Dr Julian Grant

Position/s:Senior Lecturer in Nursing (Child and Youth Health) Coordinator Post Graduate Prorgams
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Phone: +61 8 82012126
Email:
Location: Sturt North Wing (N114)
Postal address: GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

Qualifications

BN, Honours (1st Class), PhD. RN, Paediatric Certificate, Graduate Certificate in Child Adolescent and Family Health

Teaching

Teaching interests

Child and family health nursing, paediatric nursing, intercultural communication, reflective practice, postcolonial and feminist praxis, research.

Topic Coordinator:

  • NURS8822 Primary Health Care for Infants Children and Families
  • NURS8823  Clincial Practice for Child and family Health Nursing

Research and consultancy

Research interests

Child and family health; Regugee health; Child and family health nursing; Intercultural communication; Cultural competence; Primary health care; Reflective practice; Video methods within ethnography,
PhD title: Colliding realities: an ethnographic account of the politics of identity and knowledge in intercultural communication in child and family health.

Funded Research:

  1. 2011 School of Nursing and Midwifery Start up grant $ 5000 Refugees, racism and child health nursing:  Exploring nurse values, attitudes and behaviours  
  2. 2011 Ian Potter Foundation $12,030
    Building the capacity of health care professionals to deliver culturally safe sexual health care services to young refugee women in South Australia
  3. 2010 Faculty of Health Sciences Seeding Grant $19,950
    Parenting in a new country: Exploring the complexities for single refugee mothers 
  4. 2009 Faculty Establishment Grant $4906.80
    How are cultural competency and partnership represented in organisational policy for health care organisations that offer parenting support for parents/care givers who have gained entry into South Australia via Humanitarian pathways?

 Unfunded research:
  2010 Joint project between Flinders University and University of Queensland
  Education preparation for maternal child and family health nurses

Postgraduate research supervision

Current:
PhD Students
Neti Juniarti, ' prevention of childhood tuberculosos in Indonesia'
Ting Liu, (Shelly) 'An examination community health nurses capacity to support adolescents in a rapidly urbanising China'

Master of Nursing (research) 18 unit thesis,
Ferika Indarwati, ‘Characteristics of non parental caregivers in an Indonesian context’
Patricia Junio Tumbelaka, 'Indonesian nurses understanding of the use of play therapy in the paediatric oncology setting'
Septi Dewi Rachmawati, ‘Mothers experiences of caring for children with thalassemia in Indonesia’

Honours 18 unit thesis,
Amber Smith, ‘ Nurses perspectives of professional boundaries in the paediatric setting’
Lesley McCauley, ‘Exploring the role of the enrolled nurse in child and family health nurse settings’
Merrillee baker, ‘An exploration of how child health nurses practice in culturally safe ways when home visiting Aboriginal families in rural and remote Australia’.


Completed:
Master of Public Health, (research) 18 unit thesis,
Auxillia Sanya, ‘An Investigation into the Parenting Experiences of Skilled Black Zimbabwean Migrants in Australia’.
Lucy Paton, ‘Exploring mothers’ perspectives of an intensive home visiting program in Australia: A qualitative study’

Master of Nursing (research) 18 unit thesis,
Kaylene Wadd, ‘What it is like to be a parent requiring haemodialysis?’
Nuzul Quraniati, ‘What role do Indonesian Nurses play in unintentional childhood injury prevention in an Indonesian community setting?’ (distinction)

Publications

Refereed journal articles

Kruske, S. & Grant, J., 2012. Educational preparation for Maternal, Child and Family Health Nurses in Australia. International Nursing Review, 59(2), 200-207.

Grant, J. & Hutton, A.E., 2011. Supporting adolescents in a rapidly urbanising China. Contemporary Nurse, 40(1), 5-14.

Grant, J. & Luxford, Y., 2011. 'Culture, it's a big term isn't it'? An analysis of child and family health nurses' understandings of culture and inter-cultural communication. Health Sociology Review, 20(1), 16-27.

Wadd, K., King, L.A., Bennett, P.N., & Grant, J., 2011. Being a parent on dialysis: a literature review. Journal of Renal Care, 37(4), 208-215.

Kearvell, H. & Grant, J., 2010. Getting connected: how nurses can support mother/infant attachment in the neonatal intensive care unit. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, 27(3), 75-82.

Grant, J. & Luxford, Y., 2009. Video: a decolonising strategy for intercultural communication in child and family health within ethnographic research. International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches, 3(3), 218-232.

Grant, J. & Luxford, Y., 2008. Intercultural communication in child and family health: insights from postcolonial feminist scholarship and three-body analysis. Nursing Inquiry, 15(4), 309-319.

Grant, J., Luxford, Y., & Darbyshire, P., 2005. Culture, communication and child health. Contemporary Nurse, 20(2), 134-142.

Journal articles

Hutton, A.E. & Grant, J., 2011. Expanding the role of nurses for a rapidly urbanising China. Nursing Review, Feb(2).

Conference publications

Grant, J., Guerin, P.B., & Parry, Y.K., 2011. Working in partnership and valuing diversity: How do organisational policies support practice?. Fourth Biennial National Conference of the Australian Association of Maternal, Child & Family Health Nurses.

