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Dr Lesley Andrew

Senior Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 5037
Email: l.andrew@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Joondalup  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0344-4611

Dr Andrew is a mid-career researcher, experienced higher degree by research student supervisor and Course Coordinator for the Master of Nursing Studies and Postgraduate Certificate in Primary Health Care. She is School of Nursing and Midwifery programmatic learning and assessment lead for The Master of Nursing Studies.

Current teaching

  • PHC6201 Foundations of Primary Health Care
  • PHC6202 Contemporary Approaches to Primary Health Care

Background

Dr Andrew’s international academic career spans nursing, public health and community health. She is also a registered nurse, public health nurse specialist (health visitor) and nurse prescriber (UK). Past nursing leadership roles include regional health visitor lead and newborn bloodspot program lead.

Professional associations

  • Associate Journal Editor, Nurse Education Today
  • Academic Journal Editor and Board Member, Child: Care, Health and Development Journal
  • Australian Primary Healthcare Nurses (APNA)
  • Expert Advisory Nurse Panel - Clinical Practice Guidelines for Early Diagnosis and Management of Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer
  • Expert Advisory Nurse Panel - Men In Mind  (Movember). National Online Training for Health Professionals.
  • ECU Lower Risk Review SNM Ethics Panel Chair
  • Australian Awards for University Teaching Awards Assessor
  • AdvanceHE Fellow

Awards and recognition

  • 2026 - Best video presentation award. ECU EMCR symposium
  • 2026 - Vice-Chancellor's Staff Excellence Awards nomination, Inspirational Staff Category. Nominated award: Courage.
  • 2026 - J88 Team nomination Vice-Chancellor's Staff Excellence Awards. Nominated award: Inspirational Team
  • 2025 - Best abstract award. WA Inaugural EMCR symposium, November 2025.
  • 2024 - Vice Chancellor Staff Excellence Nomination (research communication).
  • 2022 - National Teaching Awards Citation.  Australian Award for University Teaching (AAUT) Outstanding contributions to student learning
  • 2022 - Honor Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Media
  • 2021 - Athena Swan advancement scheme. Leadership Advancement Subsidy Award. Champion for gender equality
  • 2020 – ECU Vice Chancellor Citation for sustained commitment to enhancing diversity, equity and inclusion

Research areas and interests

Methodological expert in hermeneutic and phenomenological research methodologies and mixed research methodologies. Experienced feminist approach researcher.

Topics:

  • Accessible and inclusive Work Integrated Learning
  • Disability education in the nursing curriculum
  • Planetary health- sustainable nursing
  • Evidence based nursing practice
  • Stoma nursing
  • Gender equity in higher education/ nursing workforce
  • Nurse workforce, nursing and student retention
  • Child oral health/health literacy
  • Nurses in primary health care/public health
  • International university student experience
  • Academic literacy and assessment moderation
  • Mentoring

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Edith Cowan University, 2019.
  • Master of Science, England, 2003.
  • BSc in Community Health Care Nursing (Health Visiting), England, 1997.
  • Bachelor of Science with Honours in Agriculural Zoology, England, 1989.

Research Outputs

2026

Journal Articles

  • Andrew, L., Costello, M. (2026). Preparation of Australian Nurses for Contemporary Disability Care: A Desktop Review.. Nursing Forum: an independent voice for nursing, 2026(Article in press), Article number 5522606. https://doi.org/10.1155/nuf/5522606.
  • Andrew, L., De Maio, C., Matthews, S., McFarlane, J., Yan, T., Stein, M. (2026). Identifying the academic literacy needs of international higher degree by research (HDR) students in Australian universities: A comprehensive scoping review. Journal of Academic Language and Learning, 20(3), 61-77.

