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School of Population Health
Staff Profile

A/Prof Jon Adams

Position: Associate Professor in Social Science Related to Health

Phone: +61 7 336 55116

Fax:

Email: j.adams@sph.uq.edu.au

 

Location: 333

Building: Public Health Building

Centre or Group: Social Sciences

Biography:

Qualifications:

  • PhD  (2000)
    University of Edinburgh, UK
  • MA  (1995)
    University of Leeds, UK
  • Postgraduate Diploma  (1993)
    University of Wales, UK
  • BA (Hons)  (1992)
    University of Wales, UK

 

Publications

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  • Magin P, Pond C, Smith W, Watson A, Goode S, Adams J. CAM therapies and psychological morbidity in skin diseases: a cross sectional study. Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine. submitted; .
  • Andrews G, Adams J, Segrott J. Alternative medicine and the concept of care. In: Brown T, McLafferty S, Moon G, editors. The Companion to Health and Medical Geography. London. Blackwell; ;
  • Adams J, Broom A. The status of complementary and alternative medicine in allopathic medical education. In: Caragh B, Turner B, editors. The Handbook of the Sociology of Medical Education. London & New York. Routledge; ;
  • Steinsbekk A, Adams J, Sibbritt D, Johnsen R. CAM practitioner consultations among those who have or have had cancer in a Norwegian total population (HUNT 2): prevalence, socio-demographics and health perceptions. European Journal of Cancer Care. accepted May 2008; .
  • Adams J, MacKenzie A, McLaughlin R, Burke N, Bennett S, Ellis N, et al. Australian military primary care practitioners do not believe clinical practice guidelines are needed for post-deployment medically unexplained symptoms. Military Medicine. accepted Jan 2009; .
  • Adams J, Andrews G, Barnes J, Broom A, Magin P. Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine: An International Reader. London. Palgrave MacMillan; ;
  • Sarris J, Kavanagh DJ, Adams J, Bone K, Byrne G. Kava Anxiety Depression Spectrum Study (KADSS): A mixed methods RCT using an Aqueous Extract of Piper Methysticum. Complementary Therapies in Medicine. 2009; 17(3):176-178.
  • Sarris J, Adams J, Wardle JL. Time for a reassessment of the use of Kava in anxiety?. Complementary Therapies in Medicine. 2009; 17(3):121-122.
  • Outram S, Hansen V, MacDonell G, Cockburn JD, Adams J. Still living in a war zone: Perceived health and wellbeing of partners of Vietnam veterans attending partners' support groups in New South Wales, Australia. Australian Psychologist. 2009; 44(2):128-135.
  • Magin P, Adams J, Heading G, Pond D, Smith W. The psychological sequelae of psoriasis: results of a qualitative study. Psychology, Health and Medicine. 2009; 14(2):150-161.
  • Magin PJ, Adams J, Heading GS, Pond DC. Patients with skin disease and their relationships with their doctors: a qualitative study of patients with acne, psoriasis and eczema. Medical Journal of Australia. 2009; 190(2):62-64.
  • Broom A, Adams J, Tovey P. Evidence-based healthcare in practice: A study of clinician resistance, professional de-skilling, and inter-specialty differentiation in oncology. Social Science and Medicine. 2009; 68(1):192-200.
  • Broom A, Adams J. Oncology clinicians' accounts of discussing complementary and alternative medicine with their patients. Health. 2009; 13(3):317-336.
  • Adams J, Sibbritt D, Young A. A longitudinal analysis of older Australian women's consultations with complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practitioners, 1996-2005. Age and Ageing. 2009; 38(1):93-99.
  • Steinsbekk A, Adams J, Sibbritt D, Jacobsen G, Johnsen R. Socio-demographic characteristics and health perceptions among male and female visitors to CAM practitioners in a total population study. Forschende Komplementarmedizin. 2008; 15(3):146-151.
  • Senerathna L, Adams J, De Silva D, Buckley N, Dawson A. Personal and professional challenges in the management of deliberate self-poisoning patients in rural Sri Lanka: A qualitative study of rural hospital doctors' experiences and perceptions. BMC Public Health. 2008; 8(Article number 373).
  • Magin P, Adams J, Sibbritt D, Joy E, Ireland M. Effects of occupational violence on Australian general practitioners’ provision of home visits and after-hours care: a cross-sectional study. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. 2008; 14(2):336-342.
  • Magin P, Adams J, Joy E, Ireland M, Heaney S, Darab S. General practitioners’ assessment of risk of violence in their practice: results from a qualitative study. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. 2008; 14(3):385-390.
  • Magin P, Adams J, Joy E, Ireland M, Heaney S, Darab S. Violence in general practice: Perceptions of cause and implications for safety. Canadian Family Physician. 2008; 54(9):1278-1284.
  • Magin P, Adams J, Heading G, Pond D, Smith W. Experiences of appearance-related teasing and bullying in skin diseases and their psychological sequelae: Results of a qualitative study. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. 2008; 22(3):430-436.

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