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Dr Harriet Radermacher
DPsych
Telephone: +61 3 990 24508
Fax: +61 3 8575 2233
Email: Harriet.Radermacher@monash.edu
Notting Hill Campus
Bldg 1, 270 Ferntree Gully Road
Notting Hill VIC 3168
- Biography
- Recent publications
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Biography
Harriet Radermacher is a Research Fellow in the School of Primary Health Care. This incorporates working as part of the Healthy Ageing Research Unit, as well as the Problem Gambling Treatment and Research Centre.
Harriet completed a BSc Single Honours degree in Psychology at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK (1995-1998). In 1999, she began work as a Research Associate and Assistant Psychologist in a Regional Neurorehabilitation Centre, during which time she co-authored a book: Barnes, M. P. & Radermacher, H. (2003). Community Rehabilitation in Neurology. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. On moving to Australia, Harriet completed a Doctorate of Applied Psychology (Community Psychology stream) at Victoria University, Melbourne (2003-2006). Prior to her current role, Harriet worked as a Research Assistant at the Alma Unit for Research on Ageing (AURA) at Victoria University.
Harriet is a member of the Australian Psychological Society (MAPS) and Secretary of the Victorian Branch of the College of Community Psychologists.
Underpinning Harriet's research interests are the notions of participation, empowerment, cultural diversity and social justice. Harriet's currents projects and activities include:
- Access to and delivery of community aged care services and support for older people from culturally diverse backgrounds
- Cultural conceptualisations of healthy ageing
- The intersection between community psychology and ageing, with a focus on ageism
- Problem gambling assessment and treatment guidelines
Recent publications
2008
Bird, S., Feldman, S., & Radermacher, H. (2008). Food For All: An assessment of the barriers to older people accessing nutritious food in Melton Shire. Melton, Victoria: RMIT University, Monash University, Melton Shire Council, and VicHealth.
Radermacher, H., Feldman, S., & Browning, C. (2008). Review of literature concerning the delivery of community aged care services to ethnic groups. Melbourne, Australia: Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria and Monash University.
2007
Bird, S., Feldman, S., Radermacher, H., Browning, C., & Thomas, S. (2007). Factors influencing the physical activity levels of older people from culturally diverse communities: An Australian experience. Shire of Melton: Brimbank City Council, Maribyrnong City Council.
2005
Ben-Moshe, D., Feldman, S., Bertone, S., Sonn, C., Zuhair, S., Martin, L., Radermacher, H., & Davidson, K. (2005). Cultural diversity and economic development in four regional Australian communities: Institute of Community Engagement and Policy Alternatives (ICEPA),.
2011
Anderson, C., Cowlishaw, S., Dowling, N., Jackson, A., Lorains, F., Merkouris, S., Misso, M. L., Radermacher, H., & Thomas, S. (2011). Psychological interventions for the treatment of pathological and problem gambling (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews(1). doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008936.
Anderson, C., Cowlishaw, S., Dowling, N., Jackson, A., Lorains, F., Merkouris, S., Misso, M. L., Radermacher, H., & Thomas, S. (2011). Pharmacological interventions for the treatment of pathological and problem gambling (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews(1). doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008936.
2010
Angus, J., Sims, J., Feldman, S., Radermacher, H., & Yang, H. (2010). The Effectiveness of Social Marketing for Community Awareness of Public Health Issues: Lessons for dementia risk reduction. Chinese General Practice, 13(12A), 3827-3830.
Bird, S. R., Radermacher, H., Sims, J., Feldman, S., Browning, C., & Thomas, S. (2010). Factors affecting walking activity of older people from culturally diverse groups: An Australian experience. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 13(4), 417-423.
Radermacher, H., Feldman, S., & Bird, S. (2010). Food security in older Australians from different cultural backgrounds. Journal of Nutrition, Education and Behavior, 42(5), 328-336.
Radermacher, H., Feldman, S., Bird, S., & Lorains, F. (2010). The role of family and older people's access to food: Will the children be there to help? Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, 8, 354-368.
Radermacher, H., Sonn, C., Keys, C., & Duckett, P. (2010). Disability and participation: It's about us but still without us! Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 20(5), 333-346.
