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Professor Jacques Oosthuizen

Professor of Occupational and Environmental Health

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 5876
Facsimile: +61 8 6304 5449
Email: j.oosthuizen@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO21.512  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1589-5957

Prof Jacques Oosthuizen is the Professor of Occupational and Environmental Health, and established both the Occupational Hygiene and Environmental Health courses at ECU. Prof Oosthuizen is a Certified Occupational Hygienist (COH) and an experienced research supervisor with more than 40 PhD completions. Prof Oosthuizen’s research spans both occupational hygiene, environmental health, and epidemiology. His work focuses on evaluating exposures in high-risk settings, particularly chemical and particulate exposures, and he teaches into the Master of Occupational Hygiene and Toxicology course, where he also coordinates coursework research projects.

Background

Jacques has been an academic in the area of Environmental Health and Occupational Hygiene since 1989, initially in South Africa. In 1999 Jacques was employed at Central Queensland University, and in 2001 he relocated to ECU where he established the undergraduate course in Environmental Health and the Post Graduate Master of Occupational Hygiene and Toxicology.

Awards and Recognition

  • Injury Prevention & Safety Promotion Award for Outstanding Achievement in Influencing Injury Policy or Research (2025)

Professional Associations

  • Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists (AIOH) - Certified Occupational Hygienist

Research Areas and Interests

  • Occupational exposure to atmospheric aerosols
  • Occupational exposure assessment
  • Toxicity of Lithium dust
  • Heat stress
  • Climate change and heat adaptation strategies in the developing world
  • Mosquito vector and disease control
  • Occupational epidemiology

Prof Oosthuizen is transitioning to retirement and is not currently actively recruiting new PhD students; however, he is providing support and mentorship to other supervisors in the discipline area and coordinates research supervision for prospective research students.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Technology, South Africa.
  • Doctor of Philosophy, South Africa, 2000.
  • Master of Medical Science, South Africa, 1996.
  • Higher Diploma in Education (Technical), South Africa, 1990.

Research Outputs

2025

Journal Articles

  • Padamsey, K., Liebenberg, A., Wallace, R., Oosthuizen, J. (2025). Exposures of Western Australian Wildland Firefighters: Insights from Real-Time Monitoring. Fire, 8(3), Article number 98. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/fire8030098.
  • Lin, P., Yao, M., Andrew, L., Lin, R., Li, R., Chen, Y., Ji, X., Oosthuizen, J., Sim, M., Chen, Y. (2025). Primary Care Physicians’ Responses to Treatment Burden in People With Type 2 Diabetes: A Qualitative Video Analysis in China. Annals of Family Medicine, 21(1), 52-59. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.240171.

2024

Journal Articles

  • Lin, K., Yao, M., Ji, X., Li, R., Andrew, L., Oosthuizen, J., Sim, M., Chen, Y. (2024). Measuring treatment burden in people with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM): A mixed-methods systematic review. BMC Primary Care, 25(1), Article number 206. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-024-02461-x.
  • Dine, G., Dyjack, DT., Reed, S., Oosthuizen, J. (2024). Workplace Hazards Impacting the Environmental Health Workforce: A Study Among Practitioners in the United States. Journal of Environmental Health, 86(6), 14-23.
  • Oosthuizen, J., Masaka, E., Doherty, S., Staples, K., Dine, G., Vance, G., Wallace, R. (2024). An innovative and meaningful scaffolded curriculum approach to Environmental Health education in Western Australia. Frontiers in Education, 9(2024), Article number 1346907. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2024.1346907.
  • Padamsey, K., Wallace, R., Liebenberg, A., Cross, M., Oosthuizen, J. (2024). Fighting fire and fumes: risk awareness and protective practices among Western Australian firefighters. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 33(4), Article number WF23147. https://doi.org/10.1071/WF23147.
  • Lin, K., Yao, M., Andrew, L., Li, R., Chen, Y., Oosthuizen, J., Sim, M., Chen, Y. (2024). Exploring treatment burden in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a thematic analysis in China’s primary care settings. BMC Primary Care, 25(1), Article number 88. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-024-02301-y.
  • Padamsey, K., Liebenberg, A., Wallace, R., Oosthuizen, J. (2024). Preliminary Assessment of Tunic Off-Gassing after Wildland Firefighting Exposure. Fire, 7(9), Article number 321. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/fire7090321.
  • Staples, K., Neville, PJ., Richardson, S., Oosthuizen, J. (2024). Development of a regional climate change model for Aedes vigilax and Aedes camptorhynchus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Perth, Western Australia. Bulletin of Entomological Research: containing original and review articles on economic entomology, 114(1), 8-21. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007485323000561.
  • Foxcroft, N., Masaka, E., Oosthuizen, J. (2024). Prevalence Trends of Foodborne Pathogens Bacillus cereus, Non-STEC Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus in Ready-to-Eat Foods Sourced from Restaurants, Cafés, Catering and Takeaway Food Premises. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21(11), Article number 1426. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21111426.
  • Padamsey, K., Liebenberg, A., Wallace, R., Oosthuizen, J. (2024). Characterising the Chemical Composition of Bushfire Smoke and Implications for Firefighter Exposure in Western Australia. Fire, 7(11), Article number 388. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/fire7110388.

