Matthew Leach
Biographic Data
| ID | 4082103 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matthew Leach |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matthew |
| FAMILY NAME | Leach |
| SIGNATURE | LEACH M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Surrey |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3133-1913 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Readiness of the Australian naturopathic medicine profession for evidence implementation: A cross-sectional study
This novel study highlights several shortcomings in the Australian naturopathic medicine profession's preparedness for EI, particularly in relation to evidence-based practice/research advocacy, capacity and culture. To overcome these challenges and critical sector-specific gaps, increased investment in capacity building and proactive efforts from regulatory and professional bodies will be crucial to fostering evidence-based practice, building pro…
Developing a Consensus‐Based Nature Prescribing Framework for Australian Healthcare: A Delphi Study
Background: With growing interest in nature‐based interventions for health, establishing implementation frameworks for prescribing nature in diverse settings is crucial. This study aims to develop and validate a nature prescribing framework tailored for the Australian healthcare context, employing a Delphi methodology to harness expert consensus. Methods: The study utilised a two‐round Delphi technique to gather insights from experts across vario…
Designing the Contemporary Implementation of Traditional knowledge and Evidence (Cite) framework to guide the application of traditional knowledge in contemporary health contexts: A Delphi study
As the international health community increasingly recognised the potential value and importance of TCIH knowledge and technologies, this Contemporary Implementation of Traditional knowledge and Evidence (CITE) Framework provides a timely and much-needed practical guide to rigorous and respectful traditional knowledge implementation
Interweaving Narratives of Lived Experience in Mental Health Social Work Curriculum
This study explored the metacurriculum of an undergraduate mental health social work subject that was developed and delivered collaboratively by lived experience and social work academics in a regional Australian university. Metacurriculum refers to implicit messages about how students learn how to learn that is, the ontological and epistemological positioning of curriculum. In this subject, students were invited to reflect on multiple, diverse, …
Naturopaths’ behaviours, attitudes and perceptions towards the use of knowledge and information sources
Naturopathic practitioners do not appear to have a strong level of trust for any particular information source, despite variations in trust between sources. Further, their philosophies and principles may promote the importance naturopathic practitioners place on non-research information sources such as patient experience and add further complexity to clinical decision-making processes for naturopathic practitioners
Transcendental Meditation for Women Affected by Domestic Violence: A Pilot Randomised, Controlled Trial
Purpose Domestic and family violence is a major public health issue impacting one in three women worldwide. The implications of such violence are considerable. Transcendental Meditation® (TM) represents a promising treatment option for women impacted by domestic violence given its demonstrable effects on mental and trauma-related symptoms. This study set out to compare the effectiveness of TM to group support, on quality of life, perceived stress…
Exploring the relationship between food advertising and consumption of foods high in fat, salt, and sugar in England: An agent-based modelling study
The determinants of healthcare utilisation in regional, rural and remote South Australia: A cross‐sectional study
Accessibility of health services outside metropolitan centres in Australia is sub-optimal. Recognising the barriers and enablers of healthcare access in rural, remote and regional settings is necessary to improving health service access in these disadvantaged populations. Accordingly, this study aimed to examine the determinants of healthcare use in rural, remote and regional South Australia. Cross-sectional survey data were collected from adults…
Determinants of Complementary Medicine Service Utilization in a Regional South Australian Population: A Cross‐Sectional Study
Purpose The dearth of accessible and appropriate conventional health care services in regional areas may drive many people to seek care provided by complementary medicine (CM) practitioners. Understanding the drivers of CM service use in this population may help inform future health services planning. This study set out to examine the determinants of CM service utilization in a regional South Australian population. Methods Adults residing in regi…
Expressed Demand for Health Care Services in Regional South Australia: A Cross‐sectional Study
PURPOSE: Accessibility and availability of health care services/providers is an increasing concern for many regional communities, particularly regional South Australia. Assessing the level of health service/provider utilization within a region (ie, expressed demand) can be useful in determining health care need and health service/workforce demand. METHODS: The regional South Australia health (RESONATE) survey aimed to determine the expressed dema…
Health care need and health disparities: Findings from the Regional South Australia Health (Resonate) survey
