Health Sciences

School of Public Health

Professor Pranee Liamputtong
Personal Chair in Public Health

Contact Details

Email:pranee@latrobe.edu.au
Phone: (03) 9479 1760
International: +61 3 9479 1760
Fax: (03) 9479 1783
International: +61 3 9479 1783
Office: HS1-205

Qualifications

BEd, MEd Srinakharinwirot, PhD Monash

Interests

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. Pranee 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 of Asian women. She has recently undertaken 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.

Pranee has been teaching in the areas of health, culture and society at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels and this include Culture, Society and Women's Health and Gender, Ethnicity and Health, Community Groups and Public Health, and Health and Australian Society. Pranee has also been supervising a number of honours and postgraduate students and publishing widely in these areas. Pranee is a qualitative researcher and has written several texts on this approach. She 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 Methods course.

Committee Membership

Pranee has served on a number of committees including research advisory committee and community development in health. Pranee has served on School of Public Health Research Committee, and currently a number of external Advisory Committees including: the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Cultural and Linguistic Diversity, Department of Health Service, Victoria; the Research Evaluation Committee at BreastScreen Victoria; the National Centre for HIV Social Research, the University of New South Wales; and the inaugural Public Health Research Expert Advisory Panel (PHREAP), Department of Human Services, Victoria. Pranee is also on the editorial committee on several journals including the International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches, Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology and Birth Issues Journal.

Recent Professional Award

Pranee was inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women in 2007. The induction was undertaken on the 2007 International Women's Day, by the Victorian Minister for Women's Affairs, Jacinta Allan. Pranee was amongst 20 other individual women and 10 female doctors who have made a lasting contribution to women in Victoria. This honour roll is the result of her pioneer work on childbirth issues of immigrant women in Victoria as well as her leadership in qualitative research methodology in health in Australia. The Honour Roll recognises the outstanding contributions and achievements of Victorian women from all walks of life - past and present. It was launched in 2001 as part of Centenary of Federation Celebrations and continues until 2008, when the centenary of women's suffrage will be marked.

Publications

In Press and Forthcoming

Liamputtong, Pranee (forthcoming) Focus group methodology: Principle and practice. Sage Publications: London.

Liamputtong, Pranee (forthcoming) Performing qualitative cross-cultural research. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge.

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

Buultjens, Melissa, Liamputtong, Pranee & Robinson, Priscilla (in press) Women's perceptions of participation in an holistic intervention for postnatal depression. Journal of Advanced Nursing.

Dickson-Swift, Virginia, James, Erica, Kippen, Sandra, & Liamputtong, Pranee (in press) Qualitative research as emotion work. Qualitative Research.

Serry, Tanya, Rose. Miranda, & Liamputtong, Pranee (in press) Oral language predictors for the at-risk reader: A review. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology.

Ang, Pius .D., & Liamputtong, Pranee (in press) “Out of the circle”: International students and the use of university counselling services. The Australian Journal of Adult Learning.

Liamputtong, Pranee (in press) Traditional postpartum beliefs and practices of Yu duan and women’s health in northern Thailand. In R.C. Zebioli (ed.) Thailand: Economics, politics and social issues. Nova Science Publishers: New York

Liamputtong, Pranee (in press) Treating the afflicted body: Infertility and ethnomedicine among Hmong women in Australia. In L. Culley, N. Hudson & F. van Rooij (eds.) Ethnicity, infertility and reproductive technologies. Earthscan Publisher: Oxford.

Kealy, Michelle, & Liamputtong, Pranee (in press) Contemporary caesarean section theory: Risk, uncertainty and fear. In R.M. Bryar, & J. Cameron (eds.) Theory for midwifery practices, 2nd edition. Macmillan: London.

2008

Liamputtong, Pranee (Ed.) (2008) Doing cross-cultural research: Methodological and Ethical Consideration. Springer: Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

Liamputtong, Pranee (2008) Doing cross-cultural research: An introduction. In P. Liamputtong (Ed.), Doing cross-cultural research: Methodological and Ethical Consideration. Springer: Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

Dickson-Swift, Virginia, James, Erica, & Liamputtong, Pranee (2008) Undertaking sensitive research in the health and social sciences: Managing boundaries, emotions and risk. Cambridge University Press: New York.