2023

Journal Articles

  • Dine, G., Reed, S., Oosthuizen, J., Masaka, E. (2023). Identified occupational health and safety risks amongst environmental health officers in Australia and New Zealand through an online survey. Medicine, 102(12), Article number 333270. https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000033270.
  • Liebenberg, A., Oosthuizen, J., Reed, S. (2023). A Current Affair: Worker Perceptions Of Noise Exposure And Occupational Hearing Loss In Australian Coal Mines. Annals of Work Exposures and Health, 67(9), 1111-1120. https://doi.org/10.1093/annweh/wxad055.
  • Staples, K., Richardson, S., Neville, PJ., Oosthuizen, J. (2023). An Improved Shallow Water Temperature Model for An Australian Tidal Wetland Environment Using Publicly Available Data. Water, 15(12), Article number 2221. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/w15122221.
  • Staples, K., Richardson, S., Neville, P., Oosthuizen, J. (2023). A Multi-Species Simulation of Mosquito Disease Vector Development in Temperate Australian Tidal Wetlands Using Publicly Available Data. Journal of Tropical Medicine, 8(4), Article number 215. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed8040215.

Conference Publications

  • Liebenberg, A., Oosthuizen, J., Reed, S. (2023). Development of Occupational Hearing Loss: A Review of Identification and Management. Occupational Hearing Loss in Australian Mining: Prevalence, Management and Prevention (10 pages). AIOH.

2022

Journal Articles

  • Oosthuizen, J., Stoneham, M., Hannelly, T., Masaka, E., Dodds, G., Andrich, V. (2022). Environmental Health Responses to COVID 19 in Western Australia: Lessons for the Future. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(15), Article number 9393. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159393.
  • Alcock, R., Wajrak, M., Oosthuizen, J. (2022). Assessment of the effectiveness of ventilation controls in managing airborne and surface lead levels at a newly commissioned indoor shooting range. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(18), Article number 11711. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191811711.
  • Dine, G., Reed, S., Oosthuizen, J. (2022). A Retrospective Analysis of Workplace Incidents Data Among Environmental Health Officers (EHOS) Collected From 73 Local Governments. Asia Pacific Environmental and Occupational Health Journal, 8(1), 9-21. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworks2022-2026/2031.
  • Masaka, E., Reed, S., Oosthuizen, J., Davidson, M. (2022). Awareness of business owners and environmental health officers regarding health risks associated with the use of water mist systems in Australia. Journal of Environmental Health, 84(10), 8-14. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworks2022-2026/825.
  • Gardner, M., Cross, M., Reed, S., Davidson, M., Hughes, R., Oosthuizen, J. (2022). Pathogenic Potential of Respirable Spodumene Cleavage Fragments following Application of Regulatory Counting Criteria for Asbestiform Fibres. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(24), article number 16649. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192416649.

