JCU > Research Portfolio > Mrs Val Wallace

About

Experience

2022 to present - Research Officer, HART (JCU Cairns)
2021 to 2022 - Research Officer, Apunipima (Cairns)
2018 to 2021 - Family Support Officer, Mulungu AMS (Mareeba/Atherton)
2016 to 2018 - Adult Educator, Private RTO (Cairns)
1993 to 2015 - Lecturer, James Cook University (Cairns)
1993 to 2002 - Police Auxiliary/Indigenous Liaison Officer, Northern Territory Police (Darwin)
1980 to 1993 - Infection Control Section Admin Officer, Royal Darwin Hospital (Darwin)

Research Disciplines

Socio-Economic Objectives

Publications

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Journal Articles

Lewthwaite B, Wilson K, Wallace V, McGinty S and Swain L (2017) Challenging normative assumptions regarding disengaged youth: a phenomenological perspective. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 30 (4). pp. 388-405
Te Riele K, Wilson K, Wallace V, McGinty S and Lewthwaite B (2017) Outcomes from Flexible Learning Options for disenfranchised youth: what counts? International Journal of Inclusive Education, 12 (2). pp. 117-130
Lalloo R, Kroon J, Tut O, Kularatna S, Jamieson L, Wallace V, Boase R, Fernando S, Cadet-James Y, Scuffham P and Johnson N (2015) Effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit of a single annual professional intervention for the prevention of childhood dental caries in a remote rural Indigenous community. BMC Oral Health, 15. pp. 1-8
Graham D, Wallace V, Selway D, Howe E and Kelly T (2014) Why are so many Indigenous women homeless in Far North and North West Queensland, Australia? Service providers' views of causes. Journal of Tropical Psychology, 4. pp. 1-9
Wallace V, Graham D, Selway D and Kelly T (2014) Their story: homeless Indigenous women in Cairns and Mount Isa, Australia. Journal of Tropical Psychology, 4. pp. 1-11

Book Chapters

Wallace V (2018) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people and staff 'talk up' the value of flexible learning options. In: Gauging the Value of Education for Disenfranchised Youth: flexible learning options. Innovations and Controversies: interrogating educational change. Brill, Leiden, Netherlands, pp. 43-62

Conference Papers

Wallace V (2003) Entering the field of research: a beginning Indigenous researcher's experience. Proceedings of the NZARE/AARE Joint Conference. In: Educational Research, Risks, and Dilemmas, 30 November - 3 December 2003, Auckland, NZ

Other research outputs

Meldrum K, Andersson E, Wallace V, Webb T, Quigley R, Strivens E and Russell S (2022) Approaches to the development of new mental well-being screening tools for Indigenous peoples: a systematic mixed studies review protocol. BMJ Open, 12 (8).

Current Funding

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

Australian Association of Gerontology - Strategic Innovation Fund

Spreading the word: Research translation on ageing well for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Far North Queensland.

Indicative Funding: $29,992 over 2 years
Summary: If we are to improve the health and wellbeing of older adults in our communities, we need to find new and engaging ways of sharing health information. This project will produce podcasts about ageing well and dementia prevention for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Podcasts can also be linked to social media. Social media use for getting health messages to the community is a developing research area. We will evaluate what people thought of the podcasts and what they learnt from them which will give us some feedback on the approach.
Investigators: Betty Sagigi, Val Wallace, Chenoa Wapau, Samson Tamwoy and Diane Cadet-James (College of Medicine & Dentistry)
Keywords: Research translation; Capacity building; First Nations health researchers; Torres Strait

Supervision

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

ADAPTTS ? App-based Diet And Physical Activity Tools for the Torres Strait (PhD , External Advisor)
Appropriate Use of Medications in Indigenous Patients in a Residential Care Facility: A patient?s, pharmacist?s and doctor?s perspective. (Masters , External Advisor)
Evaluating the impact of hospital pharmacists on a health equity agenda in a regional Australian setting - more than just the medicines. (PhD , External Advisor)