2025

Journal Articles

  • 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/10.1370/afm.240171.
  • Raja Azlan, T., Massey, D., Andrew, L., Barnard, M., Ang, M., Crevacore, C., Costello, M., Alejandro, A., Liu, W., Zaman, N., Zimmerman, P. (2025). Time to hang up the gloves: A scoping review of evidence on non-sterile glove use during intravenous antimicrobial preparation and administration. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2025(Article in press), 17 pages. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.70197.
  • Bloomfield, L., Boston, J., Masek, M., Andrew, L., Barwood, D., Devine, A. (2025). Evaluating the Efficacy of a Serious Game to Deliver Health Education About Invasive Meningococcal Disease: Clustered Randomized Controlled Equivalence Trial. JMIR Serious Games, 13(2025), Article number e60755. https://doi.org/10.2196/60755.
  • Andrew, L., Wenden, L., Estai, M., Wallace, R. (2025). Navigating Child Oral Health in Western Australia: A Caregiver's Perspective. Child: Care, Health and Development, 51(4), Article number e70095. https://doi.org/10.1111/cch.70095.

2024

Journal Articles

  • Lawlis, T., Mawer, T., Bevitt, T., Arthur, T., Andrew, L., Wallace, R., Sambell, R., Devine, A. (2024). Host organizations’ perceptions to providing safe and inclusive work-integrated learning programs for students with disability. International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 25(1), 95-107.
  • Szmaglinska, M., Andrew, L., Kirk, D., Massey, D. (2024). Healthcare professionals' perceptions of hypnotherapy in cancer care: Development and validation of a survey. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, 57(2024), article number 101915. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctcp.2024.101915.
  • 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/10.1186/s12875-024-02461-x.
  • Szmaglinska, M., Kirk, D., Andrew, L. (2024). Reporting and Mapping Research Evidence on Perceptions of Clinical Hypnosis Among the General Population and Patients Receiving Health Care Including Cancer Care: A Scoping Review. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 72(1), 29-50. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207144.2023.2276457.
  • Andrew, L., Arthur, T., Mawer, T., Sambell, R., Krishnakumar, G., Lawlis, T. (2024). A Review of Australian Universities Work Integrated Learning Policies and Procedures: Referencing Disability. International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 25(2), 259-289. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworks2022-2026/5765.
  • Andrew, L., Gizzarelli, E., Estai, M., Wallace, R. (2024). Participant Misrepresentation in Online Focus Groups: Red Flags and Proactive Measures. Ethics & Human Research, 46(1), 37-42. https://doi.org/10.1002/eahr.500198.
  • 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.
  • Szmaglinska, M., Andrew, L., Massey, D., Kirk, D. (2024). Exploring the Underutilized Potential of Clinical Hypnosis: A Scoping Review of Healthcare Professionals’ Perceptions, Knowledge, and Attitudes. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 72(2), 109-138. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207144.2023.2276451.
  • Lawlis, T., Mawer, T., Andrew, L., Bevitt, T. (2024). Challenges to delivering university health-based work-integrated learning to students with a disability: a scoping review. Higher Education Research and Development, 43(1), 149-165. https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2023.2228209.
  • Szmaglinska, M., Andrew, L., Massey, D., Kirk, D. (2024). Beyond standard treatment: A qualitative descriptive study of cancer patients' perceptions of hypnotherapy in cancer care. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, 56(2024), article number 101861. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctcp.2024.101861.

2023

Journal Articles

  • McCullough, K., Andrew, L., Genoni, A., Dunham, M., Whitehead, L., Porock, D. (2023). An examination of primary health care nursing service evaluation using the Donabedian model: A systematic review. Research in Nursing and Health, 46(1), 159-176. https://doi.org/10.1002/nur.22291.
  • Andrew, L., Karthigesu, S., Coall, D., Sim, M., Dare, J., Boxall, K. (2023). What makes a space safe? Consumers' perspectives on a mental health safe space. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 32(5), 1355-1364. https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.13174.
  • Andrew, L., Robinson, K., Dare, J., Costello, L. (2023). Nursing students doing gender: Implications for higher education and the nursing profession. Nursing Inquiry, 30(1), article number e12516. https://doi.org/10.1111/nin.12516.
  • Andrew, L., Barwood, D., Boston, J., Masek, M., Bloomfield, L., Devine, A. (2023). Serious games for health promotion in adolescents – a systematic scoping review. Education and Information Technologies, 28(5), 5519-5550. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-022-11414-9.

