Dr Rhiannon Pilkington

• Appointments

  Date	Position	Institution name
  2014 - ongoing	Postdoctoral fellow	The University of Adelaide
  2012 - 2013	Public Health Tutor for the Bachelor of Health Sciences	The University of Adelaide
  2010 - 2014	Research Associate	The University of Adelaide
  2009 - 2010	Epidemiological Research Officer	SA Health

• Education

  Date	Institution name	Country	Title
  2011 - 2014	The University of Adelaide	Australia	PhD
  2010 - 2012	The University of Adelaide	Australia	Graduate Diploma in Public Health
  2004 - 2008	Flinders University	Australia	Bachelor of Psychology (Hons)

• Journals

  Year	Citation
  2024	Abdul Rahim, R., Pilkington, R., D'Onise, K., Montgomerie, A., & Lynch, J. (2024). Counting culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) children in Australian health research: Does it matter how we count?. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 48(2), 100129-1-100129-7. DOI
  2024	Malvaso, C., Day, A., McLachlan, K., Sarre, R., Lynch, J., & Pilkington, R. (2024). Welfare, justice, child development and human rights: a review of the objects of youth justice legislation in Australia. Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 36(4), 21 pages. DOI Scopus2
  2024	Powell, M., Pilkington, R., Varney, B., Havard, A., Lynch, J., Dobbins, T., . . . Falster, K. (2024). The burden of prenatal and early life maternal substance use among children at risk of maltreatment: A systematic review.. Drug Alcohol Rev, 43(4), 823-847. DOI
  2024	Judd, J., Pilkington, R. M., Malvaso, C., Procter, A. M., Montgomerie, A., Anderson, J. J., . . . Chittleborough, C. R. (2024). Mental health-related hospitalisations of adolescents and their contact with child protection services to age 11 years, South Australia: a whole-of-population descriptive study. Medical Journal of Australia, 221(10), 6 pages. DOI Scopus1
  2024	Hunkin, H., Malvaso, C. G., Chittleborough, C. R., Gialamas, A., Montgomerie, A., Falster, K., . . . Pilkington, R. M. (2024). Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: Multisystemic Therapy and Functional Family Therapy Targeting Antisocial Behaviour in Adolescence. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1-60. DOI
  2024	Malvaso, C., Magann, M., Ribeiro Santiago, P. H., Montgomerie, A., Delfabbro, P., Day, A., . . . Lynch, J. (2024). Early versus late contact with the youth justice system: opportunities for prevention and diversion. Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 36(1), 16-41. DOI Scopus4
  2023	Economidis, G., Pilkington, R., Lynch, J., Dobbins, T., Shakeshaft, A., Powell, M., . . . Falster, K. (2023). The effect of family-based therapy on child physical abuse and neglect: a narrative systematic review. International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy and Practice, 6(4), 633-674. DOI Scopus1
  2023	Judd, J., Pilkington, R., Malvaso, C., Procter, A., Montgomerie, A., Anderson, J., . . . Chittleborough, C. (2023). Mental health-related hospitalisations among adolescents with previous child protection contact from birth to age 11. DOI
  2023	Day, A., Malvaso, C., Boyd, C., Hawkins, K., & Pilkington, R. (2023). The effectiveness of trauma-informed youth justice: a discussion and review. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1157695-1-1157695-10. DOI Scopus2
  2023	Moreno-Betancur, M., Lynch, J. W., Pilkington, R. M., Schuch, H. S., Gialamas, A., Sawyer, M. G., . . . Gurrin, L. C. (2023). Emulating a target trial of intensive nurse home visiting in the policy-relevant population using linked administrative data. International Journal of Epidemiology, 52(1), 119-131. DOI Scopus9 WoS4 Europe PMC2
  2023	Abdul Rahim, R., Pilkington, R., Procter, A. M., Montgomerie, A., Mittinty, M. N., D'Onise, K., & Lynch, J. (2023). Child protection contact among children of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds: A South Australian linked data study. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 59(4), 644-652. DOI Scopus3 WoS1
  2022	Malvaso, C., Montgomerie, A., Pilkington, R. M., Baker, E., & Lynch, J. W. (2022). Examining the intersection of child protection and public housing: development, health and justice outcomes using linked administrative data. BMJ Open, 12(6), 1-7. DOI Scopus6 WoS2 Europe PMC2
  2022	Procter, A. M., Chittleborough, C. R., Pilkington, R. M., Pearson, O., Montgomerie, A., & Lynch, J. W. (2022). The Hospital Burden Associated With Intergenerational Contact With the Welfare System in Australia. JAMA Network Open, 5(8), 1-14. DOI Scopus3 WoS1 Europe PMC3
  2021	Procter, A., Chittleborough, C., Pilkington, R., Pearson, O., Montgomerie, A., & Lynch, J. (2021). The hospital burden of intergenerational contact with the welfare system:<i>A whole-of-population liked data study</i>. DOI
  2021	Procter, A. M., Gialamas, A., Pilkington, R. M., Montgomerie, A., Chittleborough, C. R., Smithers, L. G., & Lynch, J. W. (2021). Characteristics of paediatric frequent presenters at emergency departments: a whole-of-population study. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 57(1), 64-72. DOI Scopus4 WoS3 Europe PMC3
  2020	Begum, M., Chittleborough, C., Pilkington, R., Mittinty, M., Lynch, J., Penno, M., & Smithers, L. (2020). Educational outcomes among children with type 1 diabetes: whole-of-population linked-data study. Pediatric Diabetes, 21(7), 1353-1361. DOI Scopus13 WoS7 Europe PMC5
