Staff profile

Professor Pranee Liamputtong

Professor

Faculty of Health Sciences

School of Public Health and Human Biosciences
Department of Public Health

HS1-325, Melbourne (Bundoora)

 

Qualifications

BEd, MEd Srinakharinwirot, PhD Monash

Area of study

Public Health

Brief profile

Pranee is a medical anthropologist and has interests in the health of immigrants and refugees, women's health, mothers and children health, and the health of older persons, international health, reproductive and sexual health, and mental health. She has carried out a number of research projects with immigrant women in Australia and women in Southeast Asia.  Previously, Pranee focused her research more on reproductive health and motherhood among immigrant women and women in SEA.  But recently, she pays more attention of sexual health issues of Asian women.  She is undertaking qualitative research with women living with HIV/AIDS in Thailand.  Pranee’s research interest also includes online research and has carried out research in the area of online dating and implications for sexual health.  Pranee has also supervised a number of students, both local and international, who have their interests on gender, reproductive and sexual health and cross-cultural research. Pranee is a qualitative researcher and has written several texts on this approach. She co-ordinates and teaches research method subjects at the School of Public Health within the honours and postgraduate programs. Pranee co-ordinates several research method subjects in the honours and postgraduate programs, and the Postgraduate Diploma in Health Research Methodology course. Pranee also teaches gender and health and community groups and public health at the School of Public Health.

Research interests

Gender and health

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Healthy Ageing

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Pregnancy and childbirth

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Sexuality and Relationships

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Sexually Transmitted Infections

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Teaching units

Culture, Society and the Health of Women and Men

Research Methods in Health

Qualitative Research Methods in Health

Recent publications

Books:

Liamputtong, P. (ed.) (in press, 2012) Motherhood and HIV/AIDS: A cross-cultural perspective. Springer: Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

Liamputtong, P. (ed.) (in press, 2012) Stigma, discrimination and HIV/AIDS: A cross-cultural perspective. Springer: Dordrecht, The Netherlands.  

Liamputtong, P., Fanany, R., & Verrinder, G. (eds.) (2012) Health, illness and well-being: Perspectives and social determinants. Oxford University Press: Melbourne.

Westall, C., & Liamputtong, P. (2011) Motherhood and postnatal depression: Narratives of women and their partners. Springe: Dordrecht, The Netherlands.  

Liamputtong, P. (ed.) (2011) Infant feeding practices: A cross-cultural perspective. Springer: New York.   Liamputtong, P. (2011) Focus group methodology: Principles and practice. Sage Publications: London.

Liamputtong, P. (2010) Performing qualitative cross-cultural research. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge.  

Liamputtong, P. (ed.) (2010) Research methods in health: Foundations for evidence-based practice. Oxford University Press: Melbourne.  

Liamputtong, P. (2009) Qualitative research methods, 3rd edition. Oxford University Press: Melbourne.  

Liamputtong, P. (2007) The journey of becoming a mother amongst women in northern Thailand. Lexington Books: Lanham, MD.  

Liamputtong, P. (2007) Researching the vulnerable: A guide to sensitive research methods. Sage Publications: London.

Refereed Articles:  

Suwankhong, D., Liamputtong, P., & Rumbold, B. (in press) Seeking help chaow baan ways in southern Thailand. Australian Journal of Primary Health.  

Gill, J. & Liamputtong, P. (in press) Walk a mile in my shoes: The lived experience as mothers of children with Asperger’s Syndrome. Qualitative Social Work.  

Liamputtong, P., Haritavorn, N., & Kiatying-Angsulee, N. (2012) Living positively: The experiences of Thai women in central Thailand. Qualitative Health Research, 22(4), 441-451.  

Gill, J. & Liamputtong, P. (2011) Being the mother of a child with Asperger’s Syndrome: Women’s experiences of stigma. Health Care for Women International, 32, 708-722.  

