Dr Leach is a Senior Research Fellow, Senior Lecturer and Research Degree Coordinator within the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the University of South Australia. He is also a Registered nurse and naturopath. Dr Leach completed his Bachelor of Nursing degree in 1994, followed by a Diploma of Applied Science (Naturopathy) in 1998, Bachelor of Nursing (Honours) degree in 2000, and Diploma of Clinical Nutrition in 2008. Dr Leach completed his PhD in 2005, which examined the clinical feasibility of Horsechestnut Seed Extract in the management of venous leg ulceration, which encompassed four studies, including a randomised placebo-controlled trial, cost-benefit analysis, descriptive survey and a comparative case study. Since then, Dr Leach... Read more
About me
Dr Leach is a Senior Research Fellow, Senior Lecturer and Research Degree Coordinator within the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the University of South Australia. He is also a Registered nurse and naturopath. Dr Leach completed his Bachelor of Nursing degree in 1994, followed by a Diploma of Applied Science (Naturopathy) in 1998, Bachelor of Nursing (Honours) degree in 2000, and Diploma of Clinical Nutrition in 2008. Dr Leach completed his PhD in 2005, which examined the clinical feasibility of Horsechestnut Seed Extract in the management of venous leg ulceration, which encompassed four studies, including a randomised placebo-controlled trial, cost-benefit analysis, descriptive survey and a comparative case study. Since then, Dr Leach has been driven to improving the evidence-base and quality of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), and has made an original and significant contribution to the field over the past decade. He has published 66 journal articles, 4 book chapters and a sole-authored textbook, and has attracted over 831 citations for his work. Dr Leach is also a member of several journal editorial boards and government committees, and has been awarded numerous competitive research grants totalling close to $1 million. In 2014, Dr Leach was awarded a competitive research fellowship with the Australian Research Centre for Complementary and Integrative Medicine [ARCCIM]. He was also appointed an Honorary Visiting Fellow with the Faculty of Health, University of Technology, Sydney.
About me
About me
Doctor of Philosophy University of South Australia
Bachelor of Nursing (Honours) University of South Australia
Bachelor of Nursing University of South Australia
Diploma of Applied Science (Naturopathy) SA College of Natural & Traditional Medicine
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Distance education on-line intervention for evidence-based practice literacy, University of Pittsburgh, 01/01/2013 - 31/12/2016
Determining the multidisciplinary primary health care team required to support best practice in community mental health care and prevention to enhance mental wellbeing , NHMRC - Partnership Project, 01/10/2012 - 31/12/2016
Determining the multidisciplinary primary health care team team required to support best practice in community mental health care and prevention to enhance mental wellbeing, SA Health, 01/01/2013 - 30/09/2016
Improving the health and wellbeing of community-dwelling carers of dementia sufferers a randomised controlled trial of structured meditation training., Dementia Grants Program, 01/01/2013 - 01/02/2014
Research
Research since 2008 is shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
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| 2016 |
Leach, MJ, Hofmeyer, A & Bobridge, A 2016, 'The impact of research education on student nurse attitude, skill and uptake of evidence-based practice: a descriptive longitudinal survey', Journal of Clinical Nursing, v. 25, no. 1-2, pp. 194-203.
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| 2013 |
Leach, MJ 2013, 'Profile of the complementary and alternative medicine workforce across Australia, New Zealand, Canada, United States and United Kingdom', Complementary Therapies in Medicine, v. 21, no. 4, pp. 364-378.
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| 2012 |
Leach, MJ & Moore, V 2012, 'Black cohosh (Cimicifuga spp.) for menopausal symptoms', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, v. 9, no. CD007244.
