Doctor Ron Brooker
Biography
Dr Ron Brooker has worked as an academic in a variety of education and social science sectors. He has substantial experience in research methodology, quantitative and qualitative data analysis and evaluation. Since joining the Department of General Practice, his research interests have broadened and he is actively engaged in supporting fellow researchers. Ron has worked as a lecturer, a supervisor, research officer and data analyst at several Australian universities
This information has been contributed by Doctor Brooker.
Qualifications
- PhD University of New South Wales
- LLB NSW Institute of Technology
- BA University of New South Wales
Interests
- Social Justice, Social Change, Mental Health, Youth Involvement in Politics and Cultural Awareness
Contact
| Email: | R.Brooker@westernsydney.edu.au |
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Publications
Books
- Brooker, R. (2011), 'Youth Federal Election Voting Intentions: A Statistical and Graphical Analysis of Newspoll Quarterly Data 1996-2010', : The Whitlam Institute 9781741082241.
Journal Articles
- Abbott, P., Brooker, R., Hu, W., Hampton, S. and Reath, J. (2020), '"I just had no idea what it was like to be in prison and what might be helpful" : educator and learner views on clinical placements in correctional health', Teaching and Learning in Medicine, vol 32, no 3 , pp 259 - 270.
- Abbott, P., Brooker, R. and Reath, J. (2019), 'Managing the hope and worry of housing renewal : supporting well-being in the emerging community', Health Promotion Journal of Australia, vol 30, no 3 , pp 344 - 349.
- Reath, J., King, M., Kmet, W., O'Halloran, D., Brooker, R., Aspinall, D., Bittar, H., Seelan, T., Burke, M. and Usherwood, T. (2019), 'Experiences of primary healthcare professionals and patients from an area of urban disadvantage : a qualitative study', BJGP Open, vol 3, no 4 .
- Brooker, R., Hu, W., Reath, J. and Abbott, P. (2018), 'Medical student experiences in prison health services and social cognitive career choice : a qualitative study', BMC Medical Education, vol 18, no 1 .
- Burnham, D., Brooker, R. and Reid, A. (2015), 'The effects of absolute pitch ability and musical training on lexical tone perception', Psychology of Music, vol 43, no 6 , pp 881 - 897.
- Tan, L., Hu, W. and Brooker, R. (2014), 'Patient-initiated camera phone images in general practice : a qualitative study of illustrated narratives', British Journal of General Practice, vol 64, no 622 , pp 290 - 294.
Conference Papers
- Burnham, D. and Brooker, R. (2002), 'Absolute Pitch and Lexical Tones: Tone Perception By Non-Musician, Musician, and Absolute Pitch Non-Tonal Language Speakers', 7th International Conference on Spoken Language Processing (ICSLP 2002), Denver, Colorado.
Other Publications
- 2017, 'Supporting the Mental Health and Wellbeing of the Residents of Airds - During and Beyond Housing Renewal', Report
- 2016, 'Supporting Primary Health Care Providers in Western Sydney Areas of Socio-Economic Disadvantage', Report
- 2014, 'Western Sydney Medicare Local and Western Sydney Local Health District Partnership Evaluation', Report
- 2013, 'Building Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Education and Cultural Mentoring Capacity', Report
- 2010, 'Homeless in Parramatta', Report
Previous Projects
| Title: | Evaluation of the Western Sydney Medicare Local and Western Sydney Local Health District Partnership Memorandum |
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| Western Researchers: | Jennifer Reath, Penelope Burns, Ron Brooker and Penny Abbott |
| Years: | 2013-01-01 - 2014-08-31 |
| ID: | P00021528 |
| Title: | Development and implementation of evaluation frameworks for Nepean Blue Mountains Medicare Local activities |
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| Western Researchers: | Jennifer Reath and Ron Brooker |
| Years: | 2013-07-01 - 2015-06-30 |
| ID: | P00021692 |
| Title: | Evaluation of the Western Sydney Integrated Care Demonstrator Initiative |
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| Western Researchers: | Jennifer Reath, Penny Abbott and Ron Brooker |
| Years: | 2015-07-01 - 2017-06-30 |
| ID: | P00022900 |
| Title: | Supporting Primary Health Care Providers in Western Sydney areas of socioeconomic disadvantage |
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| Western Researchers: | Jennifer Reath and Ron Brooker |
| Years: | 2014-04-01 - 2016-03-31 |
| ID: | P00022191 |