Overview
Background
Dr. Hanh Dao is a nurse academic with experience in clinical practice, university teaching, and health research across diverse cultures and contexts. Her research areas include outcome measurement, aged care, health behavior, health promotion, heallth services and health workforce. Dr. Dao obtained a prestigious post-graduate research award for her PhD during 2013-1017. She has also earned multiple writing and travel awards, enabling her to disseminate her research at national and international conferences and in peer-reviewed journals since then. In 2024, Hanh received CHSR early career researcher award for her annual research performance. Dr. Hanh Dao led a multi-disciplinary health research team and secured a UQ Global Strategy and Partnerships Seed Funding to foster international nursing research collaborations with multiple universities and healthcare organizations.
Availability
- Dr Hanh Dao is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Masters (Research) of Nursing, Queensland University of Technology
- Doctor of Philosophy of Aged Care Nursing, Queensland University of Technology
- Member, Australian Association of Gerontology, Australian Association of Gerontology
- Member, Australian and New Zealand Mental Health Association, Australian and New Zealand Mental Health Association
- Member, The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research, The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research
Research interests
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development and validation of outcome measurement, pyschometric systematic review, health data standardisation
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nurse competence, occupational health
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chronic disease management, health service management
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health behaviours, mental health promotion
Research impacts
Her research outcomes have been published in high quality peer review academic Journals and received a number of citations. Her published health outcome measurements, for example: The Vietnamese versions of the Diabetes Self-Management Instrument and the Perceived Stress Scale, have been widely used nationally and internationally across various disciplines.
Works
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2025
Journal Article
Ambulance personnel’s intention to quit and its associations: a multi-group comparison using structural equation modelling
Dao-Tran, Tiet-Hanh, Townsend, Keith, Loundoun, Rebecca, Wilkinson, Adrian and Seib, Charrlotte (2025). Ambulance personnel’s intention to quit and its associations: a multi-group comparison using structural equation modelling. International Journal of Emergency Services. doi: 10.1108/ijes-07-2023-0028
2025
Journal Article
Enhanced Advance care planning and life Review Longitudinal Intervention (EARLI): protocol for a cluster randomized controlled cross-over trial of life story work and facilitated advance care planning among older Australian adults in community settings
Karusoo-Musumeci, Ava, Yeoh, Ling, Walton, Rebecca, Dao-Tran, Tiet-Hanh, Halcomb, Elizabeth, Auret, Kirsten A., Clayton, Josephine M., Kurrle, Susan, Campbell, Elissa, Hilgeman, Michelle, Sinclair, Ron, Meller, Anne, Towler, Simon, Edwards, Caroline E., Comans, Tracy and Sinclair, Craig (2025). Enhanced Advance care planning and life Review Longitudinal Intervention (EARLI): protocol for a cluster randomized controlled cross-over trial of life story work and facilitated advance care planning among older Australian adults in community settings. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 149 107795, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2024.107795
2025
Journal Article
Nutrition literacy in Vietnamese pregnant women: a cross-sectional study
Nguyen, Hoan Thi, Tran, Hang Thi Thuy, Dao-Tran, Tiet-Hanh and Huang, Li-Chi (2025). Nutrition literacy in Vietnamese pregnant women: a cross-sectional study. Health promotion international, 40 (1) daae187. doi: 10.1093/heapro/daae187
2024
Conference Publication
Cross‐Culturally Translating and Validating a Dementia Attitudes Scale in Arabic, Vietnamese, Cantonese, Mandarin, and Greek
Karamacoska, Diana, Jasim, Nibras, Tran, Mai, Caballero, Gabriela E., Tsouros, Emy, Chan, Sonia, Shatnawi, Eman, Steiner‐Lim, Genevieve Z., Siette, Joyce, Chan, Eliza, Nguyen, Kim‐Huong and Tran, Hanh Dao (2024). Cross‐Culturally Translating and Validating a Dementia Attitudes Scale in Arabic, Vietnamese, Cantonese, Mandarin, and Greek. Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) 2024, Philadelphia, PA United States, 28 July - 1 August 2024. Hoboken, NJ United States: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/alz.091704
2024
Conference Publication
Evidence-based strategies to facilitate older people’s engagement in advance care planning
Dao-Tran, T. H., Comans, T., Hilgeman, M., Halcomb, E. and Sinclair, C. (2024). Evidence-based strategies to facilitate older people’s engagement in advance care planning. AAG Conference, Hobart, TAS, Australia, 12 - 15 November 2024.
