Overview
Background
Herston Campus
Allyson Mutch is an Associate Professor in Health Systems in the School of Public Health, University of Queensland and a Senior Fellow in the Higher Education Academy. Her research uses qualitative methods to investigate the social determinants of health and the health and wellbeing of people who are socially excluded and experiencing disadvantage. Allyson's research is firmly embedded in community, with strong links to community organisations that ensure their needs are represented.
Availability
- Associate Professor Allyson Mutch is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours) of Arts, Flinders University
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
- Graduate Certificate of Teacher Education: Higher Education, The University of Queensland
Research interests
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Social Determinants of Health
Health inequalities and the social determinants of health are foundational in my research and teaching. I am commited to conducting research in this area and sharing this work with my students in the classroom
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Health and the wellbeing of marginalised and disadvantaged communities
We are currently working with a number of population groups who are at risk of disadvantage and marginalisation (including people living with HIV and people with an intellectual disability)
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Health Care Navigation
Our work in this area has focused on referral pathways between the primary care and community health sector with increasing emphasis on integrated care with secondary health systems. This includes a specific interest in peer and nurse navigation
Works
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2019
Journal Article
Consumer perspectives on pharmacy staff roles in providing oral health services in Australia
Pateman, Kelsey, Huang, Jialin, Ford, Pauline J., Mutch, Allyson, Freeman, Christopher R. and Taing, Meng‐Wong (2019). Consumer perspectives on pharmacy staff roles in providing oral health services in Australia. Health & Social Care in the Community, 28 (2) hsc.12885, 524-532. doi: 10.1111/hsc.12885
2019
Journal Article
Exploring nurse navigators
Hannan-Jones, Clare, Young, Charlotte, Mitchell, Geoffrey and Mutch, Allyson (2019). Exploring nurse navigators. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 25 (4), 339-345. doi: 10.1071/py19042
2019
Journal Article
Applying intersectionality theory in health promotion research and practice
Heard, Emma, Fitzgerald, Lisa, Wigginton, Britta and Mutch, Allyson (2019). Applying intersectionality theory in health promotion research and practice. Health Promotion International, 35 (4), 866-876. doi: 10.1093/heapro/daz080
2019
Journal Article
Intimate partner violence prevention: using interactive drama for intimate relationship education with young people in Samoa
Heard, Emma, Fitzgerald, Lisa, Vaai, Sina, Whittaker, Maxine, Aiolupotea, Tonumaipe‘a J., Collins, Fiona and Mutch, Allyson (2019). Intimate partner violence prevention: using interactive drama for intimate relationship education with young people in Samoa. Sex Education, 19 (6), 1-15. doi: 10.1080/14681811.2019.1597697
2019
Book Chapter
Responding to HIV/AIDS: mobilisation through partnerships in a public health crisis
Fitzgerald, Lisa, Mutch, Allyson and Herron, Lisa (2019). Responding to HIV/AIDS: mobilisation through partnerships in a public health crisis. Successful public policy: lessons from Australia and New Zealand. (pp. 29-58) edited by Joannah Luetjens, Michael Mintrom and Paul `t Hart. Canberra, ACT Australia: ANU Press.
