Staff Profile
Deb Hartley
| Position: | Lecturer/Course Co-ordinator MHID |
| Faculty: | Faculty of Health Sciences |
| School: | School of Medicine |
| Location: | Block G5, Flinders Medical Centre Flats, Flinders Drive, Bedford Park, South Australia |
| Telephone: | +61 8 8204 6417 |
| Fax: | +61 8 8204 5693 |
| Email: | deb.hartley@flinders.edu.au |
Teaching Interests
Current Topics
- International Health Program Planning and Design (PHCA 8929)
- Primary Health Care in Developing Countries (PHCA 8904)
- Gender, Public health and International Development (PHCA 8921/DUST 9041)
Other teaching interests include:
- Health Services Management & Health Sector Reform for Developing Countries,
- NGOS and Development,
- Development Management,
- Primary Health Care in Emergencies
- Disability and Development
Research Interests
- International Health project/program evaluation/applied or action research
- The role of contracting in international health development
- Approaches for enhancing local ownership of externally funded health sector interventions,
- Processes for monitoring and evaluating partnership approaches in international health,
- Importance of relationships and networks in primary health care,
- Existing research links and partnerships in Indonesia and Cambodia . Interest for engaging further inTimor Leste (East Timor).
Key and Recent Publications
Rowling D, Hartley D, Owen J and Strachan J, 1996. Family Planning: Personal and Political Aspects from Choiseul, Solomon Islands, Australian Journal of Public Health 19, 6, 616-622.
Strachan J, Hartley D, Owen J, Rowling and Pikatcha J, 1995. Family planning in Choiseul province, Solomon Islands, Journal of the Australian Population Association 12, 1, 35-50 . (Paper Awarded the Australian Population Association's Borrie Prize 1996)
Professional Associations
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Associate : Australian International Health Institute (AIHI), University of Melbourne
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Member of the Australian Public Health Association (Special Interest Group: International Health)
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Member of the International Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR)
Community Activity
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AusAid: Contracted advisor/reviewer for INGO accreditation
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Supporting Member of Overseas Specialist Surgical Association of Australia (OSSAA)
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Member of the Fern Avenue Organic Community Garden, Unley, South Australia
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Chair person: Alternative 3 Community Organised
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Board Member: Motivation Australia (INGO involved in disability issues)