BA, PGCE, MA, MPH, PhD
Professor and Program Convenor
Master of Public Health
Contact details for Professor Donald Stewart
Current teaching areas
- Health Promoting Schools
- Health Promotion
- Health Research Methodology
- Prevention of HIV/AIDS using Multi-strategy Interventions
- Resilience in School Settings
- Health and the Arts
- International Health Promotion
Research expertise
- Health promotion
- Mental health
- Resiliance
Publications
Books
Rowe F, Stewart D (2010) Promoting School Connectedness: Using a Whole-School Approach Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany. 43pp.Clift SM, Hancox G, Morrison M, Hess B, Stewart D, Kreutz G (2008) Choral singing, wellbeing and health: Summary of findings from a cross-national survey. Sidney De Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health, Canterbury Christ Church University. Report 7, 12 pp.
Stewart, D, Sun J., & Hardie M (2006) “An Ounce of Prevention …” Final Report of the ‘Resilient Children and Communities Project’. Health Promotion Queensland, Queensland Health. Two volumes.
Stewart, D, Parker, E., Gillespie, A. (1997) ‘An Analysis of Policy, Planning and Support Documents Related to Health Promoting Schools’ AHPSA, Commonwealth Dept. of Health & Family Services, 60pp.
Burke, C., Elliott, B., Lucas, K. Stewart, D. (1997) ‘Sustainability for Professional Development: A Case Study from Teacher Education’ AusAID International Monograph Series. Government Printer, Canberra. 80pp.
Greenhill, J. & Stewart, D.E. (Eds) (1995) Outcomes in Public Policy: Institutional Reform and Mental Health. QUT/West Moreton Publication. 173pp.
Stewart, D.E. (1983) The Television Family, Globe Press Pty. Melbourne.
Book chapters
Lemerle K, and Stewart D. (2010) Resilience: Thriving beyond adversity. Chapter Two in A. Brader (ed) Songs of Resilience. Cambridge Scholars Press.Harris, N., Wilks, L., Stewart, D., Gopinath, V. & MacCubbin, S.(2010) Street dance and adolescent wellbeing: Using Hip-Hop to promote resilience in youth. Chapter Seven in A. Brader (ed) Songs of Resilience. Cambridge Scholars Press.
Sun J, Stewart D (2010) Promoting Student Resilience and Wellbeing: Asia-Pacific Resilient Children and Communities Project. Chapter 25 in T. Lovat et al. (eds.), International Research Handbook on Values Education and Student Wellbeing, Springer Science+Business pp. 409-426
Lemerle, K and Stewart, D. (2005). ‘Health Promoting Schools: Linking Organisational Capital and Resilience’. In: S. Clift & B. Jensen (Eds) The Health Promoting School: International Advances in Theory, Evaluation and Practice. Danish University of Education Press, pp. 469-495.
Stewart D, England I (2002) ‘Reform of the Australian health care landscape: the contested terrain of development and innovation’. In Twaddle AC (Ed) Health Care Reform Around the World, Auburn House, Westport CT, USA, Greenwood Publishing Group, pp 282-302.
Stewart, D (2000) ‘Questoes politicas associadas a promocao de comunidades escolares saudaveis’ in MG Matos, C Simoes, L.Canha & S Fonseca Saude e Estilos de Vida nos jovens portugeses MH edicoes, Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa. pp 79-83 (in Portuguese).
Stewart, D.E. (1996) 'Legislation, ethics and social policy: the case of "Dying With Dignity"' in Morgan, J. (Ed) An Easeful Death? Perspectives on Death, Dying and Euthanasia. The Federation Press: Sydney, pp 160-171.
Stewart, D.E. & Greenhill, J. (1995) 'Health and public policy implications of the Wolston Park experience' in Greenhill, J. & Stewart, D.E. (eds) Outcomes in Public Policy: Institutional Reform and Mental Health. QUT/West Moreton Publication, pp.141-161.
Stewart, D.E. and Burke, C. (1993) 'Professional development through transformative praxis: sustaining development in teacher education in Papua New Guinea' in Leach, R. (Ed.) National Strategies for Australasian Countries, QUT, Brisbane.
Stewart, D.E. (1991) 'The Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry into Community Violence - public horror and private outrage', Advances in Social Welfare Education, Australian Association for Social Work and Welfare Education, pp. 111-120.
Stewart, D.E. and Moss, L. (1983) 'Communication policy in New Zealand - overseas influence and local neglect' in Edgar, P. and Rahim, S.A. (eds.) Communication Policy in Developed Countries, Kegan Paul International/The East-West Center, Honolulu, pp 255-294.
Stewart, D.E. (1981) 'Family changes in the eighties' in P. Rolfe (Ed.) Values and Patterns for Living in the Eighties, University Extension, University of Western Australia.
Stewart, D.E. and Crawford, S. (1980) 'Social doctrine and communication policy - the case of Sports Broadcasting in New Zealand' in J. Shallcrass et al (eds.) Recreation Reconsidered into the Eighties, ARA/NZCRS, 1980.
