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CRN Research Fellow

Responsibilities

Leanne is a biostatistician at the Child Health Promotion Research Centre.

Staff Qualifications

• M (Master Degree), Curtin University of Technology, 2004 .

Research

Recent Research Grants

• Developing and Testing an Instrument to Measure Emotional Comfort,  Solaris Care Foundation,  SolarisCare Foundation Grant,  2011,  $18,182.
• The relationship between mental health outcomes and bullying trajectories of students transitioning from primary school to high school,  Healthway (WA Health Promotion Foundation),  Healthway - Scholarship(**),  2010,  $35,444.
• The relationship between mental health outcomes and bullying trajectories of students transitioning from primary school to high school,  Healthway (WA Health Promotion Foundation),  Scholarship,  2009,  $34,427.

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Journal Articles

• Barnes, A., Cross, D., Lester, L., Hearn, L., Epstein, M., Monks, H., (2012), The invisibility of covert bullying among students: Challenges for school intervention. Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 22(2), 206-226.
• Davenport, G., Midford, R., Ramsden, R., Cahill, H., Venning, L., Lester, L., Murphy, B., Pose, M., (2012), Starting to drink: the experiences of Australian lower secondary students with alcohol. Journal of Drug Education, 42(1), 87-98, USA.
• Midford, R., Cahill, H., Foxcroft, D., Lester, L., Venning, L., Ramsden, R., Pose, M., (2012), Drug education in Victorian schools (DEVS): the study protocol for a harm reduction focused school drug education trial. BMC Public Health, 12(112), 1-7, United Kingdom, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-112.
• Waters, S., Lester, L., Wenden, L., Cross, D., (2012), A theoretically grounded exploration of the social and emotional outcomes of transition to secondary school. Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 22(2), 190-205, DOI: 10.1017/jgc.2012.26.
• Cross, D., Monks, H., Hall, M., Shaw, T., Pintabona, Y., Erceg, E., Hamilton, G., Roberts, C., Waters, S., Lester, L., (2011), Three-year results of the friendly schools whole-of-school intervention on children's bullying behaviour. British Educational Research Journal, 37(1), 105-129, United Kingdom, DOI: 10.1080/01411920903420024.
• Williams, A., Pienaar, C., Toye, C., Joske, D., Lester, L., (2011), Further psychometric testing of an instrument to measure emotional care in hospital. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 20(23-24), 3472-3482, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03846.x.
• Midford, R., Cahill, H., Ramsden, R., Davenport, G., Venning, L., Lester, L., Murphy, B., Pose , M., (2011), Alcohol prevention: what can be expected of a harm reduction focused school drug education program? Drugs; Education, Prevention and Policy. Drugs; Education, Prevention and Policy, Early online(Early online), 1-9, DOI: 10.3109/09687637.2011.639412.
• Cross, D., Monks, H., Hall, M., Shaw, T., Pintabona, Y., Erceg, E., Hamilton, G., Roberts, C., Waters, S., Lester, L., (2010), Three year results of the Friendly Schools whole-of-school intervention on children?s bullying behaviour. British Educational Research Journal, i-first article(1), 1-25, United Kingdom, DOI: 10.1080/01411920903420024.