Dr Julie-Anne Carroll
Faculty of Health,
School of Public Health & Social Work
Biography
Julie-Anne Carroll, PhD, is a Lecturer in the School of Public Health & Social Work (SPHSW), Queensland University of Technology (QUT). She lectures in the areas of Women’s Health, International Health, the Social Determinants of Health, and Sociology and Health. Her PhD looked at how place of residence acts as a social determinat of health, and how aspects of people and places interact over time to produce inequalities in health. She is interested in how the social, cultural, and geographic spaces that people inhabit influence their lifestyles and consequently their health and well-being. She is currently involved in research projects that use location-based applications on mobile phones and geographic information systems (GIS) to track and record how people interact with urban living environments for the purposes of physical activity. She is also interested in the provision of urban and rural community services that support people who suffer from mental illness, poverty, and food insecurity. Key Research interests- Health inequalities, area-effects on health (urban and rural living spaces)
- Womens Health and Well-Being
- Social, cultural and environmental influences on health-related behaviours and outcomes
- Social marketing and communication
- Qualitative and mixed-method research methods.
- How online communication affects off-line social and health practices
- ICTs, Social Media, Online Communication and Health
Personal details
Positions
- Lecturer
Faculty of Health,
School of Public Health & Social Work- Kelvin Grove Q Block Membership
Institute of Health Biomedical Innovation (IHBI),
IHBI Health Projects - Kelvin Grove Q Block Membership
Discipline
Public Health and Health Services
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- PhD (Queensland University of Technology)
Professional memberships and associations
UN Women - Member and Guest Speaker
NCWQ - Member and Keynote Speaker
Urban Informatics - Board Member
Journal of Public Space - Panel Member/Editor
Teaching
PUB209 - Health, Culture and Society
PUB336 - Women's Health
PUB565 - International Health
Selected publications
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Julie-Anne, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).