A/Prof. Howard (Nick) Higginbotham

Work Phone	(02) 40420558
Email	Nick.Higginbotham@newcastle.edu.au
Office	HMRI Building W-4 , Hmri Building

Highlighted Publications

Year	Citation	Nova
2006	Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, Connor Linda Helen, Albrecht Glenn Anthony, Freeman Sonia Robyn, Agho Kingsley, 'Validation of an Environmental Distress Scale', EcoHealth, 3 245-254 (2006) [C1]
2004	Byles Julie Ellen, Tavener Meredith Anne, O'Connell Rachel Leigh, Nair Balakrishnan R, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, Jackson Claire L, McKernon Mary E, Francis Lyn Marie, Heller Richard Frederick, Newbury Jonathon W, Marley John Ernest, Goodger Brendan Guy, 'Randomised controlled trial of health assessments for older Australian veterans and war widows', Medical Journal of Australia, 181 186-190 (2004) [C1]
2002	Fletcher Richard, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, Dobson A, 'Men's Perceived Health Needs', Journal of Health Psychology: an interdisciplinary, international journal, 7(3) 233-241 (2002) [C1]
2001	Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, Briceno-Leon R, Johnson N, Applying Health Social Science, Zed Books, New York USA, 285 (2001) [A3]

Publications

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Books (2 outputs)

Edited (A3) (2 outputs)

Year	Citation	Nova
2001	Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, Albrecht G, Connor L, Health Social Science: A Transdisciplinary and Complexity Perspective, Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, Australia, 380 (2001) [A3]
2001	Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, Briceno-Leon R, Johnson N, Applying Health Social Science, Zed Books, New York USA, 285 (2001) [A3]

Chapters In A Book (17 outputs)

Chapter in A1 Book (B1) (2 outputs)

Year	Citation	Nova
2001	Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, Freeman Sonia Robyn, Heading G, Saul A, 'Cultural constructions of Risk: Heart Disease in the New South Wales Coalfields, Australia', Applying Health Social Science: Best Practice in the Developing World, Zed Books, London and New York, 38-65 (2001) [B1]
2001	Johnson N, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, Briceno-Leon R, 'Best Practice and Future Innovations in applying Social Science to Advancing the Health of Populations', Applying Health Social Science: Best Practice in the Developing World, Zed Books Limited, London and New York, 249-276 (2001) [B1]

Chapter in A2 Book (B2) (15 outputs)

Year	Citation	Nova
2002	Tanaka-Matsumi J, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, Chang R, 'Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches to Counseling Across Cultures: A Functional Analytic Approach for Clinical Applications', Counseling Across Cultures, Sage Publications, Inc., United States, 337-354 (2002) [B2]
2001	Albrecht G, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, 'Complexity and Human health: Across the Health Hierarchy', Health Social Science: A Transdisciplinary and Complexity Perspective, Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, Australia, 47-69 (2001) [B2]
2001	Albrecht G, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, 'Situating Health and Illness', Health Social Science: A Transdisciplinary and Complexity Perspective, Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, Australia, 3-16 (2001) [B2]
2001	Albrecht G, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, Freeman Sonia Robyn, 'The Hierarchy of Health Influences', Health Social Science: A Transdisciplinary and Complexity Perspective, Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, Australia, 17-46 (2001) [B2]
2001	Albrecht G, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, Freeman Sonia Robyn, 'Transdisciplinary thinking in Health Social Science Research: Definition, Rationale, and Procedures', Health Social Science: A Transdisciplinary and Complexity Perspective, Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, Australia, 70-89 (2001) [B2]
2001	Byles Julie Ellen, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, Heller R, 'How to perform transdisciplinary research: Epidemiological study designs', Health Social Science: A Transdisciplinary and Complexity Perspective, Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, Victoria, 206-226 (2001) [B2]
2001	Connor L, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, Freeman Sonia Robyn, Albrecht G, 'Pharmaceuticals in Transdisciplinary perspective', Health Social Science: A Transdisciplinary and Complexity Perspective, Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, Australia, 115-150 (2001) [B2]
2001	Connor L, Treloar C, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, 'How to perform transdisciplinary research: qualitative study designs and methods', Health Social Science: A Transdisciplinary and Complexity Perspective, Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, Victoria, 227-265 (2001) [B2]
2001	Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, Albrecht G, Connor L, 'Conclusion: The Future and Health Social Science', Health Social Science: A Transdisciplinary and Complexity Perspective, Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, Australia, 340-343 (2001) [B2]
2001	Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, Albrecht G, Freeman Sonia Robyn, 'Heart Disease in Transdisciplinary Perspective', Health Social Science: A Transdisciplinary and Complexity Perspective, Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, Australia, 93-114 (2001) [B2]
2001	Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, Briceno-Leon R, Johnson N, 'Health Social Science: Transdisciplinary Partnerships for Improving Human Health', Applying Health Social Science: Best Practice in the Developing World, Zed Books Limited, London and New York, 3-14 (2001) [B2]
2001	Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, D'Este Catherine Anne, Saul A, Connor L, 'Strengthening Cross-sectional Studies through Cognitive and Qualitative Methods', Health Social Science: A Transdisciplinary and Complexity Perspective, Oxford Unifversity Press, South Melbourne, Australia, 266-303 (2001) [B2]
2001	Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, Willms D, Sewankambo N, 'Transdisciplinary Research in the Community', Health Social Science: A Transdisciplinary and Complexity Perspective, Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, Victoria, 175-199 (2001) [B2]
2001	Porteous J, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, Freeman Sonia Robyn, Connor L, 'Qualitative Case-control and Case-study Designs', Health Social Science:" A Transdisciplinary and Complexity Perspective, Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, Victoria, 304-339 (2001) [B2]
2001	Treloar C, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, 'The Problems and Potential of Transdisciplinary Teams', Health Social Science: A Transdisciplinary and Complexity Perspective, Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, Victoria, 151-174 (2001) [B2]

