Sara Javanparast

Dr Sara Javanparast

Senior Research Fellow

School of Allied Health and Human Performance

College of Health


I have a background in Medicine and Public Health with over 15 years of experience in public health and health services research and teaching. I am a qualitative researcher and have interest and expertise in areas related to health equity and inclusion, community engagement, health policy, social determinants of health, research co-design and knowledge translation. I have led and/or contributed to large scale research and program evaluations, and collaborated with a wide range of stakeholders including government organisations, non-government organisations, community based organisations, and health and aged care services. 

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2025 Windle, A., Javanparast, S., Freeman, T., & Baum, F. (2025). Use of evidence to inform regional primary health care planning in Australia.. Health Res Policy Syst, 23(1), 31.
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2025 Gutteridge, D. S., Calder, A. H., Stasinopoulos, J., Javanparast, S., Caughey, G. E., Hillen, J. B., . . . Sluggett, J. K. (2025). Quality indicators for safe and effective use of medications in long-term care settings: A systematic review. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 91(11), 3054-3069.
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2025 Javanparast, S., Gutteridge, D. S., Hibbert, P. D., Manias, E., Stafford, A. C., Peterson, G. M., . . . Sluggett, J. K. (2025). The Aged Care Onsite Pharmacist (ACOP) program in Australia: a qualitative study to examine key considerations for successful implementation in residential aged care homes. International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, 13 pages.
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2025 Javanparast, S., & Tieman, J. (2025). Evaluation of palliative care needs rounds in residential aged care homes in South Australia: a qualitative study. BMC Palliative Care, 24(1, article no. 66), 1-9.
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2024 Javanparast, S., Roeger, L., & Reed, R. L. (2024). General practice staff and patient experiences of a multicomponent intervention for people at high risk of poor health outcomes: a qualitative study. BMC Primary Care, 25(18), 1-12.
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2024 Parker, S. M., Aslani, P., Harris Roxas, B., Wright, M. C., Barr, M., Doolan Noble, F., . . . Harris, M. (2024). Community health navigator-assisted transition of care from hospital to community: protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 14(2), 1-9.
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2024 Harris, M. F., Tran, A., Porwal, M., Aslani, P., Cullen, J., Brown, A., . . . Osten, R. (2024). Codesigning a Community Health Navigator program to assist patients to transition from hospital to community. AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PRIMARY HEALTH, 30(5), 10 pages.
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2023 Windle, A., Javanparast, S., Freeman, T., & Baum, F. (2023). Factors that influence evidence-informed meso-level regional primary health care planning: a qualitative examination and conceptual framework. Health Research Policy and Systems, 21(99), 1-13.
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2023 Windle, A., Javanparast, S., Freeman, T., & Baum, F. (2023). Evaluating local primary health care actions to address health inequities: analysis of Australia's Primary Health Networks. International Journal for Equity in Health, 22(1), 243-1-243-13.
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2022 Javanparast, S., Anaf, J., & Tieman, J. (2022). Equity consideration in palliative care policies, programs, and evaluation: an analysis of selected federal and South Australian documents. BMC Palliative Care, 21(1), 14 pages.
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2022 Javanparast, S., Robinson, S., Kitson, A., & Arciuli, J. (2022). Embedding research codesign knowledge and practice: learnings from researchers in a new research institute in Australia. Research Involvement and Engagement, 8(71), 1-14.
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2022 Javanparast, S., Baum, F., Ziersch, A., & Freeman, T. (2022). A Framework to Determine the Extent to Which Regional Primary Healthcare Organisations Are Comprehensive or Selective in Their Approach. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 11(4), 479-488.
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2021 Windle, A., Javanparast, S., Freeman, T., & Baum, F. (2021). Assessing organisational capacity for evidence-informed health policy and planning: an adaptation of the ORACLe tool for Australian primary health care organizations. Health Research Policy and Systems, 19(1), 25-1-25-11.
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2021 Freeman, T., Baum, F., Javanparast, S., Labonté, R., Lawless, A., & Barton, E. (2021). The contribution of group work to the goals of comprehensive primary health care. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 32(1), 126-136.
