Staff profile

Dr Simon Barraclough

Associate Professor, Course Coordinator Health Policy

Faculty of Health Sciences

School of Public Health and Human Biosciences
Department of Public Health

HS1-106, Melbourne (Bundoora)

 

Qualifications

BA(Hons) ANU, MA Lond., PhD Qld

Area of study

Health Policy

Brief Profile

Dr Simon Barraclough read for an honours degree in political science at the Australian National University before taking his master's degree through the London School of Economics and Political Science and the School of Oriental and Asian Studies, The University of London. His doctorate was obtained from the Department of Government at the University of Queensland.

At the postgradaute level, Dr Simon Barraclough teaches in an advanced health policy subject and has also developed a pioneering subject in Australia's international health relations. He teaches an undergraduate subject concerend with global health initiatives.  He has supervised research students from Australia, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines.

Apart from a general interest in health policy, Dr Barraclough's research interests include the political economy of health systems in developing countries, international investment in health services, health industry exports, international health relations and tobacco control policies in developing countries.

Research interests

Gender and health

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Global health

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Health Services and policy reform

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Recent Publications

Simon Barraclough and Kai Lit Phua, (2011) Malaysia: the consumer voice in the policy process. In Hans Lofgren, Evelyne de Leeuw and Michael Leahy (eds) Democratizing Health: Consumer Groups in the Policy Process, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham UK

Martha Morrow and Simon Barraclough, Gender Equity and Tobacco Control: Bringing Masculinity into Focus. Global Health Promotion Vol 17 No 2S, June 2010: 21-28

Simon Barraclough and Martha Morrow, 2010, The political economy of tobacco and poverty alleviation in Southeast Asia: contradictions in the role of the state, Global Health Promotion Vol 17 No 2S, June 2010: 40-50

Martha Morrow and Simon Barraclough, Gender Equity and Tobacco Control: Bringing Masculinity into Focus. Global Health Promotion Vol 17 No 2S, June 2010: 21-28

Aberdeen, S., Leggat, S.G. & Barraclough, S. (2009). Validating a marking rubric for evaluating staff knowledge of dementia for competency in residential aged care. Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 61(4), 535-552.

Moonesinghe, Loshan N., & Barraclough, Simon. (2007). Domestic violence against women in Sri Lanka: The role of primary health care in complementing human rights and legal responses. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 13(1), 52-60.

Barraclough, S., & Phua, K.-L. (2007). Health imperatives in foreign policy: The case of Malaysia. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 85(3), 225-229.

Morrow, M., & Barraclough, S. (2003). Tobacco control and gender in Southeast Asia. Part 1: Malaysia and the Philippines. Health Promotion International, 18(3), 255-264.

Morrow, M., & Barraclough, S. (2003). Tobacco control and gender in Southeast Asia. Part 2: Singapore and Vietnam. Health Promotion International, 18(4), 373 - 380.

Martha Morrow and Simon Barraclough, "Tobacco control and gender: A need for new approaches for the Asia-Pacific region", Development Bulletin, No.54 (March) 2001, pp. 23-26

Nguyen Thanh Son, Simon Barraclough, Martha Morrow, Duong Quang Trung "Controlling infant formula promotion in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: barriers to policy implementation in the health sector" Australian Journal of Primary Health-Interchange, Vol.6, No.1, 2000

Simon Barraclough, "The Politics of Privatization in the Malaysian Health Care System", Contemporary Southeast Asia, Vol. 22 No.2 August 2000