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About

One of Australia’s foremost primary health care academics with extensive experience leading and managing teams in both government and tertiary sectors. With a research portfolio focused on public health, health workforce, and health system strengthening, Professor Mills is listed in Australia’s top 100 researchers in FOR1110. Since 2006 has been the recipient of over $1.7 million in research and consultancy income including an NHMRC Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Primary Health Care.

An internationally recognised grounded theorist, in the past decade wrote the popular text, 'Grounded Theory: a practical guide', which has furthered the development of fundamental grounded theory methods of theoretical coding and storyline analysis. The original text has over 800 citations and has been reprinted several times since its publication in 2011. A second edition was released in February 2015.

A recipient of an Australian Government Office of Learning and Teaching National Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Learning and Teaching in the area of teaching research. Professor Mills also has a reputation as an outstanding higher degree research supervisor across a number of disciplines including public health, dentistry, nursing, midwifery, pharmacy, allied health and social work.

Interests

Research

Grounded theory, Qualitative methodologies, Teaching and learning in the tertiary setting, Public health issues including tropical disease prevention, Primary health care, General practice nursing, Health workforce: early career registered nurses

Teaching

Research methodology and methods, Practice development

Experience

2017 to present - Pro Vice Chancellor, College of Health, Massey University (Auckland, New Zealand)
2016 - Professor of Clinical Sciences (Nursing), Head of Nursing, RMIT (Bundoora Campus)
2014 to 2015 - Deputy Dean Graduate Research School, James Cook University (Cairns Campus)
2014 - Women Transforming Leadership Program, University of Oxford (Said Business School)
2012 to 2013 - Associate Dean Research, James Cook University (Faculty of Medicine, Health & Molecular Sciences)
2009 to 2011 - Deputy Head of School Nursing, Midwifery & Nutrition, James Cook University (Cairns Campus & Thursday Island Study Centre)
2007 to 2009 - Senior Research Fellow, Monash University (School of Nursing and Midwifery Gippsland Campus)
1999 to 2000 - Research Fellow, University of Tasmania (University Department of Rural Health)

Research Disciplines

Socio-Economic Objectives

Honours

Awards

2017 - Imperial College London, MBA, IBM Innovation Project Prize
2014 - Golden Key Honour Society Honorary Member
2013 - Australian College of Nursing’s nominee for the International Council of Nursing’s Florence Nightingale International Foundation Achievement Award
2013 - James Cook University Mid-Career Researcher Leadership Award
2012 - Australian Award for University Teaching: Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning
2012 - James Cook University Citation for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
2004 - Royal Australian College of Nursing, Australia: Florence Nightingale Award for Post-doctoral Research

Fellowships

2006 - National Health and Medical Research Primary Health Care Fellowship

Publications

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.

Journal Articles

Harrison H, Birks M, Franklin R and Mills J (2017) Case study research: foundations and methodological orientations. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung, 18 (1). pp. 1-17
Chamberlain-Salaun J, Mills J, Kevat P, Rémond M and Maguire G (2016) Sharing success - understanding barriers and enablers to secondary prophylaxis delivery for rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 16. pp. 1-10
Harriss L, Thompson F, Dey A, Mills J, Watt K and McDermott R (2016) When chronic conditions become emergencies: a report from regional Queensland. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 24 (6). pp. 392-401
Mills J, Chamberlain-Salaun J, Harrison H, Yates K and O'Shea A (2016) Retaining early career registered nurses: a case study. BMC Nursing, 15. pp. 1-6
Mills J, Yates K, Harrison H, Woods C, Chamberlain-Salaun J, Trueman S and Hitchins M (2016) Using a community of inquiry framework to teach a nursing and midwifery research subject: an evaluative study. Nurse Education Today, 43. pp. 34-39
Mojapelo T, Usher K and Mills J (2016) Effective pain management as part of palliative care for persons living with HIV/AIDS in a developing country: a qualitative study. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 25 (11-12). pp. 1598-1605
Panzera A, Murray R, Stewart R, Mills J, Beaton N and Larkins S (2016) Regional health workforce planning through action research: lessons for commissioning health services from a case study in Far North Queensland. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 22 (1). pp. 63-68
Rémond M, Coyle M, Mills J and Maguire G (in press) Approaches to improving adherence to secondary prophylaxis for rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease: a literature review with a global perspective. Cardiology in Review, 24 (2). pp. 94-98
Warsini S, Mills J, West C and Usher K (2016) Living through a volcanic eruption: understanding the experience of survivors as a phenomenological existential phenomenon. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 25 (3). pp. 206-213
AL-MOTLAQ M and Mills J (2015) Using web logs' posts to understand Arab internet users' perspectives on recent health research findings. Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet, 19 (2). pp. 107-121
Desborough J, Phillips C, Banfield M, Bagheri N and Mills J (2015) Impact of nursing care in Australian general practice on the quality of care: a pilot of the Patient Enablement and Satisfaction Survey (PESS). Collegian, 22 (2). pp. 207-214
Mills J, Woods C, Hitchins M and Summers G (2015) Specialist nurses' experiences of using 'The Viewer', a consolidated electronic medical records system: a pre-post implementation survey. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, 33 (1). pp. 6-13

More: ResearchOnline@JCU stores 170+ research outputs authored by Prof Jane Mills from 2005 onwards.

