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Mary O'Loughlin

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Publications

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Awards

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Biography

Dr Mary O’Loughlin RN, BN, MPH, PhD, is a public health teaching academic at James Cook University (JCU). Her teaching includes health and the health care system in Australia; health promotion; and, qualitative and mixed methods research approaches. In addition, she coordinates the postgraduate public health placement program.
Mary is Chair of the Public Health and Tropical Medicine Learning and Teaching Committee and the co-convenor of the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) primary health care special interest group.
Mary's PhD project focused on the Health Care Homes model of primary health care, exploring the model implementation from the consumer perspective. Her Master's research project explored the health of Australian hairdressers. Using quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods approaches to research, Mary has experience in a range of research projects including literature reviews, surveys, large-scale data linkages, interviews and focus groups. Areas of research interest include: consumer health; health service delivery and models of care; occupational epidemiology; oral health and health promotion; program evaluation; and approaches to learning and teaching.

Teaching

Taught Modules
[TM5571] Public Health PlacementCoordinator, Lecturer
2023

Activities

Awards
JCU Digital Learning Initiative Grant, for HS1401 Health and Health Care in Australia
2023
JCU Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning, awarded to the HS1401 Health and Health Care in Australia team
2020
Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine (AITHM) PhD scholarship
2015
JCU Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning, awarded to the HS2406 Health Promotion in Dentistry team
2020

Output

Exploring the potential for animal assisted interventions in a Far North Queensland hospital rehabilitation setting: a co-design project.
2024
Downing, Sandra; O'Loughlin, Mary; Devine, Sue; Edwards, Rachael; Bould, Em; Strivens, Eddy; Downey,...
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Teaching health promotion competencies in undergraduate dentistry training: A unique pedagogical approach
2022
Allen, Tammy; O'Loughlin, Mary; Croker, Felicity (2022) 'Teaching health promotion competencies in u. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 33 (S1):35-38. [DOI] ...
Journal Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Medical homes and chronic care: consumer lessons for regional Australia
2022
O'Loughlin, Mary; West, Caryn; Mills, Jane (2022) 'Medical homes and chronic care: consumer lessons . Australian Journal of Primary Health, 28 (2):97-103. [DOI] ...
Journal Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Exploring the measure of potentially avoidable general practitioner-type presentations to the emergency department in regional Queensland using linked, patient-perspective data
2020
O'Loughlin, Mary; Mills, Jane; McDermott, Robyn; Harriss, Linton R. (2020) 'Exploring the measure of. Australian Health Revi, 45 (1):90-96. [DOI] ...
Journal Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Exploring factors that influence adult presentation to an emergency department in regional Queensland: a linked, cross‐sectional, patient perspective study
2019
O'Loughlin, Mary; Harriss, Linton; Thompson, Fintan; McDermott, Robyn; Mills, Jane (2019) 'Exploring. 31 (3):...
Journal Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Preventable hospitalisations in regional Queensland: potential for primary health?
2019
Harriss, Linton R.; Thompson, Fintan; Lawson, Kenny; O'Loughlin, Mary; McDermott, Robyn (2019) 'Prev. Au, ...
Journal Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Review of patient-reported experience within patient-centered medical homes: insights for Australian health care homes
2017
O'Loughlin, Mary; Mills, Jane; McDermott, Robyn; Harriss, Linton (2017) 'Review of patient-reported . Australian Journal of Pri, 23 (5):429-439. [DOI] ...
Journal Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Validating Indigenous status in a regional Queensland hospital emergency department dataset with patient‐linked data
2020
O'Loughlin, Mary; Harriss, Linton; Mills, Jane; Thompson, Fintan; McDermott, Robyn (2020) 'Validatin Medical , 212 (5...
Journal Contribution ResearchOnline@JCU