Flinders University
Ms Yvonne Parry
Ms
Yvonne
Parry
Flinders University
http://www.flinders.edu.au/people/yvonne.parry
Yvonne Parry
| Position/s: | Lecturer Faculty of Health Sciences |
| Phone: | +61 8 82015007 |
| Email: | yvonne.parry@flinders.edu.au |
| Location: | Sturt South Wing (S265) |
| Postal address: | GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia |
Biography
Yvonne Parry has a research interest in the area of health access and the influence of the structural and intermediary social determinants of health on health systems, services and access. Yvonne actively promotes the inclusion of consumer experiences in the development and assessment of health access and service provision. Yvonne is also focused on the access of children to timely and appropriate health services and actively lobbies on behalf of children. Yvonne liaises with visible minority groups to incorporate their access perspectives to assist in the equitable provision of health services. Yvonne's other area of research is the delivery of Higher Education Programs to the Bachelor of Health Science students and the construct alignment of assessment and evaluation processes. Yvonne's research provides an understanding of the BHS student's perceptions of topics, and the scaffolding of skills through the learning outcomes and assessment tasks.
Qualifications
RN, BA (Psychology & Public Policy), MHSM, GradCertEdu (Higher Education), PhD
Honours, awards and grants
2009 Best Collaborative/Interdisciplinary Research Project "Professionals Protecting Children": Professor D Scott, Dr L Arnold, Ms C Maio-Taddeo, Ms Y Parry, Dr F Arney, Dr A Crettenden, Dr C Zufferey, Ms K Linton.
PUBLICATION SERIES: Parry Y, Maio-Taddeo CM, Arnold L and Nayda R “Professional Protecting Children: Child Protection and Nursing and Midwifery Education in Australia†Australian Centre for Child Protection. ISBN: 978 0 9804107 61, ISBN: 978 0 9804107 78.
Teaching
Research and consultancy
Research interests
Current resesarch project: 2011-2014 An Mixed Methods Evaluation of the Right Bite Strategy (Department of Education and Children's Development DECD). This is a three year evaluation occurring during the school term 1, 2012, 2013, and 2014. Quantitative data is collected by DECD and analyzed by Parry and the qualitative data is collected by Parry and analyzed by Drummond and Parry. The research will inform the Department of Education and Child Development (DECD) on the uptake of the Right Bite Strategy and explore the barriers and facilitators to the implementation of this policy initiate (Drummond & Parry).
2010-2011 Growing Australia’s Future: Health children in a new country. Three phase ecological inquiry to improve the health outcomes of infants and children whose parents are seeking or have gained entry to Australia via humanitarian pathways (Grant, Guerin & Parry). This research analysed health and welfare policy documents from a variety of service providers and their implementation.
Postgraduate research supervision
Ms Mali Carmel Terubentau: Honours Research on: A qualitative investigation of the role of *Aboriginal Health Workers in supporting Aboriginal people living with diabetes in a rural town in South Australia". date, Aboriginal Health Worker roles are not clearly understood and poorly documented. Therefore, this research seeks to understand the AHW roles specifically in the area of supporting diabetes self-management. Further, to explore how the AHW roles impact on Aboriginal people living with diabetes. The research seeks to explore the experiences and perceptions of Aboriginal people living with diabetes and how the role AHW impacts on their health conditions. This research is significant in not only identifying AHW's specific roles but also in identifying pathways that enable AHW in supporting Aboriginal people living with diabetes and further in identifying challenges experienced by these individuals.
Publications
Books
Parry, Y.K., 2009. Professionals Protecting Children, Australian Centre for Child Protection: Dept of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research.
Book chapters
Parry, Y.K., 2012. The social determinants and the healthcare system. In Health, Illness and Well-being: Perpectives and Social Determinants. South Melbourne Victoria: Oxford University Press, pp. 326-340.
Parry, Y.K. & Willis, E.M., 2011. The Social Determinants of Health and the Healthcare system. In Health, Wellness and the Social Determinants of Health. Sydney: Elsevier.
