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Biography
Dr Terri Pikora is an adjunct Research Fellow with the Rural Clinical School of Western Australia. For the past 30 years, Terri has worked across a range of research areas where she has translated her research into programs, policy and practice.
Research interests
Terri is interested in encouraging and supporting rural projects and less experienced researchers, including student researchers, with researching areas that are important to improve the health of rural and remote communities. This has led to her interest in a wide range of research topics.
Over her years of expereince, Terri has conducted research and evaluation projects across a wide range of research areas including, but not limited to:
* Implementation of Voluntary Assisted Dying
* Curriculum evaluation
* Disability research
* Water safety research and injury prevention
* Social environmental and physical environmental influences on physical activity
* Evaluation of Healthway funded programs
* Outcomes of surgical interventions
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Future Medical Doctors Are Not Learning About Overweight and Obesity in Children: Curriculum Analysis at Five Australian Medical Schools
Schwartzkoff, E., Pikora, T., Garven, H., Gooey, M., Gilligan, C., Lindley, J., Kerr, N., Smyth, L., Popovic, G., Arena, G. & Ferrington, L., 2025, In: Medical Science Educator. 35, 6, p. 2793-2797 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Good Arts, Good Mental Health®: the effectiveness of an Australian health promotion media campaign in promoting community mental wellbeing via the arts
Davies, C. R., Pescud, M. T., Clifford, R., McGrath, R., Thomson, A., Jeffrey, M., Stoneham, M., Pikora, T., Wright, P., Girdler, S., Baldassar, L. & Clift, S., 26 Jun 2025, In: Frontiers in Public Health. 13, 17 p., 1594846.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Still safe; still respectful: a mixed methods study exploring the early experiences of a rural community hospice in providing voluntary assisted dying
Auret, K., Pikora, T. J. & Briand, B. C., 22 Mar 2025, In: BMC Palliative Care. 24, 10 p., 78.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Australian public health campaign areas, methods, target groups and evaluation results – A rapid review of the literature
Davies, C., Pescud, M., Phillips, B., Stoneham, M., Pikora, T., Clifford, R. & Hooker, C., 14 Dec 2023, Australia: The University of Western Australia. 13 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other output
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Being a safe place: a qualitative study exploring perceptions as to how a rural community hospice could respond to enactment of voluntary assisted dying legislation
Auret, K., Pikora, T. & Gersbach, K., Dec 2022, In: BMC Palliative Care. 21, 1, 2.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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“Respecting our patients’ choices”: making the organizational decision to participate in voluntary assisted dying provision: findings from semi-structured interviews with a rural community hospice board of management
Auret, K. (Contributor), Pikora, T. J. (Contributor), Gersbach, K. (Contributor) & Donovan, R. J. (Contributor), Figshare, 17 Sept 2022
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.6203614
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Projects
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Wet and Wild - Assessing Injury Among Recreational Water Activities
Pikora, T. (Chief Investigator) & Braham, R. (Chief Investigator)
1/01/08 → 31/12/08
Project: Research
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Assessing Injuries Among Recreational Water Users
Pikora, T. (Investigator 01) & Braham, R. (Investigator 02)
Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage (Western Australia)
31/12/07 → 30/12/08
Project: Research
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458768 - An Economic Evaluation of Urban Design as a means of Promoting Physical Activity and Health (EcoRESIDE)
Giles-Corti, B. (Chief Investigator), Geelhoed, E. (Chief Investigator), Pikora, T. (Chief Investigator), Sheill, A. (Chief Investigator) & Begg, S. (Chief Investigator)
1/01/07 → 31/12/09
Project: Research
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Marine Safety Research Program 2006-09
Pikora, T. (Chief Investigator)
Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage (Western Australia)
1/01/07 → 31/12/09
Project: Research
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403933: The Impact of Urban Design on Active Transportation Patterns in Children
Giles-Corti, B. (Chief Investigator), Van Niel, K. (Chief Investigator), Timperio, A. (Chief Investigator), Bulsara, M. (Chief Investigator), Pikora, T. (Chief Investigator) & McCormack, G. (Chief Investigator)
1/01/06 → 31/12/08
Project: Research