2024
Journal Article
Associations between employees’ alcohol consumption, insomnia and HR management strength
Dao-Tran, T-H, Townsend, K, Loudoun, R, Wilkinson, A and Seib, C (2024). Associations between employees’ alcohol consumption, insomnia and HR management strength. Occupational Medicine, 74 (9), 647-653. doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqae100
2024
Journal Article
Factors Associated with Advance Care Planning Engagement Among Community‐Dwelling Older Adults: A Cross‐Sectional Study
Dao‐Tran, Tiet‐Hanh, Yeoh, Ling, Comans, Tracy, Karusoo‐Musumeci, Ava, Auret, Kirsten A., Sinclair, Ron, Hilgeman, Michelle M., Clayton, Josephine M., Halcomb, Elizabeth, Campbell, Elissa, Meller, Anne, Walton, Rebecca, Kurrle, Susan and Sinclair, Craig (2024). Factors Associated with Advance Care Planning Engagement Among Community‐Dwelling Older Adults: A Cross‐Sectional Study. Journal of Clinical Nursing. doi: 10.1111/jocn.17458
2024
Conference Publication
Cross-culturally translating and validating a dementia attitudes scale in Arabic, Vietnamese, Cantonese, Mandarin, and Greek
Karamacoska, Diana, Jasim, Nibras, Caballero, Gabriela E., Chan, Sonia, Steiner-Lim, Genevieve Z., Chan, Eliza, Dao-Tran, Tiet-Hanh, Tran, Mai, Tsouros, Emy, Shatnawi, Eman, Siette, Joyce and Nguyen, Kim-Huong (2024). Cross-culturally translating and validating a dementia attitudes scale in Arabic, Vietnamese, Cantonese, Mandarin, and Greek. Alzheimer's Association International Conference, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 28 July 2024.
2024
Journal Article
Validating care and treatment scenarios for measuring decisional conflict regarding future care preferences among older adults
Sinclair, Craig, Yeoh, Ling, Karusoo‐Musumeci, Ava, Auret, Kirsten A., Clayton, Josephine M., Hilgeman, Michelle, Halcomb, Elizabeth, Sinclair, Ron, Martini, Angelita, Meller, Anne, Walton, Rebecca, Wei, Li, Dao‐Tran, Tiet‐Hanh, Kurrle, Susan and Comans, Tracy (2024). Validating care and treatment scenarios for measuring decisional conflict regarding future care preferences among older adults. Health Expectations, 27 (2) e14010, 1-11. doi: 10.1111/hex.14010
2023
Journal Article
Measuring the success of programmes of care for people living with dementia: a protocol for consensus building with consumers to develop a set of Core Outcome Measures for Improving Care (COM-IC)
Comans, Tracy, Nguyen, Kim, Gray, Len, Flicker, Leon, Williamson, Paula, Dodd, Susanna, Kearney, Anna, Cunningham, Colm, Morris, Thomas, Nunn, Jack, Trepel, Dominic, Almeida, Osvaldo P., Kenny, Danelle, Welch, Alyssa, Lowthian, Judy A., Quinn, John, Petrie, Glenys, Dao-Tran, Tiet-Hanh, Manchha, Asmita and Kurrle, Susan E. (2023). Measuring the success of programmes of care for people living with dementia: a protocol for consensus building with consumers to develop a set of Core Outcome Measures for Improving Care (COM-IC). BMJ Open, 13 (12) e073884, e073884. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-073884
2023
Journal Article
The Medical Outcome Study Social Support Survey (MOS‐SSS): a psychometric systematic review
Dao‐Tran, Tiet‐Hanh, Lam, Le‐Trinh, Balasooriya, Namal N. and Comans, Tracy (2023). The Medical Outcome Study Social Support Survey (MOS‐SSS): a psychometric systematic review. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 79 (12), 4521-4541. doi: 10.1111/jan.15786
2023
Conference Publication
Ethical considerations for participatory action research involving people with potential cognitive impairment
Kenney, D., Comans, T., Nguyen, K., Gray, L., Flicker, L., Williamson, P, Dodd,S, Kearney, A, Cunningham,C, Morris, T, Nunn, J, Trepel, D, Almeida, O, Welch,A, Lowthian, J, Quinn, J, Petrie, G, Dao-Tran, T-H, Manchha, A and Kurrle, S (2023). Ethical considerations for participatory action research involving people with potential cognitive impairment. Alzheimer's Association International Conference 2023, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 16-20 July 2023.
