Associate Professor David Evans is the Professorial Lead: Research Education in UniSA Clinical and Health Sciences. He is also the Deputy Chair of the UniSA Human Research Ethics Committee and a Research Ethics Advisor.
His current research focuses is on older people in the community and people with dementia. Completed research has explored the impact that dementia has on marriage, the challenge of having dementia and living alone in the community, workplace engagement for younger people with dementia, and the challenges faced by workers who develop dementia while still employed. He is also active in a range of different clinical and evidence evaluations.
He has successfully supervised Honours, Masters and Doctoral students to... Read more
About me
Associate Professor David Evans is the Professorial Lead: Research Education in UniSA Clinical and Health Sciences. He is also the Deputy Chair of the UniSA Human Research Ethics Committee and a Research Ethics Advisor.
His current research focuses is on older people in the community and people with dementia. Completed research has explored the impact that dementia has on marriage, the challenge of having dementia and living alone in the community, workplace engagement for younger people with dementia, and the challenges faced by workers who develop dementia while still employed. He is also active in a range of different clinical and evidence evaluations.
He has successfully supervised Honours, Masters and Doctoral students to completion. Completed supervision studies have explored recruitment and retention of locum nurses in rural and remote Australia, person centred care, evidence-based practice, impact of younger onset dementia on dependent children, dementia & culture, respite for carers of children with complex health needs and fall prevention. Current supervision projects are investigating the treatment of older nurses and midwives in the workforce, suicide and older people and caring for a person with a motor neuron disease
About me
Australian Association of Gerontology, Dementia Australia, Australian College of Nursing,Outcome Mapping Learning Community,
About me
Doctor of Philosophy The University of Adelaide
Master of Nursing Studies Flinders University
Bachelor of Nursing Flinders University
NHMRC Evidence Reviews ($57,000), Building Workforce Capacity in Palliative Care: Outcome Mapping Evaluation. Health Workforce Australia / Southern Cross Care 2012 ($100,000), Evaluation of the implementation of reforms to compulsory third party insurance in South Australian, Motor Accident Commission ($80,000), Side-by-Side: A Workplace Partnership Project for People with Younger Onset Dementia, Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra 2011 ($54,993), Home Alone with Dementia, School of Nursing and Midwifery Research Development Grant, University of South Australia 2010 ($10,041), Unpacking the intervention mechanisms of Aboriginal well-being interventions for young people: A realist review,... Read more
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Unpacking the Mechanisms of Aboriginal Well-being Interventions for Children and Youth, SA Dept of Health - Strategic Health Research Program (SHRP), 05/11/2007 - 30/12/2015
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2021 |
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| 2017 |
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| 2010 |
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| 2008 |
14
|
| 2008 |
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| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2023 |
10
|
| 2021 |
Open access
3
3
11
|
| 2021 |
Open access
7
7
2
|
| 2021 |
Open access
1
|
| 2020 |
Open access
7
7
56
|
| 2019 |
Open access
21
19
10
|
| 2016 |
Open access
18
17
24
|
| 2016 |
Open access
20
19
|
| 2016 |
Open access
14
10
5
|
| 2015 |
10
7
6
|
| 2014 |
2
9
|
| 2014 |
Open access
|
| 2014 |
12
10
6
|
| 2013 |
84
75
2
|
| 2013 |
5
4
|
| 2013 |
12
12
2
|
| 2013 |
8
7
|
| 2013 |
20
18
5
|
| 2013 |
8
6
1
|
| 2011 |
55
49
|
| 2008 |
21
17
|
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2019 |
Open access
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| 2019 |
Open access
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| 2017 |
Open access
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Research
NHMRC Evidence Reviews ($57,000), Building Workforce Capacity in Palliative Care: Outcome Mapping Evaluation. Health Workforce Australia / Southern Cross Care 2012 ($100,000), Evaluation of the implementation of reforms to compulsory third party insurance in South Australian, Motor Accident Commission ($80,000), Side-by-Side: A Workplace Partnership Project for People with Younger Onset Dementia, Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra 2011 ($54,993), Home Alone with Dementia, School of Nursing and Midwifery Research Development Grant, University of South Australia 2010 ($10,041), Unpacking the intervention mechanisms of Aboriginal well-being interventions for young people: A realist review, Strategic Health Research Program, SA Health 2008 ($115,450), Evaluation of a health care program for homeless people, Community Health Centre 2007 ($16,700), and Community diabetic care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Nunkuwarrin Community Health Centre, Adelaide 2006 ($10,044).
