A5017063057- Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Cultural Competency in Health Care
- Community Health and Development
- Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Community Development and Social Impact
- Evaluation and Performance Assessment
- Global Health and Surgery
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Health Sciences Research and Education
- Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
- Mining and Resource Management
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Youth Development and Social Support
- Indigenous and Place-Based Education
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Hearing Impairment and Communication
The University of Queensland
2022-2025
Central Queensland University
2016-2022
The University of Sydney
2021
Gunadarma University
2021
Cairns Hospital
2013-2018
James Cook University
2009-2018
Centre for Health Equity Studies
2017
Addressing health workforce cultural competence is a common approach to improving service quality for culturally and ethnically diverse groups. Research evidence in this area primarily focused on competency training its effects practitioners' knowledge, attitudes, skills behaviour. While improvements measures of healthcare practitioner other outcomes have been reported, there are concerns around strength quality. This scoping review reports the intervention strategies, outcomes, included...
There remains a concern that Indigenous Australians have been over-researched without corresponding improvements in their health; this trend is applicable to most populations globally. This debate article has dual purpose: 1) open frank conversation about the value of research Australian populations; and 2) stimulate ways thinking potential resolutions lack progress made benefit debate. Capturing meaning takes form ethical value-oriented methodological considerations decision-making...
Healthcare organisations serve clients from diverse Indigenous and other ethnic racial groups on a daily basis, require appropriate client-centred systems services for provision of optimal healthcare. Despite advocacy systems-level approaches to cultural competence, the primary focus in literature remains competency strategies aimed at health promotion initiatives, workforce development student education. This paper aims bridge gap available evidence about competence by systematically...
Researchers working with Aboriginal Australian partners are confronted an array of historical, social, and political complexities which make it difficult to come theoretical methodological decisions. In this article, we describe a culturally safe respectful framework that maintains the intellectual rigor expected academic research. As woman two non-Aboriginal women, discuss arguments some challenges using grounded theory methods in contexts, giving examples from our studies empowerment...
This paper employs a thematic qualitative analysis to synthesise seven discrete formative evaluation reports of an Indigenous Australian family empowerment programme across four study settings in Australia's Northern Territory and Queensland between 1998 2005. The aim the study, which involved total 148 adult 70 school children participants, is develop deeper understanding contribution community education programmes improving health, beyond evidence derived from original micro evaluative...
Primary healthcare services in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States have embraced concept of family-centred care as a promising approach to supporting caring for health young Indigenous children their families. This scoping review assesses quality evidence base identifies published literature on family- centred interventions early childhood wellbeing. Fourteen electronic databases, grey sources reference lists maternal child reviews were searched identify relevant...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people strongly assert that health research has contributed little to improving their health, in spite of its obvious potential. The concerns were largely ignored early published the MJA, which reflected broader colonial history racial discourses. This began change with demise scientific racism, changed policies political campaigns for equal treatment Indigenous after Second World War. In response pressure from organisations, parallel struggles rights...
Background: Cultural competency is a multifaceted intervention approach which needs to be implemented at various levels of healthcare systems improve quality care for culturally and ethnically diverse populations. One level where cultural required in the provision health promotion services programs targeted patient groups who experience inequalities. To inform implementation evaluation competency, research must assess both strategies outcomes. Methods: This scoping review was completed as...
Continuous quality improvement (CQI) processes for improving clinical care and health outcomes have been implemented by primary healthcare services, with resultant impacts. But only 10% to 20% of gain in is contributed services; a much larger share determined social cultural factors. This perspective paper argues that can be enhanced through applying CQI as systems approach comprehensive healthcare. Referring the Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Australian context an example, authors...
The proposed study was developed in response to increased suicide risk identified Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students who are compelled attend boarding schools across Queensland when there is no secondary schooling provision their remote home communities. It will investigate the impact of a multicomponent mentoring intervention increase levels psychosocial resilience. We aim test null hypothesis that students' resilience not positively influenced by intervention. 5-year project...
Introduction: This paper describes the development of a 'Research for Impact' Tool against background concerns about over-researching Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's issues without demonstrable benefits. Material Methods: A combination literature reviews, workshops with researchers reflections by project team members partners using participatory snowball techniques. Results: Assessing research impact is difficult, akin to so-called 'wicked problem', but not impossible....