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Research Disciplines: Health services and systems (4203)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing (4504)
Socio-Economic Objectives: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health (2103)

Publications

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Journal Articles

Canuto K, Preston R, Rannard S, Felton-Busch C, Geia L, Yeomans L, Turner N, Thompson Q, Carlisle K, Evans R, Passey M, Larkins S, Redman-MacLaren M, Farmer J, Muscat M and Taylor J (2022) How and why do women’s groups (WGs) improve the quality of maternal and child health (MCH) care? A systematic review of the literature. BMJ Open, 12 (2).
Carlisle K, Matthews (Quandamooka) V, Redman-MacLaren M, Vine K, Turner N, Felton-Busch (Yangkaal/Gangalidda) C, Taylor J, Thompson S, Whaleboat (Meriam Le) D, Larkins S and LEAP Learning Community (2021) A qualitative exploration of priorities for quality improvement amongst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care services. BMC Health Services Research, 21.
Felton-Busch C and Larkins S (2019) Remote dwelling Aboriginal Australian women and birthing: a critical review of literature. Women and Birth, 32 (1). pp. 5-15
Hill K, Harvey N, Felton-Busch C, Hoskins J, Rasalam R, Malouf P and Knight S (2018) The road to registration: aboriginal and Torres Strait islander health practitioner training in north Queensland. Rural and Remote Health, 18 (1).
Mills J, Felton-Busch C, Park T, Maza K, Mills F, Ghee M, Hitchins M, Chamberlain-Salaun J and Neuendorf N (2014) Supporting Australian and Torres Strait Islander nursing students using mentoring circles: an action research study. Higher Education Research & Development, 33 (6). pp. 1136-1143
Felton-Busch C, Maza K, Ghee M, Mills F, Mills J, Hitchens M, Park T and Chamberlain-Salaun J (2013) Using mentoring circles to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nursing students: guidelines for sharing and learning. Contemporary Nurse, 46 (1). pp. 135-138
Felton-Busch C, Solomon S, McBain K and De La Rue S (2009) Barriers to advanced education for Indigenous Australian health workers: an exploratory study. Education for Health: change in learning and practice, 22 (2). pp. 1-7
Reeve C, De La Rue S, McBain K, Solomon S and Felton-Busch C (2008) Indigenous Lifescripts: A tool for modifying lifestyle risk factors for chronic disease. Australian Family Physician, 37 (9). pp. 750-754

Conference Papers

Grant M, Felton-Busch C, Elston J, Saunders V, Crossland L, Solomon S and Payne C (2009) Bulletproofing Indigenous health students and staff against racism. Proceedings of the 10th National Rural Health Conference. 17-20 May 2009, Cairns, QLD, Australia

Other research outputs

Carlisle K, Felton-Busch C, Cadet-James Y, Taylor J, Bailie R, Farmer J, Passey M, Matthews V, Callander E, Evans R, Kelly J, Preston R, Redman-MacLaren M, Fox H, Esterman A, Zwarenstein M and Larkins S (2020) WOmen's Action for Mums and Bubs (WOMB) trial protocol: a non-randomized stepped wedge implementation trial of participatory women's groups to improve the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers and children in Australia. Frontiers in Public Health, 8.
Preston R, Rannard S, Felton-Busch C, Larkins S, Canuto K, Carlisle K, Evans R, Redman-MacLaren M, Taylor J, Turner N, Yeomans L, Sanguineti E, Passey M and Farmer J (2019) How and why do participatory women’s groups (PWGs) improve the quality of maternal and child health (MCH) care? A systematic review protocol. BMJ Open, 9 (9).
Hill K, Harvey N, Felton-Busch C, Rasalam R, Malouf P, Knight S and Davis S (2016) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers: the skills recognition and upskilling project. [Presented at the ANZAHPE/OTTAWA Joint Conference]. In: Australian and New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators (ANZAHPE)/OTTAWA Joint Conference, 19-23 March 2016, Perth, WA, Australia

More: ResearchOnline@JCU stores 19+ research outputs authored by A/Prof Catrina Felton-Busch from 2008 onwards.

Current Funding

Current and recent Research Funding to JCU is shown by funding source and project.

