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Yvonne Parry

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Associate professor, Flinders University

Associate Professor Yvonne Parry in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, at Flinders University is an active researcher with interest in the areas of: child development and access to health; vulnerable and at risk child; children's access to health, education, and welfare services; and the influence of the structural and intermediary social determinants on children's health, education and welfare supply and service provision. Yvonne is a member of: ARACY, ACNA, ICCHNR, and the ACCYN. Yvonne actively promotes the inclusion of children’s and parent's experiences in research projects. Yvonne has also provided accredited interprofessional courses and topics to; health, education, and welfare undergraduates and postgraduates, in the areas of: 'child development', 'working collaboratively with vulnerable families', and 'working with vulnerable children'.

Experience

  • 2012–present
    Senior Lecturer, Flinders University

Education

  • 2012 
    PhD, Flinders University
  • 2010 
    Graduate Certificate in Education (Higher Education), Flinders University
  • 2006 
    Masters of Health Service Management, Flinders University
  • 1999 
    BA, Flinders University

Publications

  • 2015
    Deprivation and its impact on non-urgent Paediatric Emergency Department use: are Nurse Practitioners the answer? , Journal of Advanced Nursing
  • 2015
    A Scoping Study: Children, Policy and Cultural shifts in homelessness services in South Australia: Are children still falling through the gaps? , Health & Social Care in the Community
  • 2015
    The use of student-centred approaches to learning in health professional education (chapter), Evidence-Based Education in the Health Professions
  • 2015
    Nursing and Vulnerable Children: Our Role, Austin J Nurs Health Care

Grants and Contracts

  • 2015
    The use of community for children (CfC) programs to improve the social determinants of health outcomes in Western Adelaide
    Role:
    Lead Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Uniting Care Wesley, Port Adelaide, Communities for Children
  • 2014
    Developing a national interdisciplinary educational framework for professionals working with children in the early years
    Role:
    CI2
    Funding Source:
    Office of Learning & Teaching
  • 2014
    Analysis of data on parenting programs from a social determinants of health perspective
    Role:
    Lead Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Uniting Care Wesley, Communities for Children, Port Adelaide
  • 2012
    The in-service educational needs of front line homelessness service staff in a Generic Homelessness Service to deliver Child Aware Practice in accordance with the ‘no wrong door’ policy
    Role:
    Lead Invesigator
    Funding Source:
    Flinders University Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences

Professional Memberships

  • International Collaboration for Community Health Nursing Research (ICCHNR)
  • Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association