Dr Preetha Thomas

Associate Lecturer

School of Public Health

+61 7 336 55436

preetha.thomas@uq.edu.au

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Publications

Book Chapters (2)

Thesis (1)

Book Chapters

Thomas, Preetha, Schubert, Lisa, Whittaker, Andrea and Sébastia, Brigitte (2018). ‘A Little Bit of Rice, a Little Bit of Fish Curry’: food practices of Malayali nurses in Brisbane, Australia. In Nina Namaste and Marta Nadales (Ed.), Who decides? competing narratives in constructing tastes, consumption and choice (pp. 173-192) Leiden, Netherlands: Brill - Rodopi. doi:10.1163/9789004365247_011

Thomas, Preetha, Schubert, Lisa, Whittaker, Andrea and Sebastia, Brigette (2015). Food cultures and the diaspora: Kerala nurses in Brisbane. In Tasting cultures- thoughts for food (pp. 37-49) Oxford, United Kingdom: Inter-Disciplinary Press.

Thesis

Thomas, Preetha (2016). An exploration of dietary practices among South Indians in Brisbane, Australia PhD Thesis, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland. doi:10.14264/uql.2016.1126

Areas of research

Disease prevention and control