Hanh Dao is a committed early-career nurse academic with over 10 years of experience in clinical nursing practice, university teaching, and health research across diverse cultures and settings. Her areas of research interest and expertise encompass outcome measurement and evaluation, trauma exposure, health behaviours, mental health (stress, depression, and PTSD), chronic diseases (diabetes and dementia), health services, women's health, and cross-cultural comparisons. She possesses a strong passion for enhancing healthcare services for vulnerable populations, including but not limited to older adults, women, and immigrants. Hanh Dao is interested in having connections and collaborations with those who share her research interests and enthusiasm.
Measurement tools developed and validated by Hanh Dao have been freely used internationally in multi-disciplinary research (for example: Vietnamese version of Perceived Stress Scale, Vietnamese version of Diabetes Self-management Instrument).
Journal Article: Validating care and treatment scenarios for measuring decisional conflict regarding future care preferences among older adults
Sinclair, Craig, Yeoh, Ling, Karusoo‐Musumeci, Ava, Auret, Kirsten A., Clayton, Josephine M., Hilgeman, Michelle, Halcomb, Elizabeth, Sinclair, Ron, Martini, Angelita, Meller, Anne, Walton, Rebecca, Wei, Li, Dao‐Tran, Tiet‐Hanh, Kurrle, Susan and Comans, Tracy (2024). Validating care and treatment scenarios for measuring decisional conflict regarding future care preferences among older adults. Health Expectations, 27 (2) e14010. doi: 10.1111/hex.14010
Comans, Tracy, Nguyen, Kim, Gray, Len, Flicker, Leon, Williamson, Paula, Dodd, Susanna, Kearney, Anna, Cunningham, Colm, Morris, Thomas, Nunn, Jack, Trepel, Dominic, Almeida, Osvaldo P, Kenny, Danelle, Welch, Alyssa, Lowthian, Judy A, Quinn, John, Petrie, Glenys, Dao-Tran, Tiet-Hanh, Manchha, Asmita and Kurrle, Susan E (2023). Measuring the success of programmes of care for people living with dementia: a protocol for consensus building with consumers to develop a set of Core Outcome Measures for Improving Care (COM-IC). BMJ Open, 13 (12) e073884, 1-9. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-073884
Journal Article: The Medical Outcome Study Social Support Survey (MOS‐SSS): a psychometric systematic review
Dao‐Tran, Tiet‐Hanh, Lam, Le‐Trinh, Balasooriya, Namal N. and Comans, Tracy (2023). The Medical Outcome Study Social Support Survey (MOS‐SSS): a psychometric systematic review. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 79 (12), 4521-4541. doi: 10.1111/jan.15786
Kellner, Ashlea, Townsend, Keith, Loudoun, Rebecca, Dao-Tran, Tiet-Hanh and Wilkinson, Adrian (2019). Balancing formal and informal support for psychological health in emergency services: creating multiple pathways for ambulance staff. Critical perspectives on the management and organization of emergency services. (pp. 270-287) edited by Paresh Wankhade, Leo McCann and Peter Murphy. New York, NY, United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315104447-16
Sinclair, Craig, Yeoh, Ling, Karusoo‐Musumeci, Ava, Auret, Kirsten A., Clayton, Josephine M., Hilgeman, Michelle, Halcomb, Elizabeth, Sinclair, Ron, Martini, Angelita, Meller, Anne, Walton, Rebecca, Wei, Li, Dao‐Tran, Tiet‐Hanh, Kurrle, Susan and Comans, Tracy (2024). Validating care and treatment scenarios for measuring decisional conflict regarding future care preferences among older adults. Health Expectations, 27 (2) e14010. doi: 10.1111/hex.14010
Comans, Tracy, Nguyen, Kim, Gray, Len, Flicker, Leon, Williamson, Paula, Dodd, Susanna, Kearney, Anna, Cunningham, Colm, Morris, Thomas, Nunn, Jack, Trepel, Dominic, Almeida, Osvaldo P, Kenny, Danelle, Welch, Alyssa, Lowthian, Judy A, Quinn, John, Petrie, Glenys, Dao-Tran, Tiet-Hanh, Manchha, Asmita and Kurrle, Susan E (2023). Measuring the success of programmes of care for people living with dementia: a protocol for consensus building with consumers to develop a set of Core Outcome Measures for Improving Care (COM-IC). BMJ Open, 13 (12) e073884, 1-9. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-073884
The Medical Outcome Study Social Support Survey (MOS‐SSS): a psychometric systematic review
Dao‐Tran, Tiet‐Hanh, Lam, Le‐Trinh, Balasooriya, Namal N. and Comans, Tracy (2023). The Medical Outcome Study Social Support Survey (MOS‐SSS): a psychometric systematic review. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 79 (12), 4521-4541. doi: 10.1111/jan.15786
Factors associated with self-management among Vietnamese adults with type 2 diabetes
Dao-Tran, Tiet-Hanh, Anderson, Debra, Chang, Anne, Seib, Charrlotte and Hurst, Cameron (2018). Factors associated with self-management among Vietnamese adults with type 2 diabetes. Nursing Open, 5 (4), 507-516. doi: 10.1002/nop2.158
Dao-Tran, Tiet-Hanh, Seib, Charrlotte, Jones, Lee and Anderson, Debra (2018). A cross-cultural comparison of health-related quality of life and its associated factors among older women in Vietnam and Australia. BMC Research Notes, 11 (1) 174, 1-7. doi: 10.1186/s13104-018-3282-0
Work characteristics and post-traumatic stress disorder among Australian ambulance personnel
Dao-Tran, Tiet-Hanh, Townsend, Keith, Loudoun, Rebecca and Kellner, Ashlea (2018). Work characteristics and post-traumatic stress disorder among Australian ambulance personnel. Journal of Health, Safety and Environment, 34 (3).
