Dr Ana Rita Sequeira
PhD

Lead for WIL at Murdoch Business School

Associate Editor International Journal of Health Planning and Management

Associate Fellow Australasian College of Health Services Management

Academic Chair for the Health Administration, Policy and Leadership program

I strive to influence and inform policy development by engaging with relevant stakeholders and ensuring their voices are part of the research cycle, and working in inter and multi-disciplinary research teams. I have experience in working in international collaboration teams, and have taken part in consultancy/research contract to public and private organisation, helping to shape organisations’ strategic direction and service delivery (WA Department of Health, Ishar’s Multicultural Women’s Health, 360 Health and Community and Medibank). I have also contributed to inform policy development via the submission of policy briefs related to funded research projects (DFAT), public policy submissions (WA Sustainable Health Review and WA Seniors Strategy) and media outlets (The Conversation).

• MBS524 Global Public Health
• MBS527 Health Policy and Governance
• MBS529 Strategic Health Leadership and  Management
• MBS643 Business Industry Project
• MBS654 Business Professional Placement

• COVID-19 in Latin America: An analysis of the first wave.
• Supporting the Development and Implementation of the WA Health Networks Action Plan (2017). Francesco Paolucci and Martin Whitely. Health Network Directorate, WA Department of Health. 
• Economic and social impact of Rare Diseases (2017). Emmanouil Mentzakis and Francesco Paolucci.  Office of Population Health Genomics, WA Department of Health.
• Using natural resource wealth to improve access to water and sanitation (Mozambique)”. Principal Investigator – Dr Ryan Admiraal, Murdoch University. (2014-2015) | DFAT Funding
• “Driving policy in mine closure and abandonment management, environmental risk mitigation, and rehabilitation of abandoned mine sites as a pro-poor development Strategy”. Principal Investigator – Assoc. Prof. Angus Morrison-Saunders, Murdoch University (2013-2015) | DFAT Funding

• Some of my current projects in Health Policy, Health Equity and Healthcare Administration:

1. An analysis of the health and well-being of humanitarian entrants arrived in Australia;
2. The COVID-19 pandemic: Nurse leaders’ decision making to prepare Western Australian hospitals: Informing practice to improve preparedness and response.
3. Eliciting public preferences towards COVID-19 vaccines: is there a trade-off between carrots, sticks and blinders vis a vis hesitancy?: An international Discrete Choice Experiment.
4. The Menstrual Pain Project: Exploring the individual and economic burden of period pain in a large international cohort of women

•  Current projects in Teaching and Learning scholarship:

1. Feedback mediated by educational technologies: Intersection between feedback literacies and intercultural competence.
   
2. Career readiness and employability among Business students.

Scholarship for PhD Studies (SFRH/BD/71314/2010) funded by FCT – Science and Technology Foundation.

2004/2005

Professor António Mendes Corrêa Award: Highest classification in Anthropology, by School for Social and Political Sciences, Technical University of Lisbon.

Speaking engagements:

Sequeira, Ana Rita (2020) ANU The Public Health Impact of COVID-19 in Latin America Webinar Series

Webinar 1 (English) – The Evidence: Understanding the situation in Latin America  “COVID 19 public health response and its impact in five Latin American countries”

(2019) The Paradox of Policy Networks: An Alternative Evaluation Framework – Conference Presentation, British Academy of Management (BAM) Conference, Birmingham.

Sequeira, Ana Rita (2017) Stakeholder Engagement and Patient Activation, Health Policy Forum: Sustainable Future for Health, Murdoch University, 18^th July 2017.

Sequeira, Ana Rita (2016) Local Knowledge and Public Health Policy: Perspectives from a Medical Anthropologist, Curtin University, 17th May 2016. Convenor: Dr Tod Jones.

Sequeira, Ana Rita (2016) Primary Health Care Programmes from the ground to top decision-making levels: It’s all about the people!, University of Notre Dame University (School of Health Sciences). 29th April 2016. Convenor: Prof. Gerarn Hoyne.

Sequeira, Ana Rita (2016) Graduate Seminar in African Studies (16th January 2016). Malaria in Southern Mozambique: knowledge, practices and relationship between healthcare providers. ISCTE-IUL Lisbon, Portugal. 