Jirojwong, Sansnee, & Liamputtong, Pranee (Eds.). (2008) Population health, communities and health promotion. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.

Jirojwong, Sansnee, & Liamputtong, Pranee (2008) Population health and health promotion: An introduction. In S. Jirojwong & P. Liamputtong (Eds.), Population health, communities and health promotion. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.

Jirojwong, Sansnee, & Liamputtong, Pranee (2008) Primary health care and health promotion. In S. Jirojwong & P. Liamputtong (Eds.), Population health, communities and health promotion. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.

Liamputtong, Pranee, & Jirojwong, S Sansnee (2008). Community needs assessment. In S. Jirojwong & P. Liamputtong (Eds.), Population health, communities and health promotion. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.

Goldsworthy, Diane, Jirojwong, Sansnee, & Liamputtong, Pranee (2008) Emerging population health issues and health promotion. In S. Jirojwong & P. Liamputtong (Eds.), Population health, communities and health promotion. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.

Liamputtong, P., & Rumbold, Jean (Eds.) (2008) Knowing differently: Arts-based and collaborative research methods. New York: Nova Science Publishers.

Liamputtong, Pranee, & Rumbold, Jean (2008) Knowing differently: An introduction. In P. Liamputtong & J. Rumbold (Eds.), Knowing differently: Arts-based and collaborative research methods. New York: Nova Science Publishers.

Couch, Danielle, & Liamputtong, Pranee (2008) Online dating and mating. Methodological and personal reflection on our journey. In V. Minichiello & J. Kottler (Eds.), Qualitative journeys: Student and mentor experiences with research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Liamputtong, Pranee & Nguyen, Hoa N.T. (2008) Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding contraception and abortion among young people in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. In Columbus, F. (ed.) Health Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices. New York: Nova Science Publishers.

Liamputtong, Pranee (2008) Traditional knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding the health and well-being of children amongst Hmong and Thai immigrants in Australia. In Columbus, F. (ed.) Health Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices. New York: Nova Science Publishers.

Couch, Danielle, & Liamputtong, Pranee (2008) Online dating and mating: The use of the internet to meet sexual partners. Qualitative Health Research, 18(2), 268-279.

Dickson-Swift, Virginia, James, Erica, Kippen, Sandra, & Liamputtong, Pranee (2008) Risk to researchers in qualitative research on sensitive topics: Issues and strategies. Qualitative Health Research, 18(1), 133-144.

Tsianakas, Vicky, & Liamputtong, Pranee (2008) The Meaning of Pregnancy among Afghan immigrant Women in Australia. In Occasional Papers, online publication in the Build-a-Book™, published by Ausmed Publications, Melbourne.

Tsianakas, Vicky, & Liamputtong, Pranee (2008) The Lived Experiences of Childbirth among Afghan Immigrant Women in Australia. In Occasional Papers, online publication in the Build-a-Book™, published by Ausmed Publications, Melbourne.

Tsianakas, Vicky, & Liamputtong, Pranee (2008) Confinement Beliefs and Practices among Afghan Immigrant Women Living in Australia. In Occasional Papers, online publication in the Build-a-Book™, published by Ausmed Publications, Melbourne.

Tsianakas, Vicky, & Liamputtong, Pranee (2008) Meaning and Experiences of Motherhood among Afghan Immigrant Women Living in Australia. In Occasional Papers, online publication in the Build-a-Book™, published by Ausmed Publications, Melbourne.

2007

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

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

Liamputtong, P. (Ed.). (2007). Childrearing and infant care issues: A cross-cultural perspective. New York: Nova Science Publishers.

Liamputtong, P. (Ed.). (2007). Reproduction, childbearing and motherhood: A cross-cultural perspective. New York: Nova Science Publishers.