  2020	Fluke, J. D., Tonmyr, L., Gray, J., Bettencourt Rodrigues, L., Bolter, F., Cash, S., . . . Weaver, L. (2020). Child maltreatment data: A summary of progress, prospects and challenges.. Child abuse & neglect, 119(Pt 1), 104650. DOI Scopus21 WoS10 Europe PMC8
  2020	Begum, M., Chittleborough, C., Pilkington, R., Mittinty, M., Lynch, J., Penno, M., & Smithers, L. (2020). Incidence of type 1 diabetes by socio-demographic characteristics among South Australian children: Whole-of-population study. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 56(12), 1985-1958. DOI Scopus4 WoS3 Europe PMC1
  2020	Begum, M., Pilkington, R. M., Chittleborough, C. R., Lynch, J. W., Penno, M., & Smithers, L. G. (2020). Effect of maternal smoking during pregnancy on childhood type 1 diabetes: a whole-of-population study. Diabetologia, 63(6), 1162-1173. DOI Scopus5 WoS4 Europe PMC3
  2020	Malvaso, C., Pilkington, R., Montgomerie, A., Delfabbro, P., & Lynch, J. (2020). A public health approach to preventing child maltreatment: an intelligent information infrastructure to help us know what works. Child Abuse and Neglect, 106, 104466-1-104466-9. DOI Scopus9 WoS2 Europe PMC2
  2020	Falster, K., Hanly, M., Pilkington, R., Eades, S., Stewart, J., Jorm, L., & Lynch, J. (2020). Cumulative incidence of child protection services involvement before age 5 years in 153 670 Australian children. JAMA pediatrics, 174(10), 995-997. DOI Scopus8 WoS4 Europe PMC3
  2020	Procter, A. M., Pilkington, R. M., Lynch, J. W., Smithers, L. G., & Chittleborough, C. R. (2020). Potentially preventable hospitalisations in children: a comparison of definitions. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 105(4), 375-381. DOI Scopus7 WoS6 Europe PMC5
  2019	Lynch, J., Meunier, A., Pilkington, R., & Schurer, S. (2019). Baby Bonuses and Early-Life Health Outcomes: Using Regression Discontinuity to Evaluate the Causal Impact of an Unconditional Cash Transfer. IZA Discussion Paper, (12230).
  2019	Begum, M., Pilkington, R., Chittleborough, C., Lynch, J., Penno, M., & Smithers, L. (2019). Caesarean section and risk of type 1 diabetes: whole-of-population study. Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association, 36(12), 1686-1693. DOI Scopus15 WoS14 Europe PMC12
  2019	Taylor, A., Pilkington, R., Dal Grande, E., Kourbelis, C., & Barrie, H. (2019). Health and welfare profile of Australian baby boomers who live in rented accommodation – implications for the future. Ageing and Society, 39(4), 685-702. DOI Scopus4 WoS3
  2016	Gialamas, A., Pilkington, R., Berry, J., Scalzi, D., Gibson, O., Brown, A., & Lynch, J. (2016). Identification of Aboriginal children using linked administrative data: consequences for measuring inequalities. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 52(5), 534-540. DOI Scopus20 WoS17 Europe PMC9
  2016	Taylor, A., Pilkington, R., Montgomerie, A., & Feist, H. (2016). The role of business size in assessing the uptake of health promoting workplace initiatives in Australia. BMC Public Health, 16(1), 1-8. DOI Scopus44 WoS34 Europe PMC25
  2016	Wu, J., Dal Grande, E., Winefield, H., Broderick, D., Pilkington, R., Gill, T., & Taylor, A. (2016). Parent-reported Mental Health Problems and Mental Health Services Use in South Australian School-aged Children. AMIS Public Health, 3(4), 750-768. DOI WoS1
  2015	Shi, Z., Ruel, G., Grande, E., Pilkington, R., & Taylor, A. (2015). Soft drink consumption and multimorbidity among adults. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, 10(2), e71-e76. DOI Scopus20 WoS18 Europe PMC12
  2014	Pilkington, R., Taylor, A., Hugo, G., & Wittert, G. (2014). Are Baby Boomers healthier than Generation X? A profile of Australia's working generations using national health survey data. PLoS One, 9(3), e93087-1-e93087-7. DOI Scopus14 WoS12 Europe PMC11
  2014	Taylor, A., Pilkington, R., Feist, H., DalGrande, E., & Hugo, G. (2014). A survey of retirement intentions of Baby Boomers: an overview of health, social and economic determinants. BMC Public Health, 14(1), 355-1-355-9. DOI Scopus29 WoS24 Europe PMC13
  2012	Winefield, H., Gill, T., Taylor, A., & Pilkington, R. (2012). Psychological well-being and psychological distress: is it necessary to measure both?. Psychology of Well-being: theory, research and practice, 2(3), 1-16. DOI WoS105
  2012	Taylor, A., Coveney, J., Ward, P., Henderson, J., Meyer, S., Pilkington, R., & Gill, T. (2012). Fruit and vegetable consumption - the influence of aspects associated with trust in food and safety and quality of food. Public Health Nutrition, 15(2), 208-217. DOI Scopus16 WoS12 Europe PMC7
  2011	Gill, T., Taylor, A., Price, K., & Pilkington, R. (2011). CHRONIC DISEASE IN SPECIFIC POPULATIONS: AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS. JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH, 65(Suppl 1), A392. DOI
  2010	Taylor, A., Price, K., Gill, T., Adams, R., Pilkington, R., Carrangis, N., . . . Wilson, D. (2010). Multimorbidity - not just an older person's issue. Results from an Australian biomedical study. BMC Public Health, 10(718), 1-10. DOI Scopus186 WoS158 Europe PMC141
  -	de Gendre, A., Lynch, J., Meunier, A., Pilkington, R., & Schurer, S. (n.d.). Child Health and Parental Responses to an Unconditional Cash Transfer at Birth. IZA Discussion Paper, (14693).