2018
Journal Article
Factors affecting the decision to initiate antiretroviral therapy in the era of treatment-as-prevention: synthesis of evidence from qualitative research in high-income settings
Hollingdrake, Olivia, Lui, Chi-Wai, Mutch, Allyson, Dean, Judith, Howard, Chris and Fitzgerald, Lisa (2018). Factors affecting the decision to initiate antiretroviral therapy in the era of treatment-as-prevention: synthesis of evidence from qualitative research in high-income settings. AIDS Care, 31 (4), 1-6. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2018.1533235
2018
Journal Article
‘In the Islands people don’t really talk about this stuff, so you go through life on your own’: an arts-based study exploring intimate relationships with young people in Samoa
Heard, Emma, Fitzgerald, Lisa, Va’ai, Sina, Collins, Fiona, Whittaker, Maxine and Mutch, Allyson (2018). ‘In the Islands people don’t really talk about this stuff, so you go through life on your own’: an arts-based study exploring intimate relationships with young people in Samoa. Culture, Health and Sexuality, 21 (5), 1-17. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2018.1492021
2018
Journal Article
Knowledge and awareness of HIV self-testing among Australian gay and bisexual men: a comparison of never, sub-optimal and optimal testers willingness to use
Dean, Judith, Lui, ChiWai, Mutch, Allyson, Scott, Michael, Howard, Chris, Lemoire, Jime, Crothers, Anna, Fitzgerald, Lisa and Williams, Owain D. (2018). Knowledge and awareness of HIV self-testing among Australian gay and bisexual men: a comparison of never, sub-optimal and optimal testers willingness to use. AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, 31 (2), 1-6. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2018.1524120
2018
Journal Article
Exploring intimate partner violence in Polynesia: a scoping review
Heard, Emma, Fitzgerald, Lisa, Whittaker, Maxine, Va’ai, Sina and Mutch, Allyson (2018). Exploring intimate partner violence in Polynesia: a scoping review. Trauma, Violence, and Abuse, 21 (4), 1524838018795504-778. doi: 10.1177/1524838018795504
2018
Journal Article
Suiga/Change: an ethnodrama exploring challenges in intimate relationships with young people in Samoa
Heard, Emma, Fitzgerald, Lisa, Va’ai, Sina, Collins, Fiona and Mutch, Allyson (2018). Suiga/Change: an ethnodrama exploring challenges in intimate relationships with young people in Samoa. Violence Against Women, 25 (3), 107780121877838-312. doi: 10.1177/1077801218778388
2018
Journal Article
Creating reflexive health promotion practitioners: our process of integrating reflexivity in the development of a health promotion course
Wigginton, Britta, Fjeldsoe, Brianna, Mutch, Allyson and Lawler, Sheleigh (2018). Creating reflexive health promotion practitioners: our process of integrating reflexivity in the development of a health promotion course. Pedagogy in Health Promotion, 5 (1), 237337991876637-78. doi: 10.1177/2373379918766379
2018
Journal Article
Australian urban Indigenous smokers' perspectives on nicotine products and tobacco harm reduction
Yuke, Kym, Ford, Pauline, Foley, Wendy, Mutch, Allyson, Fitzgerald, Lisa and Gartner, Coral (2018). Australian urban Indigenous smokers' perspectives on nicotine products and tobacco harm reduction. Drug and Alcohol Review, 37 (1), 87-96. doi: 10.1111/dar.12549
2017
Journal Article
Using Applied Theater in Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Prevention of Intimate Partner Violence: A Systematic Review
Heard, Emma, Mutch, Allyson and Fitzgerald, Lisa (2017). Using Applied Theater in Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Prevention of Intimate Partner Violence: A Systematic Review. Trauma, Violence & Abuse, 21 (1), 1524838017750157-156. doi: 10.1177/1524838017750157
2017
Journal Article
Tobacco harm reduction with vaporised nicotine (THRiVe): the study protocol of an uncontrolled feasibility study of novel nicotine replacement products among people living with HIV who smoke
Bell, Stephanie, Dean, Judith, Gilks, Charles, Boyd, Mark A., Fitzgerald, Lisa, Mutch, Allyson, Baker, Peter, Neilsen, Graham and Gartner, Coral E. (2017). Tobacco harm reduction with vaporised nicotine (THRiVe): the study protocol of an uncontrolled feasibility study of novel nicotine replacement products among people living with HIV who smoke. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 14 (7) 799, 799. doi: 10.3390/ijerph14070799
2017
Journal Article
A journey towards sustainable feedback
