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Dr Anita Moyes

Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Email: a.moyes@ecu.edu.au
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4924-8827

Dr Anita Moyes is a lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery.

Current Teaching

  • CMH5215 Child and Adolescent Mental Health
  • CMH5216 Community Mental Health
  • CMH5218 Perinatal Mental Health
  • MNP6107 Nursing Research Project

Background

Anita's expertise is in community health nursing, school nursing, child & adolescent health and mental health. She is particularly interested in comprehensive primary health care and lifespan development from the prenatal period to young adulthood. In her 30 year clinical career she worked in a variety of settings ranging from prevention and early intervention services in the community to treatment and assertive intervention services at the tertiary hospital level.

Professional Associations

  • Australian College of Mental Health Nurses
  • Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association
  • Global School Nurse Research Consortium
  • WA School Nurses Association

Research Areas and Interests

  • School nursing
  • Mental health (infant, child, adolescent, youth, perinatal)

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Curtin University of Technology, 2020.
  • Graduate Diploma in Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, 2015.
  • Master of Nursing, Curtin University of Technology, 2012.
  • Bachelor of Science Nursing, Curtin University of Technology, 1997.

Research Outputs

Journal Articles

  • Moyes, A., McGough, S., Wynaden, D. (2023). Hidden and unacknowledged: The mental health and psychosocial interventions delivered by school nurses in Western Australia. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 2023(Article in press), 10 pages. https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.13261.

Journal Articles

  • Moyes, A., McGough, S., Wynaden, D. (2022). An Untenable Burden: Exploring Experiences of Secondary School Nurses Who Encounter Young People with Mental Health Problems. Journal of School Nursing, 2022(article in press), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1177/10598405221088957.
  • Moyes, A., Abbott, T., Baker, S., Reid, C., Thorne, R., Pahlsson Morelius, EM. (2022). A parent first: Exploring the support needs of parents caring for a child with medical complexity in Australia. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 67(2022), e48-e57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2022.09.018.

Journal Articles

  • Moyes, A. (2021). A short history of the early school health service in Western Australia 1906-1912. Australian Journal of Child and Family Health Nursing, 18(2), 13-18. https://doi.org/10.33235/ajcfhn.18.2.13-18.
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