Dr Matthew Leach |
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| Position: | Research Fellow | |
| Division/Portfolio: | Division of Health Sciences | |
| School/Unit: | School of Nursing and Midwifery | |
| Campus: | City East Campus | |
| Office: | P4-26E | |
| Telephone: | +61 8 830 22846 | |
| Fax: | ||
| Email: | matthew_dot_leach_at_unisa_dot_edu_dot_au | |
| URL for Business Card: | http://people.unisa.edu.au/matthew.leach | |
Health Economics & Policy Group
Teaching interests
- Evidence-based practice
- Naturopathic medicine
- Nursing practice
- Complementary & alternative medicine
- Integrative health care
Professional associations
Australian Society of Medical Research (ASMR)
Australian Traditional Medicine Society (ATMS)
Canadian Interdisciplinary Network for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research (IN-CAM)
International Society for Complementary Medicine Research (ISCMR)
Nurses Board of South Australia (NBSA)
Qualifications
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Bachelor of Nursing (Honours)
Diploma of Applied Science (Naturopathy)
Diploma of Clinical Nutrition
Registered Nurse
Naturopath
Research interests
- Evidence based practice
- Complementary & alternative medicine
- Herbal medicine
- Clinical nutrition
- Naturopathy
- Integrative health care
Research publications
Leach MJ. (2000) ‘An examination of the factors influencing natural therapy use in the Royal District Nursing Service’. Honours Thesis, University of South Australia.
Leach MJ. (2001) Aesculus hippocastanum. Australian Journal of Medical Herbalism, 13(4): 136-140.
Leach MJ. (2001) Phytotherapy and transplantation. Australian Journal of Medical Herbalism, 13(2): 43-48.
Leach MJ. (2002) An examination of factors influencing natural therapy use in the Royal District Nursing Service. The Australian Journal of Holistic Nursing, 9(2): 41-49.
Leach MJ. (2003) Barriers to conducting randomised controlled trials: lessons learnt from the Horsechestnut & Venous Leg Ulcer Trial (HAVLUT). Contemporary Nurse, 15(1): 37-47.
Leach MJ. (2003) Natural, complementary, alternative. Which term to use? The Australian Journal of Holistic Nursing, 10(1): 46-49.
Leach MJ. (2004) A critical review of natural therapies in wound management. Ostomy Wound Management, 50(2): 18-29. (http://www.o-wm.com/article/2441)
Leach MJ. (2004) Public, nurse and medical practitioner attitude and practice of natural medicine. Complementary Therapies in Nursing & Midwifery, 10(1): 13-21. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?)
Leach MJ. (2004) The clinical feasibility of natural medicine, venotonic therapy and horse chestnut seed extract in the treatment of venous leg ulceration: a descriptive survey. Complementary Therapies in Nursing & Midwifery. 10(2): 97-109. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?)
Leach MJ. (2004) Making sense of the venous leg ulcer debate: a literature review. Journal of Wound Care. 13(2): 52-57. (http://www.journalofwoundcare.com)
Leach MJ. (2004) Naturopathic framework for a growing profession. British Naturopathic Journal. 21(3): 8-11.
Leach MJ. (2005) Rapport: a key to treatment success. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice. 11(4): 262-265. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?)
Leach MJ. (2005) The clinical efficacy & feasibility of using Horsechestnut seed extract in the treatment of venous leg ulceration. PhD Thesis, University of South Australia.
