Ms Nerida Joss - Researcher Profile

Biography

Nerida joined MonCOEH in 2011 to lead the process and impact evaluation of WorkSafe's WorkHealth Program. She also lectures into the Bachelor of Health Science programs within the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine.

Nerida has previously worked in health promotion practice roles for both community and government sectors alongside her academic roles. She has a Bachelor of Applied Science (Food Science and Nutrition) and a Master of Public Health (Health Promotion) both from Deakin University. She is in the final stage of her PhD at Monash University, which is exploring the workforce drivers of collaborative practice in health promotion. Her research interests centre around health promotion capacity building strategies and evaluation.

Qualifications

MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Institution: Deakin Uni

Year awarded: 2004

BSCAPP FOOD SCIENCE NUTRITION

Institution: Deakin Uni

Year awarded: 2002

Publications

Book Chapters

Joss, N., 2011, Community development and partnerships, in Understanding Health, eds Helen Keleher, Colin MacDougall, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, pp. 259-270.

Joss, N., Keleher, H., 2011, Competencies and careeers in Public Health and Health Promotion, in Understanding Health, eds Helen Keleher, Colin MacDougall, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, pp. 299-310.

Keleher, H.M., Joss, N.A., 2009, Determinants of healthy ageing, in Understanding Health: A Determinants Approach, eds Helen Keleher, Colin MacDougall, Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, Vic, pp. 367-378.

Keleher, H.M., Joss, N.A., 2007, Building competencies and workforce capacity for health promotion, in Understanding Health Promotion, eds Helen Keleher, Colin Macdougall and Berni Murphy, Oxford University Press, Victoria Australia, pp. 234-243.

Journal Articles

Ayton, D.R., Carey, G., Joss, N.A., Keleher, H.M., Smith, B.J., 2012, Exploring the partnership networks of churches and church affiliated organisations in health promotion, Australian Journal of Primary Health [P], vol 18, issue 2, C S I R O Publishing, Victoria, Australia, pp. 148-157.

Ayton, D., Carey, G., Joss, N., Keleher, H., Smith, B., 2011, Exploring the partnership networks of churches and church-affiliated organisations in health promotion, Australian Journal of Primary Health [P], vol E, C S I R O Publishing, Australia, pp. 1-10.

Joss, N., Keleher, H., 2011, Partnership tools for health promotion: Are they worth the effort?, Global Health Promotion [P], vol 18, issue 3, Sage Publications Ltd, United Kingdom, pp. 8-14.

Joss, N., 2010, Mastering the art of collaboration-reflections and future directions, Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals. [P], vol 21, issue 3, Australian Health Promotion Association, Queensland - Australia, pp. 163-164.

Joss, N.A., 2008, Health and modernity: the role of theory in health promotion, Health Promotion Journal of Australia, vol 19, issue 3, Springer, Melbourne, p. 236.

Joss, N.A., Keleher, H.M., 2007, Workforce development to embed mental health promotion research and evaluation into organisational practice, Health Promotion Journal of Australia, vol 18, issue 3, Australian Health Promotion Association, Australia, pp. 255-259.

Other

Joss, N., Keleher, H., 2011, Public Health and Health Promotion Associations, Understanding Health, Oxford University Press, Melbourne.

Joss, N.A., Keleher, H.M., Doyle, J.L., Batras, D., 2007, Mental health promotion: building capacity for research and evaluation, Monash University, Department of Health Science, Melbourne Australia, pp. 5-35.

Keleher, H.M., Joss, N.A., 2006, Yarra Ranges Best Start Program, Deakin University, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 2-26.