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Rebecca Mitchell is an Associate Professor with the Centre for Healthcare Resilience and Implementation Science in the Australian Institute of Health Innovation at Macquarie University and leads the Health and Societal Outcomes research stream. She is a psychologist and injury epidemiologist and her research focuses on the conduct of large-scale epidemiological and mixed-methods research to guide improvements in health service delivery and health policy.
A/Prof Mitchell has established a research program examining health outcomes, particularly after injury, across the lifespan, often using record linkage techniques to conduct population-based health outcome studies. She has extensive experience in analysing linked data collections to investigate health outcomes, in conducting epidemiological and evaluation studies using mixed methods and in performing systematic reviews.
She is a Fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia, an editorial board member of BMC Pediatrics, and is an expert member of the Research Advisory Committee and the Clinicians and Researchers Reference Group for the NSW Trauma Outcomes Registry and Quality Evaluation (TORQUE) for the NSW Institute of Trauma and Injury Management, and an expert member of the NSW Child and Young Person Injury Prevention Working Group, NSW Advocate for Children and Young People. She is a Steering Group member of the Australian and New Zealand Hip Fracture Registry (ANZHFR), a committee member of the ANZHFR Research committee, and Chairs the ANZHFR Data Management committee. She is also a member of the Community of Practice for CanDLe: Enduring Cancer Data Linkage for health services research.
A/Prof Mitchell has a strong history of conducting research that has informed public health policy and health service practice, particularly in the areas of hip fracture among older people, paediatric trauma, patient safety, fall injury prevention, work-related injury, water safety, and road safety. She has published widely in the peer-review literature as well as producing reports for government agencies. A/Prof Mitchell supervises PACE, MD, Masters and PhD students interested in health and societal outcomes.
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A novel neuro-cardiac self-regulation therapy to improve autonomic and neural function after SCI: Clinical trials and translation to implementation
Craig, A., Middleton, J. W., Gopinath, B., Cameron, I., Davis, G. M., Tran, Y., Krassioukov, A., Braithwaite, J., Mitchell, R., Gustin, S. M., Pozzato, I., Arora, M. & Kifley, A.
5/05/22 → 30/06/25
Project: Research
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Harnessing implementation science, complexity science and evidence-based care to Keep Australians Out of Hospital: leveraging seven natural experiments in New South Wales
Braithwaite, J., Westbrook, J., Day, R., Levesque, J., Mitchell, R., Rapport, F., Cutler, H., Tran, Y., Clay-Williams, R., Watson, D., Arnolda, G., Hibbert, P., Lystad, R., Mumford, V., Long, J., Sarkies, M., Francis-Auton, E., Roberts, N. & Gu, Y.
3/06/19 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
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Identifying and addressing unwarranted clinical variation in hip fracture care to improve health outcomes
Close, J., Harvey, L. A., Harris, I. A. & Mitchell, R.
1/01/19 → 31/12/23
Project: Research
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Impact of chronic illness and injury on school performance and health outcomes of children pilot study
Mitchell, R., Cameron, C. M., Lystad, R., Nielssen, O., McMaugh, A., Herkes, G. K., Schniering, C., Hng, T. & Johnstone, M.
1/08/18 → …
Project: Research
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Boxing-related fatalities in Australia: a retrospective analysis of news media reports
Alevras, A. J., Fuller, J. T., Mitchell, R. & Lystad, R. P., Jan 2022, In: Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. 25, 1, p. 25-30 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Designing clinical indicators for common residential aged care conditions and processes of care: the CareTrack Aged development and validation study
Hibbert, P. D., Molloy, C. J., Wiles, L. K., Cameron, I. D., Gray, L. C., Reed, R. L., Kitson, A., Georgiou, A., Gordon, S. J., Westbrook, J., Arnolda, G., Mitchell, R. J., Rapport, F., Estabrooks, C., Alexander, G. L., Vincent, C., Edwards, A., Carson-Stevens, A., Wagner, C., McCormack, B. & 1 others, , 9 May 2022, In: International Journal for Quality in Health Care. 34, 2, p. 1-9 9 p., mzac033.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Determinants of long-term unplanned readmission and mortality following self-inflicted and non-self-inflicted major injury: a retrospective cohort study
Mitchell, R. J., Harris, I. A., Balogh, Z. J., Curtis, K., Burns, B., Seppelt, I., Brown, J., Sarrami, P., Singh, H., Levesque, J-F. & Dinh, M., Jun 2022, In: European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery. 48, 3, p. 2145-2156 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Exploring the impact of child and placement characteristics, carer resources, perceptions and life stressors on caregiving and well-being
Ryder, T., Zurynski, Y. & Mitchell, R., May 2022, In: Child Abuse and Neglect. 127, p. 1-14 14 p., 105586.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Feasibility of monitoring health and well-being in emerging adults: pilot longitudinal cohort study
Lystad, R. P., Pulido, D. F., Peters, L., Johnstone, M., Ellis, L. A., Braithwaite, J., Wuthrich, V., Amin, J., Cameron, C. M. & Mitchell, R. J., 6 Jan 2022, In: JMIR Formative Research . 6, 1, p. 1-10 10 p., e30027.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Survival risk ratios for ICD-10-AM injury diagnosis classifications for children
Mitchell, R. (Owner) & Ting, H. P. (Contributor), Macquarie University, 1 Jul 2021
DOI: 10.25949/14852949.v1
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Survival risk ratios for ICD-10-AM injury diagnosis classifications for all ages
Mitchell, R. (Owner) & Ting, H. P. (Contributor), Macquarie University, 1 Jul 2021
DOI: 10.25949/14852925.v1
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Operationalizing the WHO International Classification of Patient Safety Framework to identify incident characteristics and contributing factors for patient deaths in healthcare
Rebecca Mitchell (Speaker), Mona Faris (Speaker), Reidar Lystad (Speaker), Diana Fajardo Pulido (Speaker), D Norton (Speaker), Melissa Baysari (Speaker), Robyn Clay-Williams (Speaker), P. D. Hibbert (Speaker), Andrew Carson-Stevens (Speaker) & Cliff Hughes (Speaker)
3 Jul 2019 → 5 Jul 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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Time in hospital sets back tens of thousands of children’s learning each year, but targeted support can help them catch up
Rebecca Mitchell & Anne McMaugh
16/06/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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New study shows how injuries, illnesses interrupt education and can lead to long-term consequences
22/10/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Asthma hospitalisation cuts high school completion rates
Rebecca Mitchell, Anne McMaugh, Nusrat Homaira, Reidar Lystad, Tim Badgery-Parker & Cate Cameron
13/10/21
1 item of Media coverage
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