Dr Emily Deans
Postdoctoral Fellow
Doctor of Philosophy (Health & Social Development), Deakin University, Victoria
Master of Public Health, University of Wollongong, NSW
Bachelor of Public Health, University of Wollongong, NSW
Medicine & Health
National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre
Emily is an early career researcher, who has worked within the gambling and alcohol and other drug (AOD) fields for the last 7 years. Emily’s experience lies within qualitative inquiry and her research focus is on understanding the environmental/structural influences on risk decisions and health behaviours. Emily has worked with non-profit AOD services to build capacity to conduct research to inform practice and feasible evaluation designs. Emily is passionate about using research as a medium to advocate for the needs of client groups, using focus groups and interviews as a platform to hear other’s perspectives and experiences, and to embed these into the design of appropriate health service infrastructure.
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Deans, EG, Thomas, SL, Daube, M & Derevensky, J 2016, ‘“I can sit on the beach and punt through my mobile phone”: the influence of physical and online environments on the gambling risk behaviours of young men’, Social Science & Medicine, vol.166, pp.110-119.
Deans, EG, Thomas, SL, Daube, M & Derevensky, J 2016, ‘The role of peer influences on the normalization of sports wagering: a qualitative study of Australian men’, Addiction Research & Theory, vol. 25, no. 2, pp.103-113.
Deans, EG, Thomas, SL, Daube, M & Derevensky, J 2016, ‘Creating symbolic cultures of consumption: An analysis of the content of sports wagering advertisements in Australia’, BMC Public Health, vol.16, no.1, pp.1-12.
Deans, EG, Thomas, SL, Derevensky, J & Daube, M 2017, ‘The influence of marketing on the sports betting attitudes and consumption behaviours of young men: implications for harm reduction and prevention strategies’, Harm Reduction Journal, vol.14, no.1, pp.1-12.
Deans, EG, Ravulo, J, Blignault, I & Conroy, E 2020, ‘Understanding the needs of local youth to inform drug and alcohol prevention and harm reduction services: A qualitative study’, Health Promotion Journal of Australia, vol.32, no.3, pp.416-424.
Deans, EG, Ravulo, J, Conroy, E & Abdo, J 2022, 'A qualitative study exploring young offender's perspectives on alcohol and other drug health promotion', BMC Public Health, vol.22, no.568, https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-022-12953-z
Stirling, R, Hudson, S, Ross, J, Deans, EG, Tibbetts, J, Day, C, Deacon, R, Dunlop, A & Lintzeris, N 2023, 'Understanding the research capacity of alcohol and other drugs services in New South Wales, Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 265-277.
Deans, EG, Ravulo, J, Conroy, E, Kelly, PJ, Grados Bonner, EL, Lal, J, Morrison, J & Whitton, G 2024, 'Engaging and retaining clients in AOD treatment: young people's perspectives', Journal of Youth Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2024.2391922
Deans, EG, Abdo, J, Ravulo, J & Conroy, E 2024, '"I had nothing and drugs don't leave": A qualitative study exploring the drug use trajectories of young people in contact with the justice system', Child Protection and Practice, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chipro.2024.100068
Deans, EG, Yuen, WS, Economidis, G, Shakeshaft, A & Farnbach, S, 'Understanding the unique goals of complex support clients accessing alcohol and other drug treatment. Under review.