DrBlake Peck

Dr Blake Peck came to academia from a background in paediatric clinical nursing practice.  Through his Doctor of Philosophy he focused on developing a new theoretical model for qualitative research termed Hermeneutic Constructivism, a theoretical position that is committed to understanding human experience at a particularly high level of abstraction. Dr. Peck’s key focus is on finding ever better ways to understand and improve the lives of children and their families. He is currently involved in several projects in childhood injury, health workforce, and has lead a large clinical RCT with a major paediatric healthcare providers seeking to improve the management of incontinence in children.  Other work includes the surveillance, prehospital management of asthma in children, including the decision-making process of children and families in rural areas attending hospital for emergency presentation of asthma. He has a keen interest in issues of rural and regional health and on improving the lives of those within our local communities. He has an emerging body of research expertise that is both nationally and internationally recognised.