Conference Publications

  • Yan, T., Devine, A., Dunican, I., Marlow, E., Lo, J., Kunaratnam, K., Andrew, L., Christophersen, C. (2023). Does Fibre-fix provided to people with irritable bowel syndrome who are consuming a low FODMAP diet improve their gut health, gut microbiome, sleep and mental health?. 46th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Nutrition Society of Australia, 29 November– 2 December 2022, Sustainable nutrition for a healthy life (E107). Proceedings of the Nutrition Society. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0029665123001167.

2022

Journal Articles

  • Andrew, L., Dare, J., Robinson, K., Costello, L. (2022). Nursing practicum equity for a changing nurse student demographic: a qualitative study. BMC Nursing, 21(1), article number 37. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-022-00816-2.
  • Andrew, L., Robinson, K., Costello, L., Dare, J. (2022). Competing worlds: the private lives of women nurse students and gender equity in higher education. Studies in Higher Education, 47(6), 1171-1183. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2020.1861597.

Conference Publications

  • Yan, T., Devine, A., Marlow, E., Lo, J., Dunican, I., Kunaratnam, K., Andrew, L., Christophersen, C. (2022). Resistant Starch Intake Is Low in Australian Adults With Irritable Bowel Syndrome Who Follow a Low FODMAP Diet. NUTRITION 2022 LIVE ONLINE Abstracts (757). American Society for Nutrition (ASN). https://doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzac062.026.

2021

Journal Articles

  • Sambell, R., Andrew, L., Devine, A., Darby, J., Beatty, S., Godrich, S. (2021). Opportunities to identify and develop people skills: What university students need early in their degree journey. Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, 12(2), 348-365. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/11761.
  • Andrew, L., Wallace, R., Sambell, R. (2021). A peer-observation initiative to enhance student engagement in the synchronous virtual classroom: A case study of a COVID-19 mandated move to online learning. Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 18(4), Article number 14. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/10894.
  • Carman, R., Andrew, L., Devine, A. (2021). The knowledge, attitudes and beliefs of midwives on the vaccination coverage rates in Perth's Aboriginal children. BMC Public Health, 21(1), Article number 1845. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11907-1.
  • Andrew, L., Robinson, K., Dare, J., Costello, L. (2021). Widening the lens on capital: conceptualising the university experiences of non-traditional women nurse students. Higher Education Research and Development, 40(7), 1359-1374. https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2020.1815663.
  • Andrew, L., Wallace, R., Wickens, N., Patel, J. (2021). Early childhood caries, primary caregiver oral health knowledge and behaviours and associated sociological factors in Australia: a systematic scoping review. BMC Oral Health, 21(1), Article number 521. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12903-021-01887-4.
  • Andrew, L., Costello, L., Robinson, K., Dare, J. (2021). Going-it alone: The university progression of women nursing students who are the first person in their intimate relationship to go to university. Higher Education Research and Development, 40(5), 901-916. https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2020.1867517.
  • Yan, T., Andrew, L., Marlow, E., Kunaratnam, K., Devine, A., Dunican, I., Christophersen, C. (2021). Dietary Fibre Intervention for Gut Microbiota, Sleep, and Mental Health in Adults with Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Scoping Review. Nutrients, 13(7), Article number 2159. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13072159.
  • Dare, J., Seiver, H., Andrew, L., Coall, D., Karthigesu, S., Sim, M., Boxall, K. (2021). Co-creating visual representations of safe spaces with mental health service users using photovoice and Zoom. Methods in Psychology, 5(December 2021), Article number 100059. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.metip.2021.100059.

2020

Journal Articles

  • Andrew, L. (2020). Ensuring Equitable Work-Integrated Learning Opportunities for International Students. Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 17(4), Article number 13. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/9871.
  • Yan, T., Murphy, M., Genoni, A., Marlow, E., Dunican, I., Lo, J., Andrew, L., Devine, A., Christophersen, C. (2020). Does Fibre-fix provided to people with irritable bowel syndrome who are consuming a low FODMAP diet improve their gut health, gut microbiome, sleep and mental health? A double-blinded, randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open Gastroenterology, 7(1), article number e000448. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgast-2020-000448.