Mutch, Allyson J., Young, Charlotte, Davey, Tamzyn and Fitzgerald, Lisa (2017). A journey towards sustainable feedback. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 43 (2), 1-12. doi: 10.1080/02602938.2017.1332154
2017
Journal Article
Increasing HIV testing among hard-to-reach groups: examination of RAPID, a community-based testing service in Queensland, Australia
Mutch, Allyson J., Lui, Chi-Wai, Dean, Judith, Mao, Limin, Lemoire, Jime, Debattista, Joseph, Howard, Chris, Whittaker, Andrea and Fitzgerald, Lisa (2017). Increasing HIV testing among hard-to-reach groups: examination of RAPID, a community-based testing service in Queensland, Australia. BMC Health Services Research, 17 (1) 310, 310. doi: 10.1186/s12913-017-2249-5
2017
Journal Article
HIV testing in men who have sex with men: a follow-up review of the qualitative literature since 2010
Lui, Chi-Wai, Dean, Judith, Mutch, Allyson, Mao, Limin, Debattista, Joseph, Lemoire, Jime, Howard, Chris, Whittaker, Andrea, Hollingdrake, Olivia and Fitzgerald, Lisa (2017). HIV testing in men who have sex with men: a follow-up review of the qualitative literature since 2010. AIDS and Behavior, 22 (2), 1-13. doi: 10.1007/s10461-017-1752-3
2017
Book Chapter
Flipping a collaborative classroom to gain deeper understanding of the Health System
Mutch, Allyson, Young, Charlotte, Smith, Neville, van Dooren, Kate, Ranatunga, Cassandra, Gillan, Cathie, Brooker, Katie, Fowler, Greg and Fitzgerald, Lisa (2017). Flipping a collaborative classroom to gain deeper understanding of the Health System. The flipped classroom: practice and practices in higher education. (pp. 257-271) Singapore, Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-3413-8_16
2016
Journal Article
Are care plans suitable for the management of multiple conditions?
Young, Charlotte E., Boyle, Frances M. and Mutch, Allyson J. (2016). Are care plans suitable for the management of multiple conditions?. Journal of Comorbidity, 6 (2), 103-113. doi: 10.15256/joc.2016.6.79
2016
Journal Article
Haemophilia and age-related comorbidities: do men with haemophilia consult a general practitioner for men's preventative health checks?
Hollingdrake, O., Mutch, A., Zeissink, B., Lawler, S. P., David, M. and Fitzgerald, L. (2016). Haemophilia and age-related comorbidities: do men with haemophilia consult a general practitioner for men's preventative health checks?. Haemophilia, 22 (4), E335-E337. doi: 10.1111/hae.12968
Funding
Current funding
Supervision
Availability
- Associate Professor Allyson Mutch is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
"float[ing] in the middle": Nurse navigators and the interface of access
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Understandings, opportunities, and challenges to the implementation of comprehensive, positive, pleasure-based approaches to sexuality education and sexual and reproductive health promotion in Queensland, Australia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Lisa Fitzgerald
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Doctor Philosophy
An exploration of young, Queer people's experiences of place, belonging and health in rural Australia.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Lisa Fitzgerald
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Doctor Philosophy
Newly Arrived Asian-born Gay Men in Queensland, Australia: A Decolonial Qualitative Exploration of Sexual Health Literacy as Social Practices Embedded within Migrant Networks
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Judith Dean, Associate Professor Lisa Fitzgerald
Completed supervision
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Using drama-based research and practice to understand intimate partner violence with young people in Samoa: Exploring an intersectionality informed approach to health promotion
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Lisa Fitzgerald
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Doctor Philosophy
Is Australian primary care practice equipped to provide multimorbidity care?
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Fran Boyle
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Social Support Networks of People Recently Diagnosed with HIV in Queensland: A Qualitative Exploration
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Judith Dean, Associate Professor Lisa Fitzgerald
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
An investigation of the role of social support on physical activity participation among adults with intellectual disability
Associate Advisor
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