Professor Deborah Turnbull

Room 414, Hughes Building Phone +61 (08) 8303 5738 Fax +61 (08) 8303 3770 deborah.turnbull@adelaide.edu.au Personal Page

Area of Research

Primary Mental Health Care.

Senior Appointments and Memberships

Member, Australian Psychological Society.

Member, Public Health Association of Australia.

Member, Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand.

Member of Health, Disability and Lifespan Development Group

Psychology Research Interests

My research interests are in health service development and evaluation, including those for maternity care, screening and primary mental health care.  Other areas of interest include disease management for chronic conditions such as hypertension and methods for selecting medical students.

Recent Key Publications

Collins C, Fereday J, Pincombe J, Oster C, Turnbull D. (In Press) An evaluation of the satisfaction of midwives working in Midwifery Group Practice. Midwifery. Accepted 28/09/08.

Mikocka-Walus A, Turnbull D, Andrews J, Moulding N, Wilson I, Holtmann G. (2009) Psycho-gastroenterology: A call for psychological input in Australian gastroenterology clinics. Internal Medicine Journal, 39 (2): 127-130.

Duncan A, Wilson C, Cole S, Mikocka-Walus A, Turnbull D, Young G. (2009) Demographic Associations with Stage of Readiness to Screen for Colorectal Cancer. Health Promotion Journal of Australia 20 (1)

Fereday J, Collins C, Turnbull D, Pincombe J, Oster C. (2009) An evaluation of Midwifery Group Practice: Part II: Women’s satisfaction. Women & Birth, 22, 11-16.

Turnbull D, Baghurst P, Collins C, Cornwell C, Nixon A, Donnelan-Fernandez R, Antoniou G. (2009) An evaluation of Midwifery Group Practice. Part I: Clinical effectiveness. Women and Birth, 22, 3-9