Sarah Seekamp is a lecturer in the occupational therapy program with extensive experience across diverse practice areas, including children and family services, health promotion, management, aged care, chronic disease, and disability. She has dedicated a significant portion of her career to rural practice in South Australia and Victoria. Sarah is a passionate advocate for service models that emphasise comprehensive primary health care, equity, and prevention-focused approaches.
Her research interests center on enhancing child health and well-being through child and family-centered service delivery models, improving rural health outcomes, fostering student engagement in tertiary education, and promoting client-centered care.
About me
Sarah Seekamp is a lecturer in the occupational therapy program with extensive experience across diverse practice areas, including children and family services, health promotion, management, aged care, chronic disease, and disability. She has dedicated a significant portion of her career to rural practice in South Australia and Victoria. Sarah is a passionate advocate for service models that emphasise comprehensive primary health care, equity, and prevention-focused approaches.
Her research interests center on enhancing child health and well-being through child and family-centered service delivery models, improving rural health outcomes, fostering student engagement in tertiary education, and promoting client-centered care.
About me
Doctor of Philsophy The University of South Australia
Bachelor of Health Science (Honours) University of South Australia
Bachelor of Applied Science (Occupational Therapy) University of South Australia
Diploma of Business Proteus Leadership Centre
Bachelor of Education (In Progress) Charles Darwin University
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Co-designing a wellbeing intervention with rural young people, SA Dept of Human Services, 25/07/2024 - 01/07/2025
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2023 |
Open access
1
2
2
|
| 2022 |
Open access
|
| 2022 |
2
3
9
|
| 2016 |
5
4
1
|
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
| Engagement/recognition | Year |
|---|---|
Enhancing Multi-Disciplinary Responses - Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation SymposiumArney Chong Consulting |
2024 |
Webinar: Parent-Child Play: A mental health promotion strategy for all childrenEmerging Minds |
2019 |
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
|---|---|
| Evaluation of building blocks group using the Parenting Interactions with Children Checklist of Observation Linked to Outcome (PICCOLO). | Current |
| Supporting foster carers in using play as a therapeutic tool | Current |
