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Dr Husna Razee

Dr Husna Razee

Senior Lecturer

BSc (AUB),

MPH (UC Berkeley),

PhD (UNSW)

Medicine & Health
School of Population Health

I am an academic with a teaching intensive focus with over 10 plus years of experience convening and teaching qualitative research for postgraduate coursework and research students at UNSW.

My expertise in qualitative research lies in ethnography and in using creative data collection methods such as vignettes, most significant stories and story boarding for exploring sensitive topics such as mental health, sexual and reproductive health and gender based violence. These skills have been honed through research undertaken in Australia, Saudi Arabia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Indonesia and Maldives.

My area of research covers social and cultural determinants of health, sexual and reproductive health promotion, adolescent sexual and reproductive health education, gender-based violence, social and cultural conceptualization of mental health and health professional education.

I have lead/co-lead more than 15 post graduate research projects and contributed to three competitive research grants that involve qualitative research methods. I have co-authored over 30 peer reviewed publications in which I played a key role in conceptualizing and anlayzing qualitative research components and writing the manuscripts.

I have successfully trained academics and higher degree research students in Maldives, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea in qualitative research methods and use of NVIVO software to manage qualitative data.
Phone
02 9385 8317
E-mail
husna.razee@unsw.edu.au
  • Books | 2011
    Jayasuriya R; Razee H; Brentnall L; Whittaker M; Yap L; Chakumai K; Brentnall , 2011, Voices from the Field: Factors Influencing Rural Health Worker Performance in Papua New Guinea, Original, University of New South Wales, Sydney
  • Book Chapters | 2014
    Balasooriya C; Asante A; Jayasinha R; Razee H, 2014, 'Academic mobility & migration: Reflections of International Academics in Australia.', in Academic Mobility. International Perspectives on Higher Education Research, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp. 117 - 135,
    Book Chapters | 2014
    Balasooriya C; Asante A; Jayasinha R; Razee H, 2014, 'Academic mobility and migration: Reflections of international academics in Australia', in Academic Mobility, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp. 117 - 135,
    Book Chapters | 2014
    Balasooriya C; Asante A; Jayasinha R; Razee H, 2014, 'Academic mobility and migration: Reflections of international academics in Australia', in International Perspectives on Higher Education Research, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp. 117 - 135,
  • Journal articles | 2024
    Ambrens M; Macniven R; Perram A; Andrews S; Hawley-Hague H; Razee H; Todd C; Valenzuela T; Delbaere K, 2024, 'How Perceptions of Aging Influence Physical Activity and Exercise in Older Age: Exploring the Behavior of People Aged 70+ Years Engaged in Fall Prevention Activities', Journal of Applied Gerontology, 43, pp. 1386 - 1396,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Ambrens M; Stanners M; Valenzuela T; Razee H; Chow J; Van Schooten KS; Close JCT; Clemson L; Zijlstra GAR; Lord SR; Tiedemann A; Alley SJ; Vandelanotte C; Delbaere K; Valenzuela Arteaga T, 2023, 'Exploring Older Adults' Experiences of a Home-Based, Technology-Driven Balance Training Exercise Program Designed to Reduce Fall Risk: A Qualitative Research Study Within a Randomized Controlled Trial', Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy, 46, pp. 139 - 148,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Poudel S; Dobbins T; Razee H; Akombi-Inyang B, 2023, 'Adolescent Pregnancy in South Asia: A Pooled Analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Aljehani N; Razee H; Ritchie J; Valenzuela T; Bunde-Birouste A; Alkhaldi G, 2022, 'Exploring Female University Students' Participation in Physical Activity in Saudi Arabia: A Mixed-Methods Study', Frontiers in Public Health, 10,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Armstrong E; Yin X; Razee H; Pham CV; Sa-Ngasoongsong P; Tabu I; Jagnoor J; Cameron ID; Yang M; Sharma V; Zhang J; Close JCT; Harris IA; Tian M; Ivers R, 2022, 'Exploring barriers to, and enablers of, evidence-informed hip fracture care in five low- middle-income countries: China, India, Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam', Health Policy and Planning, 37, pp. 1000 - 1011,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Harrison R; Meyer L; Rawstorne P; Razee H; Chitkara U; Mears S; Balasooriya C, 2022, 'Evaluating and enhancing quality in higher education teaching practice: a meta- review', Studies in Higher Education, 47, pp. 80 - 96,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Poudel S; Razee H; Dobbins T; Akombi-Inyang B, 2022, 'Adolescent Pregnancy in South Asia: A Systematic Review of Observational Studies', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Akombi-Inyang B; Ghimire PR; Archibong E; Woolley E; Razee H, 2021, 'Association between intimate partner violence and male alcohol use and the receipt of perinatal care: Evidence from Nepal demographic and health survey 2011-2016', PLoS ONE, 16, pp. e0259980,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Rao VS; Dahlen HG; Razee H, 2020, 'Indian migrant women's experiences of motherhood and postnatal support in Australia: A qualitative study', Women and Birth, 33, pp. 479 - 489,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Setio K; Pardosi J; Beek K; Razee H, 2020, 'The risk and protective factors for risky sexual behaviors among school-aged adolescents in Indonesia', EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, 30,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Sharpe A; Razee H; Zwi A, 2020, 'Did human security forget the humans? Critically assessing evaluations of interventions with a human security dimension in Sri Lanka', Conflict, Security and Development,
