
Doctor Penny Abbott
SENIOR LECTURER,
School of Medicine
Personal
Qualifications
- MAPH University of New South Wales
- MBBA University of Sydney
UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- School of Medicine
Contact
| Email: | P.Abbott@uws.edu.au |
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| Extension: | 3560 |
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| Location: | 30.3.17 Campbelltown |
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Biography
Dr Penny Abbott, MBBS (Hons) MPH FRACGP, is a senior lecturer at the Department of General Practice University of Western Sydney. One of her primary roles is supporting the research activities of the Department, with a particular focus on collaboration, social justice and promotion of research important to primary care and the community. She has been a clinician in the Aboriginal community controlled sector and within the women’s health stream of Justice Health for 20 years. She is a member of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) National Standing Committee for Research and the RACGP Ethics Committee.
She divides her working week between UWS and the Aboriginal Medical Sevice Western Sydney, where she is the GP team leader and a member of the chronic disease team. She is currently undertaking her PhD, examining the health needs and experiences of women released from custody and community general practice. She has a diverse range of clinical, research and teaching interests including Aboriginal health, chronic disease, blood-borne viral disease, health education and inter-professional collaboration.
This information has been contributed by Doctor Abbott.
Publications
Journal Articles
- Abbott, P., Davison, J., Moore, L. and Rubinstein, R. (2012), 'Effective nutrition education for Aboriginal Australians: lessons from a diabetes cooking course.', Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 5.
- Van, C., Kosta, D., Mitchell, B., Abbott, P. and Krass, I. (2012), 'Development and initial validation of the Pharmacist Frequency of Interprofessional Collaboration Instrument (FICI-P) in primary care', Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 11.
- Van, C., Costa, D., Mitchell, B., Abbott, P. and Krass, I. (2012), 'Development and validation of the GP frequency of interprofessional collaboration instrument (FICI-GP) in primary care', Journal of Interprofessional Care, 8.
- Van, C., Kosta, D., Abbott, P., Mitchell, B. and Krass, I. (2012), 'Community pharmacist attitudes towards collaboration with general practitioners: development and validation of a measure and a model', BMC Health Services Research, .
- Rosenkranz, S., Abbott, P., Reath, J. and Hu, W. (2012), 'Promoting diagnostic accuracy in general practitioner management of otitis media in children: findings from a multimodal, interactive workshop on tympanometry and pneumatic otoscopy.', Quality in Primary Care, 11.
- Rosenkranz, S., Abbott, P., Reath, J., Reath, J. and Hu, W. (2012), 'Promoting diagnostic accuracy in general practitioner management of otitis media in children: findings from a multimodal, interactive workshop on tympanometry and pneumatic otoscopy.', Quality in Primary Care, 11.
- Van, C., Kosta, D., Abbott, P., Mitchell, B. and Krass, I. (2012), 'Community pharmacist attitudes towards collaboration with general practitioners : development and validation of a measure and a model', BMC Health Services Research, .
- Abbott, P., Davison, J., Moore, L. and Rubinstein, R. (2012), 'Effective nutrition education for Aboriginal Australians : lessons from a diabetes cooking course', Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 5.
- Van, C., Costa, D., Mitchell, B., Abbott, P. and Krass, I. (2012), 'Development and initial validation of the Pharmacist Frequency of Interprofessional Collaboration Instrument (FICI-P) in primary care', Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 11.
- Van, C., Costa, D., Mitchell, B., Abbott, P. and Krass, I. (2012), 'Development and validation of the GP frequency of interprofessional collaboration instrument (FICI-GP) in primary care', Journal of Interprofessional Care, 8.
- Van, C., Costa, D., Mitchell, B., Abbott, P. and Krass, I. (2012), 'Factors predicting GP-pharmacist interprofessional collaboration in primary care from the pharmacist's perspective : a structural equation modelling approach', Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, .
- Rosenkranz, S., Abbott, P., Reath, J., Gunasekera, H. and Hu, W. (2012), 'Promoting diagnostic accuracy in general practitioner management of otitis media in children : findings from a multimodal, interactive workshop on tympanometry and pneumatic otoscopy', Quality in Primary Care, 11.
