
| Phone: | +61 8 72218418 |
| Email: | george.tsourtos@flinders.edu.au |
| Location: | Health Sciences Building (2.13) |
| Postal address: | GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia |
Background: Psychology (undergraudate degree with Honours); Psychiatry (PhD & research); General Practice (evaluation of coordinated care intervention and smoking cessation program); Public Health (teaching, research, administration)
PhD
Course Coordinator: Master of Public Health and Graduate Certificates
Research, Evaluation and Designing Questionnaires
Lawn, S.J., Hersh, D.J., Ward, P.R., Tsourtos, G., Muller, R., Winefield, A.H., & Coveney, J.D., 2011. 'I just saw it as something that would pull you down, rather than lift you up': resilience in never-smokers with mental illness. Health Education Research, 26(1), 26-38.
Martini, A., Javanparast, S., Ward, P.R., Baratiny, G., Gill, T.K., Cole, S.R., Tsourtos, G., Aylward, P., Jiwa, M., Misan, G., et al., 2011. Colorectal cancer screening in rural and remote area: analysis of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program data for South Australia. Rural and Remote Health, 11(2).
Martini, A., Javanparast, S., Ward, P.R., Cole, S.R., Aylward, P., Baratiny, G., Gill, T., Tsourtos, G., Misan, G., Wilson, C., et al., 2011. Screening for colorectal cancer in remote, rural and metropolitan South Australia: analysis of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program data. Public Health Bulletin South Australia, 8(1), 49-55.
Tsourtos, G., Ward, P.R., Muller, R., Lawn, S.J., Winefield, A.H., Hersh, D., & Coveney, J.D., 2011. The importance of resilience and stress to maintaining smoking abstinence and cessation: a qualitative study in Australia with people diagnosed with depression. Health and Social Care in The Community, 19(3), 299-306.
Tsourtos, G., Ward, P.R., Muller, R., Lawn, S.J., Winefield, T., Hersh, D., & Coveney, J.D., 2011. The importance of resilience and stress to maintaining smoking abstinence and cessation: a qualitative study in Australia with people with depression. Health and Social Care in The Community, 19(3), 299-306.
Ward, P.R., Javanparast, S., Ah Matt, M.L., Martini, A., Tsourtos, G., Cole, S.R., Gill, T.K., Aylward, P., Baratiny, G., Jiwa, M., et al., 2011. Equity of colorectal cancer screening: cross-sectional analysis of National Bowel Cancer Screening Program data for South Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 35(1), 61-65.
Ward, P.R., Muller, R., Tsourtos, G., Hersh, D., Lawn, S.J., Winefield, A.H., & Coveney, J.D., 2011. Additive and subtractive resilience strategies as enablers of biographical reinvention: a qualitative study of ex-smokers and never-smokers. Social Science and Medicine, 72, 1140-1148.
Ward, P.R., Muller, R., Tsourtos, G., Hersh, D., Lawn, S.J., Winefield, T., & Coveney, J.D., 2011. Additive and subtractive resilience strategies as enablers of biographical reinvention: a qualitative study of ex-smokers and never smokers. Social Science and Medicine, 72(7), 1140-1148.
Wong, K.C., Coveney, J.D., Ward, P.R., Muller, R., Carter, P., Verity, F.E., & Tsourtos, G., 2011. Availability, affordability and quality of a healthy food basket in Adelaide, South Australia. Nutrition and Dietetics, 68(1), 8-14.
Tsourtos, G., Ward, P.R., Muller, R., Lawn, S.J., Winefield, A.H., Hersh, D.J., & Coveney, J.D., 2010. The importance of resilience and stress to maintaining smoking abstinence and cessation: a qualitative study in Australia. Health and Social Care in The Community.
Kalucy, E.C., Beacham, B.D., Whitford, D.J., Tsourtos, G., Van Rooijen, H., Hurley, C.J., Esterman, A.J., & Donato, R., 2001. Lessons on evaluating coordinated care: from the SA HealthPlus trial experience. In The Australian Coordinated Care Trials Reflections and Lessons. Canberra, ACT: Commonwealth of Australia, pp. 174-180.