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2021 Tesfay, F. H., Ziersch, A., Javanparast, S., & Mwanri, L. (2021). Relapse into undernutrition in a nutritional program in HIV care and the impact of food insecurity: a mixed-methods study in Tigray Region, Ethiopia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(2), 1-15.
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2021 Javanparast, S., Roeger, L., & Reed, R. L. (2021). Experiences of patients with chronic diseases of access to multidisciplinary care during COVID-19 in South Australia. Australian Health Review, 45(5), 525-532.
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2021 Javanparast, S., Roeger, L., Kwok, Y., & Reed, R. L. (2021). The experience of Australian general practice patients at high risk of poor health outcomes with telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study. BMC Family Practice, 22(69), 1-6.
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2021 Tesfay, F. H., Ziersch, A., Mwanri, L., & Javanparast, S. (2021). Experience of nutritional counselling in a nutritional programme in HIV care in the Tigray region of Ethiopia using the socio-ecological model. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 40(34), 1-12.
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2021 Freeman, T., Baum, F., Javanparast, S., Ziersch, A., Mackean, T., & Windle, A. (2021). Challenges facing primary health care in federated government systems: Implementation of Primary Health Networks in Australian states and territories. Health Policy, 125(4), 495-503.
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2020 Tesfay, F., Javanparast, S., Mwanri, L., & Ziersch, A. (2020). Stigma and discrimination: barriers to the utilisation of a nutritional program in HIV care services in the Tigray region, Ethiopia. BMC Public Health, 20(904), 1-13.
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2020 Tesfay, F., Ziersch, A., Mwanri, L., & Javanparast, S. (2020). Contextual and individual level factors influencing nutritional program effectiveness in HIV care setting in Tigray region, northern Ethiopia: Mixed methods study. PLoS ONE, 15(4), 1-24.
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2020 Javanparast, S., Naqvi, S. K. A., & Mwanri, L. (2020). Health service access and utilisation amongest culturally and linguistically diverse populations in regional South Australia: a quality study. Rural and Remote Health, 20(4), 1-15.
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2020 Ziersch, A., Freeman, T., Javanparast, S., Mackean, T., & Baum, F. (2020). Regional primary health care organisations and migrant and refugee health: the importance of prioritisation, funding, collaboration and engagement. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 44(2), 152-159.
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2020 Baum, F., Ziersch, A., Freeman, T., Javanparast, S., Henderson, J., & Mackean, T. (2020). Strife of Interests: Constraints on integrated and co-ordinated comprehensive PHC in Australia. Social Science and Medicine, 248(112824), 9 pages.
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2019 Barton, E., Freeman, T., Baum, F., Javanparast, S., & Lawless, A. (2019). The feasibility and potential use of case-tracked client journeys in primary healthcare: A pilot study. BMJ Open, 9(5), 12 pages.
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2019 Henderson, J., Javanparast, S., Baum, F., Freeman, T., Fuller, J., Ziersch, A., & Mackean, T. (2019). Interagency collaboration in primary mental health care: Lessons from the Partners in Recovery program. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 13(1), 10 pages.
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2019 Javanparast, S., Baum, F., Freeman, T., Ziersch, A., Henderson, J., & Mackean, T. (2019). Collaborative population health planning between Australian primary health care organisations and local government: lost opportunity. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 43(1), 68-74.
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2019 Henderson, J., Javanparast, S., Baum, F., Freeman, T., Ziersch, A., Mackean, T., & Fuller, J. (2019). The governance of primary mental health planning by Primary Health Networks. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 54(3), 267-284.
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2019 Paudel, M., Javanparast, S., Dasvarma, G., & Newman, L. (2019). A critical account of the policy context shaping perinatal survival in Nepal: policy tension of socio-cultural versus a medical approach. BMC Health Services Research, 19(1), 166-1-166-16.
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2018 Windle, A., Fisher, I., Freeman, T., Baum, F., Javanparast, S., Kay, A., & Kidd, M. (2018). Increased private health fund involvement in Australia's primary health care: Implications for health equity. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 53(4), 338-354.
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2018 Henderson, J., Javanparast, S., MacKean, T., Freeman, T., Baum, F., & Ziersch, A. (2018). Commissioning and equity in primary care in Australia: Views from Primary Health Networks. Health and Social Care in the Community, 26(1), 80-89.
