Healthway Research Fellow
BSc, MPH, PhD
Dr Jacinta Francis is currently coordinating the CyFi Space Study: An Innovative Smartphone Application to Support Social Connectedness and Wellbeing in Young People Living with Cystic Fibrosis.
The CyFi Space study is developing and piloting a smartphone app designed to support the social connectedness and wellbeing of young people living with CF. Jacinta has over 16 years of experience as a public health and health promotion researcher.
Her doctoral thesis explored associations between public space and psychosocial and mental health outcomes in new residential developments.
Jacinta’s research interests include the health of young people and their families, public space and restorative environments, positive mental health and mental illness, and psychosocial outcomes such as sense of community, social support and sense of place.
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Publications
November 2019
Disability "In-Justice": Benefits and Challenges of "Yarning" With Young People Undergoing Diagnostic Assessment for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in Youth Detention
We report the findings from a qualitative study that took place alongside a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) prevalence study among detainees in Australia
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Published research Aboriginal Health Alcohol and Pregnancy and FASD ResearchOctober 2017Informing Intervention Strategies to Reduce Energy Drink Consumption in Young People: Findings From Qualitative Research
Determining young people's knowledge of energy drink (EDs), factors influencing ED consumption and intervention strategies to lower ED consuption in youth.
Published research Health Promotion & Education -
Education and Qualifications