Martini, A., Javanparast, S., Ward, P.R., Cole, S.R., Aylward, P., Baratiny, G., Gill, T., Tsourtos, G., Misan, G., Wilson, C., et al., 2011. Screening for colorectal cancer in remote, rural and metropolitan South Australia: analysis of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program data. Public Health Bulletin South Australia, 8(1), 49-55.
Tsourtos, G., Ward, P.R., Muller, R., Lawn, S.J., Winefield, A.H., Hersh, D., & Coveney, J.D., 2011. The importance of resilience and stress to maintaining smoking abstinence and cessation: a qualitative study in Australia with people diagnosed with depression. Health and Social Care in The Community, 19(3), 299-306.
Tsourtos, G., Ward, P.R., Muller, R., Lawn, S.J., Winefield, T., Hersh, D., & Coveney, J.D., 2011. The importance of resilience and stress to maintaining smoking abstinence and cessation: a qualitative study in Australia with people with depression. Health and Social Care in The Community, 19(3), 299-306.
Ward, P.R., Javanparast, S., Ah Matt, M.L., Martini, A., Tsourtos, G., Cole, S.R., Gill, T.K., Aylward, P., Baratiny, G., Jiwa, M., et al., 2011. Equity of colorectal cancer screening: cross-sectional analysis of National Bowel Cancer Screening Program data for South Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 35(1), 61-65.
Ward, P.R., Muller, R., Tsourtos, G., Hersh, D., Lawn, S.J., Winefield, A.H., & Coveney, J.D., 2011. Additive and subtractive resilience strategies as enablers of biographical reinvention: a qualitative study of ex-smokers and never-smokers. Social Science and Medicine, 72, 1140-1148.
Lawn, S.J., Hersh, D.J., Ward, P.R., Tsourtos, G., Muller, R., Winefield, A.H., & Coveney, J.D., 2011. 'I just saw it as something that would pull you down, rather than lift you up': resilience in never-smokers with mental illness. Health Education Research, 26(1), 26-38.
Wong, K.C., Coveney, J.D., Ward, P.R., Muller, R., Carter, P., Verity, F.E., & Tsourtos, G., 2011. Availability, affordability and quality of a healthy food basket in Adelaide, South Australia. Nutrition and Dietetics, 68(1), 8-14.
Martini, A., Javanparast, S., Ward, P.R., Baratiny, G., Gill, T.K., Cole, S.R., Tsourtos, G., Aylward, P., Jiwa, M., Misan, G., et al., 2011. Colorectal cancer screening in rural and remote area: analysis of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program data for South Australia. Rural and Remote Health, 11(2).
Ward, P.R., Muller, R., Tsourtos, G., Hersh, D., Lawn, S.J., Winefield, T., & Coveney, J.D., 2011. Additive and subtractive resilience strategies as enablers of biographical reinvention: a qualitative study of ex-smokers and never smokers. Social Science and Medicine, 72(7), 1140-1148.
Javanparast, S., Ward, P.R., Cole, S.R., Gill, T.K., Ah Matt, M.L., Aylward, P., Baratiny, G., Jiwa, M., Martini, A., Mison, G., et al., 2010. A cross-sectional analysis of participation in National Bowel Cancer Screening Program in Adelaide by age, gender and geographical location of residence. Australasian Medical Journal, 1(1), 141-146.
Javanparast, S., Ward, P.R., Young, G.P., Wilson, C., Carter, S., Misan, G., Cole, S.R., Jiwa, M., Tsourtos, G., Martini, A., et al., 2010. How equitable are colorectal cancer screening programs which include FOBTs? A review of qualitative and quantitative studies. Preventive Medicine, 50, 165-172.
Meyer, S., Luong, C.N., Ward, P.R., & Tsourtos, G., 2010. Operationalising the Theory of Social Quality: analysis of the reliability of an instrument to measure social quality. Development and Society, 329-358.
Tsourtos, G., Ward, P.R., Muller, R., Lawn, S.J., Winefield, A.H., Hersh, D.J., & Coveney, J.D., 2010. The importance of resilience and stress to maintaining smoking abstinence and cessation: a qualitative study in Australia. Health and Social Care in The Community.
Foley, W., Ward, P.R., Carter, P., Coveney, J.D., Tsourtos, G., & Taylor, A., 2010. An ecological analysis of factors associated with food insecurity in South Australia, 2002-7. Public Health Nutrition, 13(2), 215-221.