    Journal articles | 2019
    O’Connor M; Rawstorne P; Iniakwala D; Razee H, 2019, 'Fijian Adolescent Emotional Well-Being and Sexual and Reproductive Health-Seeking Behaviours', Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 16, pp. 373 - 384,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Pandey PL; Seale H; Razee H, 2019, 'Exploring the factors impacting on access and acceptance of sexual and reproductive health services provided by adolescent-friendly health services in Nepal', PLoS ONE, 14,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Lopez-Vargas P; Tong A; Crowe S; Alexander SI; Caldwell PHY; Campbell DE; Couper J; Davidson A; De S; Fitzgerald DA; Haddad S; Hill S; Howell M; Jaffe A; James LJ; Ju A; Manera KE; McKenzie A; Morrow AM; Odgers HL; Pinkerton R; Ralph AF; Richmond P; Shaw PJ; Singh-Grewal D; van Zwieten A; Wake M; Craig JC; Kaleidoscope Project workshop investigators , 2018, 'Research priorities for childhood chronic conditions: a workshop report.', Archives of Disease in Childhood, pp. 1 - 9,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Nahidi S; Blignault I; Hayen A; Razee H, 2018, 'Psychological Distress in Iranian International Students at an Australian University', Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 20, pp. 651 - 657,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Nguyen TA; Knight R; Mant A; Razee H; Brooks G; Dang TH; Roughead EE, 2018, 'Corruption practices in drug prescribing in Vietnam - An analysis based on qualitative interviews', BMC Health Services Research, 18,
    Journal articles | 2018
    O’Connor M; Rawstorne P; Devi R; Iniakwala D; Razee H, 2018, 'Understanding the meaning of youth sexual and reproductive well-being in Fiji', Culture, Health and Sexuality, 20, pp. 1244 - 1258,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Smith BJ; Cheung NW; Najnin N; Bauman A; Razee H; Blignault I; van der Ploeg HP, 2018, 'Reliability and Validity of Measures for Investigating the Determinants of Health Behaviors Among Women With a History of Gestational Diabetes', Health Education and Behavior, 45, pp. 43 - 51,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Valenzuela T; Razee H; Schoene D; Lord SR; Delbaere K, 2018, 'An interactive home-based cognitive-motor step training program to reduce fall risk in older adults: Qualitative descriptive study of older adults' experiences and requirements', JMIR Aging, 1, pp. e11975,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Warren R; Lambert S; Razee H, 2018, 'The Dietary Behaviours of Cancer Caregivers: Preliminary Findings on How Becoming a Cancer Caregiver Might Influence Food Choices and Dietary Behaviours in the Carer Compared With Pre-Caring', Journal of Global Oncology, 4, pp. 104s - 104s,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Kaur R; Razee H; Seale H, 2017, 'Can we improve the approach taken to teaching medical students about hand hygiene?', Infection, Disease & Health,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Kaur R; Razee H; Seale H, 2017, 'Setting the right foundations: improving the approach used to teach concepts of hand hygiene to medical students', Journal of Hospital Infection, 95, pp. 355 - 358,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Nguyen TA; Knight R; Mant A; Razee H; Brooks G; Dang TH; Roughead EE, 2017, 'Inflated medicine prices in Vietnam: A qualitative study', Health Policy and Planning, 32, pp. 647 - 656,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Kaur R; Razee H; Seale H, 2016, 'Development and appraisal of a hand hygiene teaching approach for medical students: a qualitative study', Journal of Infection Prevention, 17, pp. 162 - 168,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Kaur R; Razee H; Seale H, 2016, 'Exploring the attitudes of medical students towards a new hand hygiene teaching approach', Infection, Disease & Health,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Raman S; Nicholls R; Ritchie J; Razee H; Shafiee S, 2016, 'Eating soup with nails of pig: Thematic synthesis of the qualitative literature on cultural practices and beliefs influencing perinatal nutrition in low and middle income countries', BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 16,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Raman S; Nicholls R; Ritchie J; Razee H; Shafiee S, 2016, 'How natural is the supernatural? Synthesis of the qualitative literature from low and middle income countries on cultural practices and traditional beliefs influencing the perinatal period', Midwifery, 39, pp. 87 - 97,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Raman S; Srinivasan K; Kurpad A; Ritchie J; Razee H, 2016, '“We have to ask and only then do”: Unpacking agency and autonomy in women's reproductive health in urban India', Health Care for Women International, 37, pp. 1119 - 1137,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Vuong K; Hermiz O; Razee H; Richmond RL; Zwar N, 2016, 'The experiences of smoking cessation among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Australian general practice: a qualitative descriptive study.', Family Practice, 33, pp. 715 - 720,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Dharmaratne S; Razee H; Ponnamperuma G; Marambe K; Dawson A; Balasooriya C, 2015, 'VIGNETTE-BASED DECISION POINT ANALYSIS (VDPA): A NOVEL METHOD OF EXPLORING PERSON-CENTERED CONTEXTUAL INFLUENCES ON CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING', European Journal for Person Centered Healthcare, 3, pp. 151 - 151,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Kaur R; Razee H; Seale H, 2015, 'Exploring the approaches used to teach concepts of hand hygiene to Australian medical students', Journal of Infection Prevention, 16, pp. 162 - 166,
    Journal articles | 2014
    Kaur R; Razee H; Seale H, 2014, 'Facilitators and barriers around teaching concepts of hand hygiene to undergraduate medical students', Journal of Hospital Infection, 88, pp. 28 - 33,
