Research Fellow and Phd Student
Mr Dimitri Batras
MPPM (Melb Uni), BAppSc (Health Promotion)(Hons)(Deakin)
Office Location:
School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine
Monash University
Level 3, 89 Commercial Road, Prahran, Vic 3181
Phone: +61 3 9903 1669
Fax: +61 3 9903 1658
Email: dimitri.batras@monash.edu
Research
PHD TopicWhat are determinants of organisational change to increase health equity through sport and recreation settings?
Stage
Confirmed in December 2009
Supervisors:
Associate Professor Ben Smith
Professor Helen keleher
LINK TO PREVIOUS RESEARCH OUTPUT
Research Interest
- Health promotion capacity building
- Organisational change for public benefit
- Public policy and program evaluation
Ongoing Research
Dimitri works on research and evaluation projects for industry and government. His current consultancy research involves assisting organisations to evaluate the success of their public health policies and programs. He also provides advice to government agencies regarding health promotion practice and healthy public policy.
Professional Experience
| Duration | Designation |
|---|---|
| 2006 - present | Research Fellow
Department of Health Social Science Monash University |
| 2005 - 2006 | Project officer
Integrated Health Promotion in Community Care Dental Health Services Victoria |
Journal articles:
Chen, M.Y., Donovan, B., Harcourt, C., Morton, A., Moss, L., Wallis, S., Cook, K., Batras, D., Groves, J., Tabrizi, S.N., Garland, S. & Fairley, C.K. (2010). ‘Estimating the number of unlicensed brothels operating in Melbourne', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, v.34, n.1, pp. 67-71.
Joyce, A., Pauli-Myler, T., Zazryn, T., Batras, D. & Mayers, K. (2011). ‘Promoting Help-Seeking among Adolescents and Young Adults through Consideration of the Adaptive Functions of Low Mood: A pilot study’, International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, v.34, n.1, pp.67-71.
Conference presentations:
Batras, D., Smith, B., Thomas, M., Hodge, W. & Maher, S. (2010). ‘Theory and methods for understanding organisational change: findings from the evaluation of a state wide health promotion programme. Reflecting on Evaluation – The Australasian Evaluation Society international conference 2010, Wellington, New Zealand.
Batras, D., Smith, B., Thomas, M. & Hodge, W. (2010). ‘Understanding and addressing the barriers to sport and recreation participation, for disadvantaged communities in Victoria' Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, v.12, s.2, pp. e91-e92. Presented at the seventh national physical activity conference, Be Active 09, Brisbane, Australia.
Joyce, A., Pauli-Myler, T., Zazryn, T., & Batras. D. (2008). Promoting help-seeking among adolescents through consideration of the adaptive functions of low mood. From margins to mainstream - 5th world conference on the promotion of mental health and the prevention of mental and behavioural disorders, Melbourne, Victoria.
McCormick, J., Colmer, V., Keily, J., Pietsch, O., Batras, D., Milner, S. 2007, Applying HIA within Local Government: The Victorian Experience, Presented at the Healthy Public Policy - Is Health Impact Assessment the Cornerstone? Conference, Dublin, Ireland.
Whiffen, R., Batras, D. & Robinson, Y. (2005). The Go For Your Life Call Centre: The role of a telephone hotline in supporting the Healthy and Active Victoria initiative. Poster presentation for the Sports Medicine Australia conference, October 2005, Melbourne.
Reports:
Batras, D., Joyce, A. & Phillips, H. (2011) Report on the Inclusive Leisure Initiative – Improving leisure centre access for people with a disability in Victoria, Report for Leadership Plus, Monash University, Melbourne, pp. 1-74.
Batras, D. (2011) Veterans’ Health Week 2010 Evaluation Report: ‘”Lots of encouragement, positive reinforcement; a stimulating social event”, Report for the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Melbourne, pp. 1-35.
Smith, B. J., Batras, D., Thomas, M. & Hodge, W. (2010). Participation in community sport and active recreation (PICSAR) program evaluation- final report, October 2010, Report for VicHealth, Monash University and ARTD Consultants, pp. 1-99.
Smith, B. J., Batras, D., Thomas, M. & Hodge, W. (2010). Participation in community sport and active recreation (PICSAR) program evaluation progress report July- December 2009, ‘Direct and indirect participation activities’ Report for VicHealth, Monash University, Melbourne, pp. 1-15.
Smith, B. J., Batras, D., Thomas, M. & Hodge, W. (2009). Participation in community sport and active recreation (PICSAR) program evaluation progress report January - July 2009, Report for VicHealth, Monash University, Melbourne, pp. 1-15.
Smith, B. J., Batras, D., Thomas, M. & Hodge, W. (2009). Participation in community sport and active recreation (PICSAR) program evaluation progress report January- December 2008, Monash University, Melbourne, pp. 1-20.
Smith, B. J., Batras, D., Thomas, M. & Hodge, W. (2008). Participation in community sport and active recreation (PICSAR) program evaluation progress report July 2008, Monash University, Melbourne, pp. 1-6.
Batras, D., Smith, B.J. & Keleher, H. (2007). The Vision Initiative 2006-7 Evaluation Report, Monash University & Vision 2020, Melbourne, Australia.
Joss, N., Keleher, H., Doyle, J. & Batras, D. (2007). Mental health promotion: building capacity for research and evaluation, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
