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School of Population Health
School of Population Health
Staff Profile

A/Prof Fran Boyle

Position: Associate Professor

Phone: +61 7 334 64681

Fax: +61 7 334 64717

Email: f.boyle@sph.uq.edu.au

 

Location: 223

Building: Public Health Building

Centre or Group: Health Systems and Economics

Biography:

Assoc Prof Fran Boyle is Head of the Health Systems & Policy Academic Discipline Group in the School of Population Health at The University of Queensland. She holds a BA (HonsI, Psych) and PhD from The University of Queensland. Fran has a long-standing research and teaching involvement in the psychosocial aspects of health and illness and in community health and primary health care. Her research focuses on social determinants of health, people’s experiences of health and illness in the community, and the development of models of care that draw on multi-dimensional and multidisciplinary models of health and wellbeing. She has significant experience in conducting large-scale community based surveys and in the integration of quantitative and qualitative methods. Current research projects include an investigation of the contributions made by community-based health organisations to people's capacity to manage chronic health problems; and the development of health literacy in the context of primary health systems.

Qualifications:

  • Doctor of Philosophy  (1993)
    University of Queensland
  • Bachelor of Arts (HonoursI)  (1985)
    University of Queensland

Research Interests:

  • Social Determinants of Health

 

Publications

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  • Boyle F, Mutch A, Dean J, Dick M-L, Del Mar C. Consumer health organisations for people with diabetes and arthritis: Who contacts them and why?. Health and Social Care in the Community. In press; .
  • Boyle F, Mutch A, Dean J, Dick M-L, Del Mar C. The Contribution of Consumer Health Organisations to Chronic Disease Self Management in the Context of Primary Care. Canberra. Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute; ; View Publication
  • Najman JM, Nguyen ML, Boyle FM. Sexual abuse in childhood and physical and mental health in adulthood: an Australian population study. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 2007; 36:666-675.
  • Najman JM, Dunne MP, Boyle FM. Childhood sexual abuse and adult sexual dysfunction: Response to commentary by Rind and Tromovitch (2007). Archives of Sexual Behavior. 2007 Feb; 36(1):107-109.
  • Dean J, Mutch A, Boyle F, Dick M-L, Del Mar C. Is patient activation to self-manage chronic illness increased by contact with community based health organisations?. In: General Practice and Primary Health Care Research Conference; 2007 24-25th May Sydney.
  • Boyle F, Mutch A, Dean J, Dick M-L, Del Mar C. Community based health organisations: their contribution to Chronic Illness Care. In: General Practice and Primary Health Care Research Conference; 2007 24-25th May Sydney.
  • Boyle FM, Donald M, Dean JH, Conrad S, Mutch AJ. Mental Health Promotion and Non-profit Health Organisations. Health and Social Care in the Community. 2007; 15(6):553-560.
  • Posner TN, Boyle FM, Purdie DM, Dunne MP, Najman JM. Prevalence and risk factors for lifetime exposure to Pap smear abnormalities in the Australian community. Sex Health. 2006 Dec; 3(4).
  • Najman JM, Dunne MP, Purdie DM, Boyle FM, Coxeter PD. Sexual partner preferences: evolutionary imperative, emotional attachment or hedonism. Marriage and Family Review. 2006; 40(1).
  • Najman JM, Dunne MP, Purdie DM, Boyle FM, Coxeter PD. Sexual abuse in childhood and sexual dysfunction in adulthood: An Australian population-based study. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 2005 Oct; 34(5):517-526.
  • Mutch AJ, Dean JH, Boyle FM. Using medical education to develop referral pathways from general practice to the community. Third Sector Review. 2005; 11(1):9-18.
  • Lennox N, Taylor M, Rey-Conde T, Bain C, Purdie DM, Boyle F. Beating the barriers: recruitment of people with intellectual disability to participate in research. J Intellect Disabil Res. 2005 Apr; 49(Pt 4).
  • Lennox N, Taylor M, Rey-Conde T, Bain C, Boyle FM, Purdie DM. ask for it: development of a health advocacy intervention for adults with intellectual disability and their general practitioners. Health Promotion International. 2004 Jun 1; 19(2):167-175.
  • Turner C, Boyle F, O'Rourke P. Mothers' health post-partum and their patterns of seeking vaccination for their infants. Int J Nurs Pract. 2003 Apr; 9(2).
  • Najman JM, Dunne MP, Boyle FM, Cook MD, Purdie DM. Sexual dysfunction in the Australian population. Aust Fam Physician. 2003 Nov; 32(11).
  • Dunne MP, Purdie DM, Cook MD, Boyle FM, Najman JM. Is child sexual abuse declining? Evidence from a population-based survey of men and women in Australia. Child Abuse & Neglect. 2003 Feb; 27(2):141-152.
  • Coppa K, Boyle FM. The role of self-help groups in chronic illness management: A qualitative study. Australian Journal of Primary Health. 2003; 9(2&3):68-74.
  • Boyle FM, Posner TN, Del Mar CB, McLean J, Bush RA. Self-help organisations: A qualitative study of successful collaboration with general practice. Australian Journal of Primary Health. 2003; 9(2&3):68-74.
  • Boyle FM, Dunne MP, Purdie DM, Najman JM, Cook MD. Early patterns of sexual activity: age cohort differences in Australia. International Journal of STD and AIDS. 2003 Nov; 14(11):745-752.
  • Vance JC, Boyle FM, Najman JM, Thearle MJ. Couple distress after sudden infant or perinatal death: A 30-month follow up. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 2002 Aug; 38(4):368-372.

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