• Book Chapters

  Year	Citation
  2023	Malvaso, C. G., Day, A., Galouzis, J. J., & Pilkington, R. (2023). Preventing Prison Violence. In A. J. Tamatea, A. J. Day, & D. J. Cooke (Eds.), Preventing Prison Violence: an Ecological Perspective (pp. 74-87). Routledge. DOI
  2023	Day, A., Malvaso, C. G., Galouzis, J. J., & Pilkington, R. (2023). An Approach to Preventing Prison Violence. In A. J. Tamatea, A. J. Day, & D. J. cooke (Eds.), Preventing Prison Violence: an Ecological Perspective (pp. 199-209). Routledge. DOI
  2023	Galouzis, J. J., Day, A., Malvaso, C. G., & Pilkington, R. (2023). Critical Issue 3: Prison Social Climates. In A. J. Tamatea, A. J. Day, & D. J. Cooke (Eds.), Preventing Prison Violence: an Ecological Perspective (pp. 170-181). Routledge. DOI
  2023	Pilkington, R., Malvaso, C., Montgomerie, A., Falster, K., Chittleborough, C., Pearson, O., . . . Lynch, J. (2023). How will we obtain High-Quality Evidence to Inform Youth Crime Prevention and Reduction?. In C. Malvaso, T. R. Mcgee, & R. Homel (Eds.), Frontiers in Developmental and Life-Course Criminology: Methodological Innovation and Social Benefit (pp. 20-33). Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group). DOI

