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Dr Renata Kokanovic
Senior Research Fellow |
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200 Berkeley Street
Carlton
VICTORIA 3053 |
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+61 3 8344 7286 |
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+61 3 9347 6136 |
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renatak@unimelb.edu.au |
| job description |
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Dr Renata Kokanovic is Senior Research Fellow. Her research includes depression in primary care, experiences of depression in migrant communities and chronic illness and depression. Renata is particularly interested in qualitative and interdisciplinary health research. |
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PhD: Sociology, Murdoch University, Western Australia
BA: (Honours) Sociology, Faculty of Philosophy, The University of Zagreb, Croatia |
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My main area of research is in the sociology of mental health and illness, focusing on research on depression. I have conducted extensive research on lay concepts of depression with migrant communities, including Ethiopian, Sudanese, Somali, and more recently Vietnamese and East Timorese. With Professor Lenore Manderson (Monash University) I conducted research on chronic illness and depression in migrant communities in Victoria. My current research is part of a large multidisciplinary study exploring depression in primary care across Victoria. Prior to joining the Department in October 2005, I worked at the Centre for International Mental Health, The University of Melbourne in cross-cultural mental health related research. |
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Kokanovic R. 'Exiles'. In Beilharz, P. & Hogan, T. Introducing Sociology - Place, Time and Division. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. 2006
Petersen, A., Kokanovic R. & Hansen, S. 'Consumerism and Mental Health Care in a Culturally Diverse Society'. In Henderson, S. & Petersen, A. (eds) Consuming Health: The Commodification of Health Care. London: Routledge. In Henderson,S & Peterson, A (eds) Consuming Health: The Commodification of Health Care. London: Routledge. 2002
Klimidis, S., Minas, H. & Kokanovic, R. Ethnic Minority Community Patients and the Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care. Australasian Psychiatry. 2006 2006 14(20):212-215
Kokanovic, R. & Manderson, L. Exploring doctor - patient communication in immigrant Australians with Type-2 diabetes. Journal of Internal General Medicine. 2006 2006
Kokanovic, R. & Manderson, L. Social support and self-management of Type-2 diabetes amongt immigrant Australian women. Chronic Illness 2006 2006 2(4):291-301
Kokanovic, R., Petersen, A. & Klimidis, S. 'Nobody can help me ... I am living through it alone: Experiences of Caring for People Diagnosed with Mental Illness in Ethnic Minority Communities'. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 2006 2006 8(2):125 -132
Minas, H., Klimidis S. & Kokanovic, R. Impact of Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care initiative on Mental Health Care in General Practice. Primary Care Mental Health. 2005 3(2):111-123
Minas, H., Klimidis, S. & Kokanovic, R. Mental Health in General Practice. Australasian Psychiatry. 2005 13(2):181-184
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