Journal Articles (40 outputs)

Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal (C1) (36 outputs)

Year	Citation	Nova
2010	Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, Freeman Sonia Robyn, Connor Linda, Albrecht Glenn, 'Environmental injustice and air pollution in coal affected communities, Hunter Valley, Australia', Health and Place, 16 259-266 (2010) [C1]
2009	Connor Linda, Freeman Sonia Robyn, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, 'Not just a coalmine: Shifting grounds of community opposition to coal mining in Southeastern Australia', Ethnos, 74 490-513 (2009) [C1]
2008	Connor Linda Helen, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, Freeman Sonia Robyn, Albrecht Glenn Anthony, 'Watercourses and discourses: Coalmining in the Upper Hunter Valley, New South Wales', Oceania, 78 76-90 (2008) [C1]
2008	Lane Philip, Stain Helen Joy, Kelly Brian Joseph, Lewin Terry James, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, 'Creating a database to facilitate multilevel analyses of mental health determinants and outcomes in rural and remote areas', Australian Journal of Rural Health, 16 207-212 (2008) [C1]
2008	Sartore Gina-Maree, Kelly Brian Joseph, Stain Helen Joy, Albrecht Glenn Anthony, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, 'Control, uncertainty, and expectations for the future: A qualitative study of the impact of drought on a rural Australian community', Rural and Remote Health, 8 1-14 (2008) [C1]
2008	Stain Helen Joy, Kelly Brian Joseph, Lewin Terry James, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, Beard John R, Hourihan Fleur, 'Social networks and mental health among a farming population', Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 43 843-849 (2008) [C1]
2007	Albrecht Glenn Anthony, Sartore Gina-Maree, Connor Linda Helen, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, Freeman Sonia Robyn, Kelly Brian Joseph, Stain Helen Joy, Tonna Anne Maree, Pollard Georgia-Lee, 'Solastalgia: The distress caused by environmental change', Australasian Psychiatry, 15 S95-S98 (2007) [C1]
2007	James Carole Lesley, Mackenzie Lynette Ann, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, 'Health professionals' attitudes and practices in relation to functional capacity evaluations', Work, 29 81-87 (2007) [C1]
2006	Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, Connor Linda Helen, Albrecht Glenn Anthony, Freeman Sonia Robyn, Agho Kingsley, 'Validation of an Environmental Distress Scale', EcoHealth, 3 245-254 (2006) [C1]
2004	Albrecht Glenn Anthony, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, Cashman Patrick, Flint Kay, 'Evolution of transdisciplinarity and ecosystem health at the University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia', EcoHealth, 1 S23-S29 (2004) [C1]
2004	Byles Julie Ellen, Tavener Meredith Anne, O'Connell Rachel Leigh, Nair Balakrishnan R, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, Jackson Claire L, McKernon Mary E, Francis Lyn Marie, Heller Richard Frederick, Newbury Jonathon W, Marley John Ernest, Goodger Brendan Guy, 'Randomised controlled trial of health assessments for older Australian veterans and war widows', Medical Journal of Australia, 181 186-190 (2004) [C1]
2004	Connor Linda Helen, Albrecht Glenn Anthony, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, Freeman Sonia Robyn, Smith Wayne Trevor, 'Environmental change and Human health in Upper Hunter communities of New South Wales, Australia', EcoHealth, 1 SU47-SU58 (2004) [C1]
2004	Harris Gillian, Connor Linda Helen, Bisits Andrew Michael, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, ''Seeing the baby': Pleasures and dilemmas of ultrasound technologies for primiparous Australian women', Medical Anthropology Quarterly: international journal for the cultural and social analysis of health, 18 23-47 (2004) [C1]
2004	Osmotherly Peter Grant, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, 'Assessing patient intention to perform a home based exercise program for back and shoulder pain', Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, 20 57-71 (2004) [C1]
2003	Howteerakul Nopporn, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, Freeman Sonia Robyn, Dibley Michael John, 'ORS is never enough: physician rationales for altering standard threatment guidelines when managing childhood diarrhoea in Thailand', Social Science & Medicine 1031-1044 (2003) [C1]
2003	Winzenberg Tania, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, 'Factors affecting the intention of providers to deliver more effective continuing medical education to general practitioners: a pilot study', BMC Medical Education, 3 1-12 (2003) [C1]
2002	Byles Julie Ellen, Tavener Meredith Anne, Fitzgerald Patrick Emilio, Nair Balakrishnan R, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, Jackson Cl, Heller Richard Frederick, Newbury Jw, 'A checklist for comprehensive health assessment for the over 70's', Australasian Journal on Ageing, 21 14-20 (2002) [C1]
