Dr Laura Dunstan
Dr Laura Dunstan
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Research Fellow
Research area
Infection, Immunity and Global Health
Group
Global Adolescent Health
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Dr Laura Dunstan is an early career sociologist and global health researcher specialising in the mental health and wellbeing outcomes of priority adolescent populations across marginalised and resource-constrained settings in Australia and globally. She utilises quantiative methods to drive evidence-based actions to improve these outcomes for adolescents and over their life course.
Laura holds a PhD in sociology and tertiary qualifications in communications. She has has expertise in adolescent and child mental health and wellbeing, sexual, reproductive and menstrual health, social determinants of health, family sociology and determinants of health, Indigenous families and child health, health equity, social research methods, and social policy.
Laura holds a PhD in sociology and tertiary qualifications in communications. She has has expertise in adolescent and child mental health and wellbeing, sexual, reproductive and menstrual health, social determinants of health, family sociology and determinants of health, Indigenous families and child health, health equity, social research methods, and social policy.
Dr Laura Dunstan is an early career sociologist and global health researcher specialising in the mental health and wellbeing outcomes of priority adolescent populations across marginalised and resource-constrained settings in Australia and globally....
Dr Laura Dunstan is an early career sociologist and global health researcher specialising in the mental health and wellbeing outcomes of priority adolescent populations across marginalised and resource-constrained settings in Australia and globally. She utilises quantiative methods to drive evidence-based actions to improve these outcomes for adolescents and over their life course.
Laura holds a PhD in sociology and tertiary qualifications in communications. She has has expertise in adolescent and child mental health and wellbeing, sexual, reproductive and menstrual health, social determinants of health, family sociology and determinants of health, Indigenous families and child health, health equity, social research methods, and social policy.
Laura holds a PhD in sociology and tertiary qualifications in communications. She has has expertise in adolescent and child mental health and wellbeing, sexual, reproductive and menstrual health, social determinants of health, family sociology and determinants of health, Indigenous families and child health, health equity, social research methods, and social policy.
Top Publications
- Li, L, Sawyer, SM, Newby, H, Dunstan, L, Azzopardi, PS. Quantitative measures of subjective wellbeing for adolescents: a scoping review and synthesis of comparable data.. Lancet Child Adolesc Health 10(2) : 135 -146 2026 view publication
- Hennegan, J, Hasan, T, Jalil, T, Hunter, EC, Head, A, Jabbar, A, Mohosin, AB, Zoha, NS, Alam, MK, Dunstan, L, et al. The Menstrual Practice Needs Scale Short Form (MPNS-SF) and Rapid (MPNS-R): Development in Khulna, Bangladesh, and validation in cross-sectional surveys from Bangladesh and Uganda. 2026 view publication
- Head, A, Lim, MSC, Orozco, A, Dunstan, L, Kirwan, A, Hennegan, J. "Basically, my answer is, there needs to be options!" Recommendations for the delivery of free menstrual products to the public: A qualitative exploration among marginalised groups in Victoria, Australia.. Aust N Z J Public Health 49(1) : 100219 2025 view publication
- Hennegan, J, Hasan, MT, Jalil, T, Hunter, EC, Head, A, Jabbar, A, Mohosin, AB, Zoha, NS, Alam, MK, Dunstan, L, et al. Menstrual Practice Needs Scale short form (MPNS-SF) and rapid (MPNS-R): development in Khulna, Bangladesh, and validation in cross-sectional surveys from Bangladesh and Uganda.. BMJ Open 14(7) : e084581 2024 view publication
- Hennegan, J, Hasan, MT, Jabbar, A, Jalil, T, Kennedy, E, Hunter, E, Kaiser, A, Akter, S, Zaman, A, Rahman, M-U, et al. Protocol for the Adolescent Menstrual Experiences and Health Cohort (AMEHC) Study in Khulna, Bangladesh: A Prospective cohort to quantify the influence of menstrual health on adolescent girls' health and education outcomes.. BMJ Open 14(4) : e079451 2024 view publication
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