Community Health

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Dr Judith Crockett teaches the social science components of the Bachelor of Physiotherapy program on Orange campus of CSU and community health to distance education students. Her teaching draws upon her long term residence in rural communities and her research interests in health and rehabilitation in rural and remote communities.

Roles

• Lecturer in Health Rehabilitation; 
• Researcher in Centre for Inland Health

Teaching

Judith has been designing and writing new subjects at undergraduate and postgraduate level for over ten years and has a particular interest in preparing effective learning materials for distance education students.

Subject Delivery

• HIP100 Introduction to health and rehabilitation
• HIP202 Research for health practice
• HIP302 Understanding healthy communities
• HIP302 Promoting healthy communities

Innovations in Teaching

Interprofessional teaching is a key component of Judith’s teaching practice, and she works closely with physiotherapy and other allied health academics to draw as many links as possible between social science and health practice. She also teaches with a strong cultural focus, and strongly emphasises a holistic approach to practice that draws upon determinants of health as its foundation.

Research

As a long term resident of rural communities Judith have seen the negative consequences of inadequate support for adolescents experiencing physical, developmental and/or mental health difficulties, particularly in situations of comorbidity; her research is focused on addressing these needs using a community based approach that links closely with my teaching.

Key terms: adolescent health; community health; community based rehabilitation; mental health; rural and remote; substance abuse; secondary schools; prevention and intervention

Current Research Projects

• Department of Education; Principals Australia   
  The role of rural and remote central and secondary schools in the provision of mental health and drug and alcohol education and care to adolescents

Current Research Higher Degree Students

• Robert Finlay    PhD   
  Primary producer perspectives on rural management in Central and Western NSW
• Donna Read    PhD   
  How mothers, with a child nine years or younger, in the central West of NSW explain their childbearing behaviour
• Max Eastcott-Layton    MPhil   
  The implications of party politics in NSW local government for the appointment of senior staff
• Janine Friedrich    MPhil   
  The case for social catchments: new methods for engaging local communities in natural resource management
• Phillipa Yapsley    MPhil   
  Factors affecting the lived experience of people with a chronic disease

Professional & Community Engagement

Roles

• Peer reviewer for journals and Australian Research Council
• Volunteer youth worker and mentor in local rural community
• Member of Editorial Board of Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling