Dr Shantala Mohan

• Biography
• Areas of Research/Teaching Expertise
• Grants/Current Projects
• Selected Publications
• Engagement Interests
• Contact Details

Biography

Dr Shantala Mohan (PhD, MPH, MBBS) is currently Senior Research Officer at the Clinical Nursing Research Unit, Nepean Hospital (SWAHS/UWS). She completed her PhD from UWS, College of Health & Science in 2007. Her PhD thesis was titled: "Coronary Heart Disease and Migrant Asian Indians in Australia: Experiences, Health Knowledge, Beliefs and Behaviours." She has a keen interest in migrant health issues and cultural aspects of illness and risk perception.

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Areas of Research/Teaching Expertise

Cardiovacular illness
Migrant health
Culture and health

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Grants/Current Projects

2008
Non English Speaking Background (NESB) students completing an accelerated/compressed nursing program in a tertiary institution: Career aspirations and perceptions of nursing as a profession
Funding: Family & Community Health Research Group, UWS
Research Team: Wilkes, L., Jackson, D., Mannix, J., Smith, A., Mohan, S., Edenborough, M., & Raymond, D.

2007/10
Care of clients with chronic and complex conditions: Role of the community nurse in the multidiciplinary team.
Funding: Australian Reseach Council - Linkage grant.
Research Team: Cioffi, J., Wilkes, L., Warne, B., Mohan, S., & Harrison, K.

2005
Resilience among people with chronic illness: A pilot study
Funding: Family Health Equity Research group, University of Western Sydney.
Research Team: Wilkes, L., Jackson, D., Griffiths, R., Davidson, P., O’Brien, L., Beale, B., Mannix, J., Gillies, D., & Mohan, S.

2004
Nurses with PhD working in a clinical area: Relevance of doctoral degree to their employment
Research Team: Wilkes, L.M., & Mohan, S.

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Selected Publications

Wilkes, L., Mohan, S., Luck, L., & Jackson, D. (2010). Development of a violence assessment tool in the emergency hospital setting. Nurse Researcher, 17(4), 7-19.

Mohan, S., Wilkes, L., & Jackson, D. (2008). Lifestyle of Asian Indians with coronary heart disease: The Australian context. Collegian, 15(3), 115-121.

Wilkes, L., & Mohan, S. (2008). Nurses in the clinical area: Relevance of a PhD. Collegian, 15, 135-141.

Wilkes, L.M., White, K., Mohan, S., & Beale, B. (2006). Accessing metropolitan cancer care services: Practical needs of rural families. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 25(2), 85-102.

Mohan, S., Wilkes, L.M., & Jackson, D. (2006). Coronary heart disease in Asian Indians: Perspectives of family members. Contemporary Nurse, 23(2), 189-201.

Mohan, S., Wilkes, L.M., Ogunsiji O., & Walker, A. (2005). Caring for patients with cancer in non-specialist wards: The nurse experience. European Journal of Cancer Care, 14, 256-263.

Wilkes, L.M., Mohan, S., White, K., & Smith, H. (2004). Evaluation of an after hours telephone support service for rural palliative care services and their families: A pilot study. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 12, 95-98.

Wilkes, L.M., Castro, M., Mohan, S., Sundaraj, S.R., & Noore, F. (2003). Health status of patients with chronic pain attending a pain centre. Pain Management Nursing, 4(2), 70-76.

Mohan, S., Wilkes, L., & Jackson, D. (2003). Coronary heart disease in Indians: A critical review of literature. Contemporary Nurse, 15(3), 274-287.

Wilkes, L.M., Le Miere, J., & Mohan, S. (2001). Caring for residents: The effects of education on staff attitude and knowledge in an aged care facility. Geriaction, 19(3), 15-21.

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Engagement Interests

Higher degree student co-supervision

• Surviving and thriving in the face of workplace adversity: An intervention to develop resilience in nurses and midwives
  Collaborative Research between UWS & SWAHS on an ARC Linkage Project: APAI student. 
  PhD student from UWS School of Nursing, College of Health & Science.
  Status-Current
• An investigation of the lived experience of choosing and using complementary and alternative medicine (Naturalistic Inquiry).
  PhD student from UWS School of Nursing, College of Health & Science.
  Status-Graduated April 2008.
  
  Professional activities
  
• Journal Article Reviewer (2007), Journal of Multiple Research Approaches
• Grant Assessor (2006), National Heart Foundation of Australia

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