Staff Profiles

Juan Baeza Phone: 8344 3503 Email: jbaeza@unimelb.edu.au Office: Medley Building Room 408

Background

Juan is a postdoctoral research fellow on the NHMRC funded CIPHER project that aims to build capacity in Indigenous health research. He is working on various projects that are examining how the policy process relates to Indigenous health. Juan is based at the University of Melbourne's Political Science Department and has a joint appointment at Onemda. He joined the University of Melbourne from the UK where he lectured in Health Policy at Imperial College London. He has been involved in health services research at various British Universities for the past 15 years.

Research

Juan's research focuses on health policy analysis. He has worked on various projects that have examined the impact of health reform programmes upon various levels of different health systems. Although much of his work has focused on the British NHS he has also carried out research in Chile, Mexico, Russia and most recently Australia. He is particularly interested on the impact of health reform upon on the medical profession and how the medical profession influences health policy.

Recent Publications

Atun, R A, Baeza, J, Drobniewskib, F, Levichevac, V & Coker, R J (In Press) "Implementing WHO DOTS strategy in the Russian Federation: stakeholder attitudes." Health Policy.

Cunningham, J. & Baeza, J I. (In Press) "An 'experiment' in indigenous social policy: The rise and fall of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC)." Policy and Politics.

Baeza, J I. (In Press) Restructuring the Medical Profession: The Intraprofessional Relations of GPs and Hospital Consultants. Open University Press: Buckingham.

Baeza, J I. (2004) "Managing poor performance in a primary care group: The GP perspective." British Journal of Health Care Management. 10, 78-81.

Adams, C., Baeza, J I. & Calnan, M. (2001) "The new health promotion arrangements in general practice in England: Results from a national evaluation", Health Education Journal, 60, 45-58.

Baeza J I., Harrington S. & May R. (2000) "Hit and Miss." Health Service Journal (25th May).

Meadows, S., Levenson, R. & Baeza, J I. (2000) The last straw: Explaining the NHS nursing shortage. King's Fund Publishing: London.