2021

Journal Articles

  • Jenke, T., Oosthuizen, J., Cattani, M. (2021). An investigation of the influence of economic cycles on safety performance in Western Australia. Safety Science, 138(June 2021), Article number 105230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2021.105230.
  • Masaka, E., Reed, S., Oosthuizen, J., Davidson, M. (2021). Health Risks Associated With the Use of Water Mist Systems as a Cooling Intervention in Public Places in Australia. Journal of Environmental Health, 83(9), 16-22. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/10453.
  • Nunfam, V., Adusei-Asante, K., Van Etten, E., Frimpong, K., Oosthuizen, J. (2021). Estimating the magnitude and risk associated with heat exposure among Ghanaian mining workers. International Journal of Biometeorology: the description, causes, and implications of climatic change, 65(12), 2059-2075. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-021-02164-3.
  • Dine, G., Reed, S., Oosthuizen, J. (2021). Occupational Health and Safety issues faced by environmental health officers: A perspective from Western Australian. Journal of Environmental Health, 83(8), 20-28. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/9974.
  • Masaka, E., Reed, S., Davidson, M., Oosthuizen, J. (2021). Opportunistic Premise Plumbing Pathogens. A Potential Health Risk in Water Mist Systems Used as a Cooling Intervention. Pathogens, 10(4), Article number 462. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10040462.
  • Nunfam, V., Afrifa-Yamoah, E., Adusei-Asante, K., Van Etten, E., Frimpong, K., Adjei-Mensah, I., Oosthuizen, J. (2021). Construct validity and invariance assessment of the social impacts of occupational heat stress scale (SIOHSS) among Ghanaian mining workers. Science of the Total Environment, 771(1 June 2021), Article number 144911. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144911.

2020

Journal Articles

  • Kent, J., Oosthuizen, J., Wilkinson, C. (2020). Non-conventional haemorrhoid symptoms reported by female patients. Pelviperineology, 39(2), 50-54. https://doi.org/10.34057/PPj.2020.39.02.004.
  • Nunfam, V., Adusei-Asante, K., Frimpong, K., Van Etten, E., Oosthuizen, J. (2020). Barriers to occupational heat stress risk adaptation of mining workers in Ghana. International Journal of Biometeorology: the description, causes, and implications of climatic change, 64(7), 1085–1101. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-020-01882-4.

Reports

  • Reed, S., Oosthuizen, J., Cross, M. (2020). Literature review: Respirable crystalline silica exposure in construction work 2020. Australia. Queensland Office of Industrial Relations.

2019

Journal Articles

  • Carman, R., Andrew, L., Devine, A., Oosthuizen, J. (2019). Barriers to vaccination service delivery within general practice: opportunity to make a sustainable difference in Aboriginal child health?. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 43(6), 563-569. https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12937.
  • Mate, J., Siegel, R., Oosthuizen, J., Watson, G. (2019). Effects of ad libitum liquid and ice slurry ingestion on core temperature during physical activity in warm and humid conditions. Journal of Health, Safety and Environment, 34(3), 11p..
  • Edwards, J., Oosthuizen, J., Reed, S., Newell, P. (2019). Public health implications of metals concentrations from prescribed burns: A study adjacent to the Perth metropolitan area. GSTF International Journal of Nursing and Health Care (JNHC), 4(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.5176/2345-7198_4.1.118.
  • Nunfam, V., Oosthuizen, J., Adusei-Asante, K., Van Etten, E., Frimpong, K. (2019). Perceptions of climate change and occupational heat stress risks and adaptation strategies of mining workers in Ghana. Science of the Total Environment, 657(March 2019), 365-378. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.480.
  • Oliver, K., Oosthuizen, J., Cross, M., Barnard, M. (2019). Nurses' perception of work-related stress: a cross-sectional study. Journal of Health, Safety and Environment, 35(1), 91-111. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/6665.
  • Nunfam, V., Adusei-Asante, K., Van Etten, E., Oosthuizen, J., Adams, S., Frimpong, K. (2019). The nexus between social impacts and adaptation strategies of workers to occupational heat stress: a conceptual framework. International Journal of Biometeorology: the description, causes, and implications of climatic change, 63(12), 1693-1706. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-019-01775-1.
  • Nunfam, V., Van Etten, E., Oosthuizen, J., Adusei-Asante, K., Frimpong, K. (2019). Climate change and occupational heat stress risks and adaptation strategies of mining workers: Perspectives of supervisors and other stakeholders in Ghana. Environmental Research, 169(February 2019), 147-155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2018.11.004.