2002	Fletcher Richard, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, Dobson A, 'Men's Perceived Health Needs', Journal of Health Psychology: an interdisciplinary, international journal, 7(3) 233-241 (2002) [C1]
2002	Mackenzie L, Byles Julie Ellen, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, 'A Prospective Community-Based Study of Falls Among Older People in Australia: Frequency, Circumstances, and Consequences', OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health, 22(4) 143-152 (2002) [C1]
2002	Mackenzie L, Byles Julie Ellen, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, 'Professional Perceptions About Home Safety: Cross-National Validation of the Home Falls and Accidents Screening Tool (HOME FAST)', Journal of Allied Health, 31(1) 22-28 (2002) [C1]
2002	Mackenzie L, Byles Julie Ellen, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, 'Reliability of the Home Falls and Accidents Screening Tool (HOME FAST) for identifying older people at increased risk of falls', Disability and Rehabilitation, 24(5) 266-274 (2002) [C1]
2002	McClean Wj, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, 'Prevalence of pain among nursing home residents in rural New South Wales', Medical Journal of Australia, 177 17-20 (2002) [C1]
2002	Plotnikoff Rc, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, 'Protection Motivation Theory and exercise behaviour change for the prevention of coronary heart disease in a high-risk, Australian representative community sample of adults', Psychology, Health & Medicine, 7(1) 87-98 (2002) [C1]
2001	Fletcher R, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, 'Men's perceived health needs', NSW Public Health Bulletin, 12 327-329 (2001) [C1]
2000	Byles Julie Ellen, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, Goodger Brendan Guy, Tavener Meredith Anne, Conrad Agatha, Schofield Peter, Anthony Danielle Marie, 'Development of a depression scale for veterans and war widows', International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 7 256-270 (2000) [C1]
2000	Mackenzie Lynette Ann, Byles Julie Ellen, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, 'Designing a home safety screening instrument, stage one: Item generation', British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 63 260-269 (2000) [C1]
2000	Mackenzie Lynette Ann, Byles Julie Ellen, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, 'Designing the Home Falls and Accidents Screening Tool (HOME FAST): Selecting the items', British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 63 (6) 260-269 (2000) [C1]
2000	Mukti Ag, Treloar Carla Justine, Suprawimbarti, Asdie Ah, D'Este Catherine Anne, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, Heller Richard Frederick, 'A Universal Precautions Education Intervention for Health Workers in Sradjito and PKU Hospital Indonesia', Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, 31 1-7 (2000) [C1]
2000	Saradamma Rd, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, Nichter M, 'Social factors influencing the acquisition of antibiotics without prescription in Kerala State, south India', Social Science & Medicine, 50 891-903 (2000) [C1]
2000	Treloar Carla Justine, Champness S, Simpson Pl, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, 'Critical Appraisal Checklist for Qualitative Research Studies', Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 67 347-351 (2000) [C1]
1999	Goodger Brendan Guy, Byles Julie Ellen, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, Mishra G, 'Assessment of a Brief Scale to Measure Social Support Among Older People', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 23 260-65 (1999) [C1]
1999	Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, Heading G, McElduff P, Dobson A, Heller Richard Frederick, 'Reducing Coronary Heart Disease in the Australian Coalfields: Evaluation of a Ten-Year Community Intervention', Social Science and Medicine, 48 683-692 (1999) [C1]
1998	Albrecht G, Freeman Sonia Robyn, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, 'Complexity and human health: The case for a transdisciplinary paradigm', Culture Medicine and Psychiatry, 22 55-92 (1998) [C1]
1998	Plotnikoff R, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, 'Protection motivation theory and the prediction of exercise and low-fat diet behaviours among Australian cardiac patients', Psychology and Health, 13 411-429 (1998) [C1]
1998	Raymond D, Henry R, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, Coory M, 'Predicting readmission to hospital with asthma', Journal of Paediatric Child Health, 34 534-538 (1998) [C1]
1998	Sarwano S, Broto P, Soemitro D, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, 'A social psychological study of diarrhoeal disease in Jakarta, Indonesia: A test of cognitive dissonance theory', South Pacific Journal of Psychology, 10(2) 68-70 (1998) [C1]