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2018 Javanparast, S., Maddern, J., Baum, F., Freeman, T., Lawless, A., Labonté, R., & Sanders, D. (2018). Change management in an environment of ongoing primary health care system reform: A case study of Australian primary health care services. International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 33(1), e76-e88.
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2018 Freeman, T., Baum, F., Labonté, R., Javanparast, S., & Lawless, A. (2018). Primary health care reform, dilemmatic space and risk of burnout among health workers. Health (United Kingdom), 22(3), 277-297.
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2018 Javanparast, S., Windle, A., Freeman, T., & Baum, F. (2018). Community health worker programs to improve healthcare access and equity: Are they only relevant to low-and middle-income countries?. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 7(10), 943-954.
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2018 Freeman, T., Javanparast, S., Baum, F., Ziersch, A., & Mackean, T. (2018). A framework for regional primary health care to organise actions to address health inequities. International Journal of Public Health, 63(5), 567-575.
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2018 Javanparast, S., Freeman, T., Baum, F., Labonté, R., Ziersch, A., Mackean, T., . . . Sanders, D. (2018). How institutional forces, ideas and actors shaped population health planning in Australian regional primary health care organisations. BMC Public Health, 18(1), 16 pages.
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2018 Bentley, M., Freeman, T., Baum, F., & Javanparast, S. (2018). Interprofessional teamwork in comprehensive primary healthcare services: Findings from a mixed methods study. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 32(3), 274-283.
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2018 Paudel, M., Javanparast, S., Dasvarma, G., & Newman, L. (2018). Religio-cultural factors contributing to perinatal mortality and morbidity in mountain villages of Nepal: implications for future healthcare provision. PLoS one, 13(3, article no. e0194328), 1-22.
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2018 Paudel, M., Javanparast, S., Dasvarma, G., & Newman, L. (2018). A qualitative study about the gendered experiences of motherhood and perinatal mortality in mountain villages of Nepal: Implications for improving perinatal survival. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 18(1, article no. 163), 1-18.
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2018 Paudel, M., Javanparast, S., Newman, L., & Dasvarma, G. (2018). Health system barriers influencing perinatal survival in mountain villages of Nepal: implications for future policies and practices. Journal of health population and nutrition, 37(article no. 16, 1), 1-19.
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2017 Javanparast, S., Baum, F., Freeman, T., Labonte, R., Ziersch, A. M., Kidd, M. R., & Mackean, T. (2017). Lessons from medicare locals for primary health networks. Medical Journal of Australia, 207(2), 54-55.e1.
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2017 Smith, J., Javanparast, S., & Craig, L. (2017). Bringing babies and breasts into workplaces: support for breastfeeding mothers in workplaces and childcare services at the Australian National University. Breastfeeding Review, 25(1), 46-56.
2016 Freeman, T., Baum, F., Lawless, A., Labonté, R., Sanders, D., Boffa, J., . . . Javanparast, S. (2016). Case study of an aboriginal community-controlled health service in australia: Universal, rights-based, publicly funded comprehensive primary health care in action. Health and Human Rights, 18(2), 93-108.
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2016 Baum, F., Freeman, T., Sanders, D., Labonté, R., Lawless, A., & Javanparast, S. (2016). Comprehensive primary health care under neo-liberalism in Australia. Social Science and Medicine, 168, 43-52.
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2016 Freeman, T., Baum, F., Lawless, A., Javanparast, S., Jolley, G., Labonté, R., . . . Sanders, D. (2016). Revisiting the ability of Australian primary healthcare services to respond to health inequity. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 22(4), 332-338.
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2016 Freeman, T., Baum, F. E., Jolley, G. M., Lawless, A., Edwards, T., Javanparast, S., & Ziersch, A. (2016). Service providers' views of community participation at six Australian primary healthcare services: Scope for empowerment and challenges to implementation. International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 31(1), E1-E21.
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2015 Javanparast, S., Baum, F., Barton, E., Freeman, T., Lawless, A., Fuller, J., . . . Kidd, M. R. (2015). Medicare local-local health network partnerships in South Australia: Lessons for primary health networks. Medical Journal of Australia, 203(5), 219-219.e6.
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2015 Ward, P. R., Coffey, C., Javanparast, S., Wilson, C., & Meyer, S. B. (2015). Institutional (mis)trust in colorectal cancer screening: A qualitative study with Greek, Iranian, Anglo-Australian and Indigenous groups. Health Expectations, 18(6), 2915-2927.