2018

Journal Articles

  • Neville, P., Clark, K., Oosthuizen, J., Beatty, S., Fatouros, M., Mainali, S., Lamichhane, RS. (2018). Mosquito management: Views of accountability and their variance across neighbourhoods in Perth, Western Australia. Annals of Public Health and Research, 5(3), 1080-1089. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/3162.
  • Davidson, M., Reed, S., Oosthuizen, J., O'Donnell, G., Gaur, P., Cross, M., Dennis, G. (2018). Occupational health and safety in cannabis production: an Australian perspective. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, 24(3-4), 75-85. https://doi.org/10.1080/10773525.2018.1517234.
  • Oosthuizen, J., Cross, M. (2018). Establishing Cause, What Does That Mean From an Epidemiological and Legal Perspective?. Environmental and Planning Law Journal, 35(2018), 426-429. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/5722.
  • Dunn, L., Nicholson, R., Ross, K., Bricknell, L., Davies, B., Hannelly, T., Lampard, J., Murray, Z., Oosthuizen, J., Roiko, A., Wood, J. (2018). Work-integrated learning and professional accreditation policies: An environmental health higher education perspective. International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 19(2), 111-127. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/4551.
  • Nunfam, V., Adusei-Asante, K., Van Etten, E., Oosthuizen, J., Frimpong, K. (2018). Social impacts of occupational heat stress and adaptation strategies of workers: a narrative synthesis of the literature. Science of the Total Environment, 643(1 December 2018), 1542-1552. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.06.255.
  • Ngwenya, B., Oosthuizen, J., Cross, M., Frimpong, K. (2018). Heat Stress and Adaptation Strategies of Outdoors Workers in the City of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health Care, 5(1), Article no.100034. https://doi.org/10.24966/CMPH-1978/100034.
  • Ngwenya, B., Oosthuizen, J., Cross, M., Frimpong, K. (2018). Emerging heat-related climate change influences; a public health challenge to health care practitioners and policy makers: Insight from Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 27(March 2018), 596-601. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2017.10.012.
  • Bandy, F., Oosthuizen, J. (2018). Heat Acclimatisation: The impact of fly in fly out (FIFO) rosters on heat acclimatisation of Australian open cut miners. Journal of Health, Safety and Environment, 34(1), 77-84. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/4798.
  • Ngwenya, B., Oosthuizen, J., Cross, M., Frimpong, K., Nombulelo Chaibva, C. (2018). A Review of Heat Stress Policies in the Context of Climate Change and Its Impacts on Outdoor Workers: Evidence From Zimbabwe. International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development, 9(1), 11 pages. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJSESD.2018010101.

2017

Journal Articles

  • Mainali, S., Lamichhane, RS., Clark, K., Beatty, S., Fatouros, M., Neville, P., Oosthuizen, J. (2017). “Looking over the Backyard Fence”: Householders and Mosquito Control. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 14(3), Article number 246. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14030246.
  • Lamichhane, RS., Neville, P., Oosthuizen, J., Clark, K., Mainali, S., Fatouros, M., Beatty, S. (2017). The highs and lows of making a bucket list - quantifying potential mosquito breeding habitats in metropolitan backyards. Frontiers in Public Health, 5(Nov 2017), Article number 292. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2017.00292.
  • Dozet, T., Oosthuizen, J. (2017). Validation of the Lascar sensor as a tool to assess heat stress while wearing chemical suits. Journal of Health, Safety and Environment, 33(2), 1-10.
  • Frimpong, K., Van Etten, E., Oosthuizen, J., Nunfam, V. (2017). Heat exposure on farmers in Northeast Ghana. International Journal of Biometeorology: the description, causes, and implications of climatic change, 61(3), 397-406. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-016-1219-7.
  • Mate, J., Passalacqua, D., Thomas, T., Oosthuizen, J. (2017). A pilot study - measurable changes in hearing threshold while hyperthermic. Journal of Health, Safety and Environment, 33(3), article no.241.

