I am an adjunct and researcher with the College of Medicine and Dentistry based in Townsville. I have experience in service development in rural, remote and regional Australia as a researcher, practitioner, and senior manager in government. I am interested in the interactions between health systems, organisations, and communities to improve people's health. I wrote a text book "Working with communities" in 2008 and reprinted in 2015. In 2013-14 I was a volunteer with Australian Volunteers for International Development in Nepal in the Ministry of Health and Population and again remotely in 2021 in Nepal with a small disability organsiation. With the disability organisation volunteering is centred around advocating for a rights-based disability inclusive response to Covid-19 (and other pandemics). My research interests include being part of a large NHMRC team co-led by Catrina Felton-Bush and Sarah Larkins Women's Action for Mums and Bubs, and LEAP co-led by Veronica Matthews and Sarah Larkins. I am also interested in sustainable community participation in rural general practice and will be updating my PhD research in 2022.

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)

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.

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).
• Edelman A, Taylor J, Ovseiko P, Larkins S and Topp S (2022) The population health role of academic health centres: a multiple-case exploratory study in Australia and England. Health Policy, 126. pp. 1051-1061
• 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.
• Redman-Maclaren M, Turner N, Taylor J, Laycock A, Vine K, Thompson Q, Larkins S, Carlisle K, Thompson S, Bailie R and Matthews V (2021) Respect is central: a critical review of implementation frameworks for continuous quality improvement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care services. Frontiers in Public Health, 9.
• Edelman A, Taylor J, Ovseiko P and Topp S (2019) “‘Academic’ is a dirty word”: intended impact pathways of an emerging academic health centre in tropical regional Australia. International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 34 (1). pp. e661-e678
• Larkins S, Carlisle K, Turner N, Taylor J, Copley K, Cooney S, Wright R, Matthews V, Thompson S and Bailie R (2019) 'At the grass roots level it's about sitting down and talking': exploring quality improvement through case studies with high-improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary healthcare services. BMJ Open, 9 (5).
• Turner N, Taylor J, Larkins S, Carlisle K, Thompson S, Carter M, Redman-MacLaren M and Bailie R (2019) Conceptualizing the association between community participation and CQI in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander PHC services. Qualitative Health Research, 29 (13). pp. 1904-1915
• Carlisle K, Farmer J, Taylor J, Larkins S and Evans R (2018) Evaluating community participation: a comparison of participatory approaches in the planning and implementation of new primary health-care services in northern Australia. International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 33 (3). pp. 704-722
• Edelman A, Taylor J, Ovseiko P and Topp S (2018) The role of academic health centres in improving health equity: a systematic review. Journal Of Health Organization And Management, 32 (2). pp. 279-297
• Farmer J, Carlisle K, Dickson-Swift V, Teasdale S, Kenny A, Taylor J, Croker F, Marini K and Gussy M (2018) Applying social innovation theory to examine how community co-designed health services develop: using a case study approach and mixed methods. BMC Health Services Research, 18.
• Taylor J, Carlisle K, Farmer J, Larkins S, Dickson-Swift V and Kenny A (2018) Implementation of oral health initiatives by Australian rural communities: factors for success. Health and Social Care in the Community, 26 (1). pp. e102-e110
• Farmer J, Taylor J, Stewart E and Kenny A (2017) Citizen participation in health services co-production: a roadmap for navigating participation types and outcomes. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 23 (6). pp. 509-515

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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

• Developing a Competency Health Service management Workforce in Nepal - what is the Training and Development direction? (PhD , Secondary Advisor)

Completed

• The role of academic health centres in improving population health: a multiple-case study in Australia and England (2021, PhD , Secondary Advisor)

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