Flinders University
Dr Alison Hutton
Dr
Alison
Hutton
Flinders University
http://www.flinders.edu.au/people/alison.hutton
| Position/s: | Course Coordinator (Honours) School of Nursing and Midwifery |
| Senior Lecturer School of Nursing and Midwifery | |
| Phone: | +61 8 82013429 |
| Email: | alison.hutton@flinders.edu.au |
| Location: | Sturt North Wing (N303) |
| Postal address: | GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia |
Biography
Alison's current work revolves around young people health promotion and harm minimisation. The philosophy underpinning Alison's work is that by involving youth in decisions about their behaviour and life choices, they will feel supported and safe in choices that can impact on the health and their behaviour. Alison currently works with non-government organisations in Adelaide such as Encounter Youth and St John Ambulance Australia. Alison has authored many publications on Schoolies events and other publications on creating safe and supportive environments for young people in health care.
Alison is the vice-president on the board of the Association for the Well-being of Children in Health care; an Assoicate Editor Paediatrics for the Neonatal Child Health Nursing Journal. Alison has recently been highly commended for her Schoolies work by receiving a South Australian Safe Communities Award.
Qualifications
RN, DipAppSc SACAE, Paediatric Certificate, BNg, MNg PhD
Honours, awards and grants
South Australian Safe Communities Award - Highly Commended
Key responsibilities
Alison is currently Course Coordinator Honours, School of Nursing and Midwifery
Board Member - Flinders University Centre for Disaster Resilience and Health
Teaching
Teaching interests
"The relationship between teacher and student should be based on mutual respect and open communication. Students will optimally learn and discover in relationships and environments that are honest and where they feel safe to participate in class".
Research and consultancy
Research interests
- Health practices and behaviours of the young person at mass gatherings
- Health practices and behaviours of young people at Schoolies
- Creating safe and supportive environments for young people at mass gatherings
Current projects
Celebration not Hospitalisation: Reducing the number of young people requiring hospitalisation during Adelaide Schoolies Festivals.
This research stems from an interest in mass gatherings and their impact on health. The 2009 St John Ambulance presentation data identified that 24% of young people presented to on-site care with an alcohol related condition or injury. Fifty percent (50%) of these young people were subsequently transferred and admitted to hospital. This study wishes to identify how young people prepare themselves to minimise or to be free from harm at Schoolies event.
Funded by a Faculty of Health Sciences Seeding Grant:
Identifying the types of patient presentations of Young People at Music Festivals.
By identifying the types of presentations at Music Festival Australia wide health promotion materials can be developed to meet the specific needs of this population. This work will inform both event managers and health workers at the event to assist in creating safe and supportive environments for young people a these events.
Funded by St John Ambulance Australia.
Building the capacity of health professionals understanding to deliver culturally safe sexual health care services to young refugee women in Australia.
Young refugee women are increasingly coming into contact with health care systems due to their previous experience of sexual assault and violence resulting from war, displacement and encampment. Nurses and midwives who are at the forefront of these systems have little evidence to guide their practice when caring for these young women. This project seeks to develop this knowledge base through a cultural-specific examination of young women's sexual histories, identities and needs.
Funded by the Ian Potter Foundation
Postgraduate research supervision
PhD ongoing
Hammad - The role of emergency nurses during a Disaster
Mediani - Exploring the role of paediatric nurses understanding pain in an Indonesian setting
Munt - How does a patient with Type One Diabetes Mellitus self manage their care in a hospital setting?
Liu - Exploring romantic relationships of Chinese adolescents
Masters ongoing
Indarwati - Child care workers perspectives on the promotion of healthy growth and development of infants and young children in child care centres in Yogyaharta, Indonesia
Masters Completed
Qur' aniati - What role do Indonesian nurses play in unintentional childhood injury prevention in the community setting?
Yasin - Malaysian parents experiences of managing their preschool child with an acute exacerbation of asthma after diagnosis
Arabi - Staff nurses' experience of working in neonatal intensive care unit in Malaysia
Mediani - Pain in Children: Indonesian nurses' beliefs and practices
Honours ongoing
Aylmer - Does having children impact on the decision to seek treatment for parents who have problems with substance abuse.
Honours completed
Hall - Understanding bystanders experiences of motor vehicle accidents
Pront - Rural is different? Examining the relationship between clinical preceptors and students in the rural environment
Munt - How is the well T1DM patient managed in an acute care setting?
Zander - How do paediatric oncology nurses develop resilience?
Wagner - Adolescents living with chrohns disease
Publications
Refereed journal articles
Hutton, A.E., Roderick, A.B., Munt, R.L., Mayner, L., Kako, M., & Arbon, P.A., 2012. Celebrating the end of school life: A pilot study. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 27(1), 13-17.
Hutton, A.E., Zeitz, K., Brown, S.J., & Arbon, P.A., 2012. Assessing the psychosocial elements of crowds at mass gatherings. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 26(6), 414-421.