Leach MJ. (2006) Integrative health care: a need for change? Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine. 3(1): 1-11. (http://www.bepress.com/jcim/vol3/iss1/1/)
Leach MJ. Pincombe J. Foster G. (2006) Clinical efficacy of horsechestnut seed extract in the treatment of venous ulceration. Journal of Wound Care. 15(4): 159-167. (http://www.journalofwoundcare.com)
Leach MJ. Pincombe J. Foster G. (2006) Using Horsechestnut Seed Extract in the treatment of venous leg ulceration: a cost-benefit analysis. Ostomy/Wound Management 52(4): 68-78. (http://www.o-wm.com/article/5536)
Leach MJ. (2006) Evidence-based practice: a framework for clinical practice and research design. International Journal of Nursing Practice 12(5): 248-51. (http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/loi/ijn)
Leach MJ. (2006) Wound management: using Levine's conservation model to guide practice. Ostomy Wound Management 52(8): 74-80. (http://www.o-wm.com/article/6024)
Leach MJ. (2007) Revisiting the evaluation of clinical practice. International Journal of Nursing Practice 13(2): 70-74. (http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/loi/ijn)
Leach MJ. (2007) Orthodox use, or misuse, of complementary and alternative medicine? Journal of Complementary & Integrative Medicine 4(1): 1-5. (http://www.bepress.com/jcim/vol4/iss1/3/)
Leach MJ. (2007) Gymnema sylvestre for diabetes mellitus. Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine. 13(9): 977-984. (http://www.liebertonline.com/toc/acm/13/9)
Leach, MJ. (2008) Natural wound care. Journal of Complementary Medicine. 7, 32-35,65.
Leach, MJ. (2008) The naturopathic process: a framework for naturopathic practice. Journal of the Australian Traditional Medicine Society. 14(1): 7-10.
Leach, MJ. Kumar, S. (2008) The clinical effectiveness of Ginger (Zingiber officinale) in adults with osteoarthritis. International Journal of Evidence-based Healthcare: 6(3): 311-320.
Leach, MJ. (2008) Calendula officinalis for wound healing: a systematic review. WOUNDS. 20(8): 236-243.
Leach, MJ. (2008) Planning: a necessary step in clinical care. Journal of Clinical NursingPlanning: a necessary step in clinical care. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 17(13): 1728-1734.
Leach, MJ. Gillham D. (2008) Evaluation of the Evidence-Based practice Attitude and utilization SurvEy (EBASE) for complementary and alternative medicine practitioners. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 14(5): 792-798.
Expertise for Media Contact
I am able to provide media comment in the following areas of expertise:
Discipline: health sciences
- Naturopathy
- Natural Medicine
- Complementary & alternative medicine
Community Service
| Organisation Name: | University of South Australia |
| Section: | Division of Health Sciences - Human Research Ethics Committee |
| Level of involvement: | Committee member |
| Year from: | 2006 |
| Comments: | Responsible for independent review of Honours and Masters by coursework ethics applications. |
| Organisation Name: | Department of Education, Training and the Arts - Queensland Government |
| Section: | Office of Higher Education |
| Type of Organisation: | Government Board or committee |
| Level of involvement: | Member of course assessment panel |
| Year from: | 2006 |
| Comments: | Responsible for providing expert review of complementary and alternative medicine education programs. |
| Organisation Name: | Journal of Wound Care |
| Level of involvement: | Reviewer of Selected Papers |
| Year from: | 2006 |
Research Degree Supervisor
Dr Matthew Leach has a background in nursing, naturopathy and clinical research, and holds a Bachelor of Nursing (honours) degree, a Diploma of Applied Science (Naturopathy), a Diploma of Clinical Nutrition, and a Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD). He has expertise in naturopathy, herbal medicine, and complementary and alternative medicine, with particular interest in diabetes, wound managemement, and evidence-based practice. Dr Leach also has experience in the development and conduct of randomised controlled trials, comparative case studies, cost-benefit analysis and descriptive surveys.Current Projects:
CAM practitioner attitude and use of evidence-based practice
| Matthew is the principle investigator of a divisional research development grant funded study that is investigating complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practitioner attitude and utilisation of evidence-based practice. |
| Matthew is the Research Fellow & Project Manager for a large Australian Research Council (ARC-linkage grant) funded study (in partnership with the South Australian Department of Health), which is testing an evidence-based primary health care workforce planning model in order to support best practice care of persons with diabetes. |
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