Staff profile

Professor Hal Swerissen

Faculty of Health Sciences

AP 1, 1.11, Bendigo

 

Qualifications

BAppSc(Psych) Curtin, GradDipPsych Curtin, BA(Hons), MAppPsych Murdoch

Brief profile

Professor Swerissen is an expert on health policy and program development. He has been a senior ministerial advisor on health for the Commonwealth Government and ministerial advisor to the Victorian Government on community services. Professor Swerissen has an extensive research record in the design and development of primary health and community services and he was one of the key designers of the Commonwealth COAG health reform process and an architect of the coordinated care trials. He is a director of Bayside Health, which is one of the largest public health services in Australia and was a director of Dental Health Services Victoria from 2003-2006. He has published more than 100 books, articles, reports and conference papers on health and community services policy and programs.

Recent publications

 

Swerissen H. The health workforce. In: Willis E, Reynolds L, Keleher H, editors. Understanding the Australian health care system. Sydney: Elsevier Australia. (In press 2007)

Swerissen H, Taylor M. Reforming funding for chronic illness: Medicare-CDM. Aust Health Rev. (In press 2007)

Perrin B, Swerissen H. The behaviour and psychological functioning of people at high risk of diabetes-related foot complications. The Diabetes Educator. (In press 2007)

Swerissen H, Duckett S. Health policy for a long lived society. In: Borowski A, Encel S, Ozanne E, editors. Longevity and social change in Australia. Sydney: UNSW Press; 2007.

Swerissen H, Duckett S. Federalism and health. In: Barraclough,S, Gardner H, editors. Analysing health policy: A problem-oriented approach. Sydney: Elsevier Australia; 2007.

Naccarella L, Southern D, Furler J, Scott A, Prosser L, Young D, Swerissen H & Elizabeth Waters Reforming Primary Care in Australia: A Narrative Review of the Evidence from Five Comparator Countries, Aust J Primary Health. 2007; 13(2): 38-45.

Weeks A, Swerissen H, Belfrage J. Issues, challenges, and solutions in translating study instruments. Eval Rev. 2007; 31:153-165.

Andrews F, Swerissen H. Managing the family’s health: Preferences and experiences of women with different work and family arrangements. Aust J Primary Health. 2006; 12(3):109-125.

Swerissen H, Belfrage J, Weeks A, Jordan L, Walker C, Furler J, et al. A randomized control trial of a self-management program for people with a chronic illness from Vietnamese, Chinese, Italian and Greek backgrounds. Patient Educ Couns. 2006; 64(1-3):360-368.

Swerissen H, Dennekamp M. The effect of hip protectors in residential aged care settings. Australas J Ageing. 2006; 25(1):9-13.

Marsh G, Jordan L, Livingstone C, Dilkes H, Bakacs L, Lewis V, et al. An evaluation of the Alcohol Education Rehabilitation Foundation. Report. 2004-5. Alcohol Education Rehabilitation Foundation

Swerissen H, Jordan L. Clinical governance in community health. Aust J Primary Health. 2005; 11(2):26-31.

Weeks A, Swerissen H. Self-management and chronic illness. In: Thomas S, Browning C, editors. Behavioural change. United Kingdom: Elsevier; 2005.

Swerissen H, Duckett SJ. Health policy and financing. In: Gardner H, editor. Health policy in Australia. 2nd edition. Melbourne: Oxford University Press; 2002.