Georgia Babatsikos
Role and profile
Ms Babatsikos is a Lecturer in the area of Health Promotion Program Planning and Evaluation and teaches at the Masters Degree Level. Ms Babatsikos is currently completing a PhD on “Australian parents, child sexuality, and boundary setting: informing preventative approaches to child sexual abuse.” Her interests include the application of a public health prevention approach to child sexual abuse environmental determinants of health, and depression prevention in the elderly.
Teaching responsibilities
HSH 705 Health Promotion Program Planning and Evaluation
Research interests
Ms Babatsikos is currently conducting qualitative research using Grounded Theory to understand parental knowledge, attitudes and behaviours as they relate to the emerging sexuality of their children, boundary setting, and reducing the risk of sexual abuse. This research is framed by a public health approach, which calls for primary prevention approaches to child sexual abuse prevention and also advocates for a multi-level approach to prevention, addressing individual, family, group, and community factors which affect the issue. This research is also informed by social work theory and practice in dealing with the issues of child sexual abuse, including treatment perspectives as well as theoretical foundations of social justice and empowerment. This research is being conducted at James Cook University (Cairns Campus) and is estimated to be completed by December 2010.
Awards and prizes
• Cum Laude (top 10% in academic performance) graduate – undergraduate and graduate, Tulane University• Dean’s Merit List (Dean's List), Tulane University • Tulane Honors Society, Tulane University • Outstanding Student Leadership Award, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine • President, Student Association, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine • Recipient of endowed academic scholarship ($USD56,000), Tulane University • Recipient of post graduate scholarship (covering HECS fees plus a research stipend), James Cook University Memberships
Public Health Association of Australia
Conferences
Babatsikos, G (2010) Parents’ knowledge, attitudes and practices about preventing child sexual abuse: A literature review. Child Abuse Review. 19: 107-129 Babatsikos, G: Australian Parents, Child Sexuality and Boundary Setting: Informing Preventative Approaches to Child Sexual Abuse, poster presentation at the Association of Child Welfare Agencies International Conference, Sydney, Australia, August, 2006 Babatsikos, G: Surfing the Net for Health Education, presented to the 16th World Conference on Health Promotion, San Juan, Puerto Rico, June, 1998 Babatsikos, G: Surfing the Net for Health Education, poster session at the National Conference on Health Promotion/SOPHE Midyear Conference in San Antonio, Texas, USA, May, 1998 Forrest R, Cohen D, Babatsikos G, McAndrew M, Rice J: Operation Protect, A Statewide Condom Accessibility Program, presented at Prevention ‘94, Atlanta, USA, 1994 |
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