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Refereed journal articles

Kruske, S. & Grant, J., 2012. Educational preparation for Maternal, Child and Family Health Nurses in Australia. International Nursing Review, 59(2), 200-207.

Grant, J. & Hutton, A.E., 2011. Supporting adolescents in a rapidly urbanising China. Contemporary Nurse, 40(1), 5-14.

Grant, J. & Luxford, Y., 2011. 'Culture, it's a big term isn't it'? An analysis of child and family health nurses' understandings of culture and inter-cultural communication. Health Sociology Review, 20(1), 16-27.

Wadd, K., King, L.A., Bennett, P.N., & Grant, J., 2011. Being a parent on dialysis: a literature review. Journal of Renal Care, 37(4), 208-215.

Kearvell, H. & Grant, J., 2010. Getting connected: how nurses can support mother/infant attachment in the neonatal intensive care unit. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, 27(3), 75-82.

Grant, J. & Luxford, Y., 2009. Video: a decolonising strategy for intercultural communication in child and family health within ethnographic research. International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches, 3(3), 218-232.

Grant, J. & Luxford, Y., 2008. Intercultural communication in child and family health: insights from postcolonial feminist scholarship and three-body analysis. Nursing Inquiry, 15(4), 309-319.

Grant, J., Luxford, Y., & Darbyshire, P., 2005. Culture, communication and child health. Contemporary Nurse, 20(2), 134-142.

Journal articles

Hutton, A.E. & Grant, J., 2011. Expanding the role of nurses for a rapidly urbanising China. Nursing Review, Feb(2).

Conference publications

Grant, J., Guerin, P.B., & Parry, Y.K., 2011. Methods of Inquiry for Researching with Vulnerable Refugee Families. The 7th Biennial Conference International Society of Critical Health Psychology.

Grant, J., Guerin, P.B., & Parry, Y.K., 2011. Methods of inquiry for researching with vulnerable refugee families. 7th Biennial Conference, International Society of Critical Health Psychology.

Grant, J., Guerin, P.B., & Parry, Y.K., 2011. Working in partnership and valuing diversity: How do organisational policies support practice?. Fourth Biennial National Conference of the Australian Association of Maternal, Child & Family Health Nurses.

Guerin, P.B., Grant, J., & Parry, Y.K., 2011. Talking about refugees: 'problems' and 'resilience' and what this means for services and practice for refugee parents and children. 7th Biennial Conference, International Society of Critical Health Psychology.

Kruske, S. & Grant, J., 2011. Pre-service educational preparation for MCFHNs in Australia. Fourth Biennial National Conference of the Australian Association of Maternal, Child & Family Health Nurses.

Grant, J., 2010. Education preparation for maternal, child and family health nurses. NETNEP 2010, 3rd International Nurse Education Conference.

Grant, J., 2010. The 'multi' in multiculture: why don't health professionals get it?. Centre for Culture Ethnicity and Health, Diversity in Health Conference.

Grant, J., 2010. Locating the â¿¿criticalâ¿¿ nature of ethnography when video joins the armoury. Contemporary Ethnography across Disciplines University of Waikato.

Grant, J., 2009. 4-year-old healthy kids check. Practice Nurse Continuing Education Conference.

Grant, J., 2009. Changing perspectives: moving from monocultural to multicultural thinking. Third biennial Australian maternal child and family health nurses conference : growing together, families, culture and diversity : program and abstracts.

Grant, J., 2009. Changing perspectives: moving from monoculture to multiculture. Changing Perspective Workshop.

Grant, J., 2009. Colliding realities: managing identity and knowledge in intercultural communication in child and family health. Third biennial Australian maternal child and ramily health nurses conference : growing together, families, culture and diversity.

Grant, J., 2009. Partnership in name but not always in practice: How modernist interpretations of power erode capacity to enact partnership. 15th International Critical and Feminist Perspectives in Health and Social Justice Conference.

Grant, J., 2009. The contexts of parenting for Australians from refugee backgrounds. 16th Conference of the Australasian Human Development Association, 30-30.

Grant, J., 2008. Putting the 'multi' back into 'culture' in child and family health nursing. the QEC 5th Biennial International Conference.

Grant, J., 2008. Taking the 'multi' from 'culture' in child and family health care. the Children, Communities, Connections Conference.

Grant, J., 2008. Working with culture in child and youth health. Twighlight Seminar for the Australian Association of Paediatric and Child Health Nurses.

Grant, J., 2006. Whiteness in Community Child Health. Abstracts: The Borderpolitics of Whiteness Conference 2006.

Grant, J., 2005. Culture, communication and child health: preliminary findings of research exploring how ideas of culture shape child health professional's communications with migrant parents. Innovation and leadership in clinical practice, research and education, 106-106.

Grant, J., 2005. Reviewing current practice of cultural care and communication in child health. Innovation and leadership in clinical practice, research and education, 89-89.

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Professional and community engagement

President:
Australian Association of Maternal Child and Family Health Nurses

Member:
National Investment for the Early Years
Australian Nursing Federation
Royal College of Nursing Australia,
Australian College of Children and Young People's Nurses
Mirgant and Refugee Research Cluster (Flinders University)


Reviewer:
Nursing Inquiry
Contemporary Nurse
Journal of Child Health Care
Neonatal Paediatric and Child Health Nursing
Health Sociology Review
Canadian Journal of Nursing Research



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