Dr Alice Clark

Alice Clark is currently employed as a Post Doctoral Research Fellow in the Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre. Alice has recently completed a project called "Enhancing the Safety of People Living in the Community with Dementia" in conjunction with the Royal District Nursing Service and the Adelaide Western General Practice Network. Alice is currently working on an Ageing Well Ageing Productively project, looking at the development and evaluation of management strategies designed to address poly-morbidity in older people and the implications for health policy planning, practitioners and patients.

Alice is a PhD graduate from the Division of Education, Arts and Social Sciences, School of Social Work and Social Policy. She was supported by an APA (Industry) scholarship which was funded by an ARC Linkage Grant, submitting her thesis in February 2008, titled "Communities and Participation". The industry partner was the City of Salisbury. The research was predominantly qualitative and looked at meanings of community in the context of social policies that are aimed at people who are disadvantaged, and their implementation, social, economic and civic participation, governance, social capital and community development.

Alice has worked extensively as a social worker in areas including the Drug Court, domestic violence, supported accommodation, community housing and mental health. She has also lectured at TAFE and tutored at UniSA. During the last several years her work experience has been in research, social and health policy analysis, community development and project management for both government and community organisations.

• 'Studies in Family' and 'Social Enquiry Methods' within the School of Social Work and Social Policy, UniSA - Tutor
• 'Community Development', TAFE - Lecturer

Golden Key International Honour Society

Doctor of Philosophy (Social Science), University of South Australia (2008)

Bachelor of Social Science - First Class Honours, University of South Australia (2004)

Bachelor of Social Science, University of South Australia (2001)

• consumer and community consultation, engagement and participation
• quality use of medicines in the community
• social determinants of health
• public health
• health services research
• social policy and legislation analysis
• community development

Clark, A. (2009) Not a Solution at All? Communities and Social Policy, Australian Journal of Social Issues, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Vol. 44, No. 2, pp 163-181.

Clark, A., March, G. (2008) 'Red Flags' in Dementia - an Elusive Warning, Abstract, Poster Presentation, National Medicines Symposium, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.

Cameron, H., Clark, A. (2006) Local Government, Partnerships and Public Participation – Uncharted Territory? Governments and Communities in Partnership Conference, Centre for Public Policy, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Clark, A. (2006) Supported Residential Facilities: Supporting Residents to Stay or Move On?, Just Policy: A Journal of Australian Social Policy: Issue 39, Mar 2006: 29-37.

Theses

Clark, A. (2008) Communities and Participation – Social Policy, Governance and Community Development, PhD Thesis.

Clark, A. (2004) Supported Residential Facilities – Helping Residents to Stay or Move On, Honours Thesis. Available www.sapo.org.au/pub/pub2582.html

Conference Presentations

Clark, A. (2006) Supported Residential Facilities - Social Policy Research Group Conference, Sydney, http://www.sprc.unsw.edu.au/ASPC2005/papers/Paper27.pdf

Cameron, H., Clark, A. (2006) ‘Local Government, Partnerships & Public Participation – Uncharted Territory?’ Governments & Communities in Partnership: from Theory to Practice, 25 – 27 September 2006, Centre for Public Policy, University of Melbourne: published at: http://www.public-policy.unimelb.edu.au/conference06/presentations.html