Suwankhong, D., Liamputtong, P., & Rumbold, B. (2011) Traditional healers in southern Thailand: The barriers for cooperation with modern health care delivery. Journal of Community Health, 36, 431-437.  

Suwankhong, D., Liamputtong, P., & Rumbold, B. (2011) Existing roles of traditional healers (mor baan) in southern Thailand. Journal of Community Health, 36, 438-445.  

Wilkin, A., & Liamputtong, P. (2010) Indigenous voice and vision: The experience of Indigenous women working in the Victorian health system through photovoice. Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues 13(4), 45-68.  

Wollersheim, D., Merkes, M., Shields, N., Liamputtong, P., Wallis, L., Reynolds, F., & Koh, L.(2010) Physical and psychosocial effects of wii video game use among older women. The International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Society (iJETS), 8(2), 85-98.  

Keally, M.A., Small, R., & Liamputtong, P. (2010) Recovery after caesarean birth: A qualitative study of women's accounts in Victoria, Australia. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 10, 47. doi:10.1186/1471-2393-10-47. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2393/10/47  

Wilkin, A., & Liamputtong, P. (2010) The photovoice method: Researching the experiences of Aboriginal health workers through photographs. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 16, 231-239.  

Rawson, H., & Liamputtong, P. (2010) Culture and Sex Education: The acquisition of sexual knowledge for a group of Vietnamese Australian young women. Ethnicity & Health, 15(4), 343-364.  

Gill, J., & Liamputtong, P. (2009). Walk a mile in my shoes: Researching lived experiences of mothers of children with autism. Journal of Family Studies, special issue on “Parenting around the world”, 15(3), 309-319.  

Liamputtong, P., Haritavorn, N., & Kiatying-Angsulee, N. (2009) HIV and AIDS, stigma and AIDS support groups: Perspectives from women living with HIV and AIDS in central Thailand. Social Science & Medicine, Special Issue: Women, Mothers and HIV Care in Resource Poor Settings, 69(6), 862-868.  

Dickson-Swift, V., James, E.L., Kippen, S., & Liamputtong, P. (2009) Researching sensitive topics: Qualitative research as emotion work.Qualitative Research, 9(1), 61-79.  

Morgan, M., Rumbold, J., McInerney, F. & Liamputtong, P. (2009) Drawing the experience of chronic vaginal thrush and complementary and alternative medicine: Methodological issue. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, special issue on “Innovative research methods in the 21th century”, 12(2), 127-146.  

Rawson, H., & Liamputtong, P. (2009) Influence of traditional Vietnamese culture on the utilisation of mainstream health services for sexual health issues by second-generation Vietnamese Australian young women. Sexual Health, 6, 75-81.  

Liamputtong, P. (2009) Qualitative data analysis: Conceptual and practical considerations. Australian Journal of Health Promotion,20 (2), 133-139.  

Liamputtong, P. (2006) Motherhood and “moral career”: Discourses of good motherhood among Southeast Asian immigrant women in Australia. Qualitative Sociology, 29(1), 25-53.  

Liamputtong, P. (2005) Birth and social class: Northern Thai women’s lived experiences of caesarean and vaginal birth. Sociology of Health & Illness, 27(1), 243-270.  

Research projects

Perceptions and experiences of Hepatitis C among people in southern Thailand.

Community-based research on ethical risk communication for HIV vaccine trials.

The perceptions and experiences of vaccine trials, HIV risk and motherhood among female injecting drug users in Thailand.

Motherhood and the discourse of responsibility: Infant feeding practices among women in northern Thailand.

Parenting among Cambodian immigrant women living in Victoria.

Overcoming social isolation and disadvantage among refugee women through mobile phone peer support.

HIV/AIDS vaccine, drug trials and women living with HIV/AIDS in Thailand. 

Online dating and risk amongst young online users: Implications for sexual health promotion and public health intervention. 

Immigration and parenting among Cambodian and Iraqi women in Australia.