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Dr Milica Markovic

Biography

Milica Markovic completed a Bachelor of Sociology and Master of Sociology at The University of Belgrade in Serbia and Montenegro. Following the completion of her PhD at The University of Queensland, she has worked as Research Fellow at The University of Melbourne and since January 2006, Monash University. She has conducted population health research on minority and disadvantaged communities in Australia on contemporary health issues, including day surgery, antenatal care and gynaecological cancer.

Dr Milica Markovic

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Professional Activities

  • Member of The Australian Sociological Association
  • Editorial Board member: The Qualitative Report (2003-2006) & Sociological Research Online (2005-2007)
  • Reference group member (2004 -2005) for the CALD women's project, Office of Women's Policy, Department for Victorian Communities, Victorian Multicultural Commission, State Government Victoria, Melbourne
  • Advisory Group Member (2006-ongoing), Centre for Australian-African Women’s Issues
  • Co-facilitator (2006-ongoing), RWH Gynaecological Cancer Support Group

Research Interests

  • Contemporary public health issues
  • Immigrant health
  • Gender and women's health
  • Health promotion interventions
  • Health policies

Postgraduate Research Projects

Doctor of Philosophy

  • Bianca Brijnath
    Informal care and dementia in India. Monash University. (Co-supervisor).
  • Chhordaphea Chhea
    Health policies and tuberculosis in Cambodia. Monash University. (Co-supervisor).
  • Melina Czymoniewicz-Klippel
    Understanding childhoods in Cambodia. Monash University. (Primary supervisor).
  • Vanessa Johnston
    The health impact of human rights violations in the context of Australian asylum seeker policy. The University of Melbourne. (Primary supervisor).
  • Ansar Jujur
    Maternal health in Indonesia. Monash University. (Primary supervisor).
  • Shyamala Nataraj
    Understanding informed consent in the context of HIV testing and antenatal care in Tamil Nadu, India. Monash University (Co-supervisor).
  • Narelle Warren
    Visibility and invisibility: the ageing female body in contemporary rural Australia. The University of Melbourne. (Primary supervisor).
  • Sappaporn Wirattanapokin
    Thai adolescents and type 2 diabetes. Monash University, Melbourne. (Primary supervisor).

Doctor of Public Health

Victoria Team. Eating habits and physical activity among Ukrainian Australians. The University of Melbourne, Melbourne. (Primary supervisor).

Master of Women’s Health

Hans Friend. Life threatening illnesses: the paths to recovery. The University of Melbourne.

Potential Student Projects

  • The gender of health professionals and health outcomes
  • Immigrants' health beliefs
  • Health interventions and marginal communities

Teaching

  • January 2007 - Thematic analysis and narrative codes. Symposium and workshop series: Approaches to Narrative Research, Victoria University, Melbourne.
  • October 2006 - Working with cultural diversity in the clinical context. Workshop for health professionals, Centre for Gender and Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne.
  • September 2006 - Addressing the health needs of women and children in Victoria, School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University, Melbourne.
  • July 2006 - Technical Paper Writing workshop for Thai health professionals, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand.
  • November 2005 - Gender, Medicine and Health: Lecture and workshop, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • October 2005 - Publishing your research. Professional Development Workshop. The Australian Health Promotion Association (Victorian Branch), Melbourne
  • October 2005 - Qualitative Research Methods Workshop. The University of Melbourne
  • June 2005 - Social Determinants of Health short course (with Professor Ichiro Kawachi, Harvard University), The University of Melbourne.
  • November 2004 - Short Course in Gender and Reproductive Health, The University of Melbourne
  • June 2004 - Research into women’s health issues in resource poor countries. Lecture series, Khon Kaen University, Thailand
  • November 2002 - Qualitative Research Methods workshop National Institute of Public Health, Japan
  • July 2002 - Qualitative Health Research workshop, Rangsit University, Bangkok, Thailand

Collaborations

2002/ongoing Disrupting idea of woman, funded by the Australian Research Council, Chief investigator Professor Lenore Manderson (Monash University). The project explores the experiences of rural and urban women who adapt to the disruptions caused by various medical conditions (e.g. endometriosis, polycystic ovarian syndrome, infertility). a analysis.

