- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Patient Dignity and Privacy
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare
- Virology and Viral Diseases
- Immune responses and vaccinations
- Hospital Admissions and Outcomes
- Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
- Pain Management and Opioid Use
- Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
- Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity
- Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
- Epilepsy research and treatment
- Qualitative Research Methods and Applications
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Ethics in medical practice
- Patient Safety and Medication Errors
St Vincent’s Private Hospital Sydney
2020-2023
Federal Ministry of Health
2020
Monash University
2016-2019
Palliative care is limited in Ethiopia, particularly rural areas, where more than 78% of the population live. Current initiatives and research are focused on urban settings primarily donor dependent. This study aims to explore status palliative care, enabling factors implementation challenges Ethiopia's regional health settings.A qualitative case was conducted with professionals drawn from different settings, academic institutions included planners practitioners. Focus groups were community...
Interprofessional education is an important element in the preparation of healthcare students who can communicate effectively and work collaboratively. A grant from Health Workforce Australia funded a shared nursing, paramedicine, physiotherapy simulation suite staff member dedicated to interprofessional simulation, with aim increasing high fidelity within across three professions. This article describes development process pilot testing four purpose-designed handover scenarios for...
Background: Ethiopia has a national palliative care guideline, and is explicitly recognised in the country’s healthcare policy health sector transformation plans. However, not fully delivered regional public hospitals primary units. Objective: This study explores perceived barriers to deliver services rural settings, which units largely serve. Design: Face-to-face interviews were conducted region of Ethiopia. Methods: Forty-two participants recruited from variety settings including primary,...
This study aims to measure and explore the barriers translating theoretical knowledge of palliative care into clinical practice.A mixed-method study, combining a cross-sectional survey key interviews was conducted. The quantitative data were obtained from 173 nurses conducted with 42 health professionals drawn multiple settings. For analysis, Statistical Package for Social Sciences software conducted, thematic analysis supported NVivo used analyzing qualitative data.Of 220 invited, completed...
Abstract Background: Palliative care is limited or non-existent in Ethiopia, particularly rural areas where, more than 78% of the population live. Current initiatives and research are focused on urban settings primarily donor dependent. This study aims to explore status palliative care, enabling factors implementation challenges Ethiopia’s regional health settings. Methods: A qualitative case was conducted with professionals drawn from different settings, academic institutions included...
Availability and accessibility of opioids are a worldwide problem. In low-resource settings, such as Ethiopia, access to is either limited or nonexistent legally restricted in health care settings. This study aimed identify barriers for the availability Ethiopian rural regional settings.A mixed-method case design was used. A total 220 nurses from primary, secondary, tertiary settings were invited participate survey knowledge practice. For qualitative interview, 38 participants recruited...
Background: Measles is a vaccine preventable, highly transmissible viral infection that affects mostly children under five years. It has been ear marked for eradication and Nigeria adopted the measles elimination strategies of World Health Organization (WHO) African region to reduce cases deaths. This study was done determine trends in Bayelsa state, describe terms person place, identify gaps case-based surveillance data collection system risk factors infection. Methods materials: We carried...