Staff profile

Dr Dell Horey

Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology, Research Fellow

Faculty of Health Sciences

School of Health Sciences Research
Department of Public Health

Melbourne (Bundoora)

 

Qualifications

PhD, MMedSc(Clin Epi), BAppSc(Chem)

Area of study

Public Health

Brief profile

Dr Dell Horey has qualifications in science and epidemiology and a strong background in consumer participation. Dell has undertaken a range of research projects using mixed methods and has advanced skills in conceptual thinking. She is an Editor with the Cochrane Collaboration Consumers and Communication Review Group and was the Australasian Coordinator for the Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Review Group Consumer Panel from 1999 to 2007.  Dell has been a Research Fellow at La Trobe University since 2006 and previously held similar roles at the Centre for Adolescent Health at Melbourne University and the Health Issues Centre. 

Dell was part of an international research team that completed a three phase Delphi study to establish agreement on a minimum dataset for the evaluation of maternity services and has developed course curriculum for the Faculty of Health Science undergraduate and postgraduate program. She is a member of the Australasian Epidemiological Association.

Dell’s publication history reflects the diverse areas where she has used her epidemiological skills and thinking. Underlying themes are the importance of social aspects of clinical procedures and the relevance of public health approaches across all areas of health including encouraging the incorporation of choice and decision-making into the sphere of public health.

HDR Supervision: Dell Horey is keen to supervise Higher Degree Research candidates with an interest in mixed method research studies looking at:

  • Public health approaches to difficult decision-making, including perinatal palliative care,
  • Public health approaches to patient/consumer involvement in care, and
  • Understanding workforce challenges to health service delivery.

 

Research interests

Consumer participation

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End-of-Life Care Reform

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Health Services and policy reform

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Perinatal and Child Health

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Teaching units

PHE3EPI Epidemiology and Health

PHE5EPI Epidemiology and Demography

HLT2IEP Integrating Evidence into Practice

Recent publications

 Horey D, Flenady V, Heazell AEP, Khong TY. Interventions for supporting parents’ decisions about autopsy after stillbirth [Review] Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2013, Issue 2.

Taylor MJ, Horey D, Livingstone C, Chan SP, Swerissen H. General practitioners and consultation drift: the effects of supply-side changes and reforms on service delivery patterns. Australian Health Review (accepted 23 November 2012).

Taylor, D Edvardsson, D Horey, D Fetherstonhaugh, R Nay and H Swerissen. General practitioner consultation provision pattern in residential aged care facilities: 1998–2011. 2012. Australasian Journal on Ageing (accepted August 2012) DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2012.00647.x

Horey D, Davey M-A, Small R, Kealy M, Crowther CA. Interventions for supporting women with decisions about mode of birth in a pregnancy after caesarean birth [Protocol]. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2012, Issue 8. Art. No.: CD010041. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010041.

Kaufman J, Synnot A, Hill S, Willis N, Horey D, Lin V, Ryan R, Robinson P. Face to face interventions for informing or educating parents about early childhood vaccination [Protocol] Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2012 Issue 8. Art. No.: CD010038. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010038.

Horey D, Flenady V, Heazell AEP, Khong TY. Interventions for supporting parents’ decisions about autopsy after stillbirth [Protocol] Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2012, Issue 6. Art. No.: CD009932. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009932.

Horey D, Street A, Sands A. Acceptability and Feasibility of End-Of-Life Pathways in Australian Residential Aged Care. Medical Journal of Australia. 2012; 197: 106–109.  doi: 10.5694/mja11.11518.

Horey D, Flenady V, Conway L, McLeod E, Khong, TY Decision influences and aftermath: parents, stillbirth and autopsy, Health Expectations (In press). Article first published online: 19 JUN 2012 DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2012.00782.x

Street AF, Wakelin K, Hordern AJ, Bruce N, Horey D. Dignity and deferral narratives as strategies in facilitated technology-based support groups for people with advanced cancer. Nursing Research and Practice. 2012; Article ID 647836.

Horey D, Street A, O'Connor M, Peters L, Lee S. Training and supportive programs for palliative care volunteers in community settings [Protocol]. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2011.

Horvat L, Horey D, Romios P, Kis-Rigo J. Cultural competence education for health professionals [Protocol]. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2011, Issue 10. Art. No.: CD009405. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009405.

Taylor MJ, Horey D, Livingstone C, Swerissen H. Decline with a capital D: long-term changes in general practice consultation patterns across Australia. Medical Journal of Australia. 2010; 193: 80-3.

Street AF, Horey D. The state of the science: informing choices across the cancer journey with public health mechanisms and decision processes. Acta Oncologica. 2010; 49: 144-52.

Devane D, Begley CM, Clarke M, Horey D, Oboyle C. Evaluating maternity care: a core set of outcome measures. Birth. 2007; 34: 164-72.