2016

Journal Articles

  • Mate, J., Siegel, R., Oosthuizen, J., Laursen, P. (2016). Effect of Liquid versus Ice Slurry Ingestion on Core Temperature during Simulated Mining Conditions. Open Journal of Preventive Medicine, 6(1), 21-30. https://doi.org/10.4236/ojpm.2016.61002.
  • Staples, K., Oosthuizen, J., Lund, M. (2016). Effectiveness of S-Methoprene Briquets and Application Method for Mosquito Control in Urban Road Gullies/Catch Basins/Gully Pots in a Mediterranean Climate: Implications for Ross River Virus Transmission. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 32(3), 203-209. https://doi.org/10.2987/16-6563.1.
  • Frimpong, K., Van Etten, E., Oosthuizen, J. (2016). Barriers of adaptation to heat stress in Northeast Ghana. The International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses, 8(2), 53-65.

2015

Journal Articles

  • Trompf, P., Oosthuizen, J. (2015). Crystalline silica exposure of workers using autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) products. Journal of Health, Safety and Environment, 31(1), 499-512.
  • Frimpong, K., Van Etten, E., Oosthuizen, J., Fannam, VN. (2015). Review of climate change adaptation and social protection policies of Ghana: The extent of reducing impacts of climate change and heat stress vulnerability of smallholder farmers. International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development, 6(4), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJSESD.2015100101.
  • Parker, I., Oosthuizen, J., Costello, L. (2015). Do facial characteristics influence acceptance of health and safety messages?. International Journal of Health Sciences, 3(1), 77-91. https://doi.org/10.15640/ijhs.v3n1a5.

2014

Journal Articles

  • Smith, T., Oosthuizen, J., Reed, S., Yates, J. (2014). Assessing airborne contaminant exposures during cold splicing and hot splicing of conveyor belts in the Western Australian mining sector. Journal of Health & Safety, Research & Practice, 6(2), 11-17.
  • Frimpong, K., Oosthuizen, J., Van Etten, E. (2014). Experiences of heat stress vulnerability and climate change among farmers in Ghana. Journal of Environment and Earth Science, 4(17), 100-110.
  • Frimpong, K., Oosthuizen, J., Van Etten, E. (2014). Recent trends in temperature and relative humidity in Bawku East, Northern Ghana. Journal of Geography and Geology, 6(2), 69-81. https://doi.org/10.5539/jgg.v6n2p69.
  • Ngwenya, B., Oosthuizen, J., Mate, J. (2014). Physical injuries among prison officers in Western Australia. Journal of Health, Safety and Environment, 30(1), 135 -145.
  • Frimpong, K., Oosthuizen, J., Van Etten, E. (2014). The extent of heat on health and sustainable farming in Ghana - Bawku East. Sustainable agriculture research, 3(3), 56-64. https://doi.org/10.5539/sar.v3n3p56.

2013

Journal Articles

  • Cross, M., Oosthuizen, J. (2013). Occupational respiratory health surveillance at Minara Resources, Murrin Murrin mine site.. Journal of Health, Safety and Environment, 29(1), 21-34.

2012

Book Chapters

  • Mate, J., Oosthuizen, J. (2012). Global warming and heat stress among Western Australian mine, oil and gas workers.. Environmental Health - Emerging Issues and Practice (289-305). In-Tech. https://doi.org/10.5772/34794.

Journal Articles

  • O'Loughlin, M., Oosthuizen, J. (2012). An investigation of health problems among female hairdressers in Western Australia.. Journal of Health, Safety and Environment, 28(2), 147-160.
  • Oosthuizen, J. (2012). Limitations associated with the pooling of historical data sets: an analysis of dust monitoring data collected at a typical remote Australian mine 2004 – 2008.. Journal of Health, Safety and Environment, 28(2), 83-92.

2011

Journal Articles

  • Merdith, N., Oosthuizen, J., Nedved, M. (2011). The effectiveness of back belts in reducing the incidence, duration and cost of low back pain claims associated with manual handling injury in a retail hardware chain.. Journal of Health, Safety and Environment, 27(1), 63-74.

2010

Journal Articles

  • Douglas, I., Oosthuizen, J. (2010). An evaluation of the Mining and Resource Contractors Safety Training Association (MARCSTA) generic safety induction system.. Journal of Occupational Health and Safety: Australia and New Zealand, 26(5), 463-470.
  • Clark, K., Oosthuizen, J., Beerenfels, S., Rowell, AM. (2010). Making the best of the early years: the Tambellup way.. Rural and Remote Health, 10(3), 1407.

