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Personal Details

Name: Darshini Ayton (nee Devadason)
Telephone: +61 3 9903 1660
Email: Darshini.Ayton@med.monash.edu.au
Current Position: Lecturer, First Year Coordinator - Department of Health Social Science

Research

PhD Topic: Local Churches as settings for health Promotion in Victoria
Stage: Confirmed

Supervisor

• Professor Helen Keleher
• Associate Professor Ben Smith

Research Interest

• Health Promotion settings
• Social Determinants of Health
• Mental Health
• Women's Health
• Public Health

LINK TO PREVIOUS RESEARCH OUTPUT

Previous StudyBachelor of Biomedical Science (Hons), Master of Public Health

Professional Experience

Duration	Designation
Nov 2005 - March 2007	Research Assistant / Surveillance officer Centre for Population Health, Burnet Institute
March 2007 - March 2009	Research Assistant Primary Care Research Unit, Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne.
Current	Research Assistant Department of Health Social Science, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University

Conference Presentation

Devadason D, Guy R, Woolley I, Hellard M. 'That HIV Virus' - Cambodians diagnosed with HIV in Victoria. ASHM Melbourne 11-14 October 2006

Ayton D, Gunn J, Pallant J, Chondros P and the diamond team. The association between chronic physical conditions and depressive symptoms in Victorian General Practice Patients. WONCA/RACGP Asia Pacific Regional Conference Melbourne 2-5 Oct 2008

Papers

Ayton D, Carey G, Joss N, Keleher H, Smith B. Exploring the partnership networks of churches and church affiliated organisations in health promotion. Australian Journal of Primary Health http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/PY11016 Ayton D, Carey G, Keleher H, Smith B. Historical overview of church involvement in health and wellbeing in Australia: Implications for health promotion partnerships. Australian Journal of Primary Health http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/PY11079 Carey, G. and Ayton, D. Partnering with not-for-profit organisations in Australia: critical issues for health promotion. Health Promotion International (submitted November 2011)

Reports

1. Ayton, D. Social determinants of health and the Millennium Development Goals in relation to Maternal Mortality in the Asia Pacific Region. Discussion Paper September 2010. Prepared for the Public Health Association of Australia.
2. Keleher H, Ayton D, Barker S, Ellis N 2010. Conceptual models to guide psychosocial interventions in workplaces. Department of Health Social Science Monash University and Institute for Safety, Compensation and Recovery Research, Melbourne.
3. Ayton, D. The Impact of the COACH mentoring program on child and youth health and wellbeing. Monash University, Caulfield, Melbourne.

Media Articles

Rintoul, A., Tobin, C., Ayton, D., and Livingstone, C. (2011). Last Bets: QHA's pokies reforms are 'tobacco industry tactics'. Crikey. Wednesday 1 June 2011.
http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/01/last-bets-qhas-pokies-reforms-are-tobacco-industry-tactics/

Ayton, D and Tobin, C (2011). Public Health Experts Support Pokies Reform. The Conversation. 21 June 2011.
http://theconversation.edu.au/public-health-experts-support-pokies-reforms-1921

Conference presentations

1. Ayton D. The local church and health promotion in Victoria. Australian and New Zealand Third Sector Research Conference Sydney 15-16 November, 2010
2. Ayton, D. The local church and health promotion in Victoria. Public Health Association of Australia Conference Brisbane 26 – 28 September, 2011

Grants

Ayton, D. The impact of the COACH mentoring program on child and youth health and wellbeing. Windermere Foundation $14,953