Peter is of English descent, grew up on Gadigal land where he trained as a Registered Nurse. He then moved to Gomeroi land in north-west NSW to work in community health and Public Health alongside First Nations health workers, communities and other health professionals. More recently he has relocated to Awabakal country where he continues to work in Public Health in communicable disease control.

Interests

Research

• Public health; Communicable disease control; Aboriginal health; Pacific health; Tuberculosis; Research capacity building

Experience

• 1992 to present - Clinical Nurse Consultant, Hunter New England Health (Tamworth/Newcastle)

Research Disciplines

• Public health (4206)
• Epidemiology (4202)
• Organic chemistry (3405)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Public health (2004)
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health (2103)
• Pacific Peoples health (2111)

Awards

• 2012 - Research Higher Degree Excellence

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Journal Articles

• Crooks K, Taylor K, Burns K, Campbell S, Degeling C, Williams J, Andrews R, Massey P, McVernon J and Miller A (2023) Having a real say: findings from first nations community panels on pandemic influenza vaccine distribution. BMC Public Health, 23.
• Marcato A, Smith M, Fielding J, Massey P and Mcvernon J (2023) Evaluation of the Australian first few X household transmission project for COVID-19. BMC Public Health, 23.
• McHugh L, Regan A, Sarna M, Moore H, Van Buynder P, Pereira G, Blyth C, Lust K, Andrews R, Crooks K, Massey P and Binks M (2023) Inequity of antenatal influenza and pertussis vaccine coverage in Australia: the Links2HealthierBubs record linkage cohort study, 2012–2017. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 23.
• Healey S, Ghafournia N, Massey P, Andrich K, Harrison J, Taylor K and Bolsewicz K (2022) Factors contributing to the sharing of COVID-19 health information amongst refugee communities in a regional area of Australia: a qualitative study. BMC Public Health, 22.
• Degeling C, Williams J, Carter S, Moss R, Massey P, Gilbert G, Shih P, Braunack-Mayer A, Crooks K, Brown D and McVernon J (2021) Priority allocation of pandemic influenza vaccines in Australia - recommendations of 3 community juries. Vaccine, 39 (2). pp. 255-262
• Fielding J, Sullivan S, Beard F, Macartney K, Williams J, Dawson A, Gilbert G, Massey P, Crooks K, Moss R, McCaw J and McVernon J (2021) Constructing an ethical framework for priority allocation of pandemic vaccines. Vaccine, 39 (5). pp. 797-804
• Jaravani F, Butler M, Byleveld P, Durrheim D, Massey P, Collins J, Judd J and Oelgemöller M (2020) Drinking water quality in regional Hunter New England, New South Wales, Australia, 2001-2015. Australasian Journal of Water Resources, 24 (1). pp. 73-83
• Asugeni R, Redman-MacLaren M, Asugeni J, Esau T, Timothy F, Massey P and Maclaren D (2019) A community builds a “bridge”: an example of community-led adaptation to sea-level rise in East Kwaio, Solomon Islands. Climate and Development Journal, 11 (1). pp. 91-96
• Devlin S, MacLaren D, Massey P, Widders R and Judd J (2019) The missing voices of Indigenous Australians in the social, cultural and historical experiences of tuberculosis: a systematic and integrative review. BMJ Global Health, 4 (6).
• Jaravani F, Durrheim D, Judd J, Oelgemoeller M, Butler M and Massey P (2019) Improving drinking water safety in recreational parks through policy changes and regulatory support in the Hunter New England region, NSW, Australia. Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, 26 (4). pp. 386-406
• Mor S, Wiethoelter A, Massey P, Robson J, Wilks K and Hutchinson P (2018) Pigs, pooches and pasteurisation: the changing face of brucellosis in Australia. Australian Journal of General Practice, 47 (3). pp. 99-103
• Nepal S, Thomas S, Franklin R, Taylor K and Massey P (2018) Systematic literature review to identify methods for treating and preventing bacterial skin infections in Indigenous children. Australasian Journal of Dermatology, 59 (3). pp. 194-200

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