry, University of Melbourne
Masters of Public Health, University of Melbourne
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Melbourne
External positions
Associate Member, Centre for Resilient and Inclusive Societies
Feb 2021 → …
Honorary Fellow, Deakin University
Jul 2020 → …
Senior project officer, Menzies School of Health Research
Jul 2019 → …
Research area keywords
- health equity
- race and racism
- health services research
- Indigenous health
- cultural safety
- cultural competency
- family violence
Network
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Asian Australian doctors’ experiences of discrimination in the health system
Truong, M. & Chan, J.
Australian Chinese Medical Association of Victoria
1/11/21 → 31/07/22
Project: Research
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Aboriginal Deaths in Corrective Services New South Wales Custody Thematic Review: Rapid Literature Review
Bugeja, L., Truong, M. & Cuschieri, D.
Corrective Services NSW (New South Wales)
15/11/21 → 11/02/22
Project: Research
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What are the factors influencing transplant outcomes for patients from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds?
Crawford, K., Truong, M., Wilson, C. A. & Mulley, W.
1/04/20 → 31/03/22
Project: Research
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Attitudes and beliefs about family and domestic violence in faith-based communities: An exploratory qualitative study
Truong, M., Sharif, M., Olsen, A., Pasalich, D., Calabria, B. & Priest, N., 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Australian Journal of Social Issues. 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Racism, healthcare access and health equity for people seeking asylum
Willey, S., Desmyth, K. & Truong, M., Jan 2022, In: Nursing Inquiry. 29, 1, 9 p., e12440.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus) -
Racism and Structural Violence: Interconnected Threats to Health Equity
Sharif, M. Z., García, J. J., Mitchell, U., Dellor, E. D., Bradford, N. J. & Truong, M., 3 Feb 2022, In: Frontiers in Public Health. 9, 5 p., 676783.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access -
Racism complaints in the Australian health system: An overview of existing approaches and some recommendations
Truong, M., Allen, D., Chan, J. & Paradies, Y., 2022, In: Australian Health Review. 46, 1, p. 1-4 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Other › peer-review
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Racism in Australia: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Ben, J., Elias, A., Issaka, A., Truong, M., Dunn, K., Sharples, R., McGarty, C., Walton, J., Mansouri, F., Denson, N. & Paradies, Y., 17 Mar 2022, In: Systematic Reviews. 11, 1, 11 p., 47.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other › peer-review
Open Access
Activities
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Collegian (Journal)
Mandy Truong (Peer reviewer)
May 2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
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Australian Epidemiological Association Menzies Symposium
Mandy Truong (Invited speaker) & Jocelyn Chan (Invited speaker)
15 Apr 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to workshop, seminar, course
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BMC Medical Education (Journal)
Mandy Truong (Peer reviewer)
Nov 2021 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
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Violence Against Women (Journal)
Mandy Truong (Peer reviewer)
Jul 2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (Journal)
Mandy Truong (Peer reviewer)
2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
Press / Media
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The social determinants of health in COVID-19 recovery
23/09/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Racism has deep roots across all sections of society, including academic institutions
29/06/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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New study finds family violence is often poorly understood in faith communities
Mandy Truong, Bianca Calabria, Mienah Sharif & Naomi Priest
18/04/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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Domestic violence and Australian churches: why the current data have limitations
Naomi Priest, Mandy Truong & Nicholas Biddle
24/07/18
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature