Dr Shelley Beatty

Senior Lecturer

Telephone: (61 8)  6304 5602  
Facsimile: (61 8)  6304 5449  
Email: s.beatty@ecu.edu.au   
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO19.392  

 

Staff Qualifications

  • Postgraduate Diploma (With Distinction), Curtin University of Technology .
  • Master of Public Health, Curtin University of Technology .
  • Bachelor of Education, Curtin University of Technology .
  • Teachers Higher Certificate, Other WA higher ed institution .
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Curtin University of Technology, 2003 .

Research

Recent Research Grants

  • Integrated early years services,  Telethon Institute for Child Health Research,  Grant,  2011,  $8,730.
  • Maximising parent involvement in school-based bullying interventions,  Healthway (WA Health Promotion Foundation),  Grant,  2004,  $99,169.
  • Adolescent grief research to create a prevention strategy to address the needs of youth experiencing grief or who may experience grief as an adolescent,  Healthway (WA Health Promotion Foundation),  Grant,  2004,  $26,400.
  • Transadaption of successful cigarette smoking intervention to randomised school-based cannabis intervention trial.,  Healthway (WA Health Promotion Foundation),  Grant,  2004,  $91,352.

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Books

  • Beatty, S., Allsop, S., (2009), Reducing Drug-related Harm: What the Evidence Tells Us., 256, East Hawthorn, Victoria.

Journal Articles

  • Saaka, M., Oosthuizen, J., Beatty, S., (2009), Effect of prenatal zinc supplementation on birthweight. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 27(5), 619-631, Bangladesh.
  • Saaka, M., Oosthuizen, J., Beatty, S., (2009), Effect of joint Iron and Zinc supplementation on malarial infection and anaemia. East African Journal of Public Health, 6(1), 55-62, Tanzania, United Republic of.
  • Beatty, S., Cross, D., Shaw, T., (2008), The impact of a parent-directed intervention on parent-child communication about tobacco and alcohol. Drug and Alcohol Review, 27(6), 591-601, DOI: 10.1080/09595230801935698.

Research Student Supervision

Principal Supervisor

  • Effect Of Prenatal Zinc Supplementation On Malaria Morbidity, Pregnancy Anaemia And Birth Weight.
  • Master of Public Health,  A Formative Study To Develop And Test A Heath Promotion Stategy For Adolescents Who Experience Grief..

Associate Supervisor

  • Master of Public Health,  Comparative Assessment Of The Effectiveness Of Online Vs Paper Based Courses For Occupational And Environmental Safety And Health..

Co-ordinating Supervisor

  • The Effect Of Education And Dispositional Variables On The Attitudes Towards Harm Minimisation Among Undergraduate University Students.