    Journal articles | 2014
    Raman S; Srinivasan K; Kurpad A; Razee H; Ritchie J, 2014, '"Nothing special, everything is maamuli ": Socio-cultural and family practices influencing the perinatal period in urban India', PLoS ONE, 9,
    Journal articles | 2012
    Razee H; Whittaker M; Jayasuriya RA; Yap L; Brentnall L; Brentnall , 2012, 'Listening to the rural health workers in Papua New Guinea - The social factors that influence their motivation to work', Social Science and Medicine, 75, pp. 828 - 835,
    Journal articles | 2012
    Seale H; Mak J; Razee H; MacIntyre CR, 2012, 'Examining the knowledge, attitudes and practices of domestic and international university students towards seasonal and pandemic influenza', BMC Public Health, 12, pp. 1 - 6,
    Journal articles | 2012
    Watkins P; Razee H; Richters J, 2012, ''I'm telling you ... the language barrier is the most, the biggest challenge': barriers to education among Karen refugee women in Australia', Australian Journal of Education, 56, pp. 126 - 141,
    Journal articles | 2010
    Razee H; van der Ploeg HP; Blignault I; Smith BJ; Bauman A; Mclean M; Cheung N, 2010, 'Beliefs, barriers, social support and environmental influences related to diabetes risk behaviours among women with a history of gestational diabetes', Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 21, pp. 130 - 137,
  • Conference Presentations | 2021
    Meyer L; Balasooriya C; Harrison R; Rawstorne P; Razee H, 2021, 'Piloting formative peer review of teaching: strengthening academic professional development', presented at HERDSA 2021 Conference, Brisbane, 30 June 2021 - 03 July 2021
    Theses / Dissertations | 2018
    Kaur R, 2018, Improving the knowledge and receptiveness of medical students towards hand hygiene: Exploring new approaches,
    Conference Presentations | 2016
    Kaur R; Razee ; seale , 2016, 'Exploring the attitudes of medical students towards a new hand hygiene teaching approach', presented at Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control (ACPIC), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 20 November 2016 - 23 November 2016
    Conference Presentations | 2016
    Kaur R; Razee H; Seale , 2016, 'Can we improve the approach taken to teaching medical students about hand hygiene?', presented at Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control (ACPIC), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 20 November 2016 - 23 November 2016
    Conference Presentations | 2016
    Vuong K; Hermiz O; Razee H; Richmond RL; Zwar N, 2016, 'A qualitative study on smoking cessation among general practice patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.', presented at Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Conference, Perth, 29 September 2016 - 01 October 2016
    Conference Presentations | 2016
    Vuong K; Hermiz O; razee H; Richmond R; zwar N, 2016, 'A qualitative study of the experiences of smoking cessation among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Australian primary care', presented at North American Primary Care Research Group Conference, Colorado Springs, 12 November 2016 - 16 November 2016
    Conference Presentations | 2016
    Vuong K; Zwar N; Hermiz O; Razee H; Richmond RL, 2016, 'A qualitative study on smoking cessation among general practice patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.', presented at Primary Health Care Research Conference, Canberra, 08 June 2016 - 09 June 2016
    Conference Papers | 2013
    Kaur R; Razee H; Seale H, 2013, 'Teaching concepts of hand hygiene to medical students: examining current practices across Australian medical schools', in Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2nd International Conference on Prevention and Infection Control (ICPIC 2013), Geneva, Switzerland, presented at 2nd International Conference on Prevention and Infection Control (ICPIC 2013), Geneva, Switzerland, 25 June 2013 - 28 June 2013,
    Conference Papers | 2013
    Kaur R; Razee H; Seale H, 2013, 'Teaching the concepts of hand hygiene to undergraduate medical students: the views of key stakeholders', in Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2nd International Conference on Prevention and Infection Control (ICPIC 2013), Geneva, Switzerland, presented at 2nd International Conference on Prevention and Infection Control (ICPIC 2013), Geneva, Switzerland, 25 June 2013 - 28 June 2013,
    Conference Papers | 2011
    Shahid F; Razee H; Jayasuriya R; Iqbal R; Qureshi R; Jabbar A, 2011, 'Challenges to changing lifestyle for women with history of gestational diabetes mellitus in Pakistan', in Challenges to changing lifestyle for women with history of gestational diabetes mellitus in Pakistan, International Diabetes Federation, Dubai, pp. 291 - 291, presented at World Diabetes Congress, Dubai, 04 December 2011 - 08 December 2011
    Conference Papers | 2010
    Nguyen AT; Knight RA; Razee H; Mant A; Cao Q, 2010, 'Root causes of high medicine prices in Vietnam - A qualitative study', in Pharmacy Practice, Centro de Investigaciones y Publicaciones Farmaceuticas, Spain, pp. 50 - 51, presented at 16th International Social Pharmacy Workshop, Lisbon, 23 August 2010 - 26 August 2010,
    Conference Presentations | 2010
    Shahid F; Razee H; Iqbal R; Jabbar A; Qureshi R; Jayasuriya R, 2010, 'Factors affecting healthy lifestyle during and after gestational diabetes for native Pakistani women: A qualitative study', presented at New Evidence in Maternal, Neonatal, Child Health & Family Planning in Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan, 01 December 2010 - 02 December 2010
    Reports | 2009
    van der Ploeg HP; Smith BJ; Cheung N; Razee H; Blignault I; Bauman A, 2009, Understanding and measuring health behaviours and related psychosocial factors among women with a history of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, University of Sydney, Sydney, Diabetes Prevention Research Report Series,