Parry, Y.K. & Willis, E.M., 2009. The social context of behaviour. In Psychology for Health Professionals. Chatswood, NSW: Elsevier, pp. 85-103.
Conference publications
Reynolds, L.C. & Parry, Y.K., 2011. 'Wanna be' tertiary transfer students: The experience of two transitions.
Parry, Y.K. & Reynolds, L.C., 2011. Don't crush my dream! A thematic analysis of appeal letters written by students who have been asked to 'show cause' for academic poor performance.
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.
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. Methods of Inquiry for Researching with Vulnerable Refugee Families. The 7th Biennial Conference International Society of Critical Health Psychology.
Parry, Y.K. & Willis, E.M., 2011. The use of paediatric Emergency Departments for the provision of primary health care services: a mixed methods approach. 7th Health Services & Policy Research Conference.
Books
Parry, Y.K., 2009. Professionals Protecting Children, Australian Centre for Child Protection: Dept of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research.
Book chapters
Parry, Y.K., 2012. The social determinants and the healthcare system. In Health, Illness and Well-being: Perpectives and Social Determinants. South Melbourne Victoria: Oxford University Press, pp. 326-340.
Parry, Y.K. & Willis, E.M., 2011. The Social Determinants of Health and the Healthcare system. In Health, Wellness and the Social Determinants of Health. Sydney: Elsevier.
Parry, Y.K. & Willis, E.M., 2009. The social context of behaviour. In Psychology for Health Professionals. Chatswood, NSW: Elsevier, pp. 85-103.
Conference publications
Parry, Y.K. & Willis, E.M., 2011. The use of paediatric Emergency Departments for the provision of primary health care services: a mixed methods approach. 7th Health Services & Policy Research Conference.
Reynolds, L.C. & Parry, Y.K., 2011. 'Wanna be' tertiary transfer students: The experience of two transitions.
Parry, Y.K. & Reynolds, L.C., 2011. Don't crush my dream! A thematic analysis of appeal letters written by students who have been asked to 'show cause' for academic poor performance.
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.
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. Methods of Inquiry for Researching with Vulnerable Refugee Families. The 7th Biennial Conference International Society of Critical Health Psychology.
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.
Reynolds, L.C. & Parry, Y.K., 2010. Mapping Graduate Qualities in an undergraduate Health Science program. 13th Pacific Rim First Year in Higher Education Conference 2010.
Parry, Y.K. & Reynolds, L.C., 2010. Scaffolding key academic skills in a Bachelor of Health Science program. 13th Pacific Rim First Year in Higher Education Conference 2010.
Siegloff, L.M., Paterson, J.B., Cecchin, M., & Parry, Y.K., 2009. Dementia delirium and depression - curriculum development and evaluation project. Connecting the dots: geriatric nursing, education, and clinical simulation international conference.
Xiao, D., Paterson, J.B., Henderson, J.A., Siegloff, L.M., Parry, Y.K., & Kelton, M.F., 2009. A longitudinal study of factors affecting nursing students' preference of working with older people. Connecting the dots: geriatric nursing, education, and clinical simulation international conference.
Paterson, J.B., Xiao, D., Henderson, J.A., Siegloff, L.M., Parry, Y.K., & Kelton, M.F., 2009. Partnership in Aged Care Education (PACE): a strategy to recruit and retain qualified nursing staff in Residential Aged Care (RAC). Connecting the dots: geriatric nursing, education, and clinical simulation international conference.
Reynolds, L.C. & Parry, Y.K., 2009. Feedback for Graduate Qualities. ERGA Conference.
Other public research outputs
Power, C., Parry, Y.K., & Nixon, A., 2007. Early Links Evaluation Project: Final Report Jan 2007. , 2-69.
Power, C. & Parry, Y.K., 2007. An evaluation of Flinders Medical Centre Emergency Department family violence screening program. , 1-82.
Professional and community engagement
Member: Consumer and Community Advisory Commiittee, Child, Youth and Women's Health Service
Member: The South Australian Child Health Clinical Network
Further information
RN, BA (Psychology & Public Policy), MHSM, GradCertEdu (Higher Education), PhD