Current Funding

Current and recent Research Funding to JCU is shown by funding source and project.

Lowitja Institute - Research Activity Funding

Sustainable implementation of Indigenous early childhood family support programs that work: a Family Wellbeing (FWB) Case-Study

Indicative Funding: $503,553 over 3 years
Summary: The aim of the project is to define and develop funding models and mechanisms that can support FWB empowerment program integration and implementation within early childhood family support programs. The FWB program attends to the social and emotional wellbeing needs of the family and in this instance will integrate FWB at different levels to enhance broader community capacity to create supportive environments for children to thrive. A whole of community approach is a defining feature of this project which will bring together Indigenous early childhood family support service providers, policy makers and researchers through collaborative partnerships. Improving the health and wellbeing of children is vital to ensuring that good health continues into adulthood which has implications for positive social, cultural, educational and economic outcomes.
Investigators: Yvonne Cadet-James, Komla Tsey, Irina Kinchin, Roxanne Bainbridge, Claire Campbell, Jane Mills and Janya McCalman in collaboration with Catherine Brown, H Klieve, Mary Whiteside and Louis McPherson (Aust Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Centre, College of Arts, Society & Education, College of Public Health, Medical & Vet Sciences, College of Healthcare Sciences, Griffith University and La Trobe University)
Keywords: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander; Family Wellbeing; Early Childhood

Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation - Research Grant

Health Care Homes In Cairns

Indicative Funding: $2,990
Summary: This project examines the health care experience of adults living with chronic conditions in Cairns to inform a new model of primary health care, the `Health Care Home? model. The project has a region-specific focus, examining challenges for the implementation of the model of care within the Cairns area. As part of a wider mixed methods project, the qualitative investigation will explore which elements of the Health Care Home model are of value to patients. The results from this investigation will be used to inform a patient-centred approach to health service delivery for people living with chronic conditions in Cairns.
Investigators: Mary O'Loughlin, Linton Harriss, Robyn McDermott and Jane Mills (College of Public Health, Medical & Vet Sciences and Massey University)
Keywords: Patient experience; Chronic condition; Model of care; Patent Centred Medical Home; Health Care Home; Primary Health Care

Supervision

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These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Current

Features of Primary Health Care Services in Remote Indigenous Communities that Contribute to Hospital Avoidance for Ambulatory Sensitive Chronic Conditions (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
Genetic Literacy of Registered Nurses and Midwives and Their use of Genetics/Genomics in Clinical Practice. (Masters , Secondary Advisor)
Health Care Homes in Cairns: a mixed methods study exploring the experience of adults living with chronic conditions to inform the new model of primary health care (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
New graduate registered nurse practice readiness for Australian health care contexts: A collective instrumental case study. (PhD , Secondary Advisor)

Completed

Consumers and the social world of health care: outsiders in the expert's world: a grounded theory study (2015, PhD , Primary Advisor)
Representations of age and ageing in comedy film (2014, PhD , Primary Advisor)
Reconciling professional identity: a grounded theory study of nurse academics' role modelling (2016, PhD , Primary Advisor)
Standardised Patient Teaching Strategies in an Undergraduate Pharmacy Curriculum: A Case Study (2017, PhD , Primary Advisor)
The implications of male circumcision practices for women in Papua New Guinea, including for HIV prevention (2015, PhD , Primary Advisor)
Psychosocial and environmental distress resulting from a volcanic eruption: a mixed methods study (2015, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
Generalist registered nurses caring for mental health clients in remote areas of Australia: an interpretive case study (2016, PhD , Primary Advisor)
Too Close to Home: The Lived Experiences of Rural Queensland Nurses who have Cared for People with Cancer who have Died (2016, PhD , Primary Advisor)
Connecting care for individuals living with a mental health issue in Indonesia: a grounded theory study (2014, PhD , Primary Advisor)

Data

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Mills, J. (2014) Patients' Psychological and Practical Reasons for Attending the Cairns Hospital Emergency Department: A Mixed Methods Study (P3ED Study) . James Cook University

Collaboration

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