CRC for Developing Northern Australia - Grant

Progressing health equity through strengthening the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce

Indicative Funding: $2,352,530 over 3 years (administered by TAAHC)
Summary: This collaborative TAAHC project aims to build on QH led Health Equity Strategies and plans within each of the partner HHSs in nQ through co-designed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workforce plans to strengthen recruitment, retention and career pathways for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff (clinical and non-clinical) within HHSs, and also strengthening the capacity of non-Indigenous staff to work respectfully with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander colleagues.
Investigators: Sarah Larkins, Stephanie Topp, Catrina Felton-Busch, Shaun Solomon and Bonnie Eklom (College of Medicine & Dentistry, College of Public Health, Medical & Vet Sciences, JCU Murtupuni Centre for Rural & Remote Health and Tropical Australian Academic Health Centre Limited)
Keywords: Health workforce; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander; Capacity strengthening; Health equity; First Nations health workforce; Rural, regional and remote

National Health & Medical Research Council - Partnership Projects

Working it Out Together! Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander led co-design for a strong and deadly health workforce

Indicative Funding: $904,772 over 5 years, in partnership with North Queensland Primary Health Network ($36,000) and Queensland Health ($50,000)
Summary: Building a stable, well-trained and culturally safe health workforce is a crucial part of delivering high quality primary health care (PHC) services. Previous attempts to strengthen rural/remote health workforce have failed, partly because they have not integrated Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge and lived experience with necessary policy and systems support. There has been little research into culturally safe strategies to improve workforce stability in complex PHC context. This project will bridge these gaps through a community-led, place-based planning approach, engaging service providers, policy-makers and funders to co-design workforce strategies and models of care that are locally relevant, successful and sustainable. This community-based participatory project uses a mixed methods quasi-experimental pre-post design to implement co-designed actions to explore: How do we systematically embed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives into place-based planning and action for a stable and effective workforce that engenders community trust in local PHC delivery? Working with key sector partners in four service-based rural/remote clusters across Qld, NT and NSW, we will co-design and trial strategies to strengthen workforce competency and stability (by strengthening local career pathways for Indigenous people and strengthening cultural competency of non-Indigenous staff), and use community-centred impact and economic evaluation. Our team is majority Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and builds on relationships and learnings developed through our ongoing PHC system improvement work. Each jurisdictional team comprises a local Indigenous PHC service, community-controlled peak body, primary health network, government health department and university partner. This optimal mix will ensure successful implementation of sustainable strategies and translation into policy and practice for improved community access to quality PHC and health outcomes.
Investigators: Sarah Larkins, Veronica Matthews, Emma Walke, Catrina Felton-Busch, Sean Taylor, Paul Burgess, Marni Tuala, Renee Blackman, Karen Carlisle and Lynore Geia in collaboration with Nishila Moodley, Payden Samuelsson, Sinon Cooney, Leisa Fraser, Bevan Ah Kee, Michelle Redman-MacLaren, Warren Locke and Cameron Johnson (College of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Sydney, JCU Murtupuni Centre for Rural & Remote Health, Menzies School of Health Research, Department of Health (NT), Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives, Gidgee Healing Mount Isa Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services Ltd, Queensland Health, Bullinah Aboriginal Health Service, Katherine West Health Board, Western Queensland Primary Health Network, Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council, New South Wales Health and College of Healthcare Sciences)
Keywords: Primary care; Rural Workforce; Community Participation; Indigenous Health; Rsual and Remote Health Services; Cultural Safety

National Health & Medical Research Council - Centres of Research Excellence

STRengthening Systems for Indigenous Health Equity (CRE-STRIDE)

