Dr Lyle Turner
Honorary Senior Fellow
Lyle works with the Institute for Urban Indigenous Health (IUIH), managing the Data and Research Unit which is responsible for patient EMR training and support, and delivering analytic and business intelligence services across the IUIH network. He also facilitates research partnerships with IUIH and manages the institute’s involvement in a number of research projects across the region.
Lyle has a passion for using routinely collected health data to inform health service delivery, policy and research. Over the last ten years he has held a number of related research positions, most recently as lead biostatistician for the Monash East Melbourne General Practice Database (MAGNET). Through his involvement in establishing and facilitating access to the platform, Lyle has undertaken a variety of research that used GP and hospital data to examine issues around chronic disease management, the relationship between primary and acute care, and the implementation of clinical guidelines. His previous research has also extended to the use of data to examine the health impacts of temperature, air pollution and natural disasters.
Journal Articles
Tennakoon, Gayani, Vaithianathan, Rhema, Pope, Samantha L., Shiels, Zoe E., Butler, Danielle C. and Turner, Lyle (2024). Using predictive risk modelling to identify patients with hidden health needs in an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health service. Australian journal of general practice, 53 (3), 152-156. doi: 10.31128/AJGP-01-23-6661
Mathew, Saira, Barzi, Federica, Clifford-Motopi, Anton, Brown Nunuccal, Renee, Ward, James, Mills, Richard, Turner, Lyle, White, Antoinette, Eaton, Martie and Butler, Danielle (2023). Transformation to a patient-centred medical home led and delivered by an urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community, and association with engagement and quality-of-care: quantitative findings from a pilot study. BMC Health Services Research, 23 (1) 959, 1-11. doi: 10.1186/s12913-023-09955-x
Butler, Danielle, Clifford-Motopi, Anton, Mathew, Saira, Nelson, Carmel, Brown, Renee, Gardner, Karen, Turner, Lyle, Coombe, Leanne, Roe, Yvette, Gao, Yu and Ward, James (2022). Study protocol: primary healthcare transformation through patient-centred medical homes—improving access, relational care and outcomes in an urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, a mixed methods prospective cohort study. BMJ Open, 12 (e061037) e061037, 1-10. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061037
Suetani, Shuichi, Chong, Leshay, Frazer, Randall, Nelson, Carmel, Turner, Lyle, Serghi, Marianna, Carson, Adrian and Whiteford, Harvey (2022). The institute for urban Indigenous health: The role of psychiatry in reducing health inequality. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 56 (11), 000486742211034-1377. doi: 10.1177/00048674221103481
Puljevic, Cheneal, Massi, Luciana, Brown, Renee, Mills, Richard, Turner, Lyle, Smirnov, Andrew and Selvey, Linda A. (2022). Barriers and enablers to hepatitis C treatment among clients of Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services in South-East Queensland, Australia: a qualitative enquiry. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 28 (3), 239-246. doi: 10.1071/py21055
Mazza, D., McCarthy, E., Singh, N., Carey, M., Turner, L. and Harris, M. (2020). “There's always something else”: patient perspectives on improving the implementation of obesity guidelines in general practice. Obesity Research and Clinical Practice, 14 (5), 437-442. doi: 10.1016/j.orcp.2020.09.004
Xia, Ting, Enticott, Joanne, Pearce, Christopher, Mazza, Danielle and Turner, Lyle R. (2020). Predictors of ED attendance in older patients with chronic disease: a data linkage study. Australian Health Review, 44 (4), 550-556. doi: 10.1071/AH19169
Mazza, D., McCarthy, E., Carey, M., Turner, L. and Harris, M. (2019). “90% of the time, it's not just weight”: General practitioner and practice staff perspectives regarding the barriers and enablers to obesity guideline implementation. Obesity Research and Clinical Practice, 13 (4), 398-403. doi: 10.1016/j.orcp.2019.04.001
Xia, Ting, Turner, Lyle, Enticott, Joanne, Mazza, Danielle and Schattner, Peter (2019). Glycaemic control of Type 2 diabetes in older patients visiting general practitioners: An examination of electronic medical records to identify risk factors for poor control. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 153, 125-132. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2019.06.004
Hawes, Lesley A., Turner, Lyle, Buising, Kirsty L. and Mazza, Danielle (2019). Workflow-based data solutions are required to support antimicrobial stewardship in general practice. BMJ Open Quality, 8 (3) e000628, 1-3. doi: 10.1136/bmjoq-2019-000628
Hu, Jie, Basit, Tabinda, Nelson, Alison, Crawford, Emma and Turner, Lyle (2019). Does attending Work It Out -a chronic disease self-management program-affect the use of other health services by urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with or at risk of chronic disease?: a comparison between program participants and non-participants. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 25 (5), 464-470. doi: 10.1071/PY18089
