Associate Professor Justin McNab
Justin McNab began his research career in the biological sciences but soon became interested in social science gaining a Masters in Anthropology (Social Anthropology) and then a PhD in health sociology. His research experience has involved working with many different community and clinical groups on government and non-government evaluation and implementation science projects including health and community service evaluations using both qualitative and quantitative methods.
Justin McNab is a qualitative research expert and mentor with a focus on implementation science in research but also with strong interests in health policy and public health. He has worked on social, organisational, health system, implementation and policy aspects of many different health issues. He is interested in the interaction of structure and human agency within health contexts, as well as applying a social constructionist approach to health system and health policy questions more generally. He also has a strong interest in the methodologies and methods and related social theories used in qualitative research and has had 25+ years practical experience in qualitative data collection using a wide variety of methods.Specific health issues he has focussed on and applied to this broad framework are: HIV/AIDS; local, state and national health and community service evaluation; younger people; older people; integration and coordination of care for people with multiple chronic illnesses; marginalised and/or disadvantaged communities; and most recently, his current focus, reproductive, maternal and newborn health.
Justin began lecturing in the Master of Health Policy program run through the Menzies Centre for Health and Economic Policy within the School of Public Health in 2009. He is now a Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Behavioural and Social Sciences in Health within the Faculty of Medicine and Health where he has lectured since 2017. Heteaches at Master of Public Health, Bachelor of Science (Health) third year and Honours level on health promotion and research methods in health, with a focus on qualitative methods. He supervises Honours, Masters and PhD students.
Current PhD supervision:
“Facilitators and barriers to clinical trial recruitment and retention of older people: a mixed methods study.”
“Qualitative Projects on Variations in Preterm Birth.”
“Postpartum contraception: baseline knowledge attitudes and practices of women and maternity health professionals.”
Completed PhD supervision:
“Access to the NDIS by culturally diverse women with disability.”
“Exploring Perinatal Care and Cultural perspectives during the COVID-19 pandemic.”
“Gatekeeping and General Practice in the Australian Health System.”
“The Feminisation of HIV and AIDS in the Caribbean: Delineation of Professional Women as Silent Players in the Carnival Bacchanal.”
HUM-TE Trial Medical Research Future Fund 2023, $1.46M (MRF2032203) 1/11/2024 - 01/11/2029
Does initial incubator humidity of 95% versus 80% reduce hypernatremia, skin injury, sepsis and brain damage in extremely preterm infants?
A pragmatic, randomised comparative effectiveness trial to explore initial incubator humidity of 95% versus 80% to reduce hypernatremia, skin injury, sepsis and brain damage in extremely preterm infants.
Role: Associate Investigator and co-lead in implementation science process evaluation sub-study.
Brighter Beginnings Evaluation which will run from 2024 to 2026, $210,200
Western Sydney Local Health District commissioned evaluation of an early invention language and development screening program for pre-school children.
Role: Chief Investigator - use of the RE-AIM implementation framework, lead in the qualitative components of the evaluation.
Publications
Book Chapters
- Smith-Merry, J., McNab, J. (2023). Using Critical Discourse Analysis to Understand Texts in Context. In Alissa Ruth, Amber Wutich, H. Russell Bernard (Eds.), The Handbook of Teaching Qualitative and Mixed Research Methods. A Step-by-Step Guide for Instructors, (pp. 292-296). United States: Routledge. [More Information]
Journals
- Meharg, D., Rambaldini, B., Lee, V., McCowen, D., Newman, J., Longbottom, H., Eades, S., Alison, J., Dennis, S., McNab, J., Shaw, T., McKeough, Z., et al (2024). A Qualitative Study of Aboriginal Peoples’ Health Care Experiences With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Qualitative Health Research. [More Information]
- Melov, S., Elhindi, J., White, L., McNab, J., Lee, V., Donnolley, K., Alahakoon, T., Padmanabhan, S., Cheung, N., Pasupathy, D. (2024). Previous High-Intensity Breastfeeding Lowers the Risk of an Abnormal Fasting Glucose in a Subsequent Pregnancy Oral Glucose Tolerance Test. Nutrients, 16(1). [More Information]
- Meharg, D., Dennis, S., McNab, J., Gwynne, K., Jenkins, C., Maguire, G., Jan, S., Shaw, T., McKeough, Z., Rambaldini, B., Lee, V., Alison, J., et al (2023). A mixed methods study of Aboriginal health workers’ and exercise physiologists’ experiences of co-designing chronic lung disease ‘yarning’ education resources. BMC Public Health, 23(1). [More Information]
Report
- Hausknecht, S., Clemson, L., O'Loughlin, K., McNab, J., Low, L. (2020). Reframing Ageing in Australia. [More Information]
- Gillespie, J., McNab, J., Huckel Schneider, C. (2017). HealthOne New South Wales: Review of operational models.
