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Contact Details

Phone
+64 21 238 0003
Email
fi.graham@otago.ac.nz
Position
Associate Professor
Department
Department of Medicine (Wellington)
Qualifications
B (OccTher) PGCert HE PhD
Research summary
Rehabilitation, allied health, coaching, children, participation, telehealth
Teaching
  • REHB710 Service Evaluation and Innovation in Rehabilitation
  • REHB716 Rehabilitation with Children and Families
  • RTRU Course Advisor and masters' co-ordinator
  • Interprofessional postgraduate rehabilitation; paediatric rehabilitation; knowledge translation
Memberships
  • Divisional Academic Board, Health Sciences, Otago
  • Australasian Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine
  • New Zealand Rehabilitation Association
  • Paediatric Society of New Zealand
  • Early Intervention Association of Aotearoa New Zealand
  • Registered Practicing Occupational Therapist (Occupational Therapy Board of New Zealand)
  • Occupational Therapy New Zealand
  • Trustee, Occupational Therapy New Zealand Research and Education Fund
  • New Zealand Telehealth Forum

Research

Dr Graham's research span's three key research streams:

  • Rehabilitation with children with neurodisability and their families
  • Knowledge translation of evidence-based practice in rehabilitation
  • Telehealth for service delivery in rehabilitation

Within these three streams is a focus on translational research informed by the lived experience of people with disabilities and their families.

Research methodology experience is broad, encompassing a wide range of qualitative, participatory and quantitative methods.

Publications

Aewerdieck, L. M., Martin, R. A., Graham, F. P., & Hay-Smith, J. (2024). Exploring in-session engagement in equine-assisted services for children and youth experiencing disability: A scoping review. Journal of Integrative & Complementary Medicine. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1089/jicm.2024.0151 Journal - Research Other

Graham, F., Williman, J., Desha, L., Snell, D., Jones, B., Ingham, T., Latu, A. T. F., Ranta, A., Walker, E., Makasini, S., & Ziviani, J. (2024). Realist process evaluation of occupational performance coaching: Protocol. BMJ Open, 14, e075727. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075727 Journal - Research Other

Graham, F. (2024). Masterful occupational therapists lean in to the uncomfortable. New Zealand Journal of Occupational Therapy, 71(1), 3-10. Retrieved from https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=rzh&AN=176890050&site=ehost-live&scope=site Journal - Research Other

Boland, P., Jones, B., Desha, L., McGregor, B., & Graham, F. (2024). Opportunities to reduce inequities through tele-wheelchair assessments: The importance of co-designing services with Indigenous Māori with lived experience of disability. In C. M. Hayre, D. Muller, M. Scherer, P. M. W. Hackett & A. Gordley-Smith (Eds.), Emerging technologies in healthcare: Interpersonal and client-based perspectives. (pp. 161-176). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. doi: 10.1201/9781003272786 Chapter in Book - Research

Chien, C.-W., Lin, C.-Y., Lai, C. Y. Y., & Graham, F. (2024). Parent coaching to enhance community participation in young children with developmental disabilities: A pilot randomized controlled trial. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 147, 104696. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2024.104696 Journal - Research Article

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