Community-Oriented Health Services

Elias Mpofu, PhD, DED, CRC is Professor and Head of the Discipline of Rehabilitation Counselling, University of Sydney, Australia. He is a leading researcher-educator on counselling individuals with disadvantages, vulnerability, and survivorship in diverse community settings. His research focuses on community-oriented health interventions. Dr. Mpofu is the recipient of three international awards in rehabilitation research from the USA National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research (2008), National Council on Rehabilitation Education (NCRE), and the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association Research Award (2007). For his leadership in teaching, Professor Mpofu was awarded the Rehabilitation Educator of the Year Award by the NCRE in 2010. Professor Mpofu is Editor of the Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling and Journal of Psychology in Africa. He also serves on the editorial boards of several rehabilitation counselling-related journals, including Journal of Rehabilitation Administration, Rehabilitation Research, Education and Policy, Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, Psychological Assessment, and International Journal of Disability, Development and Education. He is also lead editor of Assessment in Rehabilitation and Health (2010) and Rehabilitation and Health Assessment (Springer Publishing, 2010). Recently he published a seminal edited book on counseling people of African ancestry.