• Conference Papers

  Year	Citation
  2021	Chittleborough, C., Brown, T., Schuch, H., Kalamkarian, A., Pilkington, R., Montgomerie, A., . . . Lynch, J. (2021). Thriving in adversity: positive child development despite early disadvantage in a whole-of-population data linkage study. In INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY Vol. 50 (pp. 1 page). OXFORD UNIV PRESS. DOI
  2021	Chittleborough, C., Schuch, H., Pilkington, R., Montgomerie, A., Grant, J., Petersen, J., & Lynch, J. (2021). Considering child maltreatment in social inequalities of educational achievement: a whole-of-population data linkage study. In INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY Vol. 50 (pp. 48). OXFORD UNIV PRESS. DOI
  2019	Begum, M., Pilkington, R. M., Chittleborough, C. R., Lynch, J. W., Penno, M., & Smithers, L. G. (2019). MATERNAL SMOKING DURING PREGNANCY AND RISK OF TYPE 1 DIABETES: WHOLE-OF-POPULATION STUDY. In JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH Vol. 73 (pp. A36-A37). BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP. DOI
  2019	Begum, M., Chittleborough, C. R., Pilkington, R. M., Mittinty, M., Lynch, J. W., Penno, M., & Smithers, L. G. (2019). EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES AMONG CHILDREN WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES: WHOLE-OF-POPULATION STUDY. In JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH Vol. 73 (pp. A55-A56). BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP. DOI
  2018	Montgomerie, A., Pilkington, R., Chittleborough, C., Petersen, J., & Lynch, J. (2018). Young maternal age as a predictor of children’s experience of out of home care. In XXII Congress of International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN) Abstract Book (pp. 315). Prague, Czech Republic.

• Report for External Bodies

  Year	Citation
  2017	Pilkington, R., Grant, J., Chittleborough, C., Gialamas, A., Montgomerie, A., & Lynch, J. (2017). Child Protection in South Australia.
  2017	Gialamas, A., Montgomerie, A., Pilkington, R., & Lynch, J. (2017). Risk Factors for Child Protection Notification Under Age One: SA Birthing Hospitals 2010-2013.
  2017	Gialamas, A., Pilkington, R., & Lynch, J. (2017). CaFHS Foundation Services Priority Groups.
  2017	Pilkington, R. M., & Lynch, J. (2017). Vulnerability in early life in South Australia. A research brief for the SA Child and Family Health Service.. Internal Government Report.
  2017	Montgomerie, A., Pilkington, R. M., & Lynch, J. (2017). Does an extra year of preschool matter? A research brief for the SA Department of the Premier and Cabinet and the SA Department for Education and Child Development..
  2017	Pilkington, R. M., & Lynch, J. (2017). Children in Out of Home Care in South Australia. A research brief for the SA Department of the Premier and Cabinet. Internal government report.
  2017	Pilkington, R. M., & Lynch, J. (2017). A population profile by CaFHS regions. A research brief for the SA Child and Family Health Service.. Internal government report.
  2016	Pilkington, R. M., & Lynch, J. (2016). Child Protection in South Australia. A research brief for the SA Department of the Premier and Cabinet and the SA Department for Education and Child Development..
  2016	Nuske, T., Pilkington, R., Gialamas, A., Chittleborough, C., Smithers, L., & Lynch, J. (2016). The SA Early Childhood Data Project: Updated Report. Adelaide: University of Adelaide.
  2015	Pilkington, R., Gialamas, A., & Lynch, J. (2015). Emotionally Vulnerable and Disadvantaged Boys.
  2015	Pilkington, R., Gialamas, A., & Lynch, J. (2015). Service Contact Profiles across the South Australian Government: The Top 100 Children.
  2014	Pilkington, R., Scalzi, D., Gialamas, A., Smithers, L. G., Chittleborough, C., & Lynch, J. (2014). The South Australian early childhood health and development project: initial report. Adelaide: The University of Adelaide.