Indicative Funding: $115,197 over 5 years (administered by University of Sydney)
Summary: Growing international evidence places community-led comprehensive primary health care (PHC) systems as a central driver in improving health equity, and intersectoral action to address the social and cultural determinants of health (SCDH) mostly responsible for health inequities including racism and social exclusion, connection to family, community and culture, education and housing. Participatory Quality Improvement (QI) methods have led to substantial progress in many aspects of Indigenous PHC. Yet some of the most significant areas for improvement cannot be adequately addressed solely through the current strong clinical focus of QI. Indigenous health systems are characterised by fragmentation and detached from the priorities and leadership of communities. Further, performance between PHCs and different aspects of clinical care continues to be variable. The CRE-STRIDE co-produces novel research with Indigenous community and other PHC stakeholders to address these gaps by further embedding QI knowledge into policy and practice; enhancing the involvement of Indigenous communities in QI, and expanding QI processes to address the SCDH. Our specific strategies include: i) Indigenous research leadership and two-way mentoring and learning; ii) strengthening QI processes within PHC systems and enhancing community linkages; and iii) extending QI processes and collaborations across sectors to promote health and strengthen determinants of wellbeing.
Investigators: Veronica Matthews, Ross Bailie, Roxanne Bainbridge, Sarah Larkins, Megan Passey, Janya McCalman, Megan Williams, Nikki Percival, Catrina Felton-Busch and Yvonne Cadet-James (University of Sydney, Central Queensland University, College of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Technology, Sydney, JCU Murtupuni Centre for Rural & Remote Health and Indigenous Education & Research Centre)
Keywords: Indigenous Health; Primary Health Care; Quality improvement; Participatory Action Research; Health Equity

National Health & Medical Research Council - Project Grant

Women's Action for Mums and Bubs (WOMB): A pragmatic trial of participatory women's groups to improve Indigenous maternal and child health

Indicative Funding: $1,786,415 over 6 years
Summary: There is strong evidence elsewhere that involving community women in decision-making about strategies to improve the health of mothers and babies is a cheap and effective way of improving health. The WOMB study tests whether community women's groups improve the quality of maternal and child health care and outcomes in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, the cost-effectiveness and mechanism of action.
Investigators: Sarah Larkins, Catrina Felton-Busch, Yvonne Cadet-James, Ross Baille, Jane Farmer, N Passey, Judy Taylor, V Matthews, Emily Callander and Rebecca Evans in collaboration with Priscilla Page, J Kelly, Adrian Esterman, Merrick Zwarenstein, Robyn Preston, Karen Carlisle, Lynore Geia, Elaine Williams and N Turner (College of Medicine & Dentistry, JCU Murtupuni Centre for Rural & Remote Health, Indigenous Education & Research Centre, University of Sydney, Swinburne University of Technology, Monash University, University of Adelaide, Australian Institute of Tropical Health & Medicine, The University of Western Ontario, College of Healthcare Sciences, NT Department of Health & Community Services and Menzies School of Health Research)
Keywords: Aboriginal Health; Torres Strait Islander health; Maternal & Child Health; Primary Health Care; Quality Improvement; Participatory women's groups; Community Participation

National Health & Medical Research Council - Partnership Projects

Implementation of quality improvement in Indigenous primary health care: Leveraging Effective Ambulatory Practices (LEAP)

Indicative Funding: $1,144,570 over 4 years, in partnership with North Queensland Primary Health Network ($315,000); Northern Territory Department of Health, Top End Health ($20,000); Northern Territory Primary Health Network (NTPHN) ($38,700) and Western Queensland Primary Care Collaborative Limited ($210,000)
Summary: Despite increased policy attention and funding, not all primary healthcare (PHC) services for Indigenous Australians show the desired improvements in quality of care. Practices which provide PHC services are complex systems and emerging evidence indicates many things affect quality improvement. There remains a knowledge gap regarding what is required for Indigenous PHCs to succeed in improving the quality of their services and, subsequently, health outcomes for their patients. This project will capitalise on emerging research and existing strong partnerships to provide a solid evidence base for interventions to improve quality of priority health services in Indigenous PHC settings.
Investigators: Sarah Larkins, Ross Baille, Catrina Felton-Busch, Paul Burgess, Emma McBryde, Kerry Copley, Rebecca Evans, V Matthews and Karen Carlisle in collaboration with Judy Taylor, Karla Canuto, Donald Whaleboat, S Thompson, Christine Connors and Roderick Wright (College of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Sydney, JCU Murtupuni Centre for Rural & Remote Health, Department of Health (NT), Australian Institute of Tropical Health & Medicine, Aboriginal Medical Service, Apunipima Cape York Health Council, The University of Western Australia and Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council)
Keywords: Learning community; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander; Primary Health Care; Quality Improvement

Supervision

These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Current

Strategies to improve Health Literacy among Indigenous Australians in North West Queendland: A mixed method study (PhD , External Advisor)
Experiences, Enables and Barriers for Aboriginal Women aged 16 years and over who have Experienced Sexual Assault in North West Queensland accessing Acute and Ongoing Therapeutic Care (PhD , External Advisor)

Collaboration

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