Rate My Professor Jane Taylor

Taylor's research strengthens the theoretical foundations of health promotion through a critical practice lens to inform the design, implementation, and evaluation of health policies and programs, with an emphasis on social justice and health equity. She developed the Red Lotus Critical Health Promotion Model and the Quality Assessment Tool for Critical Health Promotion (QATCHEPP), tools adopted by practitioners to foster ethical, ecological approaches. Her scholarly contributions include co-authoring the textbook Promoting Health: The Primary Health Care Approach (8th edition, 2025, with Lily O'Hara), and highly cited publications such as 'The war on obesity: a social determinant of health' (2006, 115 citations), 'Human rights casualties from the “war on obesity”: Why focusing on body weight is inconsistent with a human rights approach to health' (2012, 105 citations), 'Values and principles evident in current health promotion practice' (2007, 87 citations), and 'The Red Lotus Health Promotion Model: a new model for holistic, ecological, salutogenic health promotion practice' (2007, 62 citations). In education, she employs constructivist methods, the flipped classroom, and mentors academics. Currently, she leads a project evaluating health science staff preparedness to integrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives across nine professions and heads the School of Health Professions Education Research Cluster.