Liamputtong, P. (2007). On childrearing and infant care: A cross-cultural perspective. In P. Liamputtong (Ed.), Childrearing and infant care issues: A cross-cultural perspective. New York: Nova Science Publishers.

Liamputtong, P. (2007). Baby souls, name and health: A cross-cultural perspective. In P. Liamputtong (Ed.), Childrearing and infant care issues: A cross-cultural perspective. New York: Nova Science.

Liamputtong, P. (2007). Situating reproduction, procreation and motherhood within a cross-cultural context: An introduction. In P. Liamputtong (Ed.), Reproduction, childbearing and motherhood: A cross-cultural perspective. New York: Nova Science Publishers.

Liamputtong, P., & Spitzer, D. L. (2007). Double identities: The lived expereince of motherhood among Hmong immigrant women in Australia. In P. Liamputtong (Ed.), Reproduction, childbearing and motherhood: A cross-cultural perspective. New York: Nova Science Publishers.

Abboud, L., & Liamputtong, P. (2007). Having a baby in a new home: Accounts of Lebanese immigrant women. In P. Liamputtong (Ed.), Reproduction, childbearing and motherhood: A cross-cultural perspective. New York: Nova Science Publishers.

Couch, D., & Liamputtong, P. (2007). Online dating and mating: Perceptions of risk and health among online users. Health, Risk & Society, 9(3), 275-294.

Nguyen, H. N., & Liamputtong, Pranee. (2007). Private matter, public concern: Lived experiences of abortion among young women in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam. In P.

Liamputtong (Ed.), Reproduction, childbearing and motherhood: A cross-cultural perspective. New York: Nova Science Publishers.

Dickson-Swift, Virginia, James, Erica, Kippen, Sandra, & Liamputtong, Pranee. (2007). Doing sensitive research: What challenges do qualitative researchers face? Qualitative Research, 7(3), 327-353.

Buultjens, Melissa, & Liamputtong, Pranee. (2007). When giving life starts to take the life out of you: Women's experiences with postnatal depression following childbirth. Midwifery, 23: 77-91.

Nguyen, H. N., & Liamputtong, P. (2007). Sex, love and gender norms: Sexual life and experience of a group of young people in Ho Chi Minh city, Viet Nam. Sexual Health, 4, 63-69.

2006

Liamputtong, Pranee (2006). Cyberspace research: Focusing on the research methods. In Liamputtong, P. (ed.) Health research in cyberspace: Methodological, practical and personal issues. New York: Nova Science Publishers.

Liamputtong, Pranee (2006). Qualitative online research: An introduction. In Liamputtong, P. (ed.) Health research in cyberspace: Methodological, practical and personal issues. New York: Nova Science Publishers.

Couch, Danielle, & Liamputtong, Pranee (2006). Dating and mating online: Some research experiences. In Liamputtong, P. (ed.) Health research in cyberspace: Methodological, practical and personal issues. New York: Nova Science Publishers.

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

Dickson-Swift , Virginia , James, Erica, Kippen, Sandra, & Liamputtong, Pranee (2006) Management of boundaries as an issue for qualitative health researchers. Qualitative Health Research, 16(6), 853-871.

McClelland, Amy, & Liamputtong, Pranee (2006) Knowledge and acceptance of human papillomavirus vaccination: Perspectives of young Australian living in Melbourne , Australia . Sexual Health, 3, 95-101.

Liamputtong, Pranee, & Lindsay Watson (2006) The meanings and experiences of cesarean birth amongst Cambodian, Lao and Vietnamese immigrant mothers in Australia. Women & Health, 43(3), 63-81.

Nguyen, Hoa Ngan, Liamputtong, Pranee, & Murphy, Gregory (2006) Knowledge of contraceptives and sexually transmitted diseases and contraceptive practices among young people in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam. Health Care for Women International, 27: 399-417, 2006.