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| 2010 |
Leach, MJ 2010, Clinical decision making in complementary and alternative medicine, Elsevier Science Australia, Chatswood, New South Wales. |
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| 2010 |
Leach, MJ 2010, 'Chronic Venous Insufficiency', Clinical Naturopathy: An evidience based guide to practice, Churchill Livingstone, Sydney, Australia, pp. 203-214. |
| 2009 |
Leach, MJ 2009, 'Naturopathy', in Karen Grimmer-Somers, Saravana Kumar, Anthea Worley & Alexandra Young, Practical Tips in Finding the Evidence: An Allied Health Primer. |
| 2009 |
Leach, MJ 2009, 'Naturopathy', in Karen Grimmer-Somers, Saravana Kumar, Anthea Worley, Alexandra Young, Practical Tips in Finding the Evidence, UST Publishing House, Manila, Philippines, pp. 85-93. |
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| 2016 |
Furber, G, Leach, M, Guy, S & Segal, L 2016, 'Developing a broad categorisation scheme to describe risk factors for mental illness, for use in prevention policy and planning', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, v. in press, pp. 1-11. |
| 2016 |
Guy, S, Furber, G, Leach, M & Segal, L 2016, 'How many children in Australia are at risk of adult mental illness?', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, online, pp. 1-15. |
| 2016 |
Leach, MJ, Hofmeyer, A & Bobridge, A 2016, 'The impact of research education on student nurse attitude, skill and uptake of evidence-based practice: a descriptive longitudinal survey', Journal of Clinical Nursing, v. 25, no. 1-2, pp. 194-203.
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| 2015 |
Alcantara, J & Leach, M 2015, 'Chiropractic attitudes and utilization of evidence-based practice: The use of the EBASE questionnaire', Explore: the Journal of Science and Healing.
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| 2015 |
Bussieres, AE, Terhorst, L, Leach, M, Stuber, K, Evans, R & Schneider, MJ 2015, 'Self-reported attitudes, skills and use of evidence-based practice among Canadian doctors of chiropractic: A National survey', Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association, v. 59, no. 4, pp. 332-348. |
| 2015 |
Furber, G, Segal, L, Leach, M, Turnbull, C, Procter, N, Diamond, M, Miller, S & McGorry, P 2015, 'Preventing mental illness: closing the evidence-practice gap through workforce and services planning', BMC Health Services Research, v. 15, article no. 283, pp. 1-14. |
| 2015 |
Leach, MJ & Page, A 2015, 'Herbal medicine for insomnia: a systematic review and meta-analysis', Sleep Medicine Reviews, v. 24, pp. 1-12.
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| 2015 |
Leach, MJ, Ziaian, T & Francis, A 2015, 'Transcendental meditation for the improvement of health and wellbeing in community-dwelling dementia caregivers [TRANSCENDENT]: a randomised wait-list controlled trial', BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, v. 15, article no. 145.
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| 2015 |
Lucas, S, Kumar, S & Leach, M 2015, 'Use of complementary and alternative medicine in children: research opportunities and challenges in an ever growing field', Australian Journal of Herbal Medicine, v. 27, no. 4, pp. 136-141. |
| 2015 |
Schneider, MJ, Evans, R, Haas, M, Leach, M, Hawk, C, Long, C, Cramer, GD, Walters, O, Vihstadt, C & Terhorst, L 2015, 'US chiropractors' attitudes, skills and use of evidence-based practice : a cross-sectional national survey', Chiropractic and Manual Therapies, v. 23, article no. 16.
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| 2015 |
Zhang, Y, Leach, MJ, Hall, H, Sundberg, T, Ward, L, Sibbritt, D & Adams, J 2015, 'Differences between male and female consumers of complementary and Alternative Medicine in a National US Population: A Secondary Analysis of 2012 NIHS Data', Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, v. 2015, article no. 413173, pp. 1-10.
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| 2014 |
Agnew, TE, Leach, MJ & Segal, L 2014, 'The Clinical Impact and Cost-Effectiveness of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy for the Treatment of Acne Vulgaris: A Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial', Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, v. 20, no. 5, pp. 399-405.