2009
Angus, J., Sims, J., Feldman, S., & Radermacher, H. (2009). The effectiveness of social marketing for community awareness of public health issues: Implications for dementia-risk reduction. Chinese Journal of General Practice.
Bird, S., Kurowski, W., Feldman, S., Browning, C., Lau, R., Radermacher, H., Thomas, S., & Sims, J. (2009). The influence of the built environment and other factors on the physical activity of older women from different ethnic communities. Journal of Women and Aging, 21(1), 33-47.
Bird, S., Radermacher, H., Feldman, S., Sims, J., Kurowski, W., Browning, C., & Thomas, S. (2009). Factors in influencing the physical activity levels of older people from culturally diverse communities: An Australian experience. Ageing & Society, 29(Special Issue 08), 1275-1294.
Radermacher, H., Feldman, S., & Browning, C. (2009). Mainstream versus ethno-specific community aged care services: It's not an ‘either or'. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 28(2), 58-63.
2008
Angus, J., Sims, J., Feldman, S., & Radermacher, H. (2008). Can community-based interventions from other key national health priority areas inform strategies to reduce the risk of dementia? Chinese Journal of General Practice, 11(10A), 1725-1730.
Feldman, S., Radermacher, H., Bird, S., Browning, C., & Thomas, S. (2008). Challenges of recruitment and retention of older people from culturally diverse backgrounds in research. Ageing & Society, 28(4), 473-493.
Radermacher, H., Feldman, S., & Bird, S. (2008). Identifying the challenges to accessing food. Published conference proceedings. Australiasian Journal on Ageing, 27(s1), 28.
Sims, J., Angus, J., Feldman, S., & Radermacher, H. (2008). Dementia's disease burden and the potential role of community-based interventions to inform risk reduction strategies. Chinese Journal of General Practice, 11(9A), 1527-1530.
2007
Radermacher, H., & Sonn, C. (2007). Towards getting it right: Participatory action research (PAR) with an advocacy organisation. The Australian Community Psychologist, 19(1), 62-73.
2006
Radermacher, H. (2006). "I'm White! Oh I see!" An international student perspective on national curriculum guidelines for indigenous issues in psychology. The Australian Community Psychologist, 18(1), 33-39.
2005
Radermacher, H., Sampson, E., Wallace, C., & White, T. (2005). Community Narratives and Praxis: Sharing Student Reflections of the 9th Biennial Australia-Aotearoa Community Psychology Conference 2004. The Australian Community Psychologist, 16(2), 64-67.
2009
Radermacher, H., Feldman, S., & Karunarathna, Y. (2009). Practicing positive partnerships in ethnic and multicultural aged care organisations. Paper presented at 42nd National Conference of the Australian Association of Gerontology, Canberra, 25-27 November 2009. Published in the Australasian Journal on Ageing, 28(2), 113.
Tohit, N., Radermacher, H., & Browning, C. (2009, July). Healthy ageing conceptualisation: Perspectives of older Malays in Klang Valley, Malaysia. Poster presented at the XIXth IAGG World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics. Paris.
Tohit, N., Radermacher, H., & Browning, C. (2009, June). Healthy ageing conceptualisation - What do older Malays in Melbourne, Australia and Klang Valley, Malaysia , say? Presentation at the WONCA Asia Pacific Regional Conference. Hong Kong.
2008
Feldman, S., Bird, S., & Radermacher, H. (2008. For All: an assessment of the barriers to older people accessing nutritious food in Melton Shire. Preparing for Change in an Ageing society. Presentation at the Brotherhood St.Lawrence seminar series. Melbourne.
Feldman, S., Radermacher, H., & Bird, S. (2008). The children will be there to help: Implications of changing family circumstances for accessing food. Paper presented at Australian Association of Gerontology Conference, Perth. Published in the Australiasian Journal on Ageing, 27(S1), 9.
Tohit, N., Radermacher, H., & Browning, C. (2008, November). Healthy Ageing - Older Malays in Melbourne, Australia. Presentation at the 7th National Conference of Emerging Researchers in Ageing. Fremantle, Australia.
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