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Dr Judith Crockett teaches the social science components of the Bachelor of Physiotherapy program on the Orange campus of CSU and community health to distance education students within the School of Community Health. Her teaching draws upon her long term residence in rural communities and her research interests in health and rehabilitation in rural and remote communities. Judith holds a PhD (CSU) in rural sociology and has completed graduate studies in health promotion and community development. She teaches introductory health and rehabilitation, research methods in health, and community health. Before joining the University as an academic staff member in 2004, she worked with the School of Pharmacy at the University of Sydney on community education projects related to osteoporosis and depression.

Positions and Roles

• Lecturer in Health and Rehabilitation Science  

Teaching

Judith has been teaching at University level since 1990, first at the University of Adelaide, then at University of New England, University of Sydney and Charles Sturt University. She has taught at all academic levels, from first year to postgraduate, and is an accredited CSU postgraduate supervisor.  She is experienced at teaching face to face and by distance education.

Subject Delivery

Innovations in Teaching

Key innovations in teaching have included:

• 2013: Transfer of HIP302 and HIP303 into fully on-line delivery
• 2010 - 2012: Fully integrated teaching-research program
• 2004 - 2005: Oversight of the on-line delivery of Master of Sustainable Management program
  

Research and Publications

Judith is a key researcher in the Centre for Inland Health (CIH). Her main areas of research interest include rural adolescent health and rural and remote community health interventions.  In 2010 she participated in a joint CIH and Royal Rehabilitation Centre project exploring options for community based rehabilitation in rural and remote communities, and in 2011 completed a pilot study looking at the role of rural schools in the management of their students’ mental health and substance use problems. She is currently involved in researching barriers rural adolescents face in accessing and utilising suicide prevention services.

List of Publications

• Crockett, J. (1998). ‘Constraints to adoption of sustainable agricultural management practices: dairying in Adelaide’s urban fringe’ Proceedings of the International Geographical Union Commission on the Sustainability of Rural Systems, University of New England, Armidale, July 1997.
• Crockett, J. (2004) ‘The nature of farm succession in three Australian communities’ Australian Farm Business Management Journal, 1(1), 14-27.
• McKinnon, J., Kearns, A., Crockett, J. (2004) ‘Equity for government school students: reclaiming social work services in NSW’ Australian Social Work, 57(3), 237-246.
• Finlay, R., Crockett, J. and Kemp, D. ( 2005), ‘Understanding land managers’ attitudes using focus groups’, Extension Farming Systems Journal, 1(1), 15-24.
• Crockett, J., Taylor, S., Grabham, A, Stanford, P.  (2006) ‘Patient outcomes following an intervention involving community pharmacists in the management of depression’, Australian Journal of Rural Health, 14(6), 263-269.
• Frost, M. and Crockett, J. (2006) ‘Challenges in using networks and clusters to achieve innovation in contemporary business: a pilot study of the mining and engineer sector, Orange, Cabonne and Blayney shires’, Refereed paper presented at the 3rd International Conference on Contemporary Business, Leura, Blue Mountains, Australia, September 21-22, 2006.
• Crockett, J., Taylor, S, Grabham, A, Stanford, P. (2007), ‘Consumer perceptions of a project considering the role of community pharmacists in the management of depression’, National Rural Health Conference Proceedings, 2007, http://9thnrhc.ruralhealth.org.au/program/docs/papers/crockett_C5.pdf
• Allan, J., Crockett, J., Ball, P., Alston, M. (2007) ‘‘It’s all part of the package’ in rural allied health work: a pilot study of rewards and barriers in rural pharmacy and social work’, Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice, 5(3)
• Frost, M., Crockett, J. (2007) ‘Communities of practice, clusters or networks? Prospects for collaborative business arrangements in the mining and engineering sector, Central West New South Wales’, Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Contemporary Business, Leura, November 2006.
• Crockett, J., Taylor, S., Grabham, A., & Stanford, P. (2007). ‘Consumer perceptions of a project considering the role of community pharmacists in the management of depression’, National Rural Health Conference Proceedings, 2007, http://9thnrhc.ruralhealth.org.au/program/docs/papers/crockett_C5.pdf
• Allan, J., Crockett, J., Ball, P., & Alston, M.  (2007). ‘‘It’s all part of the package’ in rural allied health work: a pilot study of rewards and barriers in rural pharmacy and social work’, Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice, 5(3).
• Read, D., Crockett, J. & Watson, G.  (2007). ‘What’s behind recent fertility trends – government, alarms on biological clocks or lessons learned from childhood?’, People and Place 15(2) 22-29.
• Crockett, J., Taylor, S. & McLeod, L. (2008) ‘Patient responses to an integrated service, initiated by community pharmacists, for the prevention of osteoporosis’, International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 16(2) 65-72.
• Bonner, A., Pryor, P., Crockett, J., Pope, R., & Beecham, R. (2009). A sustainable approach to community based rehabilitation in rural and remote Australia. Proceedings of the 10th National Rural Health Conference, editor Gordon Gregory, Cairns Qld, 17-20 May 2009. Canberra: National Rural Health Alliance.
• Crockett, J., Hart, L. & Greig, J. (2009). ‘The Rural Mental Health Support Line: improving mental health advice during drought’, Australian Journal of Rural Health, 17, 282-283.
• Crockett, J. & Taylor, S. (2009). ‘Rural pharmacist perceptions of a project assessing their role in the management of depression’, Australian Journal of Rural Health, 17, 236-243.
• Tonna, A., Kelly, B., Crockett, J., Greig, J., Roberts, R., Wright, M. & Buss, R. (2009). ‘Improving the mental health of drought affected communities: an Australian model’, Rural Society, 19(4), 296-305.
• Crockett, J. (2012). ‘There’s nothing the *@# wrong with me: youth mental health and substance use in rural and remote Australia and the potential role of school based interventions’, Youth Studies Australia, 31(1), 53-59.
• Read, D., Crockett, J. & Mason, R. (2012). ‘It was a horrible shock: the experience of motherhood and women’s family size preferences’, Women’s Studies International Forum, 35, 12-21.
   
  

Community Engagement

Judith is mentor for young people in her local community and is a Secretary of the International Carers’ Autism Network. Previously she has been closely involved in NSW Farmers Association Rural Affairs Committee and the Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health Community Advisory Committee. 

Memberships and Affiliations

• Health Promotion Association of Australia
• Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia
• Society for Community Research and Action (Section 27 of the American Psychological Association)
• Rural Health Alliance, Youth Health Council of NSW
• Australasian Society for Bipolar and Depressive Disorders
• YAPA
• Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth
• Community Alcohol Action Network and SPELD NSW. 
• Australian Physiotherapy Association
• Friend of Headspace (National Youth Mental Health Foundation).