Health Sciences

School of Public Health

Associate Professor Rae Walker

Contact Details

Email: R.Walker@latrobe.edu.au
Phone: (03) 9479 5875
International: +61 3 9479 5875
Fax: (03) 9479 1783
International: +61 3 9479 1783
Office: HS1-215

Qualifications

APTC Perth Tech Coll, BA WAIT, DipDiet Royal Perth, BEd, PhD La Trobe

Interests

Associate Professor Rae Walker is a social scientist who has taught health promotion and education for many years. Her research interests are in primary health care with a particular focus on collaboration and trust, in a public health perspective on community violence.

Other Special Academic Interests:

Health promotion team leader in the School of Public Health.

Publications

Walker. R., Bisset.P. and Adam, J. (2007) 'Managing risk: Risk, trust and control in a Primary Care Partnership'. Social Science and Medicine. 64:911-923.

Walker. R. (2007) 'The problem of trust in health policy'. In Barraclough, S. and Gardner, H. eds. Analysing Australian health policy: A problem oriented approach. Elservier, Melbourne.

Smith, Penny, Walker, Rae, & Adam, Jennifer. (2007, in press). The effects of membership turnover on committee effectiveness in a partnership. Primary Health Care.

Talbot, Lyn, & Walker, Rae. (2007, in press). Community perspectives on the impact of policy change on linking social capital in a rural community. Health & Place, doi?10.106/j.healthplace.2006.2005.2007.

Swerissen, H., & Walker, R. (Co-Editors). (2007). Australian Journal of Primary Health, Volume 13, Numbers 1-3. Victoria: AIPC/School of Public Health.

Walker, R., Bisset, P., & Adams, J. (2006). Managing risk: Risk, trust and control in a Primary Care Partnership. Social Science and Medicine.

Walker, R., Robinson, P., Tebbutt, J., Lin, V., & Bisset, P. (2006). Emergency management risk communication. Melbourne: Department of Human Services.

Swerissen, H., & Walker, R. (Eds.). (2006). Australian Journal of Primary Health. Melbourne, Victoria: AIPC/School of Public Health.

Walker, Rae et al. 2005. Managing: Public health leadership and management for sustainability. In V. Q. Brown, J. Grootjans, J. Ritchie, M. Townsend and G. Verrinder (Eds.), Sustainability and health: Supporting global ecological integrity in public health. Crows Newst, NSW: Allen and Unwin.

Harris, Mary G., and Rae Walker. 2005. Managing interorganisational contractual arrangements. In M. Harris and Associates (Eds.), Managing health services: Concepts and practices (pp. 326-346) (2nd ed.). Marrickville, NSW: Elsevier Australia.

Walker, Rae, Priscilla M Robinson, Vivian Lin, and Penny Bissett. 2005. Community trust in risk situation communications. Proceedings of the PHAA Conference, Perth, September. (Abstract).

Walker, Rae, Penelope Bissett, and J. Adam. 2005, October. Managing trust: Risk, trust and control in a primary care partnership. In Proceedings of the Third Workshop on Trust Within and Between Organisations. Amsterdam: EIASM. (Full paper)

Walker, Rae. 2005. Reviewing papers for a journal (editorial). Australian Journal of Primary Health 11 (2):7-8.

Swerissen, Hal, and Rae Walker, eds. 2005. Australian Journal of Primary Health, Volume 11, Issues 1-3.

Swerissen, H., & Walker, R. (Eds.). (2004). Australian Journal of Primary Health, Volume 10, Nos. 1-3. Melbourne: Australian Journal of Primary Health, Australian Institute for Primary Care, and School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University.

Walker, R. (2003). Can I trust thee? Self-management, trust and evaluation in chronic disease. Australian Journal of Primary Health, Special Issue: The Management of Chronic Disease in Primary Care Settings, 9(2 & 3), 34-40.

Walker, R. (2003). Trust and action for sustainability. Environmental Health, 32(2, Special Issue), 78-84.

Swerissen, H., & Walker, R. (Eds.). (2003). Australian Journal of Primary Health, Volume 9, No. 1. Melbourne: Australian Journal of Primary Health, Australian Institute for Primary Care, and School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University.

Swerissen, H., Walker, R., & Aroni, R. (Eds.). (2003). Australian Journal of Primary Health, Volume 9, Numbers 2 & 3, Special Issue: The Management of Chronic Disease in Primary Care Settings. Melbourne: Australian Journal of Primary Health, Australian Institute for Primary Care, and School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University.

Walker, R. (2000) Collaboration and alliances: A report to VicHealth, VicHealth, Melbourne

Walker, R. (2001) Trust between primary health care organisation, Health Promotion Journal of Australia 11(1): 43-47

Walker, R. Peuch, H., MacDonald, M., Donald, K. (2000) 'The establishment of an industry based education program in public health' Australia and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 24(6) 627-629

Walker, R. & Adam, J. (2001) 'Changing time in an operating suite' International Journal of Nursing Studies 38: 25-35

Walker, R., Adam, J. and Lewis, B. 'General practice projects: Collaborative structures and processes (GPEP Project #400)' In Weller, D., Veale, B. and Birkett, E., Instruments used in general practice research and evaluation in Australia 1992-1997. National Information Service, Department of Evidence-Based Care and General Practice, Flinders University of South Australia, 1998, pp 55-66

Walker, R. and Adam, J. (1998) 'Collaborative relationships in general practice projects'. Australian Health Review, Vol 21, No 4, pp 203-220

Research

Evaluation of trust in a primary health care system

Primary Care Partnerships: Management

Community-Campus Partnership for Violence Prevention

Emergency Management Risk Communication Project

Violence Prevention in Local Communities

Improving Safety for Operational Police and Communities: Interdisciplinary Teams

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