Dr Merri Paech

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• Primary Health Care, including vision screening
• Child and adolescent health
• Manual handling
• Clincal skills acquisition

Australian College of Children and Young People's Nurses

Australian Association for the Manual Handling of People

National Tertiary Education Union

Australian Nursing Federation (SA Branch)

Registered Nurse (NBSA)

Diploma of Applied Science (Nursing), Sturt CAE

Bachelor of Nursing, Flinders University

Master of Arts (Women's Studies), Adelaide University

PhD, University of South Australia

• Child and adolescent health
• Vision screening techniques
• Technology assessment

Paech M 1991 Challenging healthcare economics and technology to save the environment. International Nursing Review 38(4): 111-114.

McConnell E, Paech M 1993 Trends in scholarly nursing literature. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing 11(2): 28-32.

McConnell E, Newland H, Manning J, Paech M 1993 A comparison of ophthalmic diagnostic techniques to detect diabetic retinopathy among Aboriginal people in Central Australia. Contemporary Nurse 2(1): 23-28.

Paech M 1996 Sex or gender? A feminist debate for nurses. Contemporary Nurse 5(4): 149-156.

Paech M, Calabretto H 1998 Children's vision screening: a primary health care controversy. Australian Journal of Primary Health Interchange 4(4): 89-97.

Paech M, Calabretto H 1999 Screening the vision of school-aged children: a multidisciplinary research approach. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, 17(2): 7-12.

Paech M 2000 Do the eyes have it? Research in progress about children's vision. Presented at: 6th International Conference of Paediatric and Child Health Nurses, Perth. April.

Paech M 2002 Multidisciplinary vision screening research in South Australian schools. In: Rooney K, Nielsen B & Paech M Multidisciplinary Research into Vision Screening of Children's Visual Health in the Context of the Classroom. Presentation at the State Congress of the Optometrists Association Australia (SA Branch), Adelaide, July.

Paech M 2002 The Importance of Visual Skills for Learning. Townsend Visiting teacher Service, DETE Townsend House, November.

Paech M 2002 Multidisciplinary Vision Screening Projects in South Australian Schools: working towards a policy change. Presented at: "Health Policy, Practice and Research in the 21st Century: Making a Difference", Auckland City, New Zealand, May.

Paech M 2002 Insight into Eyesight: Interdisciplinary research about adolescents. Presented at: 7th International Conference of Paediatric and Child Health Nurses, Sydney, May.

Manning J, Paech M 2003 Healthcare Technology Assessment: A decision-making tool for selecting manual handling equipment. Presented at: "Moving Forward Safely", Inaugural International Conference on the Manual Handling of People, Adelaide, October.

Nielsen Barbara, Paech Merri 2004 Managing Visual Dyslexia: a longitudinal case study. Australian Journal of Learning Disabilities, 9(3): 4-10.

Paech M 2004 Is binocular eye function important? Case studies of Year 8 students that inform the vision-learning debate. Conference presentation: "Bringing it together for kids and families", Australian Confederation of Paediatric and Child Health Nurses, Adelaide, September: pp54

Paech M 2009 (In print) The Orinda Study: should the 'modified clinical technique' retain its 'gold standard' status as a vision screening tool? Experimental and Clinical Optometry.

I am able to provide media comment in the following areas of expertise:

Discipline: Nursing

• Vision screening techniques for school-aged children
• The vision - learning debate
• Assessment of healthcare technology
• Manual handling of people
• Gender issues in health and healthcare