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Research interests
Population health, Health inequality, Social inequality
Research Profile
Professor Glover is Director of PHIDU (the Public Health information Development Unit) at Torrens University Australia.
John’s work aims to describe and to monitor, over time, the extent of associations between health status and socioeconomic disadvantage in Australia. His research uses a range of approaches to present data in ways that are accessible to a wide audience that includes students, educators, researchers and people involved in service planning, strategic planning and policy development. The results of this work are available at www.phidu.torrens.edu.au.
John and his team have prepared a number of reports for the World Health Organization, around gender equity and health equity and twice provided chapters on the Health Systems of Australia and New Zealand for the International Encyclopedia of Public Health. Major Australian reports include Advocacy and action in public health: Lessons from Australia over the 20th Century, 2013 and Housing experiences and suitability as determinants of health: Population patterns of housing and correlated health risk factors and outcomes, 2019
Education/Academic qualification
BEc, Bachelor, Adelaide University
BA, Bachelor, Adelaide University
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 5 Gender Equality -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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The rheumatology workforce in Australia: current and projected shortfalls
Terrett, A. M., Damodaran, A., Burnet, S., Singh-Grewal, D., Buchbinder, R., Glover, J., Rudd, T., Lester, S., Whittle, S., Barrett, C., Keen, H. I. & Hill, C. L., 21 Jun 2025, In: Internal Medicine Journal.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prevalence of childhood lead poisoning and respiratory disease associated with lead smelter emissions
Taylor, M., Isley, C. & Glover, J., 2019, In: Environmental International. June 2019, p. 340 352 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ambient soil cation exchange capacity inversely associates with infectious and parasitic disease risk in regional Australia
Liddicoat, C., Bi, P., Waycott, M., Glover, J., Breed, M. & Weinstein, P., 1 Jun 2018, In: Science of the Total Environment. 626, p. 117-125 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Landscape biodiversity correlates with respiratory health in Australia
Liddicoat, C., Bi, P., Waycott, M., Glover, J., Lowe, A. J. & Weinstein, P., 15 Jan 2018, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 206, p. 113-122 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Health Systems of Australia and New Zealand
Hetzel, D. M. S., Glover, J. D. & McDonald, S. K., 6 Oct 2016, International Encyclopedia of Public Health. Elsevier Inc., p. 470-482 13 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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