2005

Abboud, Lina N., and Pranee Liamputtong. 2005. When pregnancy fails. Coping strategies, support network and experiences with health care of ethnic women and their partners. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 23 (1):3-18

Liamputtong, Pranee. 2005. Birth and social class: Northern Thai women's lived experiences of caesarean and vaginal birth. Sociology of Health and Illness, 27 (1):243-270.
Liamputtong, Pranee, Yimyam, Susanha, Parisunyakul, Sukanya, Baosoung, Chavee, & Sansiriphun, Nantaporn (2005) Traditional beliefs about pregnancy and childbirth among women from Chiang Mai , Northern Thailand. Midwifery, 21:139-153.

Sripairoj, Araya, Tangcharoensatien, Viroj, & Liamputtong, Pranee (2005). Pharmaceutical Therapeutics Committee and its roles within the context of health care reform in Thailand. Journal of Health Sciences (in Thai), 14(1), 119-127.

Liamputtong, Pranee, & Tsianakas, Vicki (2005) Motherhood. In Women, gender and health: Policies in East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia and the Pacific, edited by S. Joseph. Leiden, The Netherlands : Brill Academic Publishers.

Liamputtong, Pranee, & Watson, Lindsay (2005) Motherhood and health: Lived experiences of Southeast Asian immigrant women in Australia. In International research on midwifery, edited by F. Columbus. New York : Nova Science Publishers.

Liamputtong, Pranee (2005) Yu duan ritual: The significance of traditional postpartum beliefs and practices on women's health in northern Thailand. In International research on midwifery, edited by F. Columbus. New York: Nova Science Publishers.

Liamputtong, Pranee, and Douglas Ezzy. 2005. Qualitative research methods,2nd ed. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.

Liamputtong, Pranee. 2005. Review of: Qualitative research and evaluation methods (3rd edition). Australian Journal of Primary Health, 11 (1):106.

2004

Liamputtong, Pranee (2004) Yu duan practices as embodying tradition, modernity and social change in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand. Women & Health, 40 (1):79-99.

Liamputtong, Pranee, Yimyam, Susanha, Parisunyakul, Sukanya, Baosoung, Chavee, & Sansiriphun, Nantaporn (2004) When I become a mother!: Discourses of motherhood among northern Thai women. Women's Studies International Forum, 27 (5-6):589-601.

Liamputtong, Pranee (2004) Giving birth in the hospital: Childbirth experiences of Thai women in northern Thailand. Health Care for Women International, 25(5), 454-480.

Tsang, Elaine. Y. L., Liamputtong, Pranee, & Pierson, Jane (2004) The views of older Chinese people in Melbourne about their quality of life. Ageing and Society, 24(1), 51-74.

Liamputtong, Pranee (2004) Being a woman: The social construction of menstruation among Hmong women in Australia . In N. Tapp & G. Y. Lee (Eds.), The Hmong of Australia: Culture and diaspora (pp. 153-174). Canberra: Pandanus Books.

2003

Abboud, Lina, & Liamputtong, Pranee (2003) Pregnancy loss: What it means to women who miscarry and their partners. Social Work in Health Care, 36(3), 37-62.

Alati, Rosa, Liamputtong, Pranee, & Peterson, Chris (2003). "It was a nice day ... a beautiful day": An analysis of relapse into substance misuse amongst Indigenous drinkers. Drug and Alcohol Review, 22, 135-141.

Liamputtong, Pranee (2003). Abortion - it is for some women only! Hmong women's perceptions of abortion. Health Care for Women International, 24(3), 230-241.

Liamputtong, Pranee, Halliday, Jane, Warren, Rosemary, Watson, Lyn, & Bell , Robin (2003) Why do women decline prenatal screening and diagnosis? Australian women's perspective. Women & Health, 37(2), 89-108.

Liamputtong, Pranee, & Naksook, Charin (2003) Life as a mother in a new land: The experience of motherhood among Thai women in Australia . Health Care for Women International , 24, 650-668.

Liamputtong, Pranee, & Naksook, Charin (2003) Perceptions and experiences of motherhood, health and the husband's role among Thai women in Australia. Midwifery, 19(1), 27-36.

Vo-Thanh-Zuan, James, & Liamputtong, Pranee (2003). What does it take to be a grandparent in a new country? The lived experiences and emotional well-being of Australian-Vietnamese grandparents. Australian Journal of Social Issues, Special Issue on Refugees and Migrant Issues, 38(2), 209-228.

