Researcher Biography
Emily Yorkston is an experienced evaluator, whose expertise is designing, collecting and interpreting high quality evidence to improve outcomes. With a passion for meaningful consultation, Emily has spent the last 15 years working with Australian public sector agencies to design and evaluate strategies that support social change. Emily believes evaluation is an enormously valuable learning opportunity, and approaches her work from the perspective of service through learning and capacity building.
In her career, Emily has led hundreds of evaluations, with a particular focus on housing and homelessness and criminal justice sector programs delivered through interagency partnerships. Her research interests include using the justice system therapeutically to respond to family and domestic violence, and to ensure people with lived experience are supported and diverted from incarceration.
Journal Articles
Turner, Catherine, Bain, Chris, Schluter, Philip J., Yorkston, Emily, Bogossian, Fiona, McClure, Rod, Huntington, Annette and Nurses and Midwives e-cohort Group (2009). Cohort Profile: The Nurses and Midwives e-Cohort study - A novel electronic longitudinal study. International Journal of Epidemiology, 38 (1), 53-60. doi: 10.1093/ije/dym294
Gaynor, Lynda, Gallasch, Tamanra, Yorkston, Emily, Stewart, Simon, Bogossian, Fiona, Fairweather, Carrie, Foley, David, Nutter, Helen, Thompson, Jan, Stewart, Lee, Anastasi, Jenny, Kelly, Jenny, Barnes, Lynne, Glover, Pauline and Turner, Catherine (2007). The future nursing workforce in Australia: baseline data for a prospective study of the profile, attrition rates and graduate outcomes in a contemporary cohort of undergraduates. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, 25 (2), 11-20.
Yorkston, Emily, Russell, Anne and Turner, Cathy (2007). Longitudinal predictors of changes to illicit drug use among young Australian women. Addiction, 102 (11), 1798-1803. doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2007.01982.x
Nilsen, P. and Yorkston, E. K. (2007). Uncovering evidence on community-based injury prevention: A review of programme effectiveness and factors influencing effectivenes. International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion, 14 (4), 241-250. doi: 10.1080/17457300701736726
Yorkston, E. K., Turner, C. T., Schluter, P. J. and McClure, R. (2007). Quantifying the effect of a community-based injury prevention program in Queensland using a generalized estimating equation approach. Injury Prevention, 13 (3), 191-196. doi: 10.1136/ip.2006.014225
Turner, C.T., Yorkston, E.K., Hart, K., Drew, L. and McClure, R. (2006). Simplifying data collection for process evaluation of community coalition activities - an electronic web-based application. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 17 (1), 48-53. doi: 10.1071/he06048
Gaynor, L., Gallasch, T., Yorkston, E. K., Stewart, S. and Turner, C. T. (2006). Where do all the undergraduate and new graduate nurses go and why? A search for empirical research evidence. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, 24 (2), 26-32.
Yorkston, Emily, Turner, Cathy, Schluter, Philip and McClure, Rod (2005). Validity and reliability of responses to a self-report home safety survey designed for use in a community-based childhood injury prevention program. Internationl Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion, 12 (3), 193-196. doi: 10.1080/1566097042000265791
McClure, R., Turner, C. T. and Yorkston, E. K. (2005). Making evaluation an integral part of injury programme implementation. International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion, 12 (4), 247-250. doi: 10.1080/17457300500172909
Yorkston, E. K., Arthur, C., Purdie, D. M. and McClure, R. (2005). Inflatable rescue boat-related injuries in Queensland surf lifesavers: The epidemiology - biomechanics interface. International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion, 12 (1), 39-44. doi: 10.1080/17457300512331342216
Conference Papers
Turner, Catherine, Yorkston, E., Stewart, S., Schluter, P., Bain, C., Dobson, A., Huntington, A., McClure, R., Beattie, H., Davies, E. and Hegney, D. (2006). A novel electronic method for longitudinal research: The nurses & midwives e-cohort study. AEA 2006: 15th Annual Meeting of the Australasian Epidemiological Association, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 18-19 September 2006. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Australasian Epidemiological Association.
Turner, C., Yorkston, E., Stewart, S., Schluter, P., Bain, C., Dobson, A., Huntington, A., McClure, R., Beattie, H., Davies, E. and Hegney, D. (2006). Nurses and midwives e-cohort study. Recruitment and Retention in the Health Workforce Conference, Gold Coast, Australia, 10-11 October 2006. Brisbane, Australia: Queensland Health.
Yorkston, E., Turner, C., Schluter, P. and McClure, R. (2006). Advancing the evaluation methodology for community-based injury prevention programs. 15th Annual Meeting of the Australiasian Epidemiological Association, University of Melbourne, Vic, Australia, 18-19 September, 2006.
McClure, R., Schluter, P., Yorkston, E., Turner, C., Spinks, A. and Scuffham, P. (2005). The effectiveness of the WHO Safe Communities model for injury prevention: a proposal for an international trial. 14th International Conference on Safe Communites, Bergen, Norway, 13-15 June, 2005. World Health Organisation.
Yorkston, E.K., Turner, C., Neville, G. and McClure, R. (2004). Community-based injury prevention program evaluation. 7th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion, Vienna, Austria, 6-9 June, 2004. World Health Organisation.
McClure, R., Turner, C. and Yorkston, E.K. (2004). Evaluation research: a hitchhiker's guide. International Seminar on Injury Research Methods, Vienna, Austria, 6-9 June, 2004. World Health Organisation.
Yorkston, E., Turner, C., Schluter, P., Scuffham, P. and McClure, R. (2004). Program evaluation methodology: The Mount Isa-Mackay Childhood Injury Prevention Projects (CHIPP). 4th Annual Queensland Health Annual Scientific Meeting, Brisbane, Qld, Australia, 30 November - 1 December, 2004.