Dr. Jo-Aine Hang

Lecturer
PhD (Curtin University, 2022); B. PHTY (Hons), B. ESS

Email: joan.odonnell@nd.edu.au
ORCID

  • Biography

    Dr. Jo-Aine Hang is a part-time lecturer at the University of Notre Dame Australia and part-time research fellow at the WA Centre for Health & Ageing (WACHA), the University of Western Australia. Jo-Aine completed her PhD in 2022 with her thesis evaluating the effectiveness of facility-based transition care programme in WA. She is working on implementing and evaluating a novel falls prevention programme (TrEdEx) for the community home care older adults. Jo-Aine was a presenter for the Level 1 and 2 gerontology courses for Australian Physiotherapy Association. Additionally, she works with community-dwelling older adults to prevent falls and improve their health and well-being.

  • Teaching areas

    • Evidence Based Practice
    • Physiotherapy Across the Lifespan I

  • Research expertise and supervision

    Mentorship: Mentored an international PhD candidate 2021-2025 to completion.
    Mentored an optometry PhD candidate (UWA) and a pharmacy PhD candidate (UniSA) on Qualitative Analysis.

    Honours Supervision (2020-2021):
    Wong YG, Hang J-A, Francis-Coad J, Hill A-M. Using comprehensive geriatric assessment for older adults undertaking a facility-based transition care program to evaluate functional  outcomes: a feasibility study. BMC Geriatrics. 2022;22(1):598. doi:10.1186/s12877-022 03255-5

  • Journals articles and proceedings

    • Francis-Coad J, Hang J-A, Jessup V, Flicker L, Etherton-Beer C, Burton E, et al. Training community homecare workers to deliver falls prevention programmes: Mixed methods evaluation. 2025.(Accepted for Publication)
    • Hill A-M, Francis-Coad J, Vaz S, Morris ME, Flicker L, Weselman T, Hang J-A. Implementing falls prevention patient education in hospitals – older people’s views on barriers and enablers. BMC Nursing. 2024;23(1):633. doi:10.1186/s12912-024-02289-x
    • Hang J-A, Francis-Coad J, Ho P, Waldron N, Purslowe K, Hill A-M. ‘Is my journey destination home? ' exploring the experiences of older adults who undertake a transition care programme: a qualitative study. Ageing & Society. 2024;44(2):475-490. doi:10.1017/S0144686X22000253
    • Hang J-A, Francis-Coad J, Jacques A, Waldron N, Purslowe K, Hill A-M. Health-related outcomes of a facility-based transition care program for older adults: a prospective cohort study. Australian Health Review. 2023;47(3):322-330. doi:10.1071/AH22226
    • Vaz S, Hang J-A, Codde J, Bruce D, Spilsbury K, Hill A-M. Prescribing tailored home exercise program to older adults in the community using a tailored self-modeled video: a pre-post study. Frontiers in Public Health. 2022;10:974512. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2022.974512
    • Hang J-A, Naseri C, Francis-Coad J, Jacques A, Waldron N, Knuckey R, Hill, A-M. Effectiveness of facility-based transition care on health-related outcomes for older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Older People Nursing. 2021;16:e12408. doi:10.1111/opn.124087.
    • Hang J-A, Francis-Coad J, Naseri C, Jacques A, Waldron N, Purslowe K, Hill A-M. Identifying the association between older adults’ characteristics and their health-related outcomes in a transition care setting: a retrospective audit. Frontiers in Public Health. 2021;9:668640. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2021.688640/full

  • In the media

    • RPH Research Foundation. Showcasing Research Impact: Falls Prevention Takes Centre Stage at WACHA Networking Event. (2025). https://www.rphresearchfoundation.org.au/news/showcasing-research-impact-falls-prevention-takes-centre-stage-at-wacha-networking-event

  • Professional Affiliations

    • Australian Physiotherapy Association member since 2015
    • British Society of Gerontology member 2025
    • Australian Association of Gerontology member since 2023