2023
Conference Publication
A review of recommended outcomes and measurement tools within core outcome sets (COS) developed for dementia
Kearney, Anna, Dao-Tran, Tiet-Hanh, Williamson, Paula and Dodd, Susanna (2023). A review of recommended outcomes and measurement tools within core outcome sets (COS) developed for dementia. The Alzheimer's Association International Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 16-20 July 2023.
2023
Conference Publication
Management of mortality risk among people dementia
Dao-Tran, T. H., Balasooriya, N. and Comans, T. (2023). Management of mortality risk among people dementia. AAG2023, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 14 - 17 November 2023.
2019
Book Chapter
Balancing formal and informal support for psychological health in emergency services: creating multiple pathways for ambulance staff
Kellner, Ashlea, Townsend, Keith, Loudoun, Rebecca, Dao-Tran, Tiet-Hanh and Wilkinson, Adrian (2019). Balancing formal and informal support for psychological health in emergency services: creating multiple pathways for ambulance staff. Critical perspectives on the management and organization of emergency services. (pp. 270-287) edited by Paresh Wankhade, Leo McCann and Peter Murphy. New York, NY, United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315104447-16
2018
Journal Article
Factors associated with self-management among Vietnamese adults with type 2 diabetes
Dao-Tran, Tiet-Hanh, Anderson, Debra, Chang, Anne, Seib, Charrlotte and Hurst, Cameron (2018). Factors associated with self-management among Vietnamese adults with type 2 diabetes. Nursing Open, 5 (4), 507-516. doi: 10.1002/nop2.158
2018
Journal Article
A cross-cultural comparison of health-related quality of life and its associated factors among older women in Vietnam and Australia
Dao-Tran, Tiet-Hanh, Seib, Charrlotte, Jones, Lee and Anderson, Debra (2018). A cross-cultural comparison of health-related quality of life and its associated factors among older women in Vietnam and Australia. BMC Research Notes, 11 (1) 174, 1-7. doi: 10.1186/s13104-018-3282-0
2018
Conference Publication
The roles of human resource management systems in post-traumatic stress disorders and intention to quit among paramedics
Dao-Tran, T. H., Townsend, K., Wilkinson, A. and Loudoun, R. (2018). The roles of human resource management systems in post-traumatic stress disorders and intention to quit among paramedics. The Association of Industrial Relations Academics in Australia and New Zealand Conference 2018, Adelaide, SA Australia, 7-9 February 2018.
2018
Conference Publication
Organizational factors influencing post-traumatic stress disorder among paramedics
Dao-Tran, T. H., Townsend, K., Wilkinson, A. and Loudoun, R. (2018). Organizational factors influencing post-traumatic stress disorder among paramedics. AIRAANZ 2018, Adelaide, SA Australia, 2018.
2018
Journal Article
Work characteristics and post-traumatic stress disorder among Australian ambulance personnel
Dao-Tran, Tiet-Hanh, Townsend, Keith, Loudoun, Rebecca and Kellner, Ashlea (2018). Work characteristics and post-traumatic stress disorder among Australian ambulance personnel. Journal of Health, Safety and Environment, 34 (3).
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Hanh Dao is:
- Available for supervision
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Available projects
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Nurse competence in low and middle income countries
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Assessment of nurse competence
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Development and validation of scales to measure dementia core outcomes in routine care settting
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Nurse competence
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Quality of outcome measurement in people with dementia
The quality of care for people with dementia in routine care setting were often measured using self-report scales. The quality of these measurement is limited known. This project aims to evaluate the validty and reliability of self-report scales to measure core outcomes for people living with dementia in routine care setting.
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Measurement of nurse comptence
This multistep project aims to review existing self-report scales to measure nurse competence and provide guidelines measure nurse competence.
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Quality of care routlinely provided to people with dementia
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Measurement of nurse comptence
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