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Anglicare South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| City, University of London | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Family Health Golden Grove | AUSTRALIA |
| Flinders Medical Centre | AUSTRALIA |
| La Trobe University | AUSTRALIA |
| Life Care | AUSTRALIA |
| Lifecare Services Australia Pty Ltd | AUSTRALIA |
| McGill University | CANADA |
| Padjadjaran University | INDONESIA |
| University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Surrey | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Women's and Children's Health Network | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
| Engagement/recognition | Year |
|---|---|
MemberAustralian Association of Gerontology (AAG) |
2017 |
MemberDementia Australia |
2017 |
MemberAustralian College of Nursing (ACN) |
2017 |
MemberOutcome Mapping Learning Community |
2017 |
Nurse Author & EditorWiley-Blackwell Publishing |
2015 |
Research Grant Reviewer, Allied Health Research GrantsRoyal Adelaide Hospital |
2015 |
Nurse Author & EditorWiley-Blackwell Publishing |
2014 |
Research Grant Reviewer, Allied Health Research GrantsRoyal Adelaide Hospital |
2014 |
Nurse Author & EditorWiley-Blackwell Publishing |
2013 |
Research Grant Reviewer, Allied Health Research GrantsRoyal Adelaide Hospital |
2013 |
International Dementia Excellence Awards: Life EngagementDementia Services Development Centre, University of Stirling, United Kingdom |
2012 |
Nurse Author & EditorWiley-Blackwell Publishing |
2012 |
Research Grant Reviewer, Allied Health Research GrantsRoyal Adelaide Hospital |
2012 |
Nurse Author & EditorWiley-Blackwell Publishing |
2011 |
Research Grant Reviewer, Allied Health Research GrantsRoyal Adelaide Hospital |
2011 |
Nurse Author & EditorWiley-Blackwell Publishing |
2010 |
Research Grant Reviewer, Allied Health Research GrantsRoyal Adelaide Hospital |
2010 |
Research Grant Reviewer, QNC Research GrantsQueensland Nursing Council |
2010 |
Nurse Author & EditorWiley-Blackwell Publishing |
2009 |
Research Grant Reviewer, Allied Health Research GrantsRoyal Adelaide Hospital |
2009 |
Research Grant Reviewer, Dementia Grants ProgramAlzheimer's Australia Research |
2009 |
Research Grant Reviewer, QNC Research GrantsQueensland Nursing Council |
2009 |
Research Grant Reviewer, Research Project Grant (Adelaide)The Women's and Children's Hospital Foundation |
2009 |
Nurse Author & EditorWiley-Blackwell Publishing |
2008 |
Research Grant Reviewer, QNC Research GrantsQueensland Nursing Council |
2008 |
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
|---|---|
| Elder abuse and the role of the nurse | Current |
| Exploring the role of police in providing a mental health response to the community | Current |
| Older nurses what are the challengers they face in the workforce factors contributing to older nurses remaining in the workforce | Current |
| Psychological autopsy nd the other public sector heatlh response to men who die by suicide in South Australia | Current |
| Actioning advance care directives in South Australian emergency departments: a qualitative description study | Completed |
| An interpretive description of the recruitment and retention of locum nurses working in rural and remote Australia. | Completed |
| An investigation of the implementation of person-centred care in an Indonesian hospital using action research | Completed |
| Attempted suicide in older people: within and between the meaning of protection | Completed |
| Using EBP champions to implement sustainable practice in the Maldives | Completed |