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| 2014 |
Leach, MJ 2014, 'Horse-chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) seed extract for venous leg ulceration : a comparative multiple case study of healers and non-healers', Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies, v. 19, no. 4, pp. 184-190. |
| 2014 |
Leach, MJ, Francis, D & Ziaian, T 2014, 'Improving the health and well-being of community-dwelling caregivers of dementia sufferers: Study protocol of a randomized controlled trial of structured meditation training', Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, v. 20 no. 2, pp. 136-141.
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| 2014 |
Leach, MJ, McIntyre, E & Frawley, J 2014, 'Characteristics of the Australian complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) workforce', Australian Journal of Herbal Medicine, v. 26, no. 2, pp. 58-65.
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| 2013 |
Ding, M, Leach, MJ & Bradley, HM 2013, 'A systematic review of the evidence for topical use of ginger', Explore: the Journal of Science and Healing, v. 9, no. 6, pp. 361-364.
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| 2013 |
Ding, M, Leach, MJ & Bradley, HM 2013, 'The effectiveness and safety of ginger for pregnancy-induced nausea and vomiting: A systematic review', Women and Birth, v. 26, no. 1, pp. 26-30.
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| 2013 |
Furber, GV, Segal, L, Leach, MJ & Cocks, JH 2013, 'Mapping scores from the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) to preference-based utility values', Quality of Life Research, v. 23, no. 2, pp. 403-411.
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| 2013 |
Leach, MJ & Thoms, L 2013, 'Topical herbal interventions for gingivitis', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, no. 6, article no. CD010573, pp. 1-7.
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| 2013 |
Leach, MJ 2013, 'Profile of the complementary and alternative medicine workforce across Australia, New Zealand, Canada, United States and United Kingdom', Complementary Therapies in Medicine, v. 21, no. 4, pp. 364-378.
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| 2013 |
Leach, MJ, Segal, L, Esterman, AJ, Armour, C, McDermott, RA & Fountaine, T 2013, 'The Diabetes Care Project: an Australian multicentre, cluster randomised controlled trial [study protocol]', BMC Public Health, v. 13, article no. 1212.
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| 2013 |
Segal, L, Leach, MJ, May, EJ & Turnbull, C 2013, 'Regional Primary Care Team to Deliver Best-Practice Diabetes Care: A needs-driven health workforce model reflecting a biopsychosocial construct of health', Diabetes Care, v. 36, no. 7, pp. 1898-1907.
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| 2012 |
Gillies, D, Sinn, J, Lad, S, Leach, M & Ross, M 2012, 'Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and adolescents', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, v. 7, no. CD007986, pp.1-48. |
| 2012 |
Leach, MJ & Kumar, S 2012, 'Cinnamon for diabetes mellitus.', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, v. 9, no. CD007170, pp. 1-80.
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| 2012 |
Leach, MJ & Moore, V 2012, 'Black cohosh (Cimicifuga spp.) for menopausal symptoms', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, v. 9, no. CD007244.
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| 2012 |
Leach, MJ 2012, 'Using role substitution to address the health workforce shortage and to facilitate integration?', Journal of complementary and integrative medicine, v. 9, no. 1, article no. 30, pp. 1-15. |
| 2011 |
Leach, MJ & Gillham, DM 2011, 'Are complementary medicine practitioners implementing evidence based practice?', Complementary Therapies in Medicine, v. 19, no. 3, pp. 128-136.
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| 2011 |
Leach, MJ & Segal, L 2011, 'Patient attributes warranting consideration in clinical practice guidelines, health workforce planning and policy', BMC Health Services Research, v. 11, article no. 221.
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| 2011 |
Segal, L & Leach, MJ 2011, 'An evidence-based health workforce model for primary and community care', Implementation Science, v. 6, article no. 93.