Turner, Lyle, Albers, Tim, Carson, Adrian, Nelson, Carmel, Brown, Renee and Serghi, Marianna (2019). Building a regional health ecosystem: a case study of the Institute for Urban Indigenous Health and its System of Care. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 25 (5), 424-429. doi: 10.1071/PY19038
Yan, Jennifer, Hawes, Lesley, Turner, Lyle, Mazza, Danielle, Pearce, Christopher and Buttery, Jim (2019). Antimicrobial prescribing for children in primary care. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 55 (1), 54-58. doi: 10.1111/jpc.14105
Hawes, Lesley, Turner, Lyle, Buising, Kirsty and Mazza, Danielle (2018). Use of electronic medical records to describe general practitioner antibiotic prescribing patterns. Australian Journal of General Practice, 47 (11) 4570, 796-800. doi: 10.31128/AJGP-05-18-4570
Lowthian, Judy, Turner, Lyle, Joe, Angela, Pearce, Christopher, Brijnath, Bianca, Browning, Colette, Shearer, Marianne and Mazza, Danielle (2018). Emergency demand, repeat and frequent presentations by older patients in metropolitan melbourne: A retrospective cohort study using routinely collected hospital data. EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia, 30 (4), 494-502. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.12923
Turner, Lyle R., Pearce, Christopher, Brijnath, Bianca, Browning, Colette, Lowthian, Judy, Shearer, Marianne and Mazza, Danielle (2018). General practice utilisation of Medicare Benefits Schedule items to support the care of older patients: Findings from the REDIRECT study. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 24 (1), 54-58. doi: 10.1071/PY17047
Mazza, Danielle, Pearce, Christopher, Joe, Angela, Turner, Lyle R., Brijnath, Bianca, Browning, Colette, Shearer, Marianne and Lowthian, Judy (2018). Emergency department utilisation by older people in metropolitan Melbourne, 2008–12: findings from the Reducing Older Patient’s Avoidable Presentations for Emergency Care Treatment (REDIRECT) study. Australian Health Review, 42 (2), 181-188. doi: 10.1071/ah16191
Brijnath, Bianca, Xia, Ting, Turner, Lyle and Mazza, Danielle (2017). Trends in GP prescribing of psychotropic medications among young patients aged 16-24 years: A case study analysis. BMC Psychiatry, 17 (1) 214. doi: 10.1186/s12888-017-1375-2
Turner, Lyle R., Cicuttini, Flavia, Pearce, Christopher and Mazza, Danielle (2017). Cardiovascular disease screening in general practice: General practitioner recording of common risk factors. Preventive Medicine, 99, 282-285. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.03.004
Turner, Lyle R., Pearce, Christopher, Borg, Madeleine, McLeod, Adam, Shearer, Marianne and Mazza, Danielle (2017). Characteristics of patients presenting to an after-hours clinic: results of a MAGNET analysis. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 23 (3), 294-299. doi: 10.1071/py16084
Joe, Angela, Lowthian, Judy A., Shearer, Marianne, Turner, Lyle R., Brijnath, Bianca, Pearce, Christopher, Browning, Colette and Mazza, Danielle (2016). After-hours medical deputising services: Patterns of use by older people. Medical Journal of Australia, 205 (9), 397-402. doi: 10.5694/mja16.00218
Mazza, Danielle, Pearce, Christopher, Turner, Lyle Robert, De Leon-Santiago, Maria, McLeod, Adam, Ferriggi, Jason and Shearer, Marianne (2016). The Melbourne East Monash General Practice Database (MAGNET): using data from computerised medical records to create a platform for primary care and health services research. Journal of Innovation in Health Informatics, 23 (2), 523-528. doi: 10.14236/jhi.v23i2.181
Yu, Weiwei, Mengersen, Kerrie, Dale, Pat, Ye, Xiaofang, Guo, Yuming, Turner, Lyle, Wang, Xiaoyu, Bi, Yan, McBride, William J. H., MacKenzie, John S. and Tong, Shilu (2015). Projecting Future Transmission of Malaria Under Climate Change Scenarios: Challenges and Research Needs. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 45 (7), 777-811. doi: 10.1080/10643389.2013.852392
Turner, Lyle R, Harris, Mark F and Mazza, Danielle (2015). Obesity management in general practice: does current practice match guideline recommendations?. Medical Journal of Australia, 202 (7), 370-372. doi: 10.5694/mja14.00998
Toloo, Ghasem (Sam), Guo, Yuming, Turner, Lyle, Qi, Xin, Aitken, Peter and Tong, Shilu (2014). Socio-demographic vulnerability to heatwave impacts in Brisbane, Australia: a time series analysis. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 38 (5), 430-435. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12253
Macfarlane, Alison J., Rocca-Ihenacho, Lucia, Turner, Lyle R. and Roth, Carolyn (2014). Survey of women׳s experiences of care in a new freestanding midwifery unit in an inner city area of London, England – 1: Methods and women׳s overall ratings of care. Midwifery, 30 (9), 998-1008. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2014.03.013
