Sue has worked in Public Health and Tropical Medicine at James Cook University since 1999.  She is currently Academic Advisor for the postgraduate public health programs and coordinator of the Master of Public Health program. 

 Her background is in clinical nursing and midwifery but for the last 20 years she has been working in public health and health promotion roles in North Queensland.  Before commencing at JCU, she worked for Cancer Council Queensland and the Rural Health Training Unit at Queensland Health.  She has a Master of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, a Post Graduate Diploma in Health Promotion and a Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching.  In 2012 she completed a DrPH where she examined the role of local government in creating supportive environments for physical activity at a community and workplace level.  She also have a strong interest in workforce capacity building in health promotion and health promotion evaluation research.

Sue teaches across a broad range of public health related areas but her main area of focus is on health promotion both at an undergraduate and postgraduate level. 

 

Teaching

• HS1401: Health and Health Care in Australia (Level 1; CNS & TSV)
• HS2401: Rural and Remote Primary and Public Health Care (Level 2; TSV)
• HS2403: Health Promotion for Health Professionals (Level 2; TSV)
• PC2004: Professional Pharmacy Practice 1 (Level 2; TSV)
• TM5528: Health Promotion (Level 5; TSV)
• TM5541: Managing Effective Health Programs (Level 5; TSV)

Interests

Research

• Health promotion evaluation
• Workforce capacity building in health promotion and public health
• Physical activity
• Rural and remote health

Research Disciplines

• Public Health and Health Services (1117)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Public Health (9204)
• Indigenous Health (9203)
• Health and Support Services (9202)

Awards

• 2015 - JCU Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning - overall winner
• 2015 - National Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning

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Journal Articles

• Frier A, Barnett F, Devine S and Barker R (2018) Understanding disability and the 'social determinants of health': how does disability affect peoples' social determinants of health? Disability and Rehabilitation, 40 (5). pp. 538-547
• McFarlane K, Judd J, Wapau H, Nichols N, Watt K and Devine S (2018) How primary health care staff working in rural and remote areas access skill development and expertise to support health promotion practice. Rural and Remote Health, 18.
• Frier A, Barnett F and Devine S (2017) The relationship between social determinants of health, and rehabilitation of neurological conditions: a systematic literature review. Disability and Rehabilitation, 39 (10). pp. 941-948
• McFarlane K, Devine S, Judd J, Nichols N and Watt K (2017) Workforce insights on how health promotion is practised in an Aboriginal community controlled health service. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 23 (3). pp. 243-248
• Lindsay D, Devine S, Sealey R and Leicht A (2016) Time kinetics of physical activity, sitting, and quality of life measures within a regional workplace: a cross-sectional analysis. BMC Public Health, 16.
• McFarlane K, Devine S, Judd J, Canuto K and Watt K (2016) Research with an aboriginal health service: building an effective partnership, step by step. Australian Indigenous Health Bulletin, 16 (4). pp. 1-4
• McFarlane K, Judd J, Devine S and Watt K (2016) Reorientation of health services: enablers and barriers faced by organisations when increasing health promotion capacity. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 27 (2). pp. 118-133
• Robertson J, Stevenson L, Usher K, Devine S and Clough A (2015) A review of trends in indigenous Australian tobacco research (from 2004 to 2013), its associated outputs and evidence of research translation. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 17 (8). pp. 1039-1048
• Williams V, Pearce W and Devine S (2014) First time mothers' knowledge and beliefs regarding early communication development. Early Child Development and Care, 184 (1). pp. 15-31
• Devine S, Williams G and Nielsen I (2013) Rural allied health scholarships: do they make a difference? Rural and Remote Health, 13. pp. 2459-2471
• Harrison S, Nowak M, Devine S, Saunders V, Smith A and Buttner P (2013) An intervention to discourage Australian mothers from unnecessarily exposing their babies to the sun for therapeutic reasons. Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, 59 (5). pp. 403-406
• Harrison S, Devine S, Saunders V, Smith A, Buettner P and Nowak M (2013) Changing the risky beliefs of post-partum women about therapeutic sun-exposure. Women and Birth, 26 (3). pp. 202-206

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 31+ research outputs authored by A/Prof Sue Devine from 2003 onwards.

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Current

• Drowning Prevention among Vulnerable Populations (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• A Social Determinants of Health Approach to Applying Best Practice Diabetes Care for People with Type 2 Diabetes (PhD , Primary Advisor)
• Older Persons Enablement and Rehabilitation for Complex Health Conditions: OPEN ARCH Study (Masters , Primary Advisor)

Completed

• Strengthening health promotion and research in practice: the experiences of an Aboriginal community controlled health service (2017, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Steps towards reducing high rates of tobacco use in remote Aboriginal communities (2015, PhD , Secondary Advisor)

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• Leicht, A. (2016) Data set for quality of life and physical activity of adults within a regional workplace. James Cook University