A5010375927- Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
- Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
- Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
- Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
- Climate change impacts on agriculture
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Community Health and Development
- Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Ethics in Clinical Research
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Child Welfare and Adoption
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Homelessness and Social Issues
The University of Melbourne
2014-2025
La Trobe University
2017-2025
Murdoch University
2020-2025
Lowitja Institute
2022-2024
Melbourne Health
2017-2023
Murdoch Children's Research Institute
2017-2022
Conservation International
2022
Centre for Health Equity Studies
2022
Monash University
2010-2019
National Health and Medical Research Council
2019
Abstract Objectives To examine self‐reported practices for obtaining ethics approval and reflections on application processes among researchers who have conducted Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander health medical research. Study design Cross‐sectional online survey. Setting participants Australian‐based research that included people or their data. Main outcome measures Results from a 74‐item survey completed, which questions demographics, processes, perceptions of engagement in research,...
Abstract Objective Describe perceptions of how well researchers conducting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health medical research apply ethical practices. Study design Cross‐sectional online survey. Setting, participants Researchers who included people or their data in projects, current past members (previous 5 years) a human ethics committee that assessed research. Main outcome measures Researchers’ engagement with 15 practices (on 5‐point Likert scale, poor to excellent). Results...
Nurses and midwives of Australia now is the time for change! As powerfully placed, Indigenous non-Indigenous nursing midwifery professionals, together we can ensure an effective robust curriculum in our schools education. Today, finds itself a shifting tide social change, where voices better safer health care ring out loud. Voices justice, equity equality reverberate across cities, streets, homes, institutions learning. It call new songlines reform. The need to embed meaningful curricula...
Reducing the rate of over-representation Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care (OOHC) is a key Closing Gap target committed to by all Australian governments. Current strategies are failing. The "gap" widening, with OOHC at 30 June 2020 being 11 times that non-Indigenous children. Approximately, one five entering each year younger than year. These figures represent compounding intergenerational trauma institutional harm families communities. This article outlines...
Abstract Objectives To examine researchers’ reports of adherence to ethical principles in their most recent research project, including factors associated with higher self‐reported adherence, and perceptions how conduct could be improved. Study design Online cross‐sectional survey. Setting, participants Researchers who had conducted any health or medical that included Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander people data. Main outcome measures rated 15 extracted from guidelines project on a 5‐point...
Abstract Objective To describe Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities’ processes, positioning experiences of health medical research their recommendations. Design A cross‐sectional online paper‐based survey. Setting, participants Representatives from services community‐controlled organisations in Australia. Main outcome measures Responses to a 33‐item mixed methods survey that explored processes relating the previous 5 years. Recommendations for improving were elicited via two...
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...
Child maltreatment and other traumatic events can have serious long-term physical, social emotional effects, including a cluster of distress symptoms recognised as 'complex trauma'. Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander (Aboriginal) people are also affected by legacies historical trauma loss. Trauma responses may be triggered during the transition to parenting in perinatal period. Conversely, becoming parent offers unique life-course opportunity for healing prevention intergenerational...
To quantify the prevalence of known health-related risk factors for severe COVID-19 illness among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults, their relationship with social determinants.
Strategies to improve outcomes for Australian First Nations mothers and babies are urgently needed. Caseload midwifery, where women have midwife-led continuity throughout pregnancy, labour, birth the early postnatal period, is associated with substantially better perinatal health outcomes, but few receive it. We assessed capacity of four maternity services in Victoria, Australia, implement, embed, sustain a culturally responsive caseload midwifery service.A prospective, non-randomised...
Abstract Background Addressing persistent and pervasive health inequities is a global moral imperative, which has been highlighted magnified by the societal impacts of COVID-19 pandemic. Observational studies can aid our understanding impact structural oppression based on intersection gender, race, ethnicity, age other factors, as they frequently collect this data. However, Strengthening Reporting Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) guideline, does not provide guidance related to reporting...