Grant, J. & Hutton, A.E., 2011. Supporting adolescents in a rapidly urbanising China. Contemporary Nurse, 40(1), 5-14.
Willis, R., Crowley, S., & Hutton, A.E., 2011. Paediatric extended emergency care (PEEC): Establishing and evaluating a paediatric short-stay ward: a pilot study. Neonatal, Paediatric and Child Health Nursing, 14(1), 3-8.
Hutton, A.E., 2010. How adolescent patients use ward space. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 66(8), 1802-1809.
Hutton, A.E., Munt, R.L., Zeitz, K.M., Cusack, L., Kako, M., & Arbon, P.A., 2010. Piloting a mass gathering conceptual framework at an Adelaide Schoolies Festival. Collegian, 17(4), 183-191.
Hutton, A.E., Roderick, A.B., & Munt, R.L., 2010. Lessons learned at World Youth Day: Collecting data and using postcards at a mass gatherings. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 25(3), 273-277.
Puckridge, D., Higgins, M., & Hutton, A.E., 2010. Nurse initiated X-rays: a leap forward for children and nurses. Neonatal, Paediatric and Child Health Nursing, 13(1), 7-12.
Zander, M.A., Hutton, A.E., & King, L.A., 2010. Coping and Resilience Factors in Pediatric Oncology Nurses CE. Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing, 27(2), 94-108.
Hutton, A.E., Rudge, T., & Barnes, L., 2009. The effect of labelling practices in an adolescent facility. Aporia. The Nursing Journal, 1(2), 15-22.
Refereed journal articles
Hutton, A.E., Zeitz, K., Brown, S.J., & Arbon, P.A., 2012. Assessing the psychosocial elements of crowds at mass gatherings. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 26(6), 414-421.
Hutton, A.E., Roderick, A.B., Munt, R.L., Mayner, L., Kako, M., & Arbon, P.A., 2012. Celebrating the end of school life: A pilot study. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 27(1), 13-17.
Willis, R., Crowley, S., & Hutton, A.E., 2011. Paediatric extended emergency care (PEEC): Establishing and evaluating a paediatric short-stay ward: a pilot study. Neonatal, Paediatric and Child Health Nursing, 14(1), 3-8.
Grant, J. & Hutton, A.E., 2011. Supporting adolescents in a rapidly urbanising China. Contemporary Nurse, 40(1), 5-14.
Puckridge, D., Higgins, M., & Hutton, A.E., 2010. Nurse initiated X-rays: a leap forward for children and nurses. Neonatal, Paediatric and Child Health Nursing, 13(1), 7-12.
Hutton, A.E., Roderick, A.B., & Munt, R.L., 2010. Lessons learned at World Youth Day: Collecting data and using postcards at a mass gatherings. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 25(3), 273-277.
Hutton, A.E., Munt, R.L., Zeitz, K.M., Cusack, L., Kako, M., & Arbon, P.A., 2010. Piloting a mass gathering conceptual framework at an Adelaide Schoolies Festival. Collegian, 17(4), 183-191.
Zander, M.A., Hutton, A.E., & King, L.A., 2010. Coping and Resilience Factors in Pediatric Oncology Nurses CE. Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing, 27(2), 94-108.
Hutton, A.E., 2010. How adolescent patients use ward space. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 66(8), 1802-1809.
Hutton, A.E., Rudge, T., & Barnes, L., 2009. The effect of labelling practices in an adolescent facility. Aporia. The Nursing Journal, 1(2), 15-22.
Zander, M.A. & Hutton, A.E., 2009. Paediatric oncology nursing: working and coping when kids have cancer - a thematic review. Neonatal, Paediatric and Child Health Nursing, 12(3), 15-20.
Hutton, A.E., 2008. An adolescent ward; 'in name only?'. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 17(23), 3142-3149.
Hutton, A.E., 2008. Privacy, independence and peer interaction on an adolescent ward. Childrenz Issues: Journal of the Children's Issues Centre, 12(1), 36-39.
Hutton, A.E., 2005. Consumer perspectives in adolescent ward design. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 14(5), 537-545.
Hutton, A.E., 2003. Activities in the adolescent ward environment. Contemporary Nurse, 14(3), 312-319.
Hutton, A.E., 2003. Adolescents discuss sharing space in an adolescent ward. Neonatal, Paediatric and Child Health Nursing, 2(2), 24-29.
Hutton, A.E., 2002. The private adolescent: privacy needs of adolescents in hospitals. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 17(1), 67-72.
De Bellis, A.M., Longson, D.G., Glover, P.A., & Hutton, A.E., 2001. The enculturation of our nursing graduates. Contemporary Nurse, 11(1), 84-94.