Muller, R., Ward, P.R., Winefield, A.H., Tsourtos, G., & Lawn, S.J., 2009. The importance of resilience to primary care practitioners: an interactivie psycho-social model. Australasian Medical Journal, 1(1), 1-15.
Ward, P.R., Tsourtos, G., & Gill, T.K., 2008. Defining and conceptualising the 'social' in social epidemiology. Public Health Bulletin South Australia, 5(3), 12-17.
Tsourtos, G. & O'Dwyer, L.A., 2008. Stress, stress management, smoking prevalence and quit rates in a disadvantaged area: has anything changed?. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 19(1), 40-44.
Tsourtos, G., Ward, P.R., & Muller, R., 2008. Smoking and stress. Australasian Medical Journal, 1(1), 1-17.
Battersby, M.W., Harvey, P., Mills, D., Kalucy, E.C., Pols, R.G., Frith, P.A., McDonald, P.J., Esterman, A.J., Tsourtos, G., Donato, R., et al., 2007. SA HealthPlus: a controlled trial of a statewide application of a generic model of chronic illness care. Milbank Quarterly, 85(1), 37-67.
Tsourtos, G., Spong, J., & Stough, C., 2007. The effects of electro-convulsive therapy on the speed of information processing in major depression. Journal of Affective Disorders, 103(1-3), 263-266.
Tsourtos, G., Thompson, J., & Stough, C., 2002. Evidence of an early information processing speed deficit in unipolar major depression. Psychological Medicine, 32(2), 259-265.
Galletly, C. & Tsourtos, G., 1997. Antipsychotic drug doses and the use of adjuctive drugs in the outpatient treatment of schizophrenia. Annals of Clinical Psychiatry, 9(2), 77-80.
Kamieniecki, G., Wade, T.D., & Tsourtos, G., 1997. Interpretive bias for benign sensations in panic disorder with agoraphobia. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 11(2), 141-156.
Schrader, G. & Tsourtos, G., 1996. Role of depressive personality in determining clinical characteristics of chronic depression. Journal of Personality Disorders, 10(4), 370-376.
Galletly, C., Schrader, G., Chesterman, H., & Tsourtos, G., 1995. Medical students attitudes to psychiatry. Medical Education, 29, 449-551.
Bassett, D. & Tsourtos, G., 1995. Inpatient suicide in a general hospital psychiatric unit. GENERAL HOSPITAL PSYCHIATRY, 15(301).
Tsourtos, G., Rawson, V., Ward, L., & Stough, C., 1995. Inspection time as a measure of information processing in psychiatric disorders. Asian Journal of Psychology, 1, 76-78.
Meyer, S., Luong, C.N., Ward, P.R., Tsourtos, G., & Gill, T.K., 2009. Investigating Australians trust: Findings from a national survey. The 6th International Symposium and Lectures on Social Policy, 939-963.
Lawn, S.J., Muller, R., Ward, P.R., Tsourtos, G., & Winefield, A.H., 2009. Resilience in primary health care: a multi-factorial model. General Practice & Primary Health Care Research Conference 2009.
Lawn, S.J., Ward, P.R., Muller, R., Tsourtos, G., & Hersh, D.J., 2009. "Just because they do, doesn't mean I have to": the resilience of non-smokers in a high prevalence smoking population. Oceania Tobacco Control Conference.
Ward, P.R., Javanparast, S., Gill, T., Cole, S.R., Tsourtos, G., Young, G.P., Wilson, C., & Baratiny, G., 2009. The equity of bowel cancer screening in South Australia: an ecological analysis. PHAA 39th Annual Conference: making a difference, intervening to improve health outcomes.
Ward, P.R., Muller, R., Winefield, A.H., Lawn, S.J., & Tsourtos, G., 2009. Smoking, depression and resilience: Quitting and the process of biographical reinvention. PHAA 39th Annual Conference: making a difference, intervening to improve health outcomes.
Muller, R., Wyld, K., Tsourtos, G., & Ward, P.R., 2008. Resilience and social capital: responding to inequities in risky behaviours such as smoking. Population health congress 2008: a global world - practical action for health and well being.
Public Health Association of Australia (SA branch) Conference Organiser: for early academic careers, students, and practitioners