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Assoc Prof Aletha Ward

Name Aletha Ward
Pronoun She/Her/Hers
Position Associate Professor (Nursing)
Section School of Nursing and Midwifery
Office Q204
Location Toowoomba Campus
Email
Qualifications BNurs University of Southern Qld , PGCertMgt University of Southern Qld , MBA University of Southern Qld , PhD University of Southern Qld

Biography

Dr Aletha Ward is an experienced academic within public health and nursing. Teaching experience includes areas of social and cultural determinants of health, nursing, First Nations health, and public health. Aletha has a strong mixed methods research background in food insecurity, emissions reduction, climate change, planetary health and plant-based diets within a social health policy framework. Aletha is an experienced Registered Nurse with over 20 years of experience in multi-disciplinary teams. Aletha is a fellow of the Australian College of Nursing and is a national leader in climate health policy.

Research Career


  • Epidemiology ( 111706 )
  • Public Health and Health Services ( 111700 )
  • Nursing not elsewhere classified ( 111099 )
  • Nursing not elsewhere classified ( 420599 )
  • Public Health ( 420600 )
  • Health Services And Systems ( 420300 )
  • Nursing ( 420500 )
  • Public Health not elsewhere classified ( 420699 )
  • Health Equity ( 420602 )
  • Social Determinants Of Health ( 420606 )
  • Primary Health Care ( 420319 )
  • Health Promotion ( 420603 )

Public health, planetary health, climate change, climate systems adaptation, food security, socio-cultural determinants of health.


Fellow of Australian College of Nursing
Member of Australian Primary Healthcare Nurses Association


  • Institute for Communities and Regional Development (ICRD)
  • Institute for Health (IH)

Teaching


NUR1120 Burden of Disease and Health Equity
HEA8001 Context of Practice


10 Years


Quality Improvement Coordinator SoNM

Supervision


  • Epidemiology ( 111706 )
  • Nursing not elsewhere classified ( 111099 )
  • Nursing not elsewhere classified ( 420599 )
  • Public Health ( 420600 )
  • Health Services And Systems ( 420300 )
  • Nursing ( 420500 )