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Dr Barbara Mullan PhD

Position: Lecturer

Office: Brennan MacCallum Room 446
Ph: +61 2 9351 6811
Fax: +61 2 9036 5223
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Postal Address:
School of Psychology
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006
Australia


Dr Barbara Mullan is the coordinator for the Master of Applied Science (Health Psychology) postgraduate course.

 

 

Professional Memberships

  • Chartered Health Psychologist with the British Psychological Society
  • Member of the Higher Education Academy (formerly the Institute of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education)

 

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Research Interests

My research interests include social cognition models in health psychology, the role of gender in health, gender issues in nursing and allied health professionals, sexuality and ill health, sex education and communication skills training.

 

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Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

  • Babooram, M; Mullan, BA & Sharpe, L (2009) Children’s Perceptions of Obesity as explained by the Common Sense Model of Illness Representation British Food Journal. In press
  • Babooram, M; Mullan, BA & Sharpe, L (2009). Children’s Understandings of Mediated Health Campaigns for Childhood Obesity Nutrition and Food Science (In Press)
  • Milton, A., & Mullan, B. (2009). Consumer food safety education for the domestic environment: A systematic review. British Food Journal. In press
  • Oh, B., Butow, P., Mullan, B., Clarke, S., Tattersall, M., Boyer, M., et al. (2009). Patient-Doctor Communication: The Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine by Adult Patients with Cancer. Journal of the Society of Integrative Oncology, In press
  • Chow, S., & Mullan, B. (2009). Predicting Food Hygiene: An Investigation of Social Factors and Past Behaviour in an extended model of the Health Action Process Approach. Appetite. (in press)
  • Oh, B., Butow, P., Mullan, B., Clarke, S., Beale, P., Pavlakis, N., et al. (2009) Impact of Medical Qigong on quality of life, fatigue, mood and inflammation in cancer patient: A randomized controlled trial. Annals of Oncology. (In Press)
  • Mullan, BA & Wong, C, O'Moore, K (2009) Predicting hygienic food handling behaviour: Modelling the Heath Action Process Approach British Food Journal (In Press)
  • Mullan, BA & Westwood, J (2009) Young people and sexual risk taking behaviour in Central England. Sexual Health, 6(2), 135-138
  • Singh, M & Mullan, BA (2009) A systematic review of the quality, content and context of breakfast consumption. Nutrition and Food Science (In Press)
  • Mullan, BA & Westwood, J (2009) Application of the Theory of Reasoned Action to School Nurses’ Behaviour. Journal of Research in Nursing (In Press)
  • Mullan, BA & Wong, C (2009) Hygienic Food Handling Behaviours: An Application of the Theory of Planned Behaviour Appetite Volume 52, Issue 3, June 2009, Pages 757-761
  • Goodwin, R & Mullan, BA (2009) Predictors of undergraduates' intention to incorporate glycaemic index into dietary behaviour. Nutrition and dietetics, 66(1), 54-59
  • Westwood, J. & Mullan, BA. (2008) Teachers and pupil's attitudes and knowledge about the school nurse in relation to sexual health education. Sex Education, 9(3) 293-306
  • Mullan, BA and Harrison, J (2008) Male and Female nursing applicant's attitudes and expectations towards their future careers in nursing. Journal of Research in Nursing 13 (6) 527-539
  • Goodwin, R., & Mullan, B. (2009). Trust not in money: The effect of financial conflict of interest disclosure on dietary behavioural intention. British Food Journal, 111(5) 408-420
  • Hersch, J., Jurskov, I., Price, M. & Mullan, B. (2008). Psychosocial interventions and quality of life in gynaecological cancer patients: A systematic review. Psycho-Oncology. 18 (8) 795-810
  • Wong, C., & Mullan, B. (2009). Predicting Breakfast Consumption: An application of the Theory of Planned Behaviour and the Investigation of Past Behaviour and Executive Function. British Journal of Health Psychology, 14(3), 489-504
  • Oh, B., Butow, P., Mullan, B. & Clarke, S (2008) Medical Qigong for cancer patients: Pilot study of impact on quality of life, side effects of treatment and inflammation. The American Journal of Chinese Medicine, 36 (3), 459-472
  • Mullan, B & Badger, F (2007) Aggression and violence towards staff working with older patients. Nursing Standard 21 (27) 35-38
  • Westwood, J. & Mullan, BA. (2007) Knowledge and attitudes of secondary school teachers regarding sexual health education. Sex Education, May 2007 7 (2)143 - 159
  • Westwood, J. & Mullan, BA. (2006) Knowledge of school nurses in the United Kingdom regarding sexual health education. Journal of School Nursing 22 (6) 352-357
  • Westwood, J. & Mullan, BA. (2006) Knowledge of secondary school pupils regarding sexual health education. Sex Education, 6, 151-162
  • Badger, F. & Mullan, BA. (2004) Aggressive and violent incidents; perceptions of training and support among staff caring for older people and people with head injury. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 13, 526-533.
  • Griffith, C. J., Mullan, B., & Price, P. E. (1995). Food safety: implications for food, medical and behavioural scientists British Food Journal, 97, 36-41

Other publications

  • Morrison V, Bennett P, Butow P, Mullan B & White K (2007) An introduction to Health Psychology: An Australian perspective Pearson Education Ltd Australia

 