2022: UNSW School of Public Health award or excellence in higher degree research supervision

2018: postgraduate research supervisor award presented by ARC postgraduate council in recognition of exemplary supervisory conduct and invaluable contribution to supervision of higher degree research candidates

2012: UNSW School of Public Health and Community Medicine award for excellence in postgraduate research supervision.

2012: UNSW Faculty of Medicine, Learning and Teaching Award for outstanding contribution to student learning.

2012: UNSW School of Public Health and Community Medicine award for excellence in undergraduate teaching.

Current research projects include the following. Except for the first one the rest are all higher degree research activities.

  • Covid experience among HDR students
  • Investigating how caring for a loved one with cancer affects nutritional choices and dietary behaviour
  • Developing an education tool for nurses and patients to support them in preventing and managing of pressure injuries
  • Understanding adolescent sexual and reproductive health promotion among senior high schools in Indonesia
  • Addressing child marriage through community-based education on adolescent sexual reproductive health in Indonesia
  • Factors influencing diagnostic decisions in emergency departments
  • economic consequences of under-reporting of occupational-related illnesses in Indonesia

My Research Supervision

  1. Primary Supervisor: PhD - Rebecca Warren (Investigating how caring for a loved one with cancer affects nutritional choices and dietary behaviors in the carer
  2. Primary Supervisor: PhD - Scientia project - Rinaldi Ridwan (Understanding adolescent sexual and reproductive health promotion among senior high schools in Indonesia
  3. Primary Supervisor: PhD - Scientia project - Kartika Dimar Setio (Addressing child marriage through community-based education on adolescent sexual reproductive health in Indonesia
  4. Primary Supervisor: PhD - Emine Tetik - Developing an educational tool for nurses and patients to support them in preventing and managing pressure injuries
  5. Joint Supervisor: MPhil - Samikshiya Poudel
  6. Co-Supervisor: PhD - Robert Klein (Factors influencing diagnostic decision making in emergency departments.
  7. Co-supervisor: PhD - Levina Khoe (Economic consequences of underreporting of occupational-related illnesses in Indonesia

My Teaching

Convenor, PHCM2003 (Health Promotion), Bachelor of International Public Health Program

Co-convenor, PHCM9012 (Health Promotion), MPH program

Co-convenor, PHCM9120 (Qualitative Research Methods