Fields of Research

Mental health nursing
Mental health services
Rural and remote health services
Aged health care
Health promotion
Health and community services
Health services and systems
Preventative health care
Public health
Allied health and rehabilitation science

Research Objectives

Mental health services
Mental health
Nursing
Evaluation of health outcomes
Rural and remote area health
Health policy evaluation
Health related to ageing
Health education and promotion
Provision of health and support services
Determinants of health
Behaviour and health
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health system performance
Social class and inequalities
Pacific Peoples community services
Neonatal and child health
Health system performance (incl. effectiveness of programs)

Career Best Publications

Research Publications

A critical exploration of interactions and engagement between people in suicidal crisis and registered nurses within a public mental health service; 4th Asia Pacific Regional Conference of the International Association for Suicide Prevention
A qualitative study of Iranian parents’ experiences of interacting with their adolescent children; Journal of Transcultural Nursing
Capitalising on Engagement: An Underutilised and Undervalued Resource in Healthcare; Issues in Mental Health Nursing
Climate and mental health; Issues in Mental Health Nursing
Developing the right skills to meet the mental health needs of older adults; Issues in Mental Health Nursing
Embedding Mask-Ed into online undergraduate nursing mental health education; TheMHS Conference
Encounters with difference: mental health nurses and Indigenous Australian users of mental health services; International Journal of Mental Health Nursing
Engagement between people experiencing suicidal crisis and mental health nurses; 2012 Graduate Research Symposium
Ethical considerations during research into clinical engagement between people with a mental illness who have experienced suicidal crisis and mental health nurses in Australia; XXV International Association for Suicide Prevention World Congress
Exploring community-based suicide prevention in the context of rural Australia: A qualitative study; International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Finding common ground for the common good: compromise in health care; Issues in Mental Health Nursing
Friendship and Mental Health; Issues in Mental Health Nursing
High Hopes and Expectations: Consumer Disappointment and Recovery; Issues in mental health nursing
In profile: David Lees
Introducing Hearing Voices that are distressing simulations: A mental health learning and teaching experience for undergraduate nursing students; Teaching Matters 2021
Involving mental health service users in suicide-related research: a qualitative inquiry model; Nurse Researcher
Leadership and mental health recovery: Rhetoric or reality; International Journal of Mental Health Nursing
Leadership, thought diversity, and the influence of groupthink; Issues in Mental Health Nursing
Lip service: Public mental health services and the care of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples; International journal of mental health nursing
Local Evaluation of the Tasmanian Component of the National Suicide Prevention Trial (NSPT) - Preliminary learnings; Australian Rural and Remote Mental Health Symposium
Local Evaluation of the Tasmanian Component of the National Suicide Prevention Trial (NSPT) - Preliminary learnings; Australian Rural and Remote Mental Health Symposium
Local evaluation of the Tasmanian component of the National Suicide Prevention Trial - preliminary learnings; Australian Journal of Rural Health
Loyalty in the Workplace: Some Considerations for Mental Health Nurses; Issues in Mental Health Nursing
Mental Health Nursing Practice and Indigenous Australians: A Multi-Sited Ethnography; Issues in Mental Health Nursing
Mental Health Week - The value of consumer involvement in mental health services; Infusion
Participatory action research in suicide prevention program evaluation: opportunities and challenges from the National Suicide Prevention Trial, Tasmania; Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
Professional Development Workshop for Suicide Intervention; The Fifth Asian Conference on Psychology & the Behavioural Sciences
Professional development workshop model for suicide intervention; International Journal of Mental Health Nursing - Oral paper to the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses International Conference
Raiders of the Lost Art: A review of published evaluations of inpatient mental health care experiences emanating from the United Kingdom, Portugal, Canada, Switzerland, Germany and Australia; International Journal of Mental Health Nursing
Recovery Camp Tasmania: A novel way of enhancing experiential learning opportunities for students of health disciplines; University of Tasmania Teaching Matters Conference 2015
Recovery-oriented Care and Leadership in Mental Health Nursing; Issues in Mental Health Nursing
Research and clinical engagement with consumers who have lived experience of suicidal crisis; Australian College of Mental Health Nursing 39th International Mental Health Nursing Conference – Collaboration and Partnership in Mental Health Nursing
Resilience, recovery; School of Health Sciences - Resilience, Recovery and Mental Health Conference 2014
Rule Breaking: Some Positive and Negative Implications for Professional Standards and Clinical Practice; Issues in Mental Health Nursing
Stakeholder insights into implementing a systems-based suicide prevention program in regional and rural tasmanian communities; BMC Public Health
STUDENT PERSPECTIVES OF RECOVERY CAMP TASMANIA: An Experiential Learning Opportunity for Students of Health Disciplines and Mental Health Consumers; 8th Australian Rural and Remote Mental Health Symposium 2016
Suicide and Suicide Research in Tasmania
Suicide research to give nurses new workplace tool
Tasmania’s mental health nurses want to do more to help people in danger of suicide
The Art of Negotiation; Issues in Mental Health Nursing
The LifeSpan systems approach: A Community-Based Suicide Prevention Trial in Tasmania; Invited speaker for national webinar. Mental Health Commission of Canada
The Role of Conscience in Nursing Practice; Issues in Mental Health Nursing
Therapeutic engagement between consumers in suicidal crisis and mental health nurses; International Journal of Mental Health Nursing
Therapeutic engagement between people experiencing suicidal crisis and mental health nurses
Therapeutic relationships and safety of care in Iranian psychiatric inpatient units; Issues in Mental Health Nursing
Winner: TAHPAC Allied Health Award (category - Health Promotion), 2016 'Recovery Camp Tasmania'
“Saying Sorry”: Some Strategies for Effective Apology within the Workplace; Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Research Projects

Evaluation of the CORES Devonport and Launceston Networks
Evaluation of the LGBTI training program
Evaluation of the Tasmanian Suicide Prevention Trial
Three Babies Program

Research Candidate Supervision

What Influences The Use, Retention or Decay of Nurse Practitioners Health Assessment Skills?