Judy is an adjunct and researcher with the College of Medicine and Dentistry based in Townsville. She has experience in service development in rural, remote and regional Australia as a researcher, practitioner, and senior manager in government. She is interested in community development and written a text book "Working with communities". In 2013-14 she was a volunteer with Australian Volunteers for International Development in Nepal in the Ministry of Health and Population and continues to be associated with international development as a volunteer with Transform Aid Inc. Her research interests include being part of NHMRC team headed by Sarah Larkins "Lessons from the Best" and Jane Farmer on community participation in rural oral health planning.

Research Disciplines

• Public Health and Health Services (1117)
• Policy and Administration (1605)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Indigenous Health (9203)
• Health and Support Services (9202)
• Specific Population Health (9205)

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Journal Articles

• Edelman A, Taylor J, Ovseiko P and Topp S (2019) “‘Academic’ is a dirty word”: intended impact pathways of an emerging academic health centre in tropical regional Australia. International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 34 (1), pp. e661-e678, DOI:10.1002/hpm.2681.
• Larkins S, Carlisle K, Turner N, Taylor J, Copley K, Cooney S, Wright R, Matthews V, Thompson S and Bailie R (2019) 'At the grass roots level it's about sitting down and talking': exploring quality improvement through case studies with high-improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary healthcare services. BMJ Open, 9 (5), Article: e027568, DOI:10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027568.
• Turner N, Taylor J, Larkins S, Carlisle K, Thompson S, Carter M, Redman-MacLaren M and Bailie R (2019) Conceptualizing the association between community participation and CQI in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander PHC services. Qualitative Health Research, 29 (13), pp. 1904-1915, DOI:10.1177/1049732319843107.
• Carlisle K, Farmer J, Taylor J, Larkins S and Evans R (2018) Evaluating community participation: a comparison of participatory approaches in the planning and implementation of new primary health-care services in northern Australia. International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 33 (3), pp. 704-722, DOI:10.1002/hpm.2523.
• Edelman A, Taylor J, Ovseiko P and Topp S (2018) The role of academic health centres in improving health equity: a systematic review. Journal Of Health Organization And Management, 32 (2), pp. 279-297, DOI:10.1108/JHOM-09-2017-0255.
• Farmer J, Carlisle K, Dickson-Swift V, Teasdale S, Kenny A, Taylor J, Croker F, Marini K and Gussy M (2018) Applying social innovation theory to examine how community co-designed health services develop: using a case study approach and mixed methods. BMC Health Services Research, 18, Article: 68, DOI:10.1186/s12913-018-2852-0.
• Taylor J, Carlisle K, Farmer J, Larkins S, Dickson-Swift V and Kenny A (2018) Implementation of oral health initiatives by Australian rural communities: factors for success. Health and Social Care in the Community, 26 (1), pp. e102-e110, DOI:10.1111/hsc.12483.
• Farmer J, Taylor J, Stewart E and Kenny A (2017) Citizen participation in health services co-production: a roadmap for navigating participation types and outcomes. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 23 (6), pp. 509-515, DOI:10.1071/PY16133.
• Wakerman J, Bourke L, Humphreys J and Taylor J (2017) Is remote health different to rural health? Rural and Remote Health, 17 (2), Article: 3832, DOI:10.22605/RRH3832.
• Preston R, Larkins S, Taylor J and Judd J (2016) Building blocks for social accountability: a conceptual framework to guide medical schools. BMC Medical Education, 16, Article: 227, pp. 1-10, DOI:10.1186/s12909-016-0741-y.
• Preston R, Larkins S, Taylor J and Judd J (2016) From personal to global: understandings of social accountability from stakeholders at four medical schools. Medical Teacher, 38 (10), pp. 987-994, DOI:10.3109/0142159X.2015.1114596.
• Marasini B, Chaulagai C and Taylor J (2015) Strengthening state/non-state service delivery partnerships in the health sector in Nepal. International Health, 7 (4), pp. 228-238, DOI:10.1093/inthealth/ihv020.

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Current

• The role of Academic Health Science Centres in driving translational research to improve the health of underserved populations worldwide (PhD , Secondary Advisor)

Completed

• How do contextual issues influence socially accountable medical schools? (2015, PhD , Primary Advisor)

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