Overview
Background
Dr Mansoureh Nickbakht is a Research Fellow at the University of Queensland Centre for Hearing Research (CHEAR). She is a qualitative researcher and her research mainly focuses on improving hearing services. Currently, she is working on a NHMRC-funded project to improve access to the hearing services program for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in Australia.
Availability
- Dr Mansoureh Nickbakht is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Research interests
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Equity in healthcare for people from culturally and linguistically diverse background
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Family-centred care
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Early intervention services for children
Research impacts
Dr Mansoureh Nickbakht has received funding from charity organisations to address social isolation in adolescents. She has also been an investigator on national projects about the stigma of hearing loss, and on a contract research project from the Department of Health and Social Care to develop informational resources and decision-aid tools for people with hearing loss, now implemented on the national DOH website (https://www.health.gov.au/our-work/hearing-services-program). Dr Nickbakht developed a Minimum Data Set to be used in a needs assessment tool to promote family-centred intervention.
Works
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2012
Journal Article
The objective structured clinical examination: a study on satisfaction of students, faculty members, and tutors
Amiri, Marzieh and Nickbakht, Mansoureh (2012). The objective structured clinical examination: a study on satisfaction of students, faculty members, and tutors. Life Science Journal, 9 (4), 4909-4911. doi: 10.7537/marslsj090412.737
2005
Journal Article
Consanguineous marriage among the parents of hearing impaired students in Baghcheban primary schools
Nikbakht, Mansoureh, Nazeri, Ahmadreza and Amiri, Zohreh (2005). Consanguineous marriage among the parents of hearing impaired students in Baghcheban primary schools. Audiology, 14 (1), 50-60.
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Mansoureh Nickbakht is:
- Available for supervision
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Available projects
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Improving healthcare for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
This project aims to identify barriers for people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds to use healthcare services in a multicultural country.
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Exploring the stigma of health condition among people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
Exploring the stigma of having a health condition among people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and how it could impact their use of healthcare services.
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Exploring social isolation among teenagers with heairng loss
The previous phase of this project explored social isolation among teenagers from the perspectives of health professionals. Now the project aims to investigate this from the perspectives of teenagers and their parents.
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Hearing health inequalities in culturally and linguistically diverse communities in Australia.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Asaduzzaman Khan, Professor Piers Dawes
Completed supervision
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
Early intervention services for children with hearing loss in Kuwait
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Rebecca Packer, Professor Nerina Scarinci
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