Refereed conference papers
Henderson, J.A. & Hutton, A.E., 2007. Providing collaborative research education for undergraduate nursing students: critical reflection on practice. Enhancing Higher Education, Theory ans Scholarship: Proceedings of the 30th HERDSA Annual Conference, 1-5.
Journal articles
Hutton, A.E. & Grant, J., 2011. Expanding the role of nurses for a rapidly urbanising China. Nursing Review, Feb(2).
Hutton, A.E. & Harrison, D., 2010. Editorial: Reflections from the INANE Conference Coolum 11- 13 August 2010. Neonatal, Paediatric and Child Health Nursing, 13(3), 1-1.
Hutton, A.E., 2010. Commentary on the standards for the care of children and adolescents in health services, by Women's Hospitals Australasia (WHA) and the Children's Hospital Australasia (CHA). Neonatal, Paediatric and Child Health Nursing, 13(1), 13-14.
Hutton, A.E., 2009. Editorial: Maintaining safe environments for hospitalised children. Neonatal, Paediatric and Child Health Nursing, 12(2), 3-4.
Hutton, A.E., 2009. Youth health and welfare : the cultural politics of education and well being [book review]. Neonatal, Paediatric and Child Health Nursing, 12(3), 28-28.
Hutton, A.E., 2008. Commentary on Hutton A (2008) An adolescent ward; 'in name only'. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 17(23), 3247-3249.
Hutton, A.E., 2007. The age of adolescence. Developing Practice, 18(Autumn), 44-48.
Conference publications
Siegloff, L.M., Cusack, L., Arbon, P.A., Hutton, A.E., & Mayner, L., 2011. Health workforce and disaster preparedness of rural hospitals. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 26(Suppl. 1), s33-s33.
Hutton, A.E., 2011. Young people at mass gathering events: Data collection tools and findings. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 26(Suppl. 1), s82-s82.
Hutton, A.E. & Cusack, L., 2011. Building public policy to support young people party safely at mass-gathering events. DANA Conference.
Cusack, L., Siegloff, L.M., Arbon, P.A., Hutton, A.E., & Mayner, L., 2011. Tension between emergency management policy decisions and aged care facilities in Australia: A case study. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 26(Suppl. 1), s67-s68.
Hutton, A.E., 2010. Hutton, A 2010, â¿¿Understanding schoolies using a mass gathering frameworkâ¿¿, paper presented at the Drug and Alcohol Nurses Australasia Conference, Gold Coast, QLD, 14-16 July. Drug and Alcohol Nurses Australasia Conference.
Hutton, A.E., Roderick, A.B., Munt, R.L., & Arbon, P.A., 2009. Schoolies Festival- a pilot study : what do young people do to stay safe and healthy at crowded events?. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 24(Suppl. 1), S41-S41.
Hutton, A.E. & Deatrick, J., 2009. Family management of children with chronic conditions within an Australian context. 9 th international family nursing conference : final program and abstracts.
Hutton, A.E., 2008. Opportunities for young people to be part of their own treatment in a mental health setting. the 10th International Paediatric and Child Health Nursing Conference.
Hutton, A.E., 2008. Adolescent stories: Using adolescent spaces to break down barriers in care. 10th International Paediatric and Child Health Nursing Conference.
Hutton, A.E., 2007. Labelling: A method of patient classification?. Adolescents and Young People Health Research Forum.
Hutton, A.E., 2007. Labelling: A method of patient classification?. Body Matters: Children and young people's physical well-being and rights, 19-19.
Hutton, A.E., Quested, B.K., Roderick, A.B., Rudge, T.K., & Toffoli, L.P., 2006. Unproblematic access? Troubling the notion of 'ease of access' in field research in the clinical arena [poster]. 7th Advances in Qualitative Methods International Conference.
Hutton, A.E., 2006. Adolescent ward design. 9th Biennial International Paediatric and Child Health Nurses Conference Program.
Hutton, A.E., 2001. Constructing social space in an adolescent ward. Contesting Conversations in Practice, Education, Research and Policy: Handbook, 145-146.
Other public research outputs
Rudge, T.K., Henderson, J.A., Hutton, A.E., & Byrnes, T.J., 2007. Evaluating Noarlunga towards a safe community. , 1-25.
Professional and community engagement
Associate Editor (Paediatric); Neonatal, Paediatric and Child Health Nursing Journal
Vice - President: Association for the Well-being of Children in Healthcare
Chair elect WADEM Nursing Section Board - World Association of Emergency Disaster Medicine
Royal College of Nursing
Drug and Alcohol Nurses Australasia
International Group of Adolescent Health
Australian College for Children and Young People's Nurses
Reviewer:
Journal of Advance Nursing
Canadian Journal of Nursing Research
Journal of Clinical Nursing
Expertise for media contact
- Young people and mass gatherings
- Schoolies How do young people stay safe and healthy at Schoolies
Subject/s
- Child/Youth Health
- Youth