Macfarlane, Alison J., Rocca-Ihenacho, Lucia and Turner, Lyle R. (2014). Survey of women׳s experiences of care in a new freestanding midwifery unit in an inner city area of London, England: 2. Specific aspects of care. Midwifery, 30 (9), 1009-1020. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2014.05.008
Mazza, Danielle, Turner, Lyle R. and Pearce, Christopher (2014). Linking data to improve health outcomes. Medical Journal of Australia, 201 (2), 91-91. doi: 10.5694/mja14.00732
Yu, W., Dale, P., Turner, L. and Tong, S. (2014). Projecting the impact of climate change on the transmission of Ross River virus: Methodological challenges and research needs. Epidemiology and Infection, 142 (10), 2013-2023. doi: 10.1017/S0950268814000399
Luo, Haiming, Turner, Lyle R., Hurst, Cameron, Mai, Haiming, Zhang, Yurun and Tong, Shilu (2014). Exposure to ambient heat and urolithiasis among outdoor workers in Guangzhou, China. Science of The Total Environment, 472, 1130-1136. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.11.042
Xu, Zhiwei, Hu, Wenbiao, Su, Hong, Turner, Lyle R., Ye, Xiaofang, Wang, Jiajia and Tong, Shilu (2014). Extreme temperatures and paediatric emergency department admissions. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 68 (4), 304-311. doi: 10.1136/jech-2013-202725
Xu, Zhiwei, Huang, Cunrui, Hu, Wenbiao, Turner, Lyle R., Su, Hong and Tong, Shilu (2013). Extreme temperatures and emergency department admissions for childhood asthma in Brisbane, Australia. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 70 (10), 730-735. doi: 10.1136/oemed-2013-101538
Turner, Lyle R., Connell, Des and Tong, Shilu (2013). The Effect of Heat Waves on Ambulance Attendances in Brisbane, Australia. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 28 (5), 482-487. doi: 10.1017/s1049023x13008789
Alderman, Katarzyna, Turner, Lyle R. and Tong, Shilu (2013). Assessment of the health impacts of the 2011 summer floods in Brisbane. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 7 (4), 380-386. doi: 10.1017/dmp.2013.42
Turner, Lyle R., Alderman, Katarzyna, Huang, Cunrui and Tong, Shilu (2013). Impact of the 2011 Queensland floods on the use of tobacco, alcohol and medication. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 37 (4), 396-396. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12093
Xu, Zhiwei, Huang, Cunrui, Turner, Lyle R., Su, Hong, Qiao, Zhen and Tong, Shilu (2013). Is diurnal temperature range a risk factor for childhood diarrhea?. PLoS ONE, 8 (5) e64713. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064713
Huang, Cunrui, Barnett, Adrian G., Xu, Zhiwei, Chu, Cordia, Wang, Xiaoming, Turner, Lyle R. and Tong, Shilu (2013). Managing the Health Effects of Temperature in Response to Climate Change: Challenges Ahead. Environmental Health Perspectives, 121 (4), 415-419. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1206025
Turner, Lyle R., Alderman, Katarzyna, Connell, Des and Tong, Shilu (2013). Motivators and barriers to incorporating climate change-related health risks in environmental health impact assessment. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 10 (3), 1139-1151. doi: 10.3390/ijerph10031139
Xu, Zhiwei, Huang, Cunrui, Su, Hong, Turner, Lyle R., Qiao, Zhen and Tong, Shilu (2013). Diurnal temperature range and childhood asthma: a time-series study. Environmental Health, 12 (1) 12. doi: 10.1186/1476-069x-12-12
Alderman, Katarzyna, Turner, Lyle R. and Tong, Shilu (2012). Floods and human health: a systematic review. Environment International, 47, 37-47. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2012.06.003
Turner, Lyle R, Alderman, Katarzyna and Tong, Shilu (2012). The 2011 Brisbane floods affected residents’ health. Medical Journal of Australia, 197 (4), 214-216. doi: 10.5694/mja12.10724
Turner, Lyle R., Barnett, Adrian G., Connell, Des and Tong, Shilu (2012). Ambient Temperature and Cardiorespiratory Morbidity : A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Epidemiology, 23 (4), 594-606. doi: 10.1097/ede.0b013e3182572795
Barnett, Adrian G., Huang, Cunrui and Turner, Lyle (2012). Benefits of Publicly Available Data. Epidemiology, 23 (3), 500-501. doi: 10.1097/ede.0b013e31824d9ef7
Turner, Lyle R, Connell, Des and Tong, Shilu (2012). Exposure to hot and cold temperatures and ambulance attendances in Brisbane, Australia: a time-series study. BMJ Open, 2 (4) e001074, e001074. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001074
Colin, Andrew, Falta, Michael, Su, Steve, Turner, Lyle, Willett, Roger J. and Wolff, Rodney (2010). A Statistical Activity Cost Analysis of engineering assets. Engineering Asset Management Review, 1, 123-135. doi: 10.1007/978-1-84996-178-3_7
Conference Paper
Colin, A., Falta, M., Su, S., Turner, L., Willett, R. and Wolff, R. (2006). A statistical activity cost analysis of the relationship between physical and financial aspects of fixed assets. 1st World Congress on Engineering Asset Management (WCEAM), Gold Coast, Australia, 11-14 July 2006. London, United Kingdom: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-1-84628-814-2_43