QUT - Academic profiles - Ms Lana Elliott

Biography

Lana is a health policy and systems academic with a background in global health and political science. She is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Public Health and Social Work and an Affiliated Investigator with the QUT Centre for Justice.

With transdisciplinary training in human rights, international relations, and global health, Lana’s research is focused on advancing health equity by addressing political and power struggles embedded within our health systems. She is currently involved in several research projects aimed at strengthening health systems and population health outcomes (particularly in low-resource and remote settings) through enhanced policymaking and governance capacities.

Lana has been engaged in health research, policy and practice in the Pacific for more than a decade. She lived and worked in Vanuatu for a number of years before joining QUT, and has since supported governments across Melanesia in strengthening their health systems. Lana’s dedication to Pacific health includes leading projects and consultancies aimed at enhancing health planning and policymaking (with a particular emphasis on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases), embedding locally designed and conducted research and program evaluations, and supporting the capacity strengthening of health workers

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Centre for Justice

Personal details

Positions

Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Health,
School of Public Health & Social Work

Keywords

Health policy & systems research, Pacific health, Indigenous health, Health equity

Research field

Health services and systems, Public health, Political science

Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020

Qualifications

Master of International Public Health (University of Sydney)

Teaching

Lana has experience in teaching across a broad range of health disciplines and year levels in face-to-face, online and blended modes. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and holds a Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice (QUT). Lana has coordinated and taught into several undergraduate and post graduate units across the School of Public Health and Social Work including:

PUB104 - Australian Health Care Systems
PUB545 - Health Policy, Planning & Advocacy
HLB001 - Health Needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians
PUN017 - Health Planning & Evaluation
PUN688 - Health Policy in a Global Context

Publications

Elliott, L., Dalglish, S. & Topp, S. (2022). Health Taxes on Tobacco, Alcohol, Food and Drinks in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Scoping Review of Policy Content, Actors, Process and Context. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 11(4), 414–428. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/210908
Topp, S., Tully, J., Cummins, R., Graham, V., Yashadhana, A., Elliott, L. & Taylor, S. (2021). Unique knowledge, unique skills, unique role: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers in Queensland, Australia. BMJ Global Health, 6(7). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/212844
Topp, S., Tully, J., Cummins, R., Graham, V., Yashadhana, A., Elliott, L. & Taylor, S. (2022). Building patient trust in health systems: A qualitative study of facework in the context of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker role in Queensland, Australia. Social Science and Medicine, 302. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/232094
Topp, S., Tully, J., Cummins, R., Graham, V., Yashadhana, A., Elliott, L. & Taylor, S. (2022). Rhetoric, Reality and Racism: The Governance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers in a State Government Health Service in Australia. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 11(12), 2951–2963. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/232117
Elliott, L. & Taylor, J. (2021). Medical pluralism, sorcery belief and health seeking in Vanuatu: a quantitative and descriptive study. Health Promotion International, 36(3), 722–730. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/211001
Elliott, L. & Taylor, J. (2021). Community Perceptions of the Determinants of Diabetes in Peri-Urban Vanuatu. Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, 33(6-7), 734–739. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/210997
Istiko, S., Durham, J. & Elliott, L. (2022). (Not That) Essential: A Scoping Review of Migrant Workers' Access to Health Services and Social Protection during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(5). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/228968

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2024

Malatzky, C., Grant-Smith, D., McDonald, F., Elliott, L. & Correa Velez, I. (2024). The capacities of workforces to 'surge' on demand: An unfolding disaster. QUT Centre for Justice Briefing Papers, 59, 1–4. QUT Centre for Justice. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/251338
Elliott, L. M., Waqa, G. D., Ravuvu, A. L. A., Dalglish, S. L. & Topp, S. M. (2024). Watered down: a cross-case political economy analysis of sugar-sweetened beverage taxes in Vanuatu and Fiji. Health Promotion International, Article daae142, 39(6). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/254370
Briese, J., Elliott, L. & Duthie, D. (2024). Resistance, White Fragility, and Fear of the Unknown in Tertiary Settings: A Recipe for Blak Fatigue. In Ravulo, J., Olcon, K., Dune, T., Workman, A. & Liamputtong, P. (Eds.), Handbook of Critical Whiteness (pp. 181–196). Springer. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/254365

2023

Elliott, L. M., Waqa, G. D., Dalglish, S. L. & Topp, S. M. (2023). A sweet deal for domestic industry: the political economy and framing of Vanuatu's sugar-sweetened beverage tax. BMJ Global Health, Article e012025, 8(Suppl 8). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/245394
Elliott, L. M., Briese, J. & Duthie, D. (2023). Instruments of Colonial Administration and White Saviorism: The Past and Present of Public Health. In Ravulo, J., Olcon, K., Dune, T., Workman, A. & Liamputtong, P. (Eds.), Handbook of Critical Whiteness (pp. 1–19). Springer. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/247981

2022

Elliott, L., Dalglish, S. & Topp, S. (2022). Health Taxes on Tobacco, Alcohol, Food and Drinks in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Scoping Review of Policy Content, Actors, Process and Context. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 11(4), 414–428. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/210908
Istiko, S. N., Durham, J. & Elliott, L. (2022). (Not That) Essential: A Scoping Review of Migrant Workers' Access to Health Services and Social Protection during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(5). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/228968
Topp, S. M., Tully, J., Cummins, R., Graham, V., Yashadhana, A., Elliott, L. & Taylor, S. (2022). Building patient trust in health systems: A qualitative study of facework in the context of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker role in Queensland, Australia. Social Science and Medicine, Article 114984, 302. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/232094
Topp, S. M., Tully, J., Cummins, R., Graham, V., Yashadhana, A., Elliott, L. & Taylor, S. (2022). Rhetoric, Reality and Racism: The Governance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers in a State Government Health Service in Australia. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 11(12), 2951–2963. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/232117

2021

Elliott, L. & Taylor, J. (2021). Community Perceptions of the Determinants of Diabetes in Peri-Urban Vanuatu. Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, 33(6-7), 734–739. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/210997
Elliott, L. & Taylor, J. (2021). Medical pluralism, sorcery belief and health seeking in Vanuatu: a quantitative and descriptive study. Health Promotion International, 36(3), 722–730. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/211001
Topp, S., Tully, J., Cummins, R., Graham, V., Yashadhana, A., Elliott, L. & Taylor, S. (2021). Unique knowledge, unique skills, unique role: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers in Queensland, Australia. BMJ Global Health, Article e006028, 6(7). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/212844

A complete list of publications is available at: https://www.qut.edu.au/about/our-people/academic-profiles/lana.elliott

Ms Lana Elliott