Stewart, D.E. and Crawford, S. (1978) 'Sport and Television' in J. Hinchcliff (ed.) The Nature and Meaning of Sport in New Zealand, Auckland University Press.
Articles, refereed Papers
Sun, J. Buys, NJ. Stewart, D. Shum, D. Farquhar, L. (2010) Mediating effects of coping, personal belief, and social support on the relationship among stress, depression, and smoking in university students. Health Education Vol 111: 2, pp.Sun, J. Buys, NJ. Stewart, D. Shum, D. Farquhar, L. (2010) Smoking in Australian university students and its association with socio-demographic factors, stress, health status, coping strategies, and attitude. Health Education Vol 111: 2, pp.
Harris E, Stewart D, Harris N, Ritchie J. (2010) Understanding workforce participation as a continuous rather than dichotomous variable: Implications for improving workforce health. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health online doi: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00646.x
Rowe, F, Stewart D, Somerset S (2010) Nutrition Education: Towards a Whole-School Approach. Health Education Vol 110: 3, pp. 197-208
McManus DP, Gray DJ, Li YS, Feng Z, Williams GM, Stewart DE, Rey-Ladino J & Ross AG (2010) ‘Schistosomiasis in the People’s Republic of China: The Era of the Three Gorges Dam’ Clinical Microbiology Reviews 23: 2, pp. 442-466. (ISI IF: 16.409) [Griffith Health Institute: ‘Publication of the Year Award’ (Population Health), 2010]
Clift, S., Hancox, G., Morrison, I., Hess, B., Kreutz, G. and Stewart, D. (2010), ‘Choral singing and psychological wellbeing: Quantitative and qualitative findings from English choirs in a cross-national survey’, Journal of Applied Arts and Health 1: 1, pp. 19–34.
Wong, M., Lee, S., Sun, J., Stewart, D., Cheng, F., Kan, W., et al. (March, 2009). A comparative study on resilience level between WHO Health Promoting Schools and other schools among a Chinese population. Health Promotion International. 24:2, pp 149-155 (ISI IF: 1.37).
Rowe, F, Stewart D (2009) Promoting Connectedness through Whole-School Approaches: A Qualitative Study. Health Education 109: 5, 396 - 413
Lilley, K & Stewart, D. (2009). The Australian Preventive Health Agenda: What will this mean for workforce development? Australian and New Zealand Journal of Health Policy. 6:14, 22 May.
Lilley, K., Nulty, D. & Stewart, D. (2008). Work-integrated learning (WIL): Developing an evidence-based support framework for international students. Paper (peer reviewed) presented at the 11th International Conference on Experiential Learning: The Identity of Experience. Sydney, Dec.
MCS Wong, J Sun, A Lee, D Stewart, FFK Cheng, W Kan, M Ho (2008) The impact of a newly-designed resilience enhancing program on parent- and teacher-perceived resilience environment among Health Promoting Schools in Hong Kong. J. of Epidemiology and Community Health 3, 209-214. (ISI IF 2.956)
Sun J, Stewart DE (2008) “How can we improve the physical and social environment of the school to promote student resilience? Evidence from the Asia-Pacific Resilience Project in China” International Journal of Mental Health Promotion Vol 10 (2) 45-54.
Stewart DE (2008) “Implementing Mental Health Promotion in Schools: a Process Evaluation” International J. of Mental Health Promotion Vol 10 (1) 32-41.
Clift SM, Hancox G, Morrison I, Hess B, Kreutz G, Stewart D (2007) Choral singing and psychological wellbeing: Findings from English choirs in a cross-national survey using the WHOQOL-BREF. International Symposium on Performance Science, published by the AEC, pp. 201-207.
Sun J, Stewart DE (2007) “Development of population based resilience measures in the primary school setting” Health Education Vol 107 (6) 575-599
Sun J, Stewart DE (2007) “How effective is the health promoting school approach in building social capital in primary schools?” Health Education Vol 107 (6) 556-574
Rowe F., Stewart DE, Patterson C. (2007) “Promoting School Connectedness through Whole School Approaches” Health Education Vol 107 (6) 524-542
Sun J, Stewart DE (2007) “Age and gender effects on resilience in children and adolescents” International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol 9 (4) 16-25
Stewart D, Sun J (2007) “Resilience and depression in children: mental health promotion in primary schools in China” International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol 9 (4) 38-47
England I & Stewart DE (2007) “Executive Management and IT Innovation in Health: Identifying the Barriers to Adoption”, Health Informatics Journal Vol 13 (2) 75-87
Stewart, DE & Dillon S (2006) “Songs of Resilience” Proceedings of the 27th World Conference of the International Society of Music Education (peer reviewed paper) pp. 334-343. 16-21 July, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Stewart, DE, Sun, J, Patterson, CR (2005) “Comprehensive health promotion in the school community: the ‘Resilient Children and Communities’ project”. International Conference on Engaging Communities (peer reviewed paper). 14-17 August, Brisbane, Qld.
