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Ms

Dana Young

Research Assistant, Community Based Research
Child Health
Race and Ethnic Relations
Urban Sociology and Community Studies
Health Education & Promotion
Health Inequalities
Social Capital
Social Inclusion
Organised Sport
Evaluation of Health Outcomes
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Ms

Dana Young

 
Division
Medicine, Dentistry And Health Sciences
 
Primary Interest
Public health
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Ms

Dana Young

 

Dana Young is a research fellow and PhD Candidate in the Child & Community Wellbeing Unit, Centre for Health Equity, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health at the University of Melbourne. Dana’s research uses mixed-methods to explore the social and environmental influences on child and family health and the impact of community-based interventions.

Dana holds a Master of Public Health and a Bachelor of Human Nutrition. Her PhD is exploring the role of local sports participation in building different forms of social capital for adolescent girls from a migrant background in Melbourne, Australia. Current Projects

PhD Research Study - “Sports participation, social capital and health for refugee and migrant adolescent girls"

The Pursuit of Wellbeing Project: An NHMRC Yooralla partnership project 'Trialling an intervention to support the wellbeing of parents of children with a disability and staff'

Count Me In: Promoting social inclusion for refugee and migrant background youth by sports participation
Past projects:

What's Cooking? The assessment of the long term impacts of the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Project

The evaluation of Kids as Catalyst

The evaluation of Ucan2

Teeth Tales: An exploratory trial implementing a community-based child oral health promotion intervention for Australian families from refugee and migrant backgrounds

Evaluation of the delivery of Jamie's Ministry of Food in Victoria

Projects

Displaying the 4 most recent projects by Dana Young.

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“Peering Into The Black Box”: Understanding The Contextual Factors That Generate Social Capital And Promote Health And Wellbeing For Refugee And Migrant Young People Through Sports Participation

2018 - 2021
Active
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“Count Me In!” Promoting Wellbeing And Inclusion Through Sports Participation For Migrant And Refugee-Background Young People

2017 - 2018
Completed
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Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program - Assessment Of Long Term Impacts

2017 - 2019
Completed
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“Count Me In!” Promoting Wellbeing And Inclusion Through Sports Participation For Migrant And Refugee-Background Young People

2016 - 2017
Completed

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Projects

Project Types

3

Research Contracts

1

Research Grant

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 12 most recent scholarly works by Dana Young.

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A Capacity Building Program to Improve the Self-Efficacy of Key Workers to Support the Well-Being of Parents of a Child With a Disability Accessing an Early Childhood Intervention Service: Protocol for a Stepped-Wedge Design Trial

Elise Davis, Dana Young, Kim-Michelle Gilson, John Reynolds, Rob Carter, Utsana Tonmukayakul, Katrina Williams, Lisa Gibbs, Rachael McDonald, Dinah Reddihough, Jane Tracy, Jennifer Morgan, Paul Ireland, Cassie Kenyon, Rod Carracher

Journal article  |  2019  |  JMIR Research Protocols

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A Rights-Based Approach for Service Providers to Measure the Quality of Life of Children with a Disability

Elise Davis, Dana Young, Kim-Michelle Gilson, Elena Swift, Jeffrey Chan, Lisa Gibbs, Utsana Tonmukayakul, Dinah Reddihough, Katrina Williams

Journal article  |  2018  |  Value in Health

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A Cultural Competence Organizational Review for Community Health Services: Insights From a Participatory Approach

Mandy Truong, Lisa Gibbs, Veronika Pradel, Michal Morris, Pauline Gwatirisa, Maryanne Tadic, Andrea de Silva, Martin Hall, Dana Young, Elisha Riggs, Hanny Calache, Mark Gussy, Richard Watt, Iqbal Gondal, Elizabeth Waters

Journal article  |  2017  |  Health Promotion Practice

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Children and Adolescents, Measuring the Quality of Life of

Elise Davis, Dana Young, Elizabeth Waters, Lisa Gold

Book Chapter  |  2017

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Measuring the quality of life of children with a disability: Choosing an outcome measure for service providers

E Davis, D Young, K-M Gilson, U Tonmukayakul, J Chan, R Carter, D Reddihough, K Williams, J Tracy, R McDonald, J Reynolds, L Gibbs, J Morgan

Conference Proceedings  |  2016  |  JOURNAL OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY RESEARCH

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Developing a new service model for children with a disability: What do parents want?