- Eardley, T., McNab, J., Fisher, K., Kozlina, S., Eccles, J., Flick, M. (2004). Evaluation of the New South Wales Youth Drug Court Pilot Program - final report.
Research Reports
- McNab, J., Mallitt, K., Gillespie, J. (2013). Report of the Evaluation of HealthOne Mount Druitt, February 2013, (pp. 1 - 113). Sydney, Australia: The University of Sydney.
- Gillespie, J., McNab, J. (2012). Improving Health Literacy in Seniors with Chronic Illness, (pp. 1 - 16). Australia: National Seniors Productive Ageing Centre.
- McNab, J., Mehaffey, A. (2010). Report of the Evaluation of the Blue Mountains GP Network Chronic Disease Self-Management Project, (pp. 1 - 48). Sydney, Australia: Menzies Centre for Health Policy.
2024
- Meharg, D., Rambaldini, B., Lee, V., McCowen, D., Newman, J., Longbottom, H., Eades, S., Alison, J., Dennis, S., McNab, J., Shaw, T., McKeough, Z., et al (2024). A Qualitative Study of Aboriginal Peoples’ Health Care Experiences With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Qualitative Health Research. [More Information]
- Melov, S., Elhindi, J., White, L., McNab, J., Lee, V., Donnolley, K., Alahakoon, T., Padmanabhan, S., Cheung, N., Pasupathy, D. (2024). Previous High-Intensity Breastfeeding Lowers the Risk of an Abnormal Fasting Glucose in a Subsequent Pregnancy Oral Glucose Tolerance Test. Nutrients, 16(1). [More Information]
2023
- Meharg, D., Dennis, S., McNab, J., Gwynne, K., Jenkins, C., Maguire, G., Jan, S., Shaw, T., McKeough, Z., Rambaldini, B., Lee, V., Alison, J., et al (2023). A mixed methods study of Aboriginal health workers’ and exercise physiologists’ experiences of co-designing chronic lung disease ‘yarning’ education resources. BMC Public Health, 23(1). [More Information]
- Hausknecht, S., Clemson, L., O'Loughlin, K., McNab, J., Low, L. (2023). Co-designing alternative frames of ageing and experiences of challenging ageism in Australia. Educational Gerontology, 49(1), 48-59. [More Information]
- Smith-Merry, J., McNab, J. (2023). Using Critical Discourse Analysis to Understand Texts in Context. In Alissa Ruth, Amber Wutich, H. Russell Bernard (Eds.), The Handbook of Teaching Qualitative and Mixed Research Methods. A Step-by-Step Guide for Instructors, (pp. 292-296). United States: Routledge. [More Information]
2022
- Rikard-Bell, M., Pasupathy, D., Wiley, K., Elhindi, J., Melov, S., Seeho, S., Black, K., Lam, J., McNab, J., Jenkins, G. (2022). COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among pregnant women and the reasons for hesitancy: A multi-centre cross-sectional survey. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. [More Information]
- Melov, S., Galas, N., Swain, J., Alahakoon, T., Lee, V., Cheung, N., McGee, T., Pasupathy, D., McNab, J. (2022). Exploring the COVID-19 pandemic experience of maternity clinicians in a high migrant population and low COVID-19 prevalence country: A qualitative study. Women and Birth, 35(5), 493-502. [More Information]
- Melov, S., Elhindi, J., McGee, T., Lee, V., Cheung, N., Chua, S., McNab, J., Alahakoon, T., Pasupathy, D. (2022). Investigating service delivery and perinatal outcomes during the low prevalence first year of COVID-19 in a multiethnic Australian population: a cohort study. BMJ Open, 12(7). [More Information]
2021
- Raymundo, G., Smith-Merry, J., McNab, J. (2021). Experiences of health service literacy and access amongst Australian young adults from migrant backgrounds. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 32(S1), 69-79. [More Information]
2020
- Hausknecht, S., Low, L., O'Loughlin, K., McNab, J., Clemson, L. (2020). Older Adults' Self-Perceptions of Aging and Being Older: A Scoping Review. The Gerontologist, 60(7), e524-e534. [More Information]
- Hausknecht, S., Clemson, L., O'Loughlin, K., McNab, J., Low, L. (2020). Reframing Ageing in Australia. [More Information]
2019
- Hem-Lee-Forsyth, S., Hunter, C., McNab, J., Ku, C. (2019). Culture and its impact on the feminisation of HIV and AIDS risk among Caribbean women. International Journal of Gender and Women's Studies, 7(1), 17-28. [More Information]
- Hem-Lee-Forsyth, S., Hunter, C., McNab, J. (2019). Their Story: Carnival, Women, Sexuality and Sex in the Caribbean. International Journal of Gender and Women's Studies, 7(1), 40-70. [More Information]
2018
- Leeder, S., Jowsey, T., McNab, J. (2018). The experiences of patients and carers living with multimorbid, noncommunicable diseases. Australian Journal of General Practice, 47(1-2), 24-27. [More Information]
2017
- Gillespie, J., McNab, J., Huckel Schneider, C. (2017). HealthOne New South Wales: Review of operational models.