Regional South Australia has some of the highest rates of psychological distress, chronic disease and multimorbidity of any Australian State or Territory. Yet, the healthcare needs of this population are still not completely understood. To better understand the healthcare needs of regional South Australians, we invited adults living in the region to complete the 44-item consumer utilisation, expectations and experiences of healthcare instrument (…
Eager to connect, cautious to consume: An integrated view of the drivers and motivations for electricity consumption among rural households in Kenya
Solar electric cooking in Africa: Where will the transition happen first
Whilst the rapid spread of solar photovoltaics (PV) across Africa has already transformed millions of lives, it has yet to have an impact on the main energy need of poor households: cooking. In the context of falling global PV prices, recent advancements in battery technology and rising charcoal/fuelwood prices in severely deforested regions, the door is opening for a potentially transformative alternative – solar electric cooking (PV-eCook). Whi…
Rural and metropolitan South Australian mental health workers’ views about nurse prescribing: A thematic analysis
Almost one third of the South Australian population reside in regional locations, which are serviced by just 8% of the State's total psychiatrist workforce. Consequently, access to psychotropic medications in regional South Australia (SA) can be challenging. Granting prescribing rights to mental health nurses (MHNs) located in regional settings presents an opportunity to increase consumer access to psychotropic medications. The aim of the study w…
A Framework for Modeling Local Production Systems with Techno‐Ecological Interactions
At the local scale, interconnected production, consumption, waste management, and other man‐made technological components interact with local ecosystem components to form a local production system. The purpose of this work is to develop a framework for the conceptual characterization and mathematical modeling of a local production system to support the assessment of process and component options that potentially create symbiosis between industry …
Factors behind sustainable business innovation: The case of a global carpet manufacturing company
A general definition for sustainability-oriented innovation is proposed. • A case study of sustainability-oriented innovation at Interface is presented. • Innovation failures and successes are discussed. • Based on the case, contextual factors for successful sustainability-oriented innovation are described. Innovation is critical to business. Sustainability is a global challenge requiring innovation. Many organizations have publicly committed to …
Health care utilization among young Australian women with severe tiredness: Results from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (ALSWH)
In this article, we explore the use of health services and self-prescribed treatments among 8088 young Australian women with severe tiredness. Data were obtained from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health. The prevalence of severe tiredness was 49.2%. The frequency of visits to healthcare practitioners was greater among women who sought help for their severe tiredness, compared to women who did not seek help for their severe tiredne…
Future energy transitions for bagasse cogeneration: Lessons from multi-level and policy innovations in Mauritius
Agro-industries have the potential to catalyse energy access and promote development. Mauritius is one of the most advanced countries in the use of waste from sugar processing (bagasse) to simultaneously generate heat and electricity (cogeneration) to feed into the grid, but developments have evolved over several decades with complex dynamics between different actors. A multi-level perspective is used in this paper to examine this process and to …
The Diabetes Care Project: An Australian multicentre, cluster randomised controlled trial [study protocol]
Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ACTRN12612000363886); World Health Organisation (U1111-1128-0481)
Mapping scores from the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) to preference-based utility values
‘Habitat’ Suitability Index Mapping for Industrial Symbiosis Planning
By ‘working with the willing’, the National Industrial Symbiosis Programme (NISP) has successfully facilitated industrial symbiosis throughout the United Kingdom and, in the process, delivered significant economic and environmental benefits for both Programme members and the country as a whole. One of the keys to NISP's success is that, unlike failed attempts to plan and construct eco‐industrial systems from scratch, the Programme works largely w…
Reinterpreting Industrial Ecology
Eager to connect, cautious to consume: An integrated view of the drivers and motivations for electricity consumption among rural households in Kenya
Future energy transitions for bagasse cogeneration: Lessons from multi-level and policy innovations in Mauritius
Agro-industries have the potential to catalyse energy access and promote development. Mauritius is one of the most advanced countries in the use of waste from sugar processing (bagasse) to simultaneously generate heat and electricity (cogeneration) to feed into the grid, but developments have evolved over several decades with complex dynamics between different actors. A multi-level perspective is used in this paper to examine this process and to …
Solar electric cooking in Africa: Where will the transition happen first