Course coordinator:

·         Level II Bachelor of Health and Medical Sciences, Epidemiology for Health and Medical Sciences (2018)

Practical facilitator or tutor:

·         Level I Bachelor of Health and Medical Sciences, Health and Illness in Populations (2015 to 2019)

·         Level II Bachelor of Health and Medical Sciences, Epidemiology for Health and Medical Sciences (2017, 2018)

Guest lecturer:

·         Level I Bachelor of Health and Medical Sciences, Health and Illness in Populations (2018, 2019)

·         Level II Bachelor of Health and Medical Sciences, Advanced Innovation and Entrepreneurship in health  (2019)

·         Level III Bachelor of Health and Medical Sciences, Big Challenges in Public Health (2018, 2019)

·         Masters of Public Health, Epidemiological Research Methods (2017)

·         Masters of Public Health, Introduction to Epidemiology (2019)

• Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

  Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
  2023	Co-Supervisor	The intersection between Out-of-Home Care and Youth Justice involvement and the barriers to supporting young people with complex behaviours	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Miss Tessa Gloede
  2023	Principal Supervisor	Using linked administrative data and cross-country comparisons to investigate the applications of overseas models in South Australian community services: A homelessness example	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Jessica Ann Dobrovic
  2022	Principal Supervisor	Investigating the intersection of parental substance misuse and child protection contact using whole of population linked data enriched with service system perspectives	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Miss Kimberly Jade Klassman
  2022	Co-Supervisor	Moving towards a fairer Australia: disentangling multidimensional disadvantage and child protection contact	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Anna Anne Kalamkarian
  2021	Co-Supervisor	Investigating out-of-home care contact and mental health sequelae using linked whole-of-population data	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Jessica Renee Judd
  2018	Co-Supervisor	Child Maltreatment in Children of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Background	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Dr Razlyn Abdul Rahim

• Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

  Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
  2016 - 2020	Co-Supervisor	The incidence, risk factors and implications of type 1 diabetes: whole-of-population linked-data study of children in South Australia born from 1999-2013	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Dr Mumtaz Begum

• Other Supervision Activities

  Date	Role	Research Topic	Location	Program	Supervision Type	Student Load	Student Name
  2018 - ongoing	Principal Supervisor	Child protection outcomes among children notified before birth	The University of Adelaide	Master of Counselling and Psychotherapy	Master	Part Time	Laura Gough
  2017 - 2017	Co-Supervisor	Potentially preventable hospitalisations: Considering injuries as part of a child focussed- definition	University of Adelaide	Bachelor of Health Sciences (Hons)	Honours	Full Time	Alexandra Procter

• Committee Memberships

  Date	Role	Committee	Institution	Country
  2019 - ongoing	Member	First 1000 Days Working Group, SA Health Women’s and Children’s Health Network.	Women's and Children's Health Network, SA Health	Australia
  2018 - 2018	Co-Chair	Expert Reference Group for Research, the National Collaboration for Child Health Informatics	The Australian Digital Health Agency, The Australian Government	Australia
  2017 - 2017	Member	The Foundation Services Working Group	The South Australian Child and Family Health Service	Australia
  2015 - ongoing	Member	Early Career Researcher Committee	School of Public Helath, The University of Adelaide	Australia
  2015 - ongoing	Member	School of Public Health Marketing Working Group	The University of Adelaide	Australia
  2012 - 2017	Member	Early-Career Researcher Committee	School of Public Health, The University of Adelaide	-

• Consulting/Advisories

  Date	Institution	Department	Organisation Type	Country
  2017 - 2017	South Australian Child and Family Health Service	-	Health services and related	Australia
  2015 - ongoing	The University of Adelaide	The Freemasons Foundation Men's Centre for Health	-	Australia
  2015 - ongoing	The University of Adelaide	The Freemasons Foundation Men's Centre for Health	-	Australia

• Position: NHMRC Grant-Funded Researcher (C)
• Phone: 83130956
• Email: rhiannon.pilkington@adelaide.edu.au
• Campus: North Terrace
• Building: Rundle Mall Plaza, floor 4
• Org Unit: Public Health