Rate My Professor Angela Booth

Mrs Angela Booth is the Coordinator, Repository in the Scholarly Publishing section of the University Library at the University of Newcastle, Australia. She holds a Master of Information Studies (Librarianship) from Charles Sturt University and a Bachelor of Health Science (Health Promotion) from Edith Cowan University. In her role, she assists researchers, academics, and students with open access publishing via the University's Institutional Repository, providing guidance on depositing works, research data management, copyright, ISBN/DOI assignment, and open journal systems. Prior to this, Booth worked as a research assistant, engaging in grant writing, ethics applications, participant recruitment, program evaluation, interviews, qualitative research, data entry and coding, literature and systematic reviews, and co-authoring peer-reviewed papers. Her background in health promotion has fueled her interest in research support and library information services.

Booth's research specializations include health promotion, mental health, open access, physical activity, public health, and library services, with primary fields of research in social determinants of health, mental health services, and health promotion. She has co-authored over 20 peer-reviewed journal articles, conference papers, and reports. Key publications include "Making Connections that Count - a Case Study of the Family Referral Service in Schools Program on the Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia" (Dalton et al., 2023, International Journal of Integrated Care); "Effects of mental health training on capacity, willingness and engagement in peer-to-peer support in rural New South Wales" (Maddox et al., 2022, Health Promotion Journal of Australia); "Lessons from the development and delivery of a rural suicide prevention program" (Handley et al., 2021, Australian Journal of Rural Health); "Depression and risk of unintentional injury in rural communities—a longitudinal analysis of the Australian rural mental health study" (Inder et al., 2017, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health); and "Bushfire support services and the need for evaluation: the 2013 Blue Mountains experience" (Rich et al., 2016, Australian Journal of Emergency Management). Her contributions have supported evaluations of integrated care initiatives, bushfire recovery services, and Aboriginal-led suicide prevention workshops, enhancing rural health outcomes and scholarly communication.