2009

Journal Articles

  • Gausia, K., Fisher, C., Ali, M., Oosthuizen, J. (2009). Magnitude and contributory factors of postnatal depression: A community-based cohort study from a rural subdistrict of Bangladesh. Psychological Medicine, 39(6), 999-1007.
  • Oosthuizen, J. (2009). Occupational Solar Radiation and Melanoma: Reducing Litigation Risks. Environmental Health, 9(3 & 4), 87-90.
  • Saaka, M., Oosthuizen, J., Beatty, S. (2009). Effect of prenatal zinc supplementation on birthweight.. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 27(5), 619-631.
  • Oosthuizen, J. (2009). A comparative analysis of the course accreditation requirements of Environmental Health Australia and the enHealth Environmental Health Officer skills and knowledge matrix.. Environmental Health, 9(3 & 4), 91-100.
  • 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.
  • Gausia, K., Fisher, C., Ali, M., Oosthuizen, J. (2009). Antenatal depression and suicidal ideation among rural Bangladeshi women: a community-based study.. Archives of Women's Mental Health, 12(5), 351-358.
  • Oosthuizen, J. (2009). Climate Change and Heatwaves in Australia: A Research Opportunity for Environmental Health Officers?. Environmental Health, 9(3 & 4), 11-15.

2008

Journal Articles

  • Gausia, K., Fisher, C., Ali, M., Oosthuizen, J. (2008). Magnitude and Contributory Factors of Postnatal Depression: A Community-Based Cohort Study From a Rural Subdistrict of Bangladesh. Psychological Medicine, 39(6), 999-1007. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291708004455.

2007

Journal Articles

  • Wing, H., Oosthuizen, J. (2007). Exposure Assessment: A Case Study. Environmental Health, 7(1), 22-34.
  • Gausia, K., Hamadani, J., Islam, M., Ali, M., Algin, S., Yunus, M., Fisher, C., Oosthuizen, J. (2007). Bangla translation, adaptation and piloting of Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. Bangladesh Medical Research Council Bulletin, 33(3), 81-87.
  • Gausia, K., Fisher, C., Algin, S., Oosthuizen, J. (2007). Validation of the Bangla version of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale for a Bangladeshi sample. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 25(4), 308-315.

2005

Journal Articles

  • Oosthuizen, J. (2005). Mobile phone use among full time students of Edith Cowan University Perth Western Australia. Environmental Health, 5(2), 55-61.

2004

Journal Articles

  • Oosthuizen, J. (2004). A re-evaluation of mercury related health risks associated with fish consumption in the Swan River, WA. Environmental health, 4(3), 50-53.
  • Oosthuizen, J., Cross, M. (2004). Occupational hygiene monitoring of respiratory hazards: a case study. Environmental Health, 4(3), 32-39.

2002

Journal Articles

  • Oosthuizen, J., Boyce, M. (2002). An Evaluation of heavy Metals in Sediment and Fish in the Swan River and the Health Risks Associated with Fish Consumption: A Pilot Study. The Journal of The Australian Institute of Environmental Health, 2, 19-26.

2001

Journal Articles

  • Oosthuizen, J. (2001). Environmental health risk assessments: how flawed are they? a methyl-mercury case study. Environmental Health, 1, 11-17.

