Dr Samantha Rowbotham

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Dr Samantha Rowbotham is a lecturer in Health Policy in the Menzies Centre for Health Policy at the University of Sydney. Her teaching focuses around systems approaches to health policy research and analysis, and the development and communication of policy proposals.

She is a mixed methods researcher with diverse interests and experiences. She began her career in Psychology and completed her PhD at the University of Manchester, where she explored the role of co-speech hand gestures in the communication of physical pain. She has since been involved in research across a range of health topics, particularly tackling complex issues including the over-prescribing of antibiotics, health system staffing, knowledge mobilisation, evaluation of working in partnership for health, and engaging the public in the science and practice of population health.

Sam is currently developing a program of work exploring the potential applications and impact of ‘citizen science’ approaches in public health. She recently led a pilot project using citizen science to explore workplace support for breastfeeding. She is a member of the steering committee of the recently launched Citizen Science node at the University of Sydney, and is exploring opportunities to build researcher capacity for citizen science methods in public health.

Dr Samantha Rowbotham's projects

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Seminar: Using citizen science to address prevention challenges

Resource category: Videos

Date 27 Jul 2023
Infographic: The case for citizen science in public health policy and practice

Resource category: Visuals

Date 03 May 2023
Citizen science for prevention case study series

Resource category: Reports

Date 08 Dec 2022
A case study evaluation of policy- and practice-led citizen science in prevention

Resource category: Videos

Date 13 May 2022
Exploring opportunities for citizen science in policy and practice in preventive health

Resource category: Videos

Date 13 May 2022
Local government: Game changers in chronic disease prevention?

Resource category: Videos

Date 12 May 2022
Explainer video: What is citizen science?

Resource category: Videos

Date 03 Nov 2021
Introduction to citizen science in prevention

Resource category: Factsheets

Date 12 Oct 2021
Community of practice: Unhealthy industry marketing on social media

Resource category: Videos

Date 22 Sep 2021
How can citizen science help public health research?

Resource category: Findings Brief

Date 09 Sep 2019
AUSPOPS 2018: Tasmanian report

Resource category: Reports

Date 06 Apr 2019
Effective whole-of-population strategies for preventing chronic disease

Resource category: Evidence Reviews

Date 24 May 2017
Australian Perceptions of Prevention Survey – Technical Report, July 2016

Resource category: Reports

Date 06 Jul 2016

Dr Samantha Rowbotham's projects

Preventing the development of chronic pain

Shedding light on how health policies are implemented

Mapping national action to prevent chronic disease

Bringing together the national story of the Healthy Worker Initiatives

Communicating prevention: approaches to framing and storytelling

Harnessing the power of citizen science for prevention

Using systems thinking to drive community changes for better health

Perceptions of prevention: What does the Australian community think?

Dr Samantha Rowbotham's news and media

Prevention Centre chronic disease prevention June newsletter

Using citizen science to bring people back into planning walkable and healthy places

Seed funding success

#Prevention2021 Conference Wrap

Public health: making the most of “citizen science”

How can citizens contribute to the science and practice of public health?

Engaging citizens in monitoring workplace support for breastfeeding

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Making an impact – building your sphere of influence

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Dr Samantha Rowbotham's publications

How can local government be better supported to collaborate for community health and wellbeing?

Citizen science as a vehicle to address multiple policy objectives: Case studies from Australia

Local government’s roles in community health and wellbeing in Australia: Insights from Tasmania

Harnessing citizen science in health promotion: perspectives of policy and practice stakeholders in Australia

Inter-municipal cooperation and local government perspectives on community health and wellbeing

Building capacity for citizen science in health promotion: A collaborative knowledge mobilisation approach

A systems thinking approach for community health and wellbeing

The case for citizen science in public health policy and practice: a mixed methods study of policymaker and practitioner perspectives and experiences

Building capacity to apply citizen science approaches in policy and practice for public health: Protocol for a developmental evaluation of four stakeholder-led projects

A scoping review of citizen science approaches in chronic disease prevention

The risk management practices of health research ethics committees may undermine citizen science to address basic human rights

Sydney’s ‘last drinks’ laws: A content analysis of news media coverage of views and arguments about a preventive health policy

Using citizen science to engage the public in monitoring workplace breastfeeding support in Australia

30+ years of media analysis of relevance to chronic disease: a scoping review

Knowledge mobilisation in practice: an evaluation of The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre

Research on media framing of public policies to prevent chronic disease: A narrative synthesis

Variation in the operationalisation of dose in implementation of health promotion interventions: insights and recommendations from a scoping review

Knowledge mobilisation for chronic disease prevention: the case of the Australian Prevention Partnership Centre

Partnering to prevent chronic disease: reflections and achievements from The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre

Communicating the benefits of population health interventions: The health effects can be on par with those of medication

Nanny or canny? Community perceptions of government intervention for preventive health

Does citizen science have the capacity to transform population health science?