Admiraal, R., Sequeira, A.R., McHenry, M.P., Doepel, D., Herculano, L.M.L., Conceição, F., Monguela, A., Urama, K. and Manzambi, O. (2015) Making Growth Inclusive: The role of mining in the post-2015 development agenda for Africa. In: “Using Natural Resource Wealth to Improve Access to Water and Sanitation”, 2 October 2015, Maputo, Mozambique.

Admiraal, R., Sequeira, A.R., McHenry, M.P.and Doepel, D.(2015) Maximising the impact of mining investment in water infrastructure for local communities. In: Africa Australia Research Forum, 1 September 2015, Perth, Western Austrália.

Sequeira, A.R., McHenry, M.P., Morrison-Saunders, A., Gorey, P., Mtegha, H. and Doepel, D.(2015) Raising the bar: Environmental disclosures in the extractives, transparency, and innovative legal frameworks. In: Africa Australia Research Forum, 1 September 2015, Perth, Western Australia.

Morrison-Saunders, A., Sequeira, A.R., McHenry, M.P.and Doepel, D.(2014) Exploring alternatives to bonds for financing rehabilitation contingency measures in the mining sector in Africa. In: 37th annual African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific (AFSAAP) conference, 25 – 26 November 2014, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Sequeira, A. R., (2013)  The introduction of Rapid Diagnostic Test for malaria in Mozambique: Between evil spirits and an uncertain biomedical authority In 37th annual African Studies Association of Australásia and the Pacific (AFSAAP) conference, 28-29 November 2013, Perth, Australia.

Media/Clipping

The Conversation Africa. 17.04.2019 - Mozambique water project: insights into supply and use in a peri-urban area 

The Conversation Global. 26.05.2017 - Trump budget’s cuts to international aid put global health security at risk

Jornal A Verdade, 16.04.2014 – “Maus espíritos interferem no diagnóstico da malária em Moçambique” 

Diário de Notícias, 2.05.2014 – “Crenças populares levam moçambicanos a curandeiros antes de teste de malária”

Associate Editor – International Journal of Health Planning and Management

Associate Fellow - Australasian College of Health Service Management (ACHSM)

Fellow – Higher Education Academy (HEA)

Students interested in undertaking a postgraduate research degree should email graduateresearchdegrees@murdoch.edu.au for further information on Expressions of Interest and Applications. 

Current PhD supervisions:

Susannah Nichols  - Understanding Childhood Obesity Prevention Policy in Australia: A Historical Institutionalism Approach

PhD Successful Completion:

Elaine LLarena – An Integrated Communication Approach to Address Zoonotic Diseases

Thesis (Master by Coursework):

Journals:

Sequeira, Ana Rita, Mentzakis, Emmanouil, Archangelidi, Olga, Paolucci, Francesco (2021) The economic and health impact of rare diseases: A meta-analysis, Health Policy and Technology, 10(1), pp. 32-44.

Benítez, M., Velasco, Carolina, Sequeira, A.R., Henríquez, J., Menezes, F., Paolucci, F (2020) COVID-19 pandemic in five countries of Latin America: Public Health and Technology Responses, Health Policy and Technology, 9(4), pp. 525-559.

Sequeira, A.R., Admiraal, R., Herculano, L.M.L., Conceicao, F.B., Monguela, A.S., McHenry, M.P., Kobryn, H.T., and Doepel, D. (2019) Assessing the short-term impacts of a piped water supply intervention in peri-urban Mozambique. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development. https://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2019.158

Mentzakis, E., García-Goñi, M., Sequeira, A.R, Paolucci, F. (2019) Equity and efficiency priorities within the Spanish health system: A discrete choice experiment eliciting stakeholders preferences, Health Policy and Technology, Volume 8, Issue 1, Pages 30-41.

Admiraal, R., Sequeira, A., McHenry, M., Doepel, D., (2017), Maximizing the impact of mining investment in water infrastructure for local communities, The Extractive Industries and Society, 4, 2, pages 240 – 250. 

Alberts, R., Wessels, J.A., Morrison-Saunders, A., McHenry, M.P., Sequeira, Ana, Mtegha, H. and Doepel, D. (2017) Complexities with extractive industries regulation on the African continent: What has ‘best practice’ legislation delivered in South Africa? The Extractive Industries and Society, 4 (2). pp. 267-277.