Research Projects

  • Occupational Hygiene Dust Sampler Comparison Study in Western Australian Mining Operations, Minerals Research Institute of Western Australia, PhD Scholarship, 2024 ‑ 2029, $116,398.
  • MARS: Developing research questions for the future; Health and exposure metrics as an indicator of workplace health in Western Australia., DMIRS: Mental Awareness, Respect and Safety - MARS, MARS - Grant, 2024 ‑ 2026, $107,603.
  • MARS: The Barometer in Australian Mining: Developing an integrated approach to monitoring incident and injury risk, DMIRS: Mental Awareness, Respect and Safety - MARS, MARS - Grant, 2024 ‑ 2025, $117,647.
  • DFES Undergarment Contamination and Laundering Proposal , Department of Fire and Emergency Services, Tender, 2023 ‑ 2025, $36,294.
  • Smoke exposure profiles of bushfire fighters in the southwest ecoregion of Western Australia, Natural Hazards Research Australia, Postgraduate Research Scholarship, 2022 ‑ 2025, $80,000.
  • What is the role of the safety Regulator in suicides?, Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety, Grant, 2023 ‑ 2024, $125,000.
  • Beyond Respirable Crystalline Silica: what makes artificial stone different?, iCare Dust Diseases Care, Focus Grant - Occupational Exposure to Silica, 2022 ‑ 2024.
  • Australian Centre for Research into Injury in Sport and its Prevention (ACRISP), International Olympic Committee, Research Centres for Prevention of Injury and Protection of Athlete Health, 2019 ‑ 2024, $409,674.
  • Classification according to the Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) of respirable coal dust, non-asbestiform fibres and elongated mineral particles associated with the asbestiform minerals and welding fume., Safe Work Australia, Safe Work Australia - Tender, 2018 ‑ 2020, $203,106.
  • Silica in the Construction Industry Code of Practice Review, Queensland Government Office of Industrial Relations, Tender, 2020, $32,257.
  • A collaborative national and international interdisciplinary research agenda to investigate the development, application and governance of pesticides., Edith Cowan University, ECU Collaboration Enhancement Scheme - 2017 Round 1, 2017 ‑ 2018, $10,000.
  • Determining factors that lead to backyard mosquito breeding across the Perth Metropolitan Region, Department of Health WA, Funding Initiative for Mosquito Management in Western Australia, 2015 ‑ 2016, $19,851.
  • Evaluation of a mosquito control program and development of best practice protocols by the Shire of Kalamunda, Department of Health WA, Funding Initiative for Mosquito Management in Western Australia, 2014 ‑ 2015, $14,162.
  • Assessing the practice, knowledge, confidence and willingness of WA community pharmacists in providing alcohol-related information and advice to older clients., Edith Cowan University, ECU Early Career Researcher Grant - 2014, 2014 ‑ 2015, $20,000.
  • Finding 30 in 9 to 5 (9305), HBF Health Limited, Grant, 2012 ‑ 2014, $27,675.
  • Examining the variability of heat shock protein expression between genders during chronic and acute bouts of heat exposure, Edith Cowan University, ECU Early Career Researcher Grant - 2012 (Round 1), 2012 ‑ 2013, $17,150.
  • The association between environmental stresses (UV, heat and chemicals) and melanoma incidence amongst staff at Telfer Gold Mine, Edith Cowan University, ECU Industry Collaboration - Grant, 2011 ‑ 2012, $37,500.
  • Field validation of a laboratory developed heat stress intervention in the Australian liquid natural gas sector, Department of State Development WA, Grant - Australia- China Natural Gas Technology Partnership Fund, 2011, $59,210.
  • Review of Air Sampling Data and Development of a 5 Year Sampling Strategy for Cliffs Natural Resources (Pty) Ltd, Cliffs Natural Resources Pty Ltd, Grant, 2010, $3,000.
  • Establishing best practice protocols in the management of occupational and environmental health in a high risk mining and ore processing environment., Edith Cowan University, ECU Industry Collaboration - Grant, 2003 ‑ 2004, $27,000.

Research Student Supervision

Current Supervisions

Principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Digging Deeper: Are we underestimation asbestos risks in Western Australian mining operations?

Co-principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Occupational Hygiene Dust Sampler Comparison Study in Western Australian Mining Operations

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Validation of Phase-Specific Analysis and Samplers for Nickel-Containing Workplace Aerosols
  • Doctor of Philosophy, An investigation into the accuracy of chemical safety data sheets and the impact of inaccurate safety data sheets on occupational risk assessments.
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Assessing Intake of Thorium Ore Dust by Western Australian Mineral Industry Workers