- Mallitt, K., McNab, J., Hughes, R., Fernyhough, J., Paterson, J., O'Halloran, D. (2017). Reducing emergency department presentations among chronically ill patients in Western Sydney: A key role for coordinated primary care. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 23(2), 140-146. [More Information]
2016
- McNab, J., Paterson, J., Fernyhough, J., Hughes, R. (2016). Role of the GP liaison nurse in a community health program to improve integration and coordination of services for the chronically ill. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 22(2), 123-127. [More Information]
2015
- McNab, J., Gillespie, J. (2015). Bridging the chronic care gap: HealthOne Mt Druitt, Australia. International Journal of Integrated Care, 15, 1-14. [More Information]
- Plant, N., Kelly, P., Leeder, S., D'Souza, M., Mallitt, K., Usherwood, T., Jan, S., Boyages, S., Essue, B., McNab, J., Gillespie, J. (2015). Coordinated care versus standard care in hospital admissions of people with chronic illness: A randomised controlled trial. Medical Journal of Australia, 203(1), 33-39. [More Information]
2014
- McNab, J., Huckel Schneider, C., Leeder, S. (2014). Non-communicable diseases and implications for medical practice in Australia: a framework for analysis. Medical Journal of Australia, 201(1), S29-S32. [More Information]
2013
- Downs, S., Thow, A., Ghosh-Jerath, S., McNab, J., Reddy, K., Leeder, S. (2013). From Denmark to Delhi: the multisectoral challenge of regulating trans fats in India. Public Health Nutrition, 16(12), 2273-2280. [More Information]
- Plant, N., Mallitt, K., Kelly, P., Usherwood, T., Gillespie, J., Boyages, S., Jan, S., McNab, J., Essue, B., Gradidge, K., Aspin, C., Leeder, S., et al (2013). Implementation and effectiveness of 'care navigation', coordinated management for people with complex chronic illness: rationale and methods of a randomised controlled. BMC Health Services Research, 13(1), 1-6. [More Information]
- McNab, J., Mallitt, K., Gillespie, J. (2013). Report of the Evaluation of HealthOne Mount Druitt, February 2013, (pp. 1 - 113). Sydney, Australia: The University of Sydney.
2012
- Gillespie, J., McNab, J. (2012). Improving Health Literacy in Seniors with Chronic Illness, (pp. 1 - 16). Australia: National Seniors Productive Ageing Centre.
- Corcoran, K., McNab, J., Girgis, S., Colagiuri, R. (2012). Is Transport a Barrier to Healthcare for Older People with Chronic Diseases? Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management, 7(1), 49-56.
- Jowsey, T., Yen, L., Ward, N., McNab, J., Aspin, C., Usherwood, T. (2012). It hinges on the door: Time, spaces and identity in Australian Aboriginal Health Services. Health Sociology Review, 21(2), 196-207. [More Information]
2010
- McNab, J., Mehaffey, A. (2010). Report of the Evaluation of the Blue Mountains GP Network Chronic Disease Self-Management Project, (pp. 1 - 48). Sydney, Australia: Menzies Centre for Health Policy.
2004
- Eardley, T., McNab, J., Fisher, K., Kozlina, S., Eccles, J., Flick, M. (2004). Evaluation of the New South Wales Youth Drug Court Pilot Program - final report.
- McHugh, M., McNab, J., Smyth, C., Chalmers, J., Siminski, P., Saunders, P. (2004). The availability of foster carers: Main report - November 2004.
- McHugh, M., McNab, J., Smyth, C., Chalmers, J., Siminski, P., Saunders, P. (2004). The availability of foster carers: supplementary material - November 2004.
2000
- Strazzari, S., Fisher, K., Fine, M., Doyle, J., McNab, J. (2000). Linked care evaluation Hornsby Ku-ring-gai coordinated care trial: Local evaluation client experience report.
- Fine, M., Fisher, K., Doyle, J., Strazzari, S., McNab, J. (2000). Linked care evaluation Hornsby Ku-ring-gai coordinated care trial: Local evaluation final report.
- Fisher, K., Fine, M., Doyle, J., Strazzari, S., McNab, J. (2000). Linked care evaluation Hornsby Ku-ring-gai coordinated care trial: Local evaluation whole of system report.
Selected Grants
2015
- Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) project in Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHS) in Western Australia, McNab J, Australian National University/Project Support
Further Publications
Shivaughn Hem-Lee-Forsyth, Cynthia Hunter, Justin McNab (2019). Their story: Carnival, Women, Sexuality and Sex in the Caribbean. International Journal of Gender and Women’s Studies, 7 (1), 40-70. [More Information]