Liamputtong, Pranee, & Dwyer, Judith (2003) Women and health: An ongoing agenda. In P. Liamputtong & H. Gardner (eds.), Health, social change and communities (pp. 119-140). Melbourne: Oxford University Press.

Liamputtong, Pranee, Gardner, Heather, & McGartland, Michael (2003) The health system, participation, and community groups. In P. Liamputtong & H. Gardner (eds.), Health, social change and communities (pp. 3-21). Melbourne: Oxford University Press.

Liamputtong, Pranee, Lin, Vivian, & Bagley, Prue (2003) Living in a different place at a different time: Health policy and Australian ethnic communities. In P. Liamputtong & H. Gardner (eds.), Health, social change and communities (pp. 257-281). Melbourne: Oxford University Press.

Liamputtong, Pranee, & Gardner, Heather (eds.). (2003). Health, social change and communities. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.

2002

Manderson, L., & Liamputtong, P. (Eds.) (2002) Coming of age in South and Southeast Asia: Youth, courtship and sexuality. NIAS/Curzon Press: London.

Manderson, L., & Liamputtong, P.  (2002) Introduction: Youth and sexuality in contemporary Asian societies. In Manderson, L., & Liamputtong, P. (Eds.) Coming of age in South and Southeast Asia: Youth, courtship and sexuality. NIAS/Curzon Press: London, pp.1-15.

Liamputtong, P. (2002) Gender, sexuality and marriage among Hmong young people in Australia. In Manderson, L., & Liamputtong, P. (Eds.) Coming of age in South and Southeast Asia: Youth, courtship and sexuality. NIAS/Curzon Press: London, pp.249-264.

Liamputtong, P. (2002) Childrearing practices and child health among the Hmong in Australia: Implications for health services. International Journal of Health Services, 32(4), 817-836.

Liamputtong, P. (2002) Infant feeding practices: The case of Hmong women in Australia. Health Care for Women International, 23(1), 33-48.

Small, R., Yelland, J., Lumley, J., Brown, S., & Liamputtong, P. (2002) Immigrant women’s views about care during labor and birth: An Australian study of Vietnamese, Turkish and Filipino women. Birth, 29(4), 266-277.

Liamputtong, P., & Watson, L. (2002) The voices and concerns about prenatal testing of Cambodian, Lao and Vietnamese women in Australia. Midwifery, 18(4), 304-313.

Liamputtong, P., Yimyam, S, Parisunyakul, S., Baosoung, C., & Sansiriphun, N. (2002) Women as mothers: The case of Thai women from Northern Thailand. International Social Work, 45(4), 497-515.

Shugg, J., & Liamputtong, P. (2002) Being female: The portrayal of women’s health in print media. Health Care for Women International, 23(6-7), 715-728.

Tsianakas, V., & Liamputtong, P. (2002) What women from Islamic background in Australia say about care in prenatal testing and antenatal care. Midwifery, 18(1), 25-34.

Tsianakas, V., & Liamputtong, P. (2002) Perceptions and experiences of prenatal testing among Muslim women in Australia. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 20(1), 7-24.

Liamputtong, P. (2002) Qualitative analysis: Practice and innovation, by Douglas Ezzy, Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2002, xvii+190 pp. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 8(2), 105-106.

Liamputtong, P. (2002) Reclaiming breastfeeding for the United States: Protection, promotion, and support, by Karin Cadwell, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Sudbury, MA, 2002, xx+204 pp. Birth Issues Journal, 11(2/3), 73-74.

Recent Articles:

Research

Motherhood and Moral Career

HIV and Sexual Health Needs within the Thai Ethnic Community in Victoria and New South Wales

HIV/AIDS Vaccine Clinical Trials and Women Living With HIV/AIDS in Thailand

ARC Linkage Infrastructure Equipment and Facilities (LIEF) Grant

Experiences of Pregnancy, Birth and Early Mothering: Home Interviews with Vietnamese, Turkish and Filipino Women [completed]

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