Profiles And Contributions To This Article

Improving hearing health for farming families

Tony  Lower

Tony Lower

qualifications: PhD

contribution: wrote the first draft, literature review, supervised data collection

position: Research associate

Australia

Public Health Development Consultant with specific interest in chronic diseases. Farm health and safety specialist


Lyn  Fragar

Lyn Fragar

qualifications: MBBS

contribution: original concept, designed the project, contributed to drafts

position: Director

Australia

My interests are in the fields of farm and farming community health and safety


Julie  Depcynzksi

Julie Depcynzksi

qualifications: MN

contribution: original concept, designed the project, contributed to drafts

position: Research manager


Kathy  Challinor

Kathy Challinor

qualifications: RN

contribution: supervised data collection, contributed to drafts

position: CNC audiometrist


Janice  Mills

Janice Mills

qualifications: MHSc

contribution: supervised data collection, contributed to drafts

position: Health promotion & farm safety officer

Nurse education background working in Health Promotion. Special interest in farm family health and injury prevention and Aboriginal health issues.


Warwick  Williams

Warwick Williams

qualifications: PhD

contribution: contributed to drafts

position: Senior research engineer

Australia

Research interests include the prevention of noise injury and hearing loss through exposure to excessive noise.


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