Dean Whitehead

ORCID: 0000-0003-4131-4594
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Research Areas
  • School Health and Nursing Education
  • Health, psychology, and well-being
  • Health and Wellbeing Research
  • Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership
  • Nursing Roles and Practices
  • Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation
  • Primary Care and Health Outcomes
  • Child and Adolescent Health
  • Community Health and Development
  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
  • Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
  • Global Health Workforce Issues
  • Workplace Health and Well-being
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Nursing education and management
  • Delphi Technique in Research
  • Evaluation and Performance Assessment
  • Health and Well-being Studies
  • Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
  • Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Homelessness and Social Issues

Flinders University
2015-2025

Federation University
2022-2024

University of Tasmania
2021-2023

Iran University of Medical Sciences
2023

Flinders Medical Centre
2018

Australian National University
2016

Massey University
2004-2013

Australian Catholic University
2007

RMIT University
2004-2007

Marymount University
2005

10.1111/j.1365-2702.2006.01886.x article EN Journal of Clinical Nursing 2007-12-10

10.1111/j.1365-2702.2006.01764.x article EN Journal of Clinical Nursing 2007-03-30

The World Health Organization's (WHO) Ottawa Charter for Promotion in 1986 provided the catalyst from which Promoting Workplace movement emerged. Here, an extensive review of available workplace-related health literature provides basis critical discussion and recommendations care managers. findings suggest that managers, who practice all service settings, should be aiming to initiate promote radical promotion reform as set out WHO settings-based movement. Developing implementing sustainable...

10.1111/j.1365-2934.2005.00599.x article EN Journal of Nursing Management 2005-12-08

To investigate the academic writing experiences of a group preregistration nursing students. explore issues surrounding how skills were developed, integrated and received into student's educational programme these impacted on various aspects their clinical experience.The development an style is seen to be integral skill that student must willing learn undertake within higher education settings. Academic styles have been imported as consequence its integration education. I wanted learning for...

10.1046/j.1365-2648.2002.02211.x article EN Journal of Advanced Nursing 2002-05-16

Aim. To develop a unique framework which combines the concepts of settings and lifespan where they are applied to health promotion. Background. The influential World Health Organisation’s 1986 Ottawa Charter for Promotion supported certain being nominated as social systems enabling specific promotion activity. These initially included whole raft proposed ranging from micro macro; these at time mainly hospitals, communities, schools, workplaces, cities, villages, islands home family. Several...

10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03674.x article EN Journal of Clinical Nursing 2011-05-03

Eating patterns among school-aged children continue to be highly reliant on frequent consumption of food items that are perceived have low or poor nutritional value. This has become a serious public health concern. In this New Zealand-based study, primary school children's behaviour was investigated via two sources: cross-sectional survey foods from 927 lunch-boxes, and the content analysis unconsumed deposited in provided waste disposal bins. The results indicated most lunch-boxes contained...

10.1177/0017896908100444 article EN Health Education Journal 2009-02-13

The objective of this study was to identify the current position health promotion in nursing as it relates its practice, theory and policy and, where possible a secondary aim, compare contrast against other professional groups. This achieved using framework Derridean-derived discourse analysis existing literature specific nurses practice. overall process examined 'corpus' considered exemplary texts that kind classification. A number binary oppositions tensions, Derridean tradition, were...

10.1093/heapro/daq073 article EN Health Promotion International 2010-12-03

This study aimed to explore the perception of Iranian nurses concerning spiritual care and reveal any confronted barriers.Although context is a substantial aspect holistic care, delivery has been problematic due lack nurses' understanding this concept.Nurses' perceptions spirituality directly influence their performance as well relationships with patients.This cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2013 259 working hospitals affiliated Qazvin University Medical Sciences, Iran. Data were...

10.1111/inr.12222 article EN International Nursing Review 2015-11-16

A criticism laid at the door of many nurses in relation to their health promotion activity is that they almost exclusively adopt a biomedical/preventative education approach. When it comes adopting socio-political approaches, there scant evidence implement these activities clinical practice. This article designed raise awareness and signpost types could be involved with if wish influence broader social political agenda. In doing so, has developed an 'effect' programme model for practice as...

10.1046/j.1365-2702.2003.00769.x article EN Journal of Clinical Nursing 2003-08-12

Objectives This article aims to define what is action research and where it fits in with health promotion practice, through drawing upon associated literature personal experience. It also seeks investigate the possible reasons why that researchers have not readily taken on processes of strategies. Rationale The place programmes an important yet relatively unacknowledged understated activity. has proven be very popular other professional groups, such as education, management social sciences....

10.1177/001789690306200102 article EN Health Education Journal 2003-03-01
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