Sun J, & Stewart DE (2005) “Building social capital in the school community: the ‘Resilient Children and Communities’ project’. International Conference on Engaging Communities (peer reviewed paper). 14-17 August, Brisbane, Qld.
Ni Mingjian, Fitzwarryne C, Wheeler K, Stewart D, & Chen Wei (2005) “Reducing the risk of HIV infection for injecting drug users in a Muslim community in western China: Experiences of the Xinjiang HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Project” Sexual Health Exchange, Vol 1, 6-7. Netherlands.
Stockwell A, Whiteford H, Townsend C, Stewart D. (2005) Mental Health Policy Development: Cambodian Case Study. Australasian Psychiatry, Vol 13, 2, June.
Stewart DE & Sun J (2004) “How can we Build Resilience in Primary School Aged Children? The Importance of Social Support from Adults and Peers in Family, School and Community Settings.” Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health. 16(Supp) S37-S41
Stewart, D. Sun, J. Patterson, C. Lemerle, K. & Hardie, M. (2004) Promoting and building resilience in primary school communities: evidence from a comprehensive ‘health promoting school’ approach. International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 6 (3) August, pp 26-33.
Tuckett, AG, Stewart D (2004) Collecting qualitative data – Part 2: Group Discussion as a Method: Experience, Rationale and limitations. Contemporary Nurse, Vol 16, 3, April-June 2004, pp 240-251.
Tuckett, AG, Stewart D (2004) Collecting qualitative data – Part 1: Journal as a method: experience, rationale, and limitations. Contemporary Nurse, Vol 16, 1-2, Dec 2003-Feb 2004, pp 104-113.
Stewart D, Sun J (2004) Health Promoting School Model (in Chinese). Chinese Journal of Health Education, Vol. 20, 3, March.
Sun J, Stewart D (2004) Psychological Adaptation of Chinese Children (in Chinese). Chinese Journal of Health Education, Vol. 20, 1, January 20, pp. 60-62.
England, IWR, Stewart, D (2003) ‘Health: IT Leader or Laggard? A Comparative Assessment of IT Maturity.’ Australian Health Review Vol 26, (2) pp. 114-120.
Stewart, D. Do, BN (2003) Health Needs of Migrant Vietnamese Women in South-West Brisbane: An exploratory study. Australian Journal of Social Issues Vol 38, (2), May, pp. 247-261.
Stewart, D. Laksono, B (2002) ‘Helminth infection, human waste and appropriate technology: An Indonesian case study’ Environmental Health, Vol 2, (4) pp. 46-52.
Carlsson D, Rowe F & Stewart DE (2001) Health and wellbeing in the school community environment: evidence for the effectiveness of a health promoting schools approach. Environmental Health Vol 1, no. 3, pp 42-52.
Saide MAO & Stewart DE (2001) Decentralization and human resource management in the health sector: a case study (1996-1998) from Nampula province, Mozambique. International Journal of Health Planning and Management, Vol 16: pp155-168.
Collins L, Stoneham M, Earl C, & Stewart DE (2001) Preventing skin cancer in Queensland: an evaluation of a community shade creation project. Environmental Health Vol 1, (2), pp.87-94.
Stoneham MJ, Earle CP, Battistutta D, & Stewart DE (2001) A shady profile: a community perspective. Environmental Health vol 1, (1), pp.123-129.
Stewart, D, Parker, E, & Gillespie, G. (2000) An audit of Health Promoting Schools Policy Documentation. Journal of School Health vol.70, (6), p. 253.
England, IWR, Stewart, D, & Walker, S (2000) "Information Technology Adoption in Health Care: When Organisations and Technology Collide", Australian Health Review, vol.23, (3), pp.176-185.
Stewart D, QiaoXi (1999) Overview of health promoting schools in Queensland, Australia (in Chinese). Chinese Journal of Health Education, November, pp51-52.
Stewart, D.E. (1998) Human rights issues and health practices. Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, Vol 10 (2): 94-99.
Stewart, D.E., Das V. Siebold M. (1998) ‘Birth and empowerment: a qualitative study of the childbirth experience of Filipino migrant women in Brisbane, Australia’. Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health Vol 10 (2): 64-69.
Elliott, R.G., Lucas, K.B., Stewart, D.E., & Burke, C.M. (1998) ‘Authenticating a model for sustainable professional development in an international context’ International Journal of Educational Development Vol. 18, (2), pp. 119-131.
Stewart, D.E. (1997) 'Healthy schools - what have we learned?' Promotion and Education, Vol. IV, (3) pp 7-10.
Stewart, D.E. (1992) 'Legislators, Social Policy & Action - the Case of 'Dying with Dignity', Australian Journal of Social Issues Vol. 27, (24), November.
Stewart, D.E. (1992) 'Complaints Procedures Against Health Services: Some Victorian Developments', Australian Medical Record Journal. March.
Stewart, D.E. (1984) 'Families on Television - A Content Analysis' Australian Journal of Social Issues Vol. 19, 3, pp 196-206. [Reprinted in Jagtenberg, T. and D'Alton, P. - 'Four Dimensional Social Space' Harper and Row, 1989. pp 149-154.]