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.
  • Sambell, R., Andrew, L., Godrich, S., Wolfgang, J., Vandenbroeck, D., Stubley, K., Rose, N., Newman, L., Horwitz, P., Devine, A. (2019). Local Challenges and Successes Associated with Transitioning to Sustainable Food System Practices for a West Australian Context: Multi-Sector Stakeholder Perceptions. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(11), Article number 2051. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16112051.

2015

Journal Articles

  • Andrew, L., Ewens, B., Maslin-Prothero, S. (2015). Enhancing the online learning experience using virtual interactive classrooms. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, 32(4), 22-31.
  • Andrew, L., Maslin-Prothero, S., Costello, L., Dare, J., Robinson, K. (2015). The influence of intimate partnerships on nurse student progression: An integrative literature review. Nurse Education Today, 35(12), 1212-1220. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2015.04.018.

2014

Conference Publications

  • Andrew, L., Ewens, B., Scott, R. (2014). Moderation of assessments in a School of Nursing and Midwifery; Enhancing student assessment experiences. 17th International FYHE Conference 2014. Proceedings (7). FYHE.

2013

Journal Articles

  • Hendricks, J., Andrew, L., Graf, A. (2013). The piloting of an Academic Literacy Education Course (ALEC) to improve academic literacy of first semester undergraduate students in a Western Australian University. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 4(4), 19 - 27. https://doi.org/10.5430/jnep.v4n4p19.

2012

Journal Articles

  • McCullough, K., Lenthall, S., Williams, A., Andrew, L. (2012). Reducing the risk of violence towards remote area nurses: A violence management toolbox. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 20(6), 329-333. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1584.2012.01313.x.

Research Projects

  • Exploring the academic and research literacy needs of international Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students in an Australian university integrated PhD program. , Association for Academic Language and Learning, Research and Resource Development Grant, 2023 ‑ 2025, $3,947.
  • Meningococcal Infection, Awareness Prevention and Protection (MIapp) – Improving and evaluating adolescent access to meningococcal education through the use of an app , Lotterywest, Grant, 2019 ‑ 2024, $290,910.
  • Pathway to healthy food environments: a guide for local governments in Western Australia, Healthway (WA Health Promotion Foundation), Healthway - Grant, 2018 ‑ 2023, $469,078.
  • Primary carers’ knowledge and practices of infant oral health promotion. , Alliance for a Cavity-Free Future, Community Grant, 2022 ‑ 2023, $19,734.
  • Enablers and barriers to accessing digital oral health resources: caregivers and health providers’ perspectives , Raine Medical Research Foundation, 2021 Healy Research Collaboration Awards, 2022 ‑ 2023, $29,915.
  • Engaging mental health consumers in the co-design of a Safe Space Café through innovative consumer consultation strategies, Edith Cowan University, ECU Early Career Researcher Grant - 2019, 2019 ‑ 2020, $25,590.
  • Barriers to Achieving High Immunisation Coverage in Perth’s Aboriginal Children: a Midwives Study, Department of Health WA, Grant, 2019, $11,217.

Research Student Supervision

Current Supervisions

Principal Supervisor

  • Master of Nursing (Research), Western Australian Healthcare Providers' Perspectives of Rural and Remote Health Service Accessibility
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Career Advancement Experiences and Perceptions: The Story of Black African Nurses in Australia.
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Exploring the Influence of Hypnosis on Gender Related Cognitive Associations: A Proof of Concept Study

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Culturally and Socially Based Perceptions of the Human Papillomavirus Vaccination, amongst young, female university students in Surabaya, Indonesia.

Completed Supervisions

Principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Perceptions on the use of hypnotherapy in supportive care of patients during active cancer treatment in Australia: A mixed methods study

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Exploring Treatment Burden in People with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) in Primary Care Settings
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Does Fibre-fix provided to people with irritable bowel syndrome who are consuming a low FODMAP diet improve their gut health, gut microbiome, sleep and mental health?
  • 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?
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