Associate Professor Maria Zadoroznyj
Email: Maria.Zadoroznyj@flinders.edu.au
Phone: (61 8) 8201-2382
Fax: (61 8) 8201-3521
Room: 3121 SSN
PhD (1990) University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
MSc (1985) University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
BA (1980) Flinders University
Postal Address:
Department of Sociology
Flinders University
GPO Box 2100 Adelaide SA 5001
Current Teaching
SOCI2005
Skills in Social Research
SOCI2013
Research Methods in Criminal Justice
SOCI3019
Sociology of Health and Illness
Research Interests
• Sociology of Health and Illness
• Gender and the sociology of childbirth
• Work, professions and occupations
• Integrating ‘community’ into policy formation
Maria has maintained a longstanding interest in the organisation of work
in the health sector, especially in the historical development of ‘boundaries’
around the knowledge and work of occupations such as medicine, midwifery
and nursing. She also maintains an ongoing interest in the influence of
structural factors such as gender and class on health. Her recent research
has become increasingly focused on the social and cultural aspects of childbirth
and its meaning for the identity of childbearing women. She has also recently
completed a major evaluation of a new health care worker as a provider of
home based maternity care.
Another research interest concerns the issue of engaging the ‘community’
in the development of social policy. While ‘community consultation’
has become a catch phase of the contemporary era, there is little consensus
about exactly what it means. Working with Dr. June Marks and Associate Professor
Bill Martin, notions of community, community perceptions and community involvement
with respect to water policy are being investigated in a major ARC Linkage
project. Similar issues are being explored in a local government funded
study, conducted with colleagues from Geography and Environmental Health,
which assesses the utility of a range of approaches to ‘community
consultation’.
Select Publications
Zadoroznyj, M. 2007, "Postnatal care in the community: report of an evaluation of birthing women's assessment of a postnatal home care program", Health and Social Care in the Community, 15, 1:35-44.
Marks, J. Martin B. and M. Zadoroznyj, 2006, “Acceptance of Water Recycling in Australia: National Baseline Data”, Water, March 2006, pp. 151-157.
Zadoroznyj, M. 2006, "Surveillance, support and risk in the postnatal period", Health and Review, 15, 4: 353-363.
Marks, J. and M. Zadoroznyj, 2005, “Managing Sustainable Urban Water Reuse: Structural Context and Cultures of Trust” Society and Natural Resources 18:557-572.
Zadoroznyj, M. 2004, 'Gender and Health: differences in female and male health' in Health in Australia: Sociological Concepts and Issues, ed. C. Grbich, 3rd edition, NSW, Pearce and Longman.
Zadoroznyj, M. 2001, 'Birth and the reflexive consumer': Trust, risk and medical dominance in obstetric encounters, Journal of Sociology, 37(1).
Zadoroznyj, M. 2000, 'Midwife-led maternity services and consumer 'choice' in n Australian metropolitan region', Midwifery, 16, 177-185.