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Overview

Paul Ward is affiliated with Torrens University Australia in Australia and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of medicine and health professions. Their work spans a variety of subfields, including general health professions, clinical psychology, infectious diseases, sociology and political science, and epidemiology.

Their research topics focus on areas such as HIV/AIDS research and interventions, HIV, drug use, and sexual risk, COVID-19 and mental health, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, COVID-19 pandemic impacts, vaccine coverage and hesitancy, and global maternal and child health.

Frequent collaborators of Paul Ward include Nelsensius Klau Fauk, Hailay Abrha Gesesew, Lillian Mwanri, Belinda Lunnay, and Kristen Foley.

Paul Ward has published in a range of venues with the most frequent being:

  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Frontiers in Public Health
  • PLoS ONE
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • BMJ Open

Recent notable papers include:

  • "Challenges Faced by Healthcare Professionals During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Inquiry From Bangladesh," 2021, Frontiers in Public Health
  • "Knowledge, attitudes and perceptions towards COVID-19 vaccinations: a cross-sectional community survey in Bangladesh," 2021, BMC Public Health
  • "How Australian Health Care Services Adapted to Telehealth During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Survey of Telehealth Professionals," 2021, Frontiers in Public Health
  • "HIV Stigma and Discrimination: Perspectives and Personal Experiences of Healthcare Providers in Yogyakarta and Belu, Indonesia," 2021, Frontiers in Medicine
  • "Stigma and Discrimination towards People Living with HIV in the Context of Families, Communities, and Healthcare Settings: A Qualitative Study in Indonesia," 2021, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Best Publications

  • Perceptual-cognitive expertise in sport: a meta-analysis.

    Derek T.Y. Mann;A. Mark Williams;Paul Ward;Christopher M. Janelle

  • Visual search, anticipation and expertise in soccer goalkeepers

    Geert J.P. Savelsbergh;A. Mark Williams;John Van Der Kamp;Paul Ward

  • Perceptual and Cognitive Skill Development in Soccer: The Multidimensional Nature of Expert Performance

    Paul Ward;A. Mark Williams

  • Anticipation skill in a real-world task: measurement, training, and transfer in tennis.

    A. Mark Williams;Paul Ward;John M. Knowles;Nicholas J. Smeeton

  • Cyber Threats Facing Autonomous and Connected Vehicles: Future Challenges

    Simon Parkinson;Paul Ward;Kyle Wilson;Jonathan Miller

  • The role of deliberate practice and play in career progression in sport: the early engagement hypothesis

    Paul R. Ford;Paul Ward;Nicola J. Hodges;A. Mark Williams

  • The road to excellence: deliberate practice and the development of expertise

    Paul Ward;Nicola J. Hodges;Janet L. Starkes;Mark A. Williams

  • Anticipation and visual search behaviour in expert soccer goalkeepers

    Geert J. P. Savelsbergh;John Van der Kamp;A. Mark Williams;Paul Ward

  • Perceptual-cognitive expertise in sport and its acquisition: implications for applied cognitive psychology

    A. Mark Williams;A. Mark Williams;Paul R. Ford;David W. Eccles;Paul Ward;Paul Ward

  • Trust and Communication in a Doctor- Patient Relationship: A Literature Review.

    Swastika Chandra;Masoud Mohammadnezhad;Paul Ward

  • Visual search and biological motion perception in tennis.

    Paul Ward;A. Mark Williams;Simon J. Bennett

  • Capturing the Naturally Occurring Superior Performance of Experts in the Laboratory Toward a Science of Expert and Exceptional Performance

    K. Anders Ericsson;Paul Ward

  • Deliberate practice and expert performance : defining the path to excellence

    Paul Ward;Nicola J. Hodges;A. Mark Williams

  • Expert performance in nursing: reviewing research on expertise in nursing within the framework of the expert-performance approach.

    K. Anders Ericsson;James Whyte;Paul Ward

  • Knowledge, attitudes and perceptions towards COVID-19 vaccinations: a cross-sectional community survey in Bangladesh.

    Md. Saiful Islam;Abu Bakkar Siddique;Rejina Akter;Rafia Tasnim

  • The relative effectiveness of various instructional approaches in developing anticipation skill.

    Nicholas J. Smeeton;A. Mark Williams;Nicola J. Hodges;Paul Ward

  • Training Perceptual Skill in Field Hockey: Is There Transfer from the Laboratory to the Field?

    A. Mark Williams;Paul Ward;Ceri Chapman

  • Accelerated Expertise: Training for High Proficiency in a Complex World

    Robert R. Hoffman;Paul Ward;Paul J. Feltovich;Lia DiBello

  • Perceptual expertise : development in sport

    A. Mark Williams;Paul Ward

  • Challenges Faced by Healthcare Professionals During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Inquiry From Bangladesh.

    Shaharior Rahman Razu;Tasnuva Yasmin;Taimia Binte Arif;Shahin Islam

  • Health researchers' attitudes towards public involvement in health research

    Jill Thompson;Rosemary Barber;Paul R. Ward;Jonathan D. Boote

Frequent Co-Authors

John Coveney
John Coveney Flinders University
A. Mark Williams
A. Mark Williams University of Utah
Paul Bissell
Paul Bissell University of Huddersfield
Anthony H. Winefield
Anthony H. Winefield University of South Australia
Carlene Wilson
Carlene Wilson Flinders University
Julie Ratcliffe
Julie Ratcliffe Flinders University
K. Anders Ericsson
K. Anders Ericsson Florida State University
Robert R. Hoffman
Robert R. Hoffman Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition
Andrew Day
Andrew Day University of Melbourne
Michael .W. Calnan
Michael .W. Calnan University of Kent

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