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Colin MacDougall
Researcher at Flinders University
Publications - 135
Citations - 7955
Colin MacDougall is an academic researcher from Flinders University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Social determinants of health & Health promotion. The author has an hindex of 31, co-authored 130 publications receiving 6728 citations. Previous affiliations of Colin MacDougall include American Public Health Association & University of Melbourne.
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Developing a Framework for a Program Theory-Based Approach to Evaluating Policy Processes and Outcomes: Health in All Policies in South Australia.
Angela Lawless,Fran Baum,Toni Delany-Crowe,Colin MacDougall,Carmel Williams,Dennis R. McDermott,Helen van Eyk +6 more
TL;DR: This paper describes how a program theorybased evaluation framework can be developed and tested, using the example of an evaluation of the South Australian Health in All Policies (HiAP) initiative, to accommodate the complexity of public policy-making.
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To what extent do Australian health policy documents address social determinants of health and health equity
TL;DR: Examination of analysis of health policy documents using Kingdon's multiple streams theory to examine how problems, policies and politics combine to enable, partially allow, or prevent action on SDH/HE in Australian health policy found policies across all jurisdictions commonly recognised evidence on SDh/HE and expressed goals to improve health equity.
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How the Social Determinants of Indigenous Health became Policy Reality for Australia's National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyse the policy process which enabled the successful adoption of Australia's National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan 2013-2023 (NATSIHP), which is grounded in an understanding of the Social Determinants of Indigenous Health (SDIH).
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The effect of group involvement on post-disaster mental health: A longitudinal multilevel analysis.
H. Colin Gallagher,Karen Block,Lisa Gibbs,David Forbes,Dean Lusher,Robyn Molyneaux,John Richardson,John Richardson,Philippa Pattison,Colin MacDougall,Colin MacDougall,Richard A. Bryant,Richard A. Bryant +12 more
TL;DR: Assessing the impact of involvement in voluntary associations on mental health among residents of bushfire-affected communities found that community-level health benefits come when most people participate to some extent, suggesting that the distribution of involvement across the community is important.
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Mental Health Following Separation in a Disaster: The Role of Attachment.
H. Colin Gallagher,John Richardson,John Richardson,David Forbes,Louise Harms,Lisa Gibbs,Nathan Alkemade,Colin MacDougall,Colin MacDougall,Elizabeth Waters,Karen Block,Dean Lusher,Elyse Baker,Richard A. Bryant,Richard A. Bryant +14 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that attachment anxiety amplifies a negative reaction to separation; meanwhile, for avoidant individuals, separation in times of danger may facilitate defensive cognitive processes.