Non Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal (C2) (2 outputs)

Year	Citation	Nova
2004	Howteerakul N, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, Dibley Michael John, 'Antimicrobial use in children under five years with diarrhoea in a central region province, Thailand', Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, 35 181-187 (2004) [C2]
2000	Mackenzie Lynette Ann, Byles Julie Ellen, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, 'A comparison of self-report and prospective recording using a calendar, to measure falls, trips, accidents and injuries experienced by older people in the community', Australasian Journal on Ageing, 19 No.4 6-7 (2000) [C2]

Non Refereed Article in a Professional Journal (C3) (2 outputs)

Year	Citation	Nova
2005	Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, 'Social marketing principles and practice (book review)', Drug and Alcohol Review, 24 201-202 (2005) [C3]
2001	Serquina-Ramiro L, Kasniyah N, Inthusoma T, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, Streiner D, Nichter M, Freeman Sonia Robyn, 'Measles Immunization Acceptance in Southeast Asia: Past patterns and future challenges', Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, 32 791-804 (2001) [C3]

Review (1 outputs)

A Substantial Review of an Entire Field of Study (D1) (1 outputs)

Year	Citation	Nova
2008	Albrecht Glenn Anthony, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, Connor Linda Helen, Freeman Sonia Robyn, 'Social and cultural perspectives on eco-health', International Encyclopedia of Public Health (2008) [D1]

Conference Publication (7 outputs)

Extract of Paper (E3) (7 outputs)

Year	Citation	Nova
2007	Connor Linda Helen, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, Albrecht Glenn Anthony, Freeman Sonia Robyn, 'Water, coal mines and human health in the Upper Hunter Valley', 2nd Biennial Conference, Environmental Health in Hunter New England. Abstracts, Newcastle, NSW (2007) [E3]
2007	Connor Linda Helen, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, Freeman Sonia Robyn, 'Hunter Valley localities, environmentalism, and the Asia-Pacific coal economy', Asia Pacific Sociological Association: Asia Pacific Region: Societies in Transformation. Abstracts, Penang, Malaysia (2007) [E3]
2007	Connor Linda Helen, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, Freeman Sonia Robyn, 'Mining community at Anvil Hill: State, civil society and global governance', AAS Conference 2007: Transforming Economies, Changing States. Abstracts, Canberra, ACT (2007) [E3]
2007	Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, Connor Linda Helen, Freeman Sonia Robyn, Albrecht Glenn Anthony, 'Clearing the air: Health studies and the environment in coal communities in the Hunter', Asia Pacific Eco Health Conference 2007 Ecology and Health: People and Places in a Changing World. Abstracts, Deakin University, VIC (2007) [E3]
2007	Stain Helen Joy, Kelly Brian Joseph, Lewin Terry James, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, 'Community connectedness and mental health in a farming population', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, Melbourne (2007) [E3]
2006	Stain Helen Joy, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, Lewin Terry James, Kelly Brian Joseph, Lane P, 'Multilevel modeling of rural mental health', Acta Neuropsychiatria, Sydney (2006) [E3]
2005	Sartore Gina-Maree, Stain Helen Joy, Kelly Brian Joseph, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, Albrecht Glenn Anthony, Tonna Anne Maree, 'Drought, the environment and mental health in a rural NSW Community', Abstracts for The Royal Australian & NZ College of Psychiatrists Joint CINP/ASPR Scientific Meeting, Brisbane (2005) [E3]

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