Devin C. Bowles
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Prioritising people who use drugs in health policy: An Australian Capital Territory case study Open
Introduction Governments are increasingly identifying priority populations on which to focus health policy and to measure health and wellbeing outcomes. Prioritising populations that are considered to be higher risk or to have particular n…
Are we teaching the health impacts of climate change in a clinically relevant way? A systematic narrative review of biomechanism-focused climate change learning outcomes in medical curricula Open
Introducing biomedical approaches to the health impacts of climate change can improve medical student engagement with relevant climate-related issues, improve the development of medical schemas, and minimise displacement into crowded medic…
View article: Involvement of people who use alcohol and other drug services in the development of patient‐reported measures of experience: A scoping review
Involvement of people who use alcohol and other drug services in the development of patient‐reported measures of experience: A scoping review Open
Introduction Patient‐reported measures that assess satisfaction and experience are increasingly utilised in healthcare sectors, including the alcohol and other drug (AOD) sector. This scoping review identifies how and to what extent people…
Screening and Treatment for Co-occurring Gambling and Substance Use: A Scoping Review Open
There is a high prevalence of gambling harms co-occurring with substance use harms. Where harms are co-occurring, they may be experienced as more severe. However, there is little evidence that services are systematically screening for such…
Adaptive doctors in Australia: preparing tomorrow’s doctors for practice in a world destabilised by declining planetary health Open
Medical professionals need to be equipped with competencies to provide sustainable healthcare and promote planetary health. The aims of this study were to map the presence of planetary health themes in one Australian medical program, devel…
Efficacy of Communication Techniques and Health Outcomes of Bushfire Smoke Exposure: A Scoping Review Open
Public health officials communicate the relevant risks of bushfire smoke exposure and associated health protection measures to affected populations. Increasing global bushfire incidence in the context of climate change motivated this scopi…
What Do Public Health Graduates Do and Where Do They Go? An Analysis of Job Destinations and Mismatch in Australian Public Health Graduates Open
Background: It is not well understood what occupations public health graduates have after graduation, nor is it well known whether their education provides them with the relevant knowledge and skills to feel well matched to their occupatio…
Adaptive doctors: preparing tomorrow’s doctors for practice in the Anthropocene Epoch Open
Background The future health workforce needs to be equipped with the knowledge, skills, and motivation to deliver sustainable healthcare and promote planetary health. The aim of this study was to design, implement and evaluate a new suite …
The growth of Australian public health graduates and courses, 2001‐2018: implications for education and employment opportunities Open
Given the growth of graduates with public health degrees, there should be an increased focus on relevant job opportunities, as supply may be outpacing demand. Implications for public health: We note three potential issues with public healt…
View article: Adapting to Teaching During a Pandemic: Pedagogical Adjustments for the Next Semester of Teaching During COVID-19 and Future Online Learning
Adapting to Teaching During a Pandemic: Pedagogical Adjustments for the Next Semester of Teaching During COVID-19 and Future Online Learning Open
COVID-19 has altered public health higher education and its impact on pedagogy will be felt long into the future. In response to social distancing measures, teaching academics implemented a number of changes to curricula. It is important t…
Who comes when the world goes Code Blue? A novel method of exploring job advertisements for COVID‐19 in health care Open
Aim To explore the health workforce responses to COVID‐19. Design Analysis of job advertisements. Methods We collected advertisements for healthcare jobs which were caused by and in response to COVID‐19 between 4 March–17 April 2020 for th…
No Two Workforces Are the Same: A Systematic Review of Enumerations and Definitions of Public Health Workforces Open
The delivery and coordination of public health functions is essential to national and global health, however, there are considerable problems in defining the people who work in public health, as well as estimating their number. Therefore, …
Freeing Policy from the Proximate Open
Human health depends on the health of eco-planetary systems, many of which are under increasing anthropogenic pressure.In recent years, epidemiology has expanded its range of enquiry temporally and spatially, confirming many of these depen…
Trump, Brexit, Right-wing Anti-globalisation, and An Uncertain Future for Public Health Open
Global public health is intimately linked with political, economic and social determinants. The current global order has been built on the assumption that the globalisation agenda shared by political elites of the last several decades will…