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AssocDip Health Surveying, B Business (Health Admin), M Environment and Community Health, FAIEH, IFEH, PhD (Griffith)

Senior Lecturer, Griffith School of Environment

Contact details for Dr Peter Davey

Research Expertise

• Research into the Impacts of Environmental Health Policy and Law in developed and developing countries
• Community and Organisational Needs Assessment - Development and Implementation of Strategic Environment and Health Action Plans in local and state government organisational settings
• Qualitative Evaluation of Environment and Population Health Programs
• Food safety policy in public and private sector settings
• Training Needs Analysis and Capacity Building planning for organisations that deliver environment and population health services
• Development of learning outcomes and competencies for environment and health professional practice

Current Teaching Areas

• Occupational and Environmental Health and Hygiene
• Strategic Planning and Project Management

Selected Publications

• Barker, B., Davey, P., Chapman, P., Yakimoff, M. & Wright, A., eds (1998) Healthy Sustainable, Gold Coast: A Community Health Plan for the Gold Coast, proceedings of the Australian Institute of Environmental Health, Townsville – Australia, AIEH-Brisbane.
• Barker, B. & Davey, P. (1999) Healthy and Sustainable Gold Coast: Community Health Plan. Paper delivered to International Ecological Sustainable Development Conference. Commonwealth Health and Aged Care, Brisbane.
• Chapman, P. & Davey, P. (1995) Municipal Public Health Planning: Resource Guide Part A, Brisbane, Queensland Health, Queensland University of Technology, Healthy Cities & Shires, Queensland.
• Chapman, P. & Davey, P. (1995) Municipal Public Health Planning: Resource Guide Part B, Brisbane, Queensland Health, Queensland University of Technology, Healthy Cities & Shires, Queensland.
• Chapman, P. & Davey, P. (1997) Working 'with' communities not 'on' them: a changing focus for local government health planning in Queensland. Australian Journal of Primary Health-Interchange, 3, 82-91.
• Davey, P (1992) An Analysis of Community Barbiturate Drug Usage in Queensland, 40CP Masters thesis in the Masters of Environment and Community Health Program, Griffith University.
• Davey, P. (1997) Municipal Health Planning in Queensland, what makes the approach successful? Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Health Promotion (4ICHP) "New Partners for a New Era - Leading Health Promotion into the 21st Century. Jakarta - Indonesia.
• Davey, P. (1999) Environmental Health in Local Government: tailoring a model to working together. Proceedings of the 59th Annual State Conference of Australian Institute of Environmental Health Toowoomba, Queensland, Australian Institute of Environmental Health (AIEH).
• Davey, P. (2004) Integrating Public Health Planning At The Local Level. Proceedings of the 8th World Congress on Environmental Health. Durban, South Africa, International Federation of Environmental Health.
• Davey, P. (2004) What We Have learnt About Health Planning Frameworks in Queensland, Australia: Case Study on Townsville Healthy City Plan, 2003 - 2008. Alliance for Healthy Cities (AFHC) Inaugural Conference & General Assembly. Kuching City, Sarawak, Malaysia, AFHC.
• Davey, P. (2005) Integrated Health Planning: the Foundation for Healthy Cities in Queensland. Shanghai International Forum on Healthy City Conference, Shanghai, China.
• Davey, P. (2005) Municipal Public Health Planning in Queensland: achievements, barriers and implementation success factors. Taipei Second International Healthy Cities Conference. Taipei.
• Davey, P. (2006) Healthy Partnerships and Health City Planning in Local Government in Queensland. Proceedings of the ASEAN – AFHC Joint Healthy Cities Conference: Towards Healthy Cities Solidarity. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• Davey, P. (2006) Municipal Public Health Planning: Achievements, Barriers and Success Factors, Proceedings of the 9th World Congress on Environmental Health. Dublin, Ireland, International Federation of Environmental Health.
• Davey, P. (2007) Municipal Public Health Planning and Implementation in Local Government: Achievements, Barriers and Success Factors, thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to Griffith University in November 2006 - pending assessment.
• Davey, P., Murray, Z. & Hauser, D. (1999) Hervey Bay Regional Approach to Public Health Planning. Proceedings of the 59th Annual State Conference of Australian Institute of Environmental Health Toowoomba, Queensland, Australian Institute of Environmental Health (AIEH).
• Davey, P., Price, M., Hauser, D., Govan, L., Bacchi, J. & Murray, Z. (2001) Regional Approach - Local Implementation: Preliminary Findings of an Evaluation of a Collaborative Public Health Planning Initiative in the Wide Bay Area. Proceedings of the 13th Australian Health Promotion National Conference - Ecological Health Promotion: Living by principles. Gold Coast - Queensland.
• Davey, P and Gultom, B (2003) Symphony of Partnership Capacity Building for Health Promotion: Training Manual for Indonesian Regional Governments, CEPH, Griffith University, Brisbane.
• Davey, P. & Logan, D. (2001) Getting The Planning Structures Right? Proceedings of the the 28th Annual National Australian Institute of Environmental Health Conference. Perth, Western Australia, Australian Institute of Environmental Health (AIEH).
• Davey, P & Logan, D. (2001) Community and Government Partnerships. Proceedings of the 61st Annual State Conference of Australian Institute of Environmental Health, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australian Institute of Environmental Health (AIEH).
• Davey, P. & Murray, Z. (2003) Proposal for a regional healthy city alliance. Proceedings of the 63th Annual Queensland State Conference of Australian Institute of Environmental Health. Townsville, Australian Institute of Environmental Health.
• Davey, P., Stewart, D. & Spork, H. (2003) Community Public Health Planning and Implementation Review, unpublished government Report, Brisbane, Queensland Health, Queensland Centre for Public Health.
• Published 18 WHO based Healthy Cities Action Plans for Queensland Local Governments examples include: - Gold Coast Community Health Plan 1999, Townsville Healthy City Plan 2003 to-date, Logan Public Health Plan 2003 to-date, Rockhampton Community Health Plan 2003-2008