Associate Professor Samantha Battams
Samantha Battams is Adjunct Associate Professor at Stretton Health Equity, Stretton Institute, School of Social Sciences at the University of Adelaide, and was previously Associate Professor (Academic Status) at the College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University. She is also Senior Manager at ZED Management Consulting, SA.
Samantha was Associate Professor and inaugural Program Director of Public Health at Torrens University Australia (2014-2016) and Course Director (2013) for the Global Health: An Interdisciplinary Overview - inaugural Massive Open Online Course - at the University of Geneva. She was Director (Research & Evaluation) at Health Outcomes International (2016-2019). She was previously Senior Policy Officer at DASSA (SA Health) and Department for Education, and Senior Research Fellow, Southgate Institute, Flinders University (2019-2021).
Samantha was Research & Visiting Fellow at The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (Global Health Programme) (2011-2013), Geneva, working on the Global Health Europe initiative. She was also Senior Researcher for the National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction, Flinders University.
Her research interests include global health, mental health, alcohol and other drugs, social determinants of health, NCDs, governance for health and policy. Other research interests include social housing, inter-sectoral policy and action, user/carer involvement in policy and services, human rights and health, and community and social history.
She has also published three non-fiction historical books on South Australians: 'The Secret Art of Poisoning: the True Crimes of Martha Needle, the Richmond Poisoner', 'The Red Devil: The story of South Australian Aviation Pioneer Captain Harry Butler, AFC' and 'The Rhynie Poisoning Case: The True Crimes of Alexander Newland Lee.'
Samantha has a PhD in public health policy from Flinders University where she worked in teaching and research in the Discipline of Public Health and National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (2003-2010). She also has a BA (Hons) (Sociology, University of Tasmania), BA (Psychology, Sociology) and Graduate Certificate in Health Service Management (Flinders).
Prior to moving to academia, she worked in the health and community services sectors in Australia in policy development, advocacy and project management for 10 years, and also served on government panels and boards in South Australia. From 2005-2010, she was a Panel Assessor (community/industry) on the District Court of South Australia hearing appeals made under the Guardianship and Mental Health Acts (Governor appointed). Samantha has also undertaken consultancy work on NCD strategy, primary health care models, health promotion for people with disabilities, mental health promotion and family carer policy. She worked on the WHO Mental Health and Development report in 2009.
Twitter: @BattamsSamantha
Samantha was Associate Professor and inaugural Program Director of Public Health at Torrens University Australia (2014-2016) and Course Director (2013) for the Global Health: An Interdisciplinary Overview - inaugural Massive Open Online Course - at the University of Geneva. She was Director (Research & Evaluation) at Health Outcomes International (2016-2019). She was previously Senior Policy Officer at DASSA (SA Health) and Department for Education, and Senior Research Fellow, Southgate Institute, Flinders University (2019-2021).
Samantha was Research & Visiting Fellow at The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (Global Health Programme) (2011-2013), Geneva, working on the Global Health Europe initiative. She was also Senior Researcher for the National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction, Flinders University.
Her research interests include global health, mental health, alcohol and other drugs, social determinants of health, NCDs, governance for health and policy. Other research interests include social housing, inter-sectoral policy and action, user/carer involvement in policy and services, human rights and health, and community and social history.
She has also published three non-fiction historical books on South Australians: 'The Secret Art of Poisoning: the True Crimes of Martha Needle, the Richmond Poisoner', 'The Red Devil: The story of South Australian Aviation Pioneer Captain Harry Butler, AFC' and 'The Rhynie Poisoning Case: The True Crimes of Alexander Newland Lee.'
Samantha has a PhD in public health policy from Flinders University where she worked in teaching and research in the Discipline of Public Health and National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (2003-2010). She also has a BA (Hons) (Sociology, University of Tasmania), BA (Psychology, Sociology) and Graduate Certificate in Health Service Management (Flinders).
Prior to moving to academia, she worked in the health and community services sectors in Australia in policy development, advocacy and project management for 10 years, and also served on government panels and boards in South Australia. From 2005-2010, she was a Panel Assessor (community/industry) on the District Court of South Australia hearing appeals made under the Guardianship and Mental Health Acts (Governor appointed). Samantha has also undertaken consultancy work on NCD strategy, primary health care models, health promotion for people with disabilities, mental health promotion and family carer policy. She worked on the WHO Mental Health and Development report in 2009.
Twitter: @BattamsSamantha
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Objective: The aim of this study was to identify evidence-based alcohol education programmes for schools.
Methods: A systematic review was undertaken of school-based programmes that targeted alcohol within a school setting and included at least one alcohol behaviour or knowledge change outcome. Six-hundred seventy-five abstracts were screened resulting in 454 studies assessed for eligibility, with 70 studies, evaluating 40 individual programmes, included in the final review.
Results: Of the 40 programmes, 3 had good evidence of a positive effect. They included CLIMATE Schools (Australia), Project ALERT (USA) and All Stars (USA). Of the others, 4 showed some evidence of positive effect, 1 had no evidence of effect, 29 were inconclusive and 2 showed negative outcomes, such as increases in alcohol use. Although many programmes were evaluated, very few had sufficient evidence to be able to endorse their widespread implementation in schools.
Conclusion: Three programmes included in the review had sufficient positive outcomes to be recommended for implementation, and four showed good outcomes in some areas. Schools should consider these results when deciding on introducing alcohol education. Overall, the evidence base is broad but relatively weak and further research is required, focusing on programmes identified as having good or potentially good outcomes.
The EU should ensure coherence between its agendas for development, research and health and awell coordinated approach to the execution of the Global Strategy and Plan of Action on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property. This should include coherent application of European policies, programmes and science diplomacy efforts in addressing the recommendations of the WHOConsultative Expert Working Group on Research and Development (CEWG), including the questionof a Research and Development Convention.
Recommendations for research mechanisms and strategies to develop Europe’s role in and to advance global health research and innovation are made."
Objective: The aim of this study was to identify evidence-based alcohol education programmes for schools.
Methods: A systematic review was undertaken of school-based programmes that targeted alcohol within a school setting and included at least one alcohol behaviour or knowledge change outcome. Six-hundred seventy-five abstracts were screened resulting in 454 studies assessed for eligibility, with 70 studies, evaluating 40 individual programmes, included in the final review.
Results: Of the 40 programmes, 3 had good evidence of a positive effect. They included CLIMATE Schools (Australia), Project ALERT (USA) and All Stars (USA). Of the others, 4 showed some evidence of positive effect, 1 had no evidence of effect, 29 were inconclusive and 2 showed negative outcomes, such as increases in alcohol use. Although many programmes were evaluated, very few had sufficient evidence to be able to endorse their widespread implementation in schools.
Conclusion: Three programmes included in the review had sufficient positive outcomes to be recommended for implementation, and four showed good outcomes in some areas. Schools should consider these results when deciding on introducing alcohol education. Overall, the evidence base is broad but relatively weak and further research is required, focusing on programmes identified as having good or potentially good outcomes.
The EU should ensure coherence between its agendas for development, research and health and awell coordinated approach to the execution of the Global Strategy and Plan of Action on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property. This should include coherent application of European policies, programmes and science diplomacy efforts in addressing the recommendations of the WHOConsultative Expert Working Group on Research and Development (CEWG), including the questionof a Research and Development Convention.
Recommendations for research mechanisms and strategies to develop Europe’s role in and to advance global health research and innovation are made."