D Young, E Davis, K-M Gilson, L Gibbs, J Chan, D Reddihough, K Williams, J Tracy, R McDonald, R Carter, J Reynolds, U Tonmukayakul, J Morgan

Conference Proceedings  |  2016  |  JOURNAL OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY RESEARCH

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Child oral health in migrant families: A cross-sectional study of caries in 1-4 year old children from migrant backgrounds residing in Melbourne, Australia

L Gibbs, AM de Silva, B Christian, L Gold, M Gussy, L Moore, H Calache, D Young, E Riggs, M Tadic, R Watt, I Gondal, E Waters

Journal article  |  2016  |  Community Dental Health

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Measuring the Quality of Life of Children and Adolescents

E DAVIS, D YOUNG, E WATERS, L GOLD

Book Chapter  |  2016

Measuring the quality of life (QOL) of children and adolescents is important for evaluating clinical trials and health systems and..

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Exploring child dental service use among migrant families in metropolitan Melbourne, Australia

B Christian, D Young, L Gibbs, A de Silva, L Gold, E Riggs, H Calache, M Tadic, M Hall, L Moore, E Waters

Journal article  |  2015  |  Australian Dental Journal

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Teeth Tales: a community-based child oral health promotion trial with migrant families in Australia

Lisa Gibbs, Elizabeth Waters, Bradley Christian, Lisa Gold, Dana Young, Andrea de Silva, Hanny Calache, Mark Gussy, Richard Watt, Elisha Riggs, Maryanne Tadic, Martin Hall, Iqbal Gondal, Veronika Pradel, Laurence Moore

Journal article  |  2015  |  BMJ Open

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An exploratory trial implementing a community-based child oral health promotion intervention for Australian families from refugee and migrant backgrounds: a protocol paper for Teeth Tales

Lisa Gibbs, Elizabeth Waters, Andrea de Silva, Elisha Riggs, Laurence Moore, Christine Armit, Britt Johnson, Michal Morris, Hanny Calache, Mark Gussy, Dana Young, Maryanne Tadic, Bradley Christian, Iqbal Gondal, Richard Watt, Veronika Pradel, Mandy Truong, Lisa Gold

Journal article  |  2014  |  BMJ Open

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Organizational capacity building in childcare: promoting children's mental health

E Davis, D Young, L Corr, K Cook

Journal article  |  2012  |  International Journal of Mental Health Promotion

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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Public Health and Health Services
Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health)
Specific Population Health (excl. Indigenous Health)
Dentistry
Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine
Health and Support Services
Clinical Health (organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions)
Clinical Sciences
Other Health

Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2018

Professor Elizabeth Waters Memorial Travel Scholarship

Jack Brockhoff Child Health and Wellbeing Program
2018

NHMRC Postgraduate Scholarship
2017

Project/Team award for Count Me In

Jack Brockhoff Child Health and Wellbeing Program
2017

Winner: Building Health through Sports Award 2017

VicHealth
2016

Coralie Mathews in Memorium Award

Jack Brockhoff Child Health and Wellbeing Program
2016

Centre for Health Equity Travel Scholarship
2013

Brockhoff Excellence Award 2013

Jack Brockhoff Child Health and Wellbeing Program

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Research Assistant, Community Based Research

Melbourne School Of Population And Global Health

Education

Master of Public Health

Deakin University

Bachelor of Human Nutrition

University of Canberra

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