Whilst the rapid spread of solar photovoltaics (PV) across Africa has already transformed millions of lives, it has yet to have an impact on the main energy need of poor households: cooking. In the context of falling global PV prices, recent advancements in battery technology and rising charcoal/fuelwood prices in severely deforested regions, the door is opening for a potentially transformative alternative – solar electric cooking (PV-eCook). Whi…
The determinants of healthcare utilisation in regional, rural and remote South Australia: A cross‐sectional study
Accessibility of health services outside metropolitan centres in Australia is sub-optimal. Recognising the barriers and enablers of healthcare access in rural, remote and regional settings is necessary to improving health service access in these disadvantaged populations. Accordingly, this study aimed to examine the determinants of healthcare use in rural, remote and regional South Australia. Cross-sectional survey data were collected from adults…
Interweaving Narratives of Lived Experience in Mental Health Social Work Curriculum
This study explored the metacurriculum of an undergraduate mental health social work subject that was developed and delivered collaboratively by lived experience and social work academics in a regional Australian university. Metacurriculum refers to implicit messages about how students learn how to learn that is, the ontological and epistemological positioning of curriculum. In this subject, students were invited to reflect on multiple, diverse, …
Reinterpreting Industrial Ecology
‘Habitat’ Suitability Index Mapping for Industrial Symbiosis Planning
By ‘working with the willing’, the National Industrial Symbiosis Programme (NISP) has successfully facilitated industrial symbiosis throughout the United Kingdom and, in the process, delivered significant economic and environmental benefits for both Programme members and the country as a whole. One of the keys to NISP's success is that, unlike failed attempts to plan and construct eco‐industrial systems from scratch, the Programme works largely w…
The Diabetes Care Project: An Australian multicentre, cluster randomised controlled trial [study protocol]
Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ACTRN12612000363886); World Health Organisation (U1111-1128-0481)
Mapping scores from the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) to preference-based utility values
A Framework for Modeling Local Production Systems with Techno‐Ecological Interactions
At the local scale, interconnected production, consumption, waste management, and other man‐made technological components interact with local ecosystem components to form a local production system. The purpose of this work is to develop a framework for the conceptual characterization and mathematical modeling of a local production system to support the assessment of process and component options that potentially create symbiosis between industry …
Factors behind sustainable business innovation: The case of a global carpet manufacturing company
A general definition for sustainability-oriented innovation is proposed. • A case study of sustainability-oriented innovation at Interface is presented. • Innovation failures and successes are discussed. • Based on the case, contextual factors for successful sustainability-oriented innovation are described. Innovation is critical to business. Sustainability is a global challenge requiring innovation. Many organizations have publicly committed to …
Health care utilization among young Australian women with severe tiredness: Results from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (ALSWH)
In this article, we explore the use of health services and self-prescribed treatments among 8088 young Australian women with severe tiredness. Data were obtained from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health. The prevalence of severe tiredness was 49.2%. The frequency of visits to healthcare practitioners was greater among women who sought help for their severe tiredness, compared to women who did not seek help for their severe tiredne…
Future energy transitions for bagasse cogeneration: Lessons from multi-level and policy innovations in Mauritius
Agro-industries have the potential to catalyse energy access and promote development. Mauritius is one of the most advanced countries in the use of waste from sugar processing (bagasse) to simultaneously generate heat and electricity (cogeneration) to feed into the grid, but developments have evolved over several decades with complex dynamics between different actors. A multi-level perspective is used in this paper to examine this process and to …
Solar electric cooking in Africa: Where will the transition happen first
Whilst the rapid spread of solar photovoltaics (PV) across Africa has already transformed millions of lives, it has yet to have an impact on the main energy need of poor households: cooking. In the context of falling global PV prices, recent advancements in battery technology and rising charcoal/fuelwood prices in severely deforested regions, the door is opening for a potentially transformative alternative – solar electric cooking (PV-eCook). Whi…
Rural and metropolitan South Australian mental health workers’ views about nurse prescribing: A thematic analysis
Almost one third of the South Australian population reside in regional locations, which are serviced by just 8% of the State's total psychiatrist workforce. Consequently, access to psychotropic medications in regional South Australia (SA) can be challenging. Granting prescribing rights to mental health nurses (MHNs) located in regional settings presents an opportunity to increase consumer access to psychotropic medications. The aim of the study w…
Eager to connect, cautious to consume: An integrated view of the drivers and motivations for electricity consumption among rural households in Kenya
