Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Dr Sharon James works at the Sexual and Reproductive Health for Women
in Primary Care (SPHERE) Centre of Research Excellence (CRE) as a Research Fellow and Project Manager on the Australian Contraception and Abortion Primary Care Practitioner Support (AusCAPPS) Network. She is also an experienced primary health care nurse and a Board Director of the Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association. Since completing her PhD in 2021 about lifestyle risk factor communication between nurses and patients in general practice, she has been awarded an Australasian Association of Academic Primary Care Travelling fellowship and Tutor-PHC fellowship (Western University, Canada). She has also been awarded a SPHERE CRE and CRE Health in Preconception and Pregnancy (HiPP) Practicing Health Professional Seeding grant as well as a Women's Health Research, Translation and Impact Network EMCR Award. Sharon is a qualitative and mixed methods researcher with interests in women’s health, lifestyle risk, preventive care, interconception health, and nursing roles in primary health care.
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
General Practice, PhD, Lifestyle Risk Communication by nurses in Australian General Practice, University of Wollongong
21 Jan 2017 → 25 Nov 2020
Award Date: 28 May 2021
Public Health, MPH, University of Wollongong
Award Date: 22 Jul 2011
OHS, Grad Dip OHSN, University of Southern Queensland
Award Date: 12 Apr 2004
Nursing, BN, University of Sydney
Award Date: 7 Jun 1996
Nursing, PhD, Lifestyle Risk by Australian General Practice Nurses
Research area keywords
- General Practice
- Nursing
- Primary Care
- Women's Health
- Preventive Health
- communication skills
- Lifestyle behaviours
- Chronic Disease Management
- Workforce and Education
- Public Health
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 1 Active
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The knowledge gaps and skills needed to support interconception care (ICC) by general practice nurses (GPNs).
James, S. & Nagle, C.
30/04/23 → …
Project: Research
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Impacts of the 2019/20 bushfires and COVID-19 pandemic on the physical and mental health of older Australians: a cross-sectional survey
Halcomb, E., Thompson, C., Morris, D., James, S., Dilworth, T., Haynes, K. & Batterham, M., Jun 2023, In: Family Practice. 40, 3, p. 449-457 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus) -
Long-acting reversible contraception prescribing coverage by nurse practitioners and midwives in Australia
James, S., Kunnel, A., Tomnay, J., Mazza, D. & Grzeskowiak, L., Aug 2023, In: Collegian. 30, 4, p. 627-632 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access -
Women's needs for lifestyle risk reduction engagement during the interconception period: a scoping review
James, S., Moulton, J. E., Assifi, A., Botfield, J., Black, K., Hanson, M. & Mazza, D., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health. 8 p., e201699.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
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Australia's first online abortion and contraception primary care community of practice
James, S. & Botfield, J. R., 9 Jun 2022, Partyline, 79 1 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article › Other
Open Access -
Evaluation of the Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced scale and exploration of coping among primary health care nurses during COVID-19
Halcomb, E., Fernandez, R., Mursa, R., Stephen, C., Calma, K., Ashley, C., McInnes, S., Desborough, J., James, S. & Williams, A., Oct 2022, In: Journal of Nursing Management. 30, 7, p. 2597-2608 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus)
Prizes
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Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship
James, Sharon (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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CREHiPP Seeding Grant - Practising Health Professional Capacity Building Funding
James, Sharon (Recipient), 2023
Prize: Other distinction
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Activities
- 1 Public lecture/debate/seminar
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So You Want to Know About Doing a PhD?
Sharon James (Contributor), Catherine Stephen (Host), Rachel McKittrick (Contributor) & University Newcastle (Contributor)
13 Sept 2023Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar
Press/Media
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Online myths linked to rise in unplanned pregnancies, experts claim
16/08/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Day in the life of a Primary Health Care Nurse
9/12/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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Joan Hardy scholarship 2019: Sharon James (Agenda 27)
10/09/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Profile/Interview