Completed Supervisions

Principal Supervisor

  • Master of Public Health, Homebirth in WA: Why women make this choice.
  • Doctor of Philosophy, An evaluation of exposures to respirable particulates, environmental pm2.5, pahs and metal compounds in Western australia.
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Marcsta and the effectiveness of a generic occupational health & safety induction course when used across an industry.
  • Master of Public Health, Developing best practice protocols for occupational hygiene monitoring.
  • Master of Public Health, The impact of immunisation service delivery in general practice on Aboriginal children living in the Perth metropolitan area: An opportunity to reduce the gap?
  • Master of Public Health, Bloodmeal Analysis of Urban Western Australian Mosquito Species for Improved Public Health Outcomes
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Does facial physiognomy in the context of an occupational safety and health message predict outcomes?
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Workplace exposures of wildland firefighters in Western Australia - novel insights and real-world impact
  • Master of Public Health, Comparative assessment of the effectiveness of online vs paper based courses for occupational and environmental safety and health.
  • Master of Public Health, How healthy are hairdressers? A prevalence study investigating health problems of female Western Australian hairdressers.
  • Master of Public Health, Evaluation of a mosquito control intervention and recommendations for development of best practice protocols by the shire of kalamunda
  • Doctor of Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health, Factors influencing the incidence rates of injuries and accidents among seafarers and rig workers providing support to the WA offshore oil and gas industry.
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Occupational Hearing Loss in Australian Mining: Prevalence, Management and Prevention
  • Master of Medical and Health Science by Research, Risk assessment of Legionella pneumonphila in cooling towers in Western Australia
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Occupational respiratory health surveillance at minara resources, murrin murrin mine site.
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Investigating the value of workplace-endorsed social media for improving deskbound employee physical activity program engagement and reducing sedentary behaviour health risks
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Mosquito vectors of Ross River virus, a simulation model of thermal mortality and development in a tidal urban saltmarsh environment in Southwest Western Australia
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Occupational Health and Safety Hazards Affecting Environmental Health Officers
  • Master of Public Health, Scald burn admissions to Western Australia's princess margaret hospital in 1998 and 2008: A comparative analysis.
  • Master of Public Health, Causes and effects of physical injuries to prison officers employed in environments of high risk and high need offender management in Western Australia
  • Master of Public Health, Mindfulness at work: Assessing the impact of practising mindfulness in the workplace on engagement, wellbeing, happiness and positivity
  • Master of Public Health, Antibiotic resistance in gram negative bacteria isolated from fish sold in Western Australia
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The effect of prenatal zinc supplementation on malaria morbidity, pregnancy anaemia and birth weight.
  • Doctor of Philosophy, An assessment of nurses' experiences of work related stress through self-reporting and hair cortisol analysis, in a typical metropolitan hospital setting in Western Australia
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Heat exposure and adaptation strategies of outddoor informal sector workers in urban bulawayo - zimbabwe
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Exploring perceived value of work health and safety (WHS) education to determine future educative needs for occupational health management: A qualitative study, of the lived experiences of WHS practitioners.
  • Master of Medical and Health Science by Research, Compliance of pre-packaged food products imported from Asian countries, and sold in Western Australia, with the Australian and New Zealand Food Standards Code
  • Master of Public Health, An investigation into the dust, gases and vapours expulsed during the oxidation of pyritic black shale, and their potential for impacting employee health.
  • Master of Public Health, An uncomfortable interface: Medicines legislation and its impact on the delivery of healthcare by Registered Nurses in very remote Australia: a mixed-methods study
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Partnerships, portals and power: Implications for women's health.

Co-principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Public health implications of metal ash concentrations from prescribed burns: A study of open jarrah forests along the darling escarpment adjacent to the Perth metropolitan area
  • Master of Public Health, An exploration of the critical success factors associated with implementing a public health plan in local governments within Western Australia
  • Master of Medical and Health Science by Research, Prevalence trends of foodborne pathogens, Bacillus cereus, non STEC Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus in ready-to-eat foods sourced from restaurants, cafés, catering and takeaway food premises.

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Industrial heat stress: Using ice slurry ingestion as a practical approach to reducing heat strain in workers
  • Master of Public Health, Accident rates relative to age in austraian mining and heavy industry.
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Epidemiology of postnatal depression in rural Bangladesh.
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Exploring Treatment Burden in People with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) in Primary Care Settings
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The effectiveness of back belts as a control measure for occupational low back pain in a retail hardware chain
  • Doctor of Philosophy, An appraisal of experiences of climate change and adaptive response to heat stress by farmers in rural Ghana
  • Doctor of Philosophy, An assessment of health hazards associated with the use of water mist systems as a cooling intervention in Australia
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Social impact of climate change and occupational heat stress and adaptation strategies of mining workers in Ghana
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Utilization of health and medical service: Factors influencing health care seeking behaviour and unmet health needs in rural areas of Kenya
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