Health care need and health disparities: Findings from the Regional South Australia Health (Resonate) survey
Regional South Australia has some of the highest rates of psychological distress, chronic disease and multimorbidity of any Australian State or Territory. Yet, the healthcare needs of this population are still not completely understood. To better understand the healthcare needs of regional South Australians, we invited adults living in the region to complete the 44-item consumer utilisation, expectations and experiences of healthcare instrument (…
Determinants of Complementary Medicine Service Utilization in a Regional South Australian Population: A Cross‐Sectional Study
Purpose The dearth of accessible and appropriate conventional health care services in regional areas may drive many people to seek care provided by complementary medicine (CM) practitioners. Understanding the drivers of CM service use in this population may help inform future health services planning. This study set out to examine the determinants of CM service utilization in a regional South Australian population. Methods Adults residing in regi…
Expressed Demand for Health Care Services in Regional South Australia: A Cross‐sectional Study
PURPOSE: Accessibility and availability of health care services/providers is an increasing concern for many regional communities, particularly regional South Australia. Assessing the level of health service/provider utilization within a region (ie, expressed demand) can be useful in determining health care need and health service/workforce demand. METHODS: The regional South Australia health (RESONATE) survey aimed to determine the expressed dema…
The determinants of healthcare utilisation in regional, rural and remote South Australia: A cross‐sectional study
Accessibility of health services outside metropolitan centres in Australia is sub-optimal. Recognising the barriers and enablers of healthcare access in rural, remote and regional settings is necessary to improving health service access in these disadvantaged populations. Accordingly, this study aimed to examine the determinants of healthcare use in rural, remote and regional South Australia. Cross-sectional survey data were collected from adults…
Naturopaths’ behaviours, attitudes and perceptions towards the use of knowledge and information sources
Naturopathic practitioners do not appear to have a strong level of trust for any particular information source, despite variations in trust between sources. Further, their philosophies and principles may promote the importance naturopathic practitioners place on non-research information sources such as patient experience and add further complexity to clinical decision-making processes for naturopathic practitioners
Transcendental Meditation for Women Affected by Domestic Violence: A Pilot Randomised, Controlled Trial
Purpose Domestic and family violence is a major public health issue impacting one in three women worldwide. The implications of such violence are considerable. Transcendental Meditation® (TM) represents a promising treatment option for women impacted by domestic violence given its demonstrable effects on mental and trauma-related symptoms. This study set out to compare the effectiveness of TM to group support, on quality of life, perceived stress…
Exploring the relationship between food advertising and consumption of foods high in fat, salt, and sugar in England: An agent-based modelling study
Designing the Contemporary Implementation of Traditional knowledge and Evidence (Cite) framework to guide the application of traditional knowledge in contemporary health contexts: A Delphi study
As the international health community increasingly recognised the potential value and importance of TCIH knowledge and technologies, this Contemporary Implementation of Traditional knowledge and Evidence (CITE) Framework provides a timely and much-needed practical guide to rigorous and respectful traditional knowledge implementation
Interweaving Narratives of Lived Experience in Mental Health Social Work Curriculum
This study explored the metacurriculum of an undergraduate mental health social work subject that was developed and delivered collaboratively by lived experience and social work academics in a regional Australian university. Metacurriculum refers to implicit messages about how students learn how to learn that is, the ontological and epistemological positioning of curriculum. In this subject, students were invited to reflect on multiple, diverse, …
Readiness of the Australian naturopathic medicine profession for evidence implementation: A cross-sectional study
This novel study highlights several shortcomings in the Australian naturopathic medicine profession's preparedness for EI, particularly in relation to evidence-based practice/research advocacy, capacity and culture. To overcome these challenges and critical sector-specific gaps, increased investment in capacity building and proactive efforts from regulatory and professional bodies will be crucial to fostering evidence-based practice, building pro…
Developing a Consensus‐Based Nature Prescribing Framework for Australian Healthcare: A Delphi Study
Background: With growing interest in nature‐based interventions for health, establishing implementation frameworks for prescribing nature in diverse settings is crucial. This study aims to develop and validate a nature prescribing framework tailored for the Australian healthcare context, employing a Delphi methodology to harness expert consensus. Methods: The study utilised a two‐round Delphi technique to gather insights from experts across vario…
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