Ms. Bianca Brijnath (PhD Candidate)

Biography

Primary supervisor
Prof. Lenore Manderson

Co-supervisor
Dr Milicia Markovic

Bianca is doing her PhD on Age, invisibility and madness: Understanding dementia care in India on a Monash University “Off-the-top” scholarship. The thesis is a qualitative study into the cultural meanings surrounding old age, dementia, senility and madness in urban north India; the experiences of providing care in such a context; and the barriers carers and key service providers negotiate in order to obtain support. The field work is expected to begin in 2008 in New Delhi. Bianca has worked on a range of research projects such as vocational education and training for the Victorian health workforce, anaphylaxis policy and management, reproductive tourism, Australian family formation, and HIV/AIDS stigma and discrimination in the Asia-Pacific. BA (Hons), majoring in sociology and women’s studies, at Monash University in 2005.

Publications

Journal articles

Brijnath, B. It’s about TIME: Engendering AIDS in Africa. Culture, Health and Sexuality (accepted, in press).

Whittaker, A., Carmichael, G. & Brijnath, B. The Discretionary Third Child: Decision-making and attitudes to having more than two children in Australia. Journal of Sociology (submitted)

Jackson, R. & Brijnath, B. (2006). Recent research into the health and wellbeing of those playing the VET game. Presentation at the VISTA Conference, May 21st - 23rd, Lorne.

Conferences

Brijnath, B. (2006). Managing anaphylaxis in Victorian government schools: pathways to best-practice. Paper presentation at the GP&PHC Conference, July 3rd – 5th, Perth.

Reidpath, D. D., Brijnath, B., & Chan, K.Y. (2005). An Asia Pacific six-country study on HIV-related discrimination: Introduction. AIDS Care, 17: Supplement 2, 117-127.

Government Reports and Documents

Brijnath, B. (2006). Anaphylaxis Training, Education and Management Strategy for Victorian Government Schools: Overview of the Literature. Prepared for the Student Wellbeing Branch, Department of Education Victoria.

Brijnath, B. (2006). Anaphylaxis Training, Education and Management Strategy for Victorian Government Schools: Current Management Practices in Victorian Government Schools. Prepared for the Student Wellbeing Branch, Department of Education Victoria.

Brijnath, B. (2006). Anaphylaxis Training, Education and Management Strategy for Victorian Government Schools: Assessment of Current Training Strategies and Future Recommendations. Prepared for the Student Wellbeing Branch, Department of Education Victoria.

Brijnath, B. (2006). Anaphylaxis Training, Education and Management Strategy for Victorian Government Schools: Building the Epidemiology. Prepared for the Student Wellbeing Branch, Department of Education Victoria.

Brijnath, B. (2006). Anaphylaxis Training, Education and Management Policy for Victorian Government Schools. Prepared with the Student Wellbeing Branch, Department of Education Victoria.