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2015 Newman, L., Baum, F., Javanparast, S., O'Rourke, K., & Carlon, L. (2015). Addressing social determinants of health inequities through settings: a rapid review. Health promotion international, 30(suppl 2), 126-143.
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2014 Anaf, J., Baum, F., Freeman, T., Labonte, R., Javanparast, S., Jolley, G., . . . Bentley, M. (2014). Factors shaping intersectoral action in primary health care services. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 38(6), 553-559.
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2014 Freeman, T., Jolley, G., Baum, F., Lawless, A., Javanparast, S., & Labonté, R. (2014). Community assessment workshops: A group method for gathering client experiences of health services. Health and Social Care in the Community, 22(1), 47-56.
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2014 Freeman, T., Edwards, T., Baum, F., Lawless, A., Jolley, G., Javanparast, S., & Francis, T. (2014). Cultural respect strategies in Australian Aboriginal primary health care services: Beyond education and training of practitioners. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 38(4), 355-361.
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2012 Javanparast, S., Baum, F., Labonte, R., Sanders, D., Rajabi, Z., & Heidari, G. (2012). The experience of community health workers training in Iran: A qualitative study. BMC Health Services Research, 12(1), 8 pages.
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2012 Javanparast, S., Ward, P., Carter, S., & Wilson, C. (2012). Barriers to and facilitators of colorectal cancer screening in different population subgroups in Adelaide, South Australia. Medical Journal of Australia, 196(8), 521-523.
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2011 Javanparast, S., Baum, F., Labonte, R., & Sanders, D. (2011). Community health workers' perspectives on their contribution to rural health and well-being in Iran. American Journal of Public Health, 101(12), 2287-2292.
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2011 Javanparast, S., Baum, F., Labonte, R., Sanders, D., Heidari, G., & Rezaie, S. (2011). A policy review of the community health worker programme in Iran. Journal of Public Health Policy, 32(2), 263-276.
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2011 Ward, P. R., Javanparast, S., & Wilson, C. (2011). Equity of colorectal cancer screening: Which groups have inequitable participation and what can we do about it?. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 17(4), 334-346.
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2011 Martini, A., Javanparast, S., Ward, P., Baratiny, G., Gill, T., Cole, S., . . . Young, G. (2011). Colorectal cancer screening in rural and remote areas: analysis of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program data for South Australia. Rural and Remote Health, 11(1648), 1-11.
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2011 Ward, P., Javanparast, S., Matt, M., Martini, A., Tsourtos, G., Cole, S., . . . Young, G. (2011). Equity of colorectal cancer screening: cross-sectional analysis of National Bowel Cancer Screening Program data for South Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 35(1), 61-65.
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2010 Javanparast, S., Ward, P., Cole, S., Gill, T., Matt, M., Aylward, P., . . . Young, G. (2010). A cross-sectional analysis of participation in National Bowel Cancer Screening Program in Adelaide by age, gender and geographical location of residence. The Australasian Medical Journal, 1(1), 141-146.
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2010 Javanparast, S., Ward, P., Young, G., Wilson, C., Carter, S., Misan, G., . . . Matt, M. (2010). How equitable are colorectal cancer screening programs which include FOBTs? A review of qualitative and quantitative studies. Preventive Medicine, 50(4), 165-172.
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- Van Dinther, K., Noonan, K., Leonard, R., & Javanparast, S. (2025). The Death Literacy Index: Testing the Death System Literacy of Unpaid Carers of Palliative Patients. OMEGA-JOURNAL OF DEATH AND DYING, 25 pages.
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Year Citation
2025 Ramirez, J., Parker, S., Bandiera, C., Aslani, P., Brown, A., Doolan-Noble, F., . . . Harris, M. (2025). From hospital to home: a qualitative analysis of community health navigators in chronic and complex care transitions. In AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PRIMARY HEALTH Vol. 31 (pp. 51 pages). CSIRO PUBLISHING.
2024 Harris-Roxas, B., Swann, N., Parker, S., Aslani, P., Wright, S., Barr, M., . . . Harris, M. (2024). Community Health Navigator assisted transition of care from hospital to community: A randomised control trial. In INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INTEGRATED CARE Vol. 24 (pp. 2 pages). UBIQUITY PRESS LTD.
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2018 Ziersch, A., Javanparast, S., Baum, F., Freeman, T., Henderson, J., & Mackean, T. (2018). 'They're not the flavour of the month': regional primary health care organisations and primary health care for migrants and people from refugee backgrounds in Australia. In EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH Vol. 28 (pp. 45). OXFORD UNIV PRESS.

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