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| 2011 |
Thakor, VA, Leach, MJ, Gillham, DM & Esterman, AJ 2011, 'The quality of information on websites selling St John's wort', Complementary Therapies in Medicine, v. 19, no. 3, pp. 155-160.
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| 2010 |
Leach, MJ & Segal, L 2010, 'Are clinical practical guidelines (CPGs) useful for health services and health workforce planning? A critique of diabetes CPGs', Diabetic Medicine, v. 27, no. 5, pp. 570-577.
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| 2010 |
Leach, MJ & Segal, L 2010, 'The New National Health and Hospitals Network - Building Australia's Health workforce: Where is the Evidence?', Economic Papers: a journal of applied economics and policy, v. 29, no. 4, pp. 483-489. |
| 2010 |
Leach, MJ, Segal, L & May, EJ 2010, 'Lost opportunities with Australia's health workforce?', Medical Journal of Australia, v. 193, no. 3, pp. 167-172.
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| 2008 |
Leach, MJ & Gillham, DM 2008, 'Evaluation of the Evidence-Based practice Attitude and utilization survEy for complementary and alternative medicine practitioners', Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, v. 14, no. 5, pp. 792-798.
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| 2008 |
Leach, MJ & Kumar, S 2008, 'The clinical effectiveness of Ginger (Zingiber officinale) in adults with osteoarthritis.', International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare, v. 6, no. 3, pp. 311-320. |
| 2008 |
Leach, MJ 2008, 'Calendula officinalis and wound healing: a systematic review.', Wounds: a compendium of clinical research and practice, v. 20, no. 8, pp. 236-243.
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| 2008 |
Leach, MJ 2008, 'Natural wound care.', The Journal of Complementary Medicine: the independent peer-reviewed journal for healthcare professionals, v. 7, no. 1, pp. 32-35. |
| 2008 |
Leach, MJ 2008, 'Planning: a necessary step in clinical care', Journal of Clinical Nursing, v. 17, no. 13, pp. 1728-1734.
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Leach, MJ 2008, 'The naturopathic process: a framework for naturopathic practice', Journal of the Australian Traditional-Medicine Society, v. 14, no. 1, pp. 7-10. |
Research
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Australian Regional and Remote Community Services | AUSTRALIA |
| Bastyr University | AUSTRALIA |
| Charles Sturt University | AUSTRALIA |
| Department of Health and Ageing | AUSTRALIA |
| Endeavour College Inc | AUSTRALIA |
| Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
| Karolinska Institute | SWEDEN |
| Life West College of Chiropractic | UNITED STATES |
| Logan College of Chiropractic | UNITED STATES |
| McGill University | CANADA |
| McKinsey and Company | AUSTRALIA |
| Monash University | AUSTRALIA |
| National University of Health Sciences | UNITED STATES |
| RMIT University | AUSTRALIA |
| South Australian Department of Health | AUSTRALIA |
| Survivors of Torture and Trauma Assistance and Rehabilitation Services | AUSTRALIA |
| Texas Tech University Health Sciences Centre | UNITED STATES |
| University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Melbourne | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Minnesota, Twin Cities | UNITED STATES |
| University of Otago | NEW ZEALAND |
| University of Pittsburgh | UNITED STATES |
| University of Queensland | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Saarland | GERMANY |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Technology Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Western Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Western States | UNITED STATES |
| Westmead Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
EXPERT APPOINTMENTS
EDITORIAL BOARDS
FELLOWSHIPS
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS/GROUPS
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
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| Development of a nurse-delivered Eczema Education intervention for parents/carers of children with eczema, built on educational theories of the nature of knowledge, cognitive psychology and social cog | Current |
| Exploring the factors that influence a parents decision to use complementary and alternative medicines and therapies for the management of acute respiratory tract infections in children | Current |
| The clinical and cost effectiveness of essential oils and aromatherapy for the treatment of acne vulgaris : A randomised controlled trial | Current |
| Using EBP champions to implement sustainable practice in the Maldives | Completed |
