Julianne Abood

Position

Research Officer - Across the Margins: Sexual health LGBTQA+ people living with disability

Biography

Julianne Abood is currently the research officer for project ‘Across the Margins – Sexual health of LGBTQA+ people with disability’ with THRI, Western Sydney University. Julianne holds a Bachelor of Arts in anthropology/comparative sociology and a Masters in international relations. Julianne holds a Bachelor of Arts (anthropology/comparative sociology), Masters (international relations), and a PhD (social sciences). Julianne Abood has over 25 years’ experience working in the Greater Western Sydney family and community services sector in a diverse range of project work. Julianne has worked across sectors and regional areas, in partnership with Government and non-Government organisations, community groups, and other key stakeholders around access and equity, health promotion, women’s health, mental health, and community engagement. The focus of much of this work has been to improve access and inclusiveness to mainstream services for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and communities. Julianne’s main areas of interest are working to promote issues of social justice, gender equity, and human rights.

Research Interests

• Health Justice
• Gender Equity
• Social Justice

Qualifications & Recognition

• BA Anthropology/Comparative Sociology - Macquarie University
• MA International Relations – UNSW
• PhD of Philosophy - Western Sydney University

Research & Publications

• For a full list of my publications please view my publications page (opens in a new window)
• View my ResearchGate profile (opens in a new window)
• View my ORCID profile (opens in a new window)

Top recent publications:

1. Woodward, K., Polonsky, M., Green, J., Abood, J., & Renzaho, A. (2020). Settlement Service Literacy and the Relationship Between Service Utilisation and Wellbeing Among Newly Arrived Migrants: A Mixed Methods Systematic Review Protocol. (opens in a new window) Social Science Protocols, 1-7.
2. Abood, J., Woodward, K., Polonsky, M., Green, J., Tadjoeddin, Z., & Renzaho, A. (2021). Understanding immigrant settlement services literacy in the context of settlement service utilisation, settlement outcomes and wellbeing among new migrants: A mixed methods systematic review. (opens in a new window) Wellbeing, Space and Society, 2, 1-19.
3. Abood, J., Polonsky, M., Woodward, K., Green, J., Tadjoeddin, Z., & Renzaho, A.M.N. (2022). Understanding settlement services literacy and the provision of settlement services for humanitarian migrants in Australia—A service provider perspective. (opens in a new window) Australian Journal of Social Issues, 00, 1– 22.
4. Renzaho AMN, Polonsky MJ, Ferdous A, Yusuf A, Abood J, Salami BO, et al. (2022) Establishing the psychometric properties of constructs from the conceptual ‘Settlement Services Literacy’ framework and their relationship with migrants’ acculturative stress in Australia. (opens in a new window) PLoS ONE 17(4): e0266200.
5. Abood J, Green J, Polonsky MJ, Woodward K, Tadjoeddin Z, Renzaho AMN (2023) The importance of information acquisition to settlement services literacy for humanitarian migrants in Australia. (opens in a new window) PLoS ONE 18(1): e0280041.

Contact Details