Morrison-Saunders, A., McHenry, M., Wessels, J., Sequeira, A., Mtegha, H., Doepel, D., (2016), Planning for artisanal and small-scale mining during EIA: exploring the potential, The Extractive Industries and Society, 2, 4, pages 813 – 819.

Sequeira, A., McHenry, M., Morrison-Saunders, A., Mtegha, H., Doepel, D., (2016), Is the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) sufficient to generate transparency in environmental impact and legacy risks? The Zambian minerals sector, Journal of Cleaner Production, 129, pages 427 – 436.

Sequeira, A. R. (2016) Local interpretations on malaria and the discourse on the traditional healthcare providers in southern Mozambique. Saúde Soc., 25 (2), pp. 392-407.

Morrison-Saunders, A., McHenry, M., Sequeira, A., Gorey, P., Mtegha, H., Doepel, D., (2016), Integrating mine closure planning with environmental impact assessment: Challenges and opportunities drawn from African and Australian practice, Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, 34, 2, pages 117 – 128.

Morrison-Saunders, A., McHenry, M.P., Sequeira, A.R., Gorey, P., Mtegha, H. and Doepel, D.(2016) Integrating mine closure planning with environmental impact assessment: challenges and opportunities drawn from African and Australian practice. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, 34 (2). pp. 117-128.

Alberts, R., Wessels, J., Morrison-Saunders, A., McHenry, M., Sequeira, A., Mtegha, H., Doepel, D., (2016), Complexities with extractive industries regulation on the African continent: What has ‘best practice’ legislation delivered in South Africa?, The Extractive Industries and Society, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2016.08.0.

McHenry, M., Morrison-Saunders, A., Gorey, P., Sequeira, A., Mtegha, H., Doepel, D., (2015), Puzzled: Navigating extractive policy information jigsaws for best practice and transparency, The Extractive Industries and Society, 2, 3, pages 401 – 405.

Sequeira, A.R. (2015) The introduction of Rapid Diagnostic Test for Malaria in Mozambique: Local appropriation and complementary therapeutics. The Australasian Review of African Studies, 36 (1). pp. 114-128.

Books:

Sequeira, Ana Rita (2017)  A Malária em Moçambique: Politicas, Provedores de Cuidados, Saberes e Práticas de Gestão da Doença. [Malaria in Mozambique: Policy, Care Providers and Knowledge and Practices in Disease Management], Lisbon: Centro de Estudos Internacionais do Instituto Universitário de Lisboa.

Chapters:

Paolucci, Francesco, Sequeira, Ana Rita, Fouda, Ayman (2018) Health Plan Payment in Australia in Risk Adjustment, Risk Sharing and Premium Regulation in Health Insurance Markets, Elsevier.

Reports:

Admiraal, R., Sequeira, A.R., McHenry, M.P., Doepel, D., Herculano, L.M.L., da Conceição, F.B., Monguela, A.S.,Urama, K. and Manzambi, O. (2015) Using natural resource wealth to improve access to water and sanitation in Mozambique: A 2012 Australian Development Research Awards Scheme Project—Final Report, October 2015.Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia.

Sequeira, A. R. (2013) “Assessment of a children’s health programme –  Survey on Basic knowledge and maternal practices with regard to children’s nutrition, immunisation, acute respiratory illness, acute diarrhoea, malária and fever, affecting children under 24 months, in Lautem and Viqueque districts”, Doctors of the World.

Sequeira, A. R. (2011) “Capacity Development for Education For All (CapEFA): Introduction of Itinerant Libraries in the Literacy and Adult Education Program: Assessment” – Ministry of Education and UNESCO, Mozambique.

Policy Brief / Submissions:

Policy Submission – WA Seniors Strategy (WA Department of Communities, 2022)

Policy Submission - WA Sustainable Health Review (WA Department of Health, 2018)

Policy Brief – Using Natural Resource Wealth to Improve Access to Water and Sanitation in Mozambique (DFAT, 2015)

Policy Brief - Driving policy in mine closure and abandonment management, environmental risk mitigation, and rehabilitation of abandoned mine sites as a pro-poor development strategy (DFAT, 2015)

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