- Digiacomo, M., Davidson, P., Abbott, P., Davison, J., Moore, L. and Thompson, S. (2011), 'Smoking Cessation in Indigenous Populations of Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States: Elements of Effective Interventions', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 23.
- Davidson, P., Digiacomo, M., Thompson, S., Abbott, P., Davison, J. and Moore, L. (2011), 'Health workforce issues and how these impact on Indigenous Australians', Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues, 16.
- Di Giacomo, M., Abbott, P., Davison, J., Moore, L. and Davidson, P. (2010), 'Facilitating uptake of Aboriginal Adult Health Checks through community engagement and health promotion', Quality in Primary Care, 8.
- Davidson, P., Abbott, P., Davison, J. and Digiacomo, M. (2010), 'Improving medication uptake in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples', Davidson PM, Abbott P, Davison J, DiGiacomo M Heart, Lung and Circulation DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2010.01.010, 6.
- Abbott, P., Davison, J., Moore, L. and Rubinstein, R. (2010), 'Barriers and enhancers to dietary behaviour change for Aboriginal people attending a diabetes cooking course', Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 6.
- Liu, H., Weeramanthri, T., Wade, V., Rodgers, A., Usherwood, T., Neal, B., Peiris, D., Burke, H., Reid, C., Cass, A., Reath, J., Patel, A., Abbott, P., Brown, A., Eades, S., Hayman, N., Jan, S., Ring, I., Stewart, G. and Tonkin, A. (2010), 'Rationale and design of the Kanyini guidelines adherence with the polypill (Kanyini-GAP) study: a randomised controlled trial of a polypill-based strategy amongst Indigenous and non Indigenous people at high cardiovascular risk', BMC Public Health, 9.
- Abbott, P., Davison, J. and Moore, L. (2008), 'many of us have gone early - priorities in heart health education for Aboriginal people', Australian Family Physician, 3.
- Abbott, P., Davison, J. and Moore, L. (2007), 'Challenges and benefits of implementing a chronic disease self-management program in an Aboriginal community controlled health setting', Australian Journal of Primary Health., 5.
- Abbott, P., Gordon, E. and Davison, J. (2007), 'Expanding roles of Aboriginal health workers in the primary care setting: seeking recognition', Contemporary Nurse, 8.
- Digiacomo, M., Davidson, P., Davison, J., Moore, L. and Abbott, P. (2007), 'Stressful life events, resources, and access: key considerations in quitting smoking at an Aboriginal Medical Service', Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health., 3.
- Moore, L., Webb, R., Abbott, P. and Zonca, B. (2006), 'Cooking classes for diabetes', Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, 3.
Research
Current Projects
| Title: | Doubly disadvantaged: harnessing elements of resilience and establishing information for systems change [via UTS - no funding to UWS] |
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| Years: | 2012-12-19 - 2015-12-18 |
| ID: | P00021062 |
| UWS Researchers: | Penny Abbott |
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| Title: | Randomised controlled trial of antimicrobial treatment versus watchful waiting for acute otitis media without perforation in low risk Aboriginal children |
| Years: | 2013-01-01 - 2016-12-31 |
| ID: | P00020890 |
| UWS Researchers: | Jennifer Reath, Penny Abbott, Federico Girosi and Wendy Hu |
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| Title: | Evaluation of the Western Sydney Medicare Local and Western Sydney Local Health District Partnership Memorandum |
| Years: | 2013-01-01 - 2014-08-31 |
| ID: | P00021528 |
| UWS Researchers: | Jennifer Reath, Penelope Burns, Ron Brooker and Penny Abbott |
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Previous Projects
| Title: | Process and an impact evaluation of resources and training programs developed in the NSW STI Programs Unit General Practice Project |
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| Years: | 2011-01-11 - 2012-12-30 |
| ID: | P00019630 |
| UWS Researchers: | Ann Dadich, Jennifer Reath, Wendy Hu, Penny Abbott and Sara Rosenkranz |
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