Prevalence and correlates of sleep disturbance among older women in Vietnam
Dao-Tran, Tiet-Hanh and Seib, Charrlotte (2017). Prevalence and correlates of sleep disturbance among older women in Vietnam. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 27 (17-18), 3307-3313. doi: 10.1111/jocn.14080
Dao-Tran, Tiet-Hanh, Anderson, Debra and Seib, Charrlotte (2017). How life stressors influence modifiable lifestyle factors, depressive symptoms, and physical and mental health among Vietnamese older women?. BMC Psychiatry, 17 (1) 232, 1-9. doi: 10.1186/s12888-017-1395-y
Dao-Tran, Tiet-Hanh, Anderson, Debra and Seib, Charrlotte (2017). The Vietnamese version of the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10): translation equivalence and psychometric properties among older women. BMC Psychiatry, 17 (1) 53. doi: 10.1186/s12888-017-1221-6
Vietnamese version of diabetes self-management instrument: development and psychometric testing
Dao-Tran, Tiet-Hanh, Anderson, Debra J., Chang, Anne M., Seib, Charrlotte and Hurst, Cameron (2016). Vietnamese version of diabetes self-management instrument: development and psychometric testing. Research in Nursing and Health, 40 (2), 177-184. doi: 10.1002/nur.21777
Seib, Charrlotte, Whiteside, Eliza, Lee, Kathryn, Humphreys, Janice, Dao Tran, Tiet Hanh, Chopin, Lisa and Anderson, Debra (2014). Stress, Lifestyle, and Quality of Life in Midlife and Older Australian Women: Results From the Stress and the Health of Women Study. Women's Health Issues, 24 (1). doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2013.11.004
Kearney, Anna, Dao-Tran, Tiet-Hanh, Williamson, Paula and Dodd, Susanna (2023). A review of recommended outcomes and measurement tools within core outcome sets (COS) developed for dementia. The Alzheimer's Association International Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 16-20 July 2023.
Kenney, D., Comans, T., Nguyen, K., Gray, L., Flicker, L., Williamson, P, Dodd,S, Kearney, A, Cunningham,C, Morris, T, Nunn, J, Trepel, D, Almeida, O, Welch,A, Lowthian, J, Quinn, J, Petrie, G, Dao-Tran, T-H, Manchha, A and Kurrle, S (2023). Ethical considerations for participatory action research involving people with potential cognitive impairment. Alzheimer's Association International Conference 2023, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 16-20 July 2023.
Organizational factors influencing post-traumatic stress disorder among paramedics
Dao-Tran, T. H., Townsend, K., Wilkinson, A. and Loudoun, R. (2018). Organizational factors influencing post-traumatic stress disorder among paramedics. AIRAANZ 2018, Adelaide, SA Australia, 2018.
Dao-Tran, T. H., Townsend, K., Wilkinson, A. and Loudoun, R. (2018). The roles of human resource management systems in post-traumatic stress disorders and intention to quit among paramedics. The Association of Industrial Relations Academics in Australia and New Zealand Conference 2018, Adelaide, SA Australia, 7-9 February 2018.
Dao-Tran, T. H., Seib, C. and Anderson, D. (2016). Sleeping disturbance among older women in Vietnam: results from the Vietnamese Women’s Wellness Research Program. 21st International Council on Women’s Health Issues (ICOWHI) Congress, Baltimore, MD USA, 6-9 November 2016.
Stressful life events and health among elderly women in Vietnam
Dao-Tran, T. H., Seib, C. and Anderson, D. (2015). Stressful life events and health among elderly women in Vietnam. Aging & Society: The Fifth Interdisciplinary Conference, Washington, DC USA, 8-9 November 2015.
Self-management among adults with type 2 diabetes in Vietnam
Dao-Tran, T. H., Anderson, D. and Chang, A. (2012). Self-management among adults with type 2 diabetes in Vietnam. 23rd International Nursing Research Congress, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 30 July-3 August 2023.
Diabetes knowledge among adults with type 2 diabetes in Vietnam
Dao-Tran, T. H., Anderson, D. and Chang, A. (2012). Diabetes knowledge among adults with type 2 diabetes in Vietnam. The Mekong Santé international conference, HaNoi, Vietnam, 11 May 2012.
Dao-Tran, T. H., Anderson, D. and Chang, A. (2011). Pilot study to examine the translation equivalence and the internal consistent validity of the instrument measuring self-management among adults with type 2 diabetes in Vietnam. IHBI postgraduate annual conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, November 2011.
Note for students: The possible research projects listed on this page may not be comprehensive or up to date. Always feel free to contact the staff for more information, and also with your own research ideas.
Vietnamese' nurse competence and influencing factors