Dr Fiona Mensah
Dr Fiona Mensah
Details
Role
Team Leader / Senior Research Fellow
Research area
Population Health
Group
Intergenerational Health
Fiona Mensah works at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI), The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) and Department of Paediatrics, the University of Melbourne, based within the Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit (CEBU).
At MCRI, Fiona works with the Population Health theme groups: Language and Literacy, Community Health Services Research, Healthy Mothers Healthy Families, and Policy Equity and Translation. She advises on study design, analysis, presentation and publication and has a role in research training and capacity building.
Fiona's research is about understanding children's development from early life to adolescence. She uses longitudinal cohort studies to examine children's health and developmental pathways over this time and how these may be influenced by their experiences and the family and community environments around them.
Fiona's research considers how family and community strengths, vulnerabilities and resilience may affect children's development, looking at many aspects of children's health and development including language and cognitive development, socio-emotional wellbeing, mental health and behaviour, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and obesity.
At MCRI, Fiona works with the Population Health theme groups: Language and Literacy, Community Health Services Research, Healthy Mothers Healthy Families, and Policy Equity and Translation. She advises on study design, analysis, presentation and publication and has a role in research training and capacity building.
Fiona's research is about understanding children's development from early life to adolescence. She uses longitudinal cohort studies to examine children's health and developmental pathways over this time and how these may be influenced by their experiences and the family and community environments around them.
Fiona's research considers how family and community strengths, vulnerabilities and resilience may affect children's development, looking at many aspects of children's health and development including language and cognitive development, socio-emotional wellbeing, mental health and behaviour, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and obesity.
Fiona Mensah works at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI), The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) and Department of Paediatrics, the University of Melbourne, based within the Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit (CEBU).
At MCRI,...
At MCRI,...
Fiona Mensah works at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI), The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) and Department of Paediatrics, the University of Melbourne, based within the Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit (CEBU).
At MCRI, Fiona works with the Population Health theme groups: Language and Literacy, Community Health Services Research, Healthy Mothers Healthy Families, and Policy Equity and Translation. She advises on study design, analysis, presentation and publication and has a role in research training and capacity building.
Fiona's research is about understanding children's development from early life to adolescence. She uses longitudinal cohort studies to examine children's health and developmental pathways over this time and how these may be influenced by their experiences and the family and community environments around them.
Fiona's research considers how family and community strengths, vulnerabilities and resilience may affect children's development, looking at many aspects of children's health and development including language and cognitive development, socio-emotional wellbeing, mental health and behaviour, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and obesity.
At MCRI, Fiona works with the Population Health theme groups: Language and Literacy, Community Health Services Research, Healthy Mothers Healthy Families, and Policy Equity and Translation. She advises on study design, analysis, presentation and publication and has a role in research training and capacity building.
Fiona's research is about understanding children's development from early life to adolescence. She uses longitudinal cohort studies to examine children's health and developmental pathways over this time and how these may be influenced by their experiences and the family and community environments around them.
Fiona's research considers how family and community strengths, vulnerabilities and resilience may affect children's development, looking at many aspects of children's health and development including language and cognitive development, socio-emotional wellbeing, mental health and behaviour, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and obesity.
Top Publications
- Gee, G, Bright, T, Morgan, A, Atkinson, C, Andrews, S, Clark, Y, Glover, K, Hirvonen, T, Davis, E, Jones, KA, et al. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Complex Trauma and Strengths Questionnaire: psychometric evaluation. Australian Journal of Psychology 76(1) : 2335917 2024 view publication
- Nguyen, HNJ, Mensah, F, Goldfeld, S, Mainzer, R, Price, A. The complementary impacts of nurse home visiting and quality childcare for children experiencing adversity. Australian Journal of Social Issues 59(3) : 687 -704 2024 view publication
- Glover, K, Leane, C, Nikolof, A, Gartland, D, Cahir, P, Mensah, FK, Giallo, R, Reilly, S, Middleton, P, Makrides, M, et al. Cohort profile: The Aboriginal Families Study - a prospective cohort of Aboriginal children and their mothers and caregivers in South Australia.. BMJ Open 14(8) : e082337 2024 view publication
- Goldfeld, S, O'Connor, E, Mensah, F, Francis, K, Silva, M. Reducing tooth decay in early childhood. 2024 view publication
- Yang-Huang, J, McGrath, JJ, Gauvin, L, Nikiéma, B, Spencer, NJ, Awad, YA, Clifford, S, Markham, W, Mensah, F, Andersson White, P, et al. Early family socioeconomic status and asthma-related outcomes in school-aged children: Results from seven birth cohort studies.. J Epidemiol Community Health 2024 view publication
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