2003/ongoing Cervical cancer screening promotion in Yugoslavia. Collaborator Dr Vesna Kesic, The University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine. Serbia and Montenegro. Funding body: Alliance for Cervical Cancer Prevention. The incidence and mortality rates for cervical cancer have been increasing in Serbia. The study explores the factors which influence women's cervical cancer screening behaviour. Qualitative and quantities methods are applied to design a health promotion program and inform the Ministry of Health in Serbia.

2004/ongoing Learning from the past: a retrospective study of refugee policy, funded by the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation. Chief investigator Professor Pascale Allotey (Brunel University, UK). The study investigates personal experiences of immigrants who settled in Australia since World War II. The aim is to analyse the impact of distinctive government policies on immigrants' settlement and well-being. Specific attention is paid to the impact of social, political, economic and cultural factors on immigrants' inclusion/exclusion to Australian society. Long term impact of government policies, programs and services on migrants is also a focus of this study. The study applies a qualitative design, and I have been conducting in-depth interviews with immigrant men and women.

Grant Support

2007 The Royal Women’s Hospital Gynaecological Cancer Support Group Health Self-help Program. Department of Human Services. Markovic & Wray. $900.
2006-2009 The cancer support group program for survivors of gynaecological cancer and their family members. Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing. Markovic & Wray. $81,000.
2003-2004 2003-2004 Alliance for Cervical Cancer Prevention (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation), Cervical cancer screening promotion in Yugoslavia, Kesic & Markovic, US$25,000.
2003-2004 H.V. McKay Charitable Trust, Health education needs of midlife women in rural Victoria, Markovic, $1,000.
2001-2001 Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne: The experience of immigrant women with gynaecological cancer, Manderson, Quinn & Markovic, $50,000.
2001-2002 ANZ Charitable Trust, William Buckland Foundation: Cultural and social aspects of Gynaecological cancer, Manderson & Markovic, $42,000.

Publications

Kesic V., Markovic M., Matejic B. Topic L. 2005. Awareness of cervical cancer screening among women in Serbia. Gynecologic Oncology, 99 (S222-S225).

Manderson, L., Markovic M., Quinn M. 2005. 'Like roulette' Australian women's explanations of gynecological cancers. Social Science and Medicine, 61 (2): 323-332.

Markovic M., Kesic V., Topic L,, Matejic B. 2005. Barriers to cervical cancer screening: A qualitative study with women in Serbia. Social Science and Medicine, 61 (12): 2528-2535.

Markovic M., Manderson L., Quinn M. 2006. Treatment decisions: a qualitative study with women with gynaecological cancer. The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 46 1:29-31.

Senarak W., Chirawatkul S., Markovic M. 2006. Health Promotion for Middle-aged Isan Women, Thailand: A participatory approach. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 7:55-59.

Markovic M., Manderson, L., Wray N., Quinn M. 2006. Complementary medicine use by Australian women with gynaecological cancer. Psycho-Oncology, 15: 209–220.

Team V., Markovic M. 2006. Internet advertising of artificial tanning in Australia. The European Journal of Cancer Prevention 15 (4):371-376.

Markovic, M. 2006. Analysing qualitative data: Health care experiences of women with gynaecological cancer. Field Methods, 18: (4): 413 - 429.

Markovic, M., Manderson, L., Schaper, H. and Brennecke, S. 2006. Maternal identity change as a consequence of antenatal hospitalization. Health Care for Women International 27 (9): 762-776.

Warren, N., Markovic, M. and Manderson, L. 2006. Gynecological and reproductive health and advocacy among rural women in Australia. Women and Health, 43 (4): 27-47.