Dr Louise Francis

Experience

• –present
  Lecturer, Health Promotion, Curtin University
• 2024–present
  Lecturer, Curtin University

Education

• 2024 
  Monash University, Doctor of Philosophy
• 2012 
  Monash University, Bachelor Science (Health Science) (Honours)
• 2011 
  Curtin University, Bachelor Science (Health Science)
• 1987 
  Western Australian College of Advanced Education , Diploma of Teaching (Secondary)

Publications

• 2025
  Exploring perspectives towards the gambling industry and its marketing strategies among young people in Western Australia. , Health Promotion Journal of Australia. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.955
• 2025
  A review of Returned and Services League venues operating electronic gambling machines in Victoria, Australia and the level of funding contributed to veterans, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100214
• 2023
  Time for policies on gambling to benefit health - not the gambling industry, Health Promotion Journal of Australia. DOI: 10.1002/hpja.721
• 2021
  Discourses of responsible gambling and gambling harm: observations from Victoria, Australia, Addiction Research & Theory, 29:3, 212-222. 
• 2019
  Gambling’s community contributions: does the community benefit?,  Addiction Research & Theory, 28:5, 365-378.
• 2017
  Analysis of EGM licensing decisions by the gambling regulator, Victoria, Australia. , International Gambling Studies. 17(1) 65-86.
• 2015
  Toward Best Practice in Evaluation: A Study of Australian Health Promotion Agencies. , Health Promotion Practice. 2015;16(5):715-723. doi:10.1177/1524839915572574
• 2014
  What is the evidence for harm minimisation measures in gambling venues? , Evidence Base, Journal of the Australian and New Zealand School of Government

Professional Memberships

• Australian Health Promotion Association
• Public Health Association of Australia