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Conferences

  • Kothe, E & Mullan, BA (2009) A Psychosocial Intervention: Perceived Behavioural Control and Breakfast Eating Frequency The Australasian Society of Behavioural Health and Medicine (ASBHM) 6th Annual Scientific Conference 9th-11th February 2009 Auckland New Zealand
  • Kothe, E & Mullan, BA (2009) Increasing the frequency of breakfast consumption: A systematic review of the literature The Australasian Society of Behavioural Health and Medicine (ASBHM) 6th Annual Scientific Conference 9th-11th February 2009 Auckland New Zealand
  • Mullan, BA, Kothe EJ, Amaratunga R (2009) Interventions to Improve Breakfast Consumption: Applying the Theory of Planned Behaviour. The British Psychological Society – Division of Health Psychology Conference, 9th-11th September 2009  Birmingham UK
  • Amaratunga R, Mullan, BA, Kothe EJ (2009) Improving nutrition using a psychosocial intervention for breakfast consumption. The Heart Foundation Conference 14th-16th May 2009, Brisbane, Australia
  • Mullan, BA Predicting health behaviour: Can social cognition models help? The example of food handling behaviours' (2009) The Australasian Society of Behavioural Health and Medicine (ASBHM) 6th Annual Scientific Conference 9th-11th February 2009 Auckland New Zealand
  • Kothe, E & Mullan, BA (2009) A Psychosocial Intervention: Perceived Behavioural Control and Breakfast Eating Frequency The Australasian Society of Behavioural Health and Medicine (ASBHM) 6th Annual Scientific Conference 9th-11th February 2009 Auckland New Zealand
  • Kothe, E & Mullan, BA (2009) Increasing the frequency of breakfast consumption: A systematic review of the literature The Australasian Society of Behavioural Health and Medicine (ASBHM) 6th Annual Scientific Conference 9th-11th February 2009 Auckland New Zealand
  • Baker, J & Mullan, BA Health related content in Australian television advertising (2009) The Australasian Society of Behavioural Health and Medicine (ASBHM) 6th Annual Scientific Conference 9th-11th February 2009 Auckland New Zealand
  • Mullan, BA & O'Moore, K (2008) An Investigation of Models of Health Psychology and Breakfast Eating Behaviour The Australasian Society of Behavioural Health and Medicine (ASBHM) 5th Annual Scientific Conference 31st January- 2nd February 2008 Sydney Australia
  • Mullan, BA, Wong, C & O'Moore, K (2008) The use of models of health in predicting breakfast consumption Population Health Conference July 6-9 2008 Brisbane Australia
  • Oh, B, Butow, P, Mullan ,B, Clarke ,S, Beale, & Rosenthal, (2008) Randomized clinical trial: The Impact of Medical Qigong (traditional Chinese medicine) on fatigue, quality of life, side effects, mood status and inflammation of cancer patients American Society of Clinical Oncology 2008 ASCO Annual Meeting. May 30 - June 3, 2008 Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • Clifford, C; Coad, J; Mullan, BA; Badger, F & Metcalfe, A. (2005) Symposium Ethical challenges and Practical solutions RCN The 2005 International Nursing Research Conference 8-11 March 2005 Belfast UK
  • Mullan, BA, (2004) The stereotypes held by student nurses of nurses and physiotherapists The 5th Annual International Research Conference, Transforming Healthcare Through Research, Education & Technology, 3-6 November 2004 Trinity College Dublin
  • Mullan, BA, (2004) Development and evaluation of a Web-based diagnostic tutorial on statistics The 5th Annual International Research Conference, Transforming Healthcare Through Research, Education & Technology, 3-6 November 2004 Trinity College Dublin
  • Herron-Marx S, Clifford C, Mullan BA, Frost SE. (2003). Promoting Healthy Bowel Awareness in the Workplace, RCN The 2004 International Nursing Research Conference 9-12 March 2004 York UK
  • Mullan BA, Coad J. (2003). Teaching Research & Statistics to nursing students - fitting together the pieces of the jigsaw Durham 2 - 4 September 2003. Nurse Education Tomorrow.
  • Mullan BA, Burn S. (2003) The correlation between student evaluations of communication skills teaching and their performance in assessment Nurse education in practice, Salford 10-June-04
  • Mullan BA, Burn S. (2003) Counselling & communication - an innovative programme for year one student nurses The 4th Annual International Research Conference, Transforming Healthcare Through Research, Education & Technology, 5-7 November 2003 Trinity College Dublin
  • Mullan BA & Badger FJ. (2001) Aggression and violence in Elderly Care: An Exploratory Study. The 2nd Annual International Research Conference Transforming Healthcare through Research, Education and Technology 14-16 November 2001, Trinity College Dublin
  • Mullan, BA (1999) The Psychology of Health Promotion; Conference presentation Health Promotion in acute care; NHS executive Birmingham.
  • Mullan, BA, Griffith, CJ, & Price, PE. (1995a). The development of beliefs concerning food safety practice. British Psychological Society-Special Group in Health Psychology. University of the West of England.
  • Mullan, BA, Griffith, CJ, & Price, PE. (1995b). Food Safety: Implications for behavioural scientists. British Psychological Society-Special Group in Health Psychology. University of the West of England.

 

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Grants

Grants Currently Held

  • 2007 Brain-body interaction: Randomised control trial of physical activity (medical qigoing) for cancer patients; University of Sydney Cancer Research Fund

Previous Grants Awarded

  • 2006 A self assessment tool for Masters Students; Teaching improvement fund University of Sydney;
  • 2005 An application of the Theory of Reasoned action to the teaching of Sex Education by School Nurses; Freda Ashmore fund; University of Birmingham
  • 2003 Development and evaluation of a Web-based diagnostic tutorial on statistics;
    Learning and Development Unit; University of Birmingham
  • 1998 Aggression and violence in elderly care; Freda Ashmore fund; University of Birmingham:
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