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Ms Nerida Joss

Research Fellow and PhD Candidate

Nerida Joss

MPH(Health Promotion), BAppSc (Food Science and Nutrition)

Telephone: +61 3 9903 1652
   
Facsimile: +61 3 9903 1658
   
Email: nerida.joss@med.monash.edu.au

Profile

Nerida’s is currently National Health Promotion Adviser for the Department of Veterans’ Affairs. Her responsibilities include staff training, evaluation and policy advice.

Nerida is also currently a PhD Candidate under the supervision of Professor Helen Keleher. Her thesis is exploring the workforce drivers of collaborative practice in health promotion. She is seeking to identify the core competencies for collaborative advantage within the health promotion workforce.

Research Interests

  •  Health promotion workforce development 
  • Partnerships and collaborative practice
  • Mental health promotion

Publications

2009

  • Keleher, H., and Joss, N. 2009, ‘Determinants of healthy ageing’, In Keleher, H., and MacDougall, C., (Eds), Understanding health: a determinants approach, 2nd edn, Oxford University Press, Melbourne.

  • Joss, N. 2009, Sustainability of the Ex Service Organisation’s Day Club Queensland Program, Report for the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Melbourne. 

2008

  • Joss, N 2008, ‘Health and Modernity: The role of theory in health promotion', Health Promotion Journal of Australia, vol. 19 (3), p.236.

2007

  • Joss, N. & Keleher, H. 2007, Workforce development to embed mental health promotion research and evaluation into organisational practice, Health Promotion Journal of Australia, vol. 18, no.3, pp.255-9.
  • Joss, N., Keleher, H., Doyle, J. & Batras, D. 2007, Mental health promotion: building capacity for research and evaluation, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
  •  Keleher, H. & Joss, N. 2007, ‘Building competencies and workforce capacity for health promotion’, in Keleher, H., MacDougall, C. & Murphy, B. (eds), Understanding Health Promotion, Oxford University Press, Melbourne.
  • Joss, N. 2007, 'Guidebook 1: 'Milestones in the History of Health Promotion', in Keleher, H., MacDougall, C. & Murhpy, B. (eds), Understanding Health Promotion, Oxford University Press, Melbourne.
  • Joss, N. & Keleher, H. 2007, 'Guidebook 2: 'Health Promotion Associations, Alliances, and Advocacy Organisitions', in Keleher, H., MacDougall, C. & Murhpy, B. (eds), Understanding Health Promotion, Oxford University Press, Melbourne.
  • Joss, N. 2007, 'Guidebook 5: 'Health Promotion Program Planning and Evaluation Resources', in Keleher, H., MacDougall, C. & Murhpy, B. (eds), Understanding Health Promotion, Oxford University Press, Melbourne.
  • Joss, N. 2007, 'Guidebook 6: 'Rescources of Health Equity', in Keleher, H., MacDougall, C. & Murhpy, B. (eds), Understanding Health Promotion, Oxford University Press, Melbourne.
  • Joss, N. & Keleher, H. 2007, ‘Guidebook 7: Capacity-building resources’, in Keleher, H., MacDougall, C. & Murphy, B. (eds), Understanding Health Promotion, Oxford University Press, Melbourne.
  • Joss, N. 2007, 'Laughter is the best medicine: Evaluation of the Ex=Service Organisations's Victorian Day Club Program', Report for the Department of Veterans' Affairs, Melbourne.
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2006

  • Keleher, H., & Joss, N. (2006). Yarra Ranges Best Start Local Evaluation Report, Deakin University, Melbourne.

2003

  • Joss, N., Holland, D., & Postill, K. (2003). Peer mentoring program manual: the ‘how to’ of running a peer mentoring program, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, Deakin University, Melbourne.
  • Keleher, H., Marshall, B., Murphy, B., Round, R., & Joss, N. (2003). Evaluation of Victorian DHS short course in health promotion, Deakin University, Melbourne.