
A/Prof Sean Taylor ~ Adjunct Associate Professor
Public Health & Tropical Medicine
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- Research Disciplines
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- Publications
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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
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- Thompson F, Russell S, Quigley R, Sagigi B, Miller G, Esterman A, Harriss L, Taylor S, McDermott R and Strivens E (2023) Dementia Risk Models in an Australian First Nations Population: Cross-Sectional Associations and Preparation for Follow-Up. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease Reports, 7 (1). pp. 543-555
- Thompson F, Russell S, Quigley R, McDonald M, Sagigi B, Taylor S, Campbell S, Schmidt B, Esterman A, Harriss L, Miller G, Mills P, Strivens E, McDermott R, and (2023) Primary care biomarkers and dementia in people of the Torres Strait, Australia: extended data analysis. Frontiers in Dementia, 2.
- Quigley R, Russell S, Larkins S, Taylor S, Sagigi B, Strivens E and Redman-MacLaren M (2022) Aging well for Indigenous peoples: a scoping review. Frontiers in Public Health, 10.
- Taylor S, Culic A, Harris S, Senini R, Stephenson R and Glass B (2022) Bridging Allied Health Professional Roles to Improve Patient Outcomes in Rural and Remote Australia: A Descriptive Qualitative Study. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 15. pp. 541-551
- Thompson F, Russell S, Quigley R, Sagigi B, Taylor S, McDonald M, Campbell S, Esterman A, Harriss L, Miller G, Strivens E and McDermott R (2022) Potentially preventable dementia in a First Nations population in the Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula Area of North Queensland, Australia: A cross sectional analysis using population attributable fractions. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 26.
- Thompson F, Russell S, Harriss L, Esterman A, Taylor S, Quigley R, Strivens E and McDermott R (2022) Using health check data to understand risks for dementia and cognitive impairment among Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal peoples in northern Queensland—a data linkage study. Frontiers in Public Health, 10.
- Thompson F, Harriss L, Russell S, Taylor S, Cysique L, Strivens E, Maruff P and McDermott R (2022) Using health check data to investigate cognitive function in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders living with diabetes in the Torres Strait, Australia. Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, 5 (1).
- Topp S, Tully J, Cummins R, Graham V, Yashadhana A, Elliott L and Taylor S (2022) Rhetoric, reality and racism: the governance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers in a state government health service in Australia. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 11 (12). pp. 2951-2963
- Topp S, Tully J, Cummins R, Graham V, Yashadhana A, Elliott L and Taylor S (2022) Building patient trust in health systems: a qualitative study of facework in the context of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker role in Queensland, Australia. Social Science and Medicine, 302.
- Topp S, Tully J, Cummins R, Graham V, Yashadhana A, Elliott L and Taylor S (2021) Unique knowledge, unique skills, unique role: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers in Queensland, Australia. BMJ Global Health, 6.
- Berger M, Taylor S, Harriss L, Campbell S, Thompson F, Jones S, Makrides M, Gibson R, Amminger G, Sarnyai Z and McDermott R (2020) Cross-sectional association of seafood consumption, polyunsaturated fatty acids and depressive symptoms in two Torres Strait communities. Nutritional Neuroscience, 23 (5). pp. 353-362
- Mobegi F, Leong L, Thompson F, Taylor S, Harriss L, Choo J, Taylor S, Wesselingh S, McDermott R, Ivey K and Rogers G (2020) Intestinal microbiology shapes population health impacts of diet and lifestyle risk exposures in torres strait islander communities. eLife, 9.
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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 24+ research outputs authored by A/Prof Sean Taylor from 2012 onwards.
- Current Funding
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Current and recent Research Funding to JCU is shown by funding source and project.
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, The 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 - Targeted Call for Research into Healthy Ageing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
A framework for healthy ageing in the Torres Strait
- Indicative Funding
- $1,100,540 over 6 years
- Summary
- The aim of this project is to develop a culturally appropriate framework of healthy ageing for Torres Strait Comjmunities to enable older persons to remain living well at hme and on Country for as long as possible. Participatory Action Research (PAR) within a Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) framework will be the overarching lmethodology for this project. The scope of the framework will be guided by the World Health organisation Framework of Healthy Ageing encompassing both intrinsic capacity and environmental characteristics that influence health outcomes.
- Investigators
- Edward Strivens, Sarah G Russell, Leon Flicker, Dina LoGiudice, Kate Smith, Rachel Quigley, Robyn McDermott, Sean Taylor, Venessa Curnow and Sarah Larkins in collaboration with Betty Sagigi, Desley Harvey, Dympna Leonard, Elizabeth Beattie, Gavin Miller, Jennifer Mann, Nancy Pachana and Yvonne Hornby-Turner (College of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Western Australia, Melbourne Health, Australian Institute of Tropical Health & Medicine, College of Public Health, Medical & Vet Sciences, Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service, Queensland Health, Queensland University of Technology, Not in list?.. and The University of Queensland)
- Keywords
- Indigenous Health; Chronic Disease; healthy ageing; Dementia
Commonwealth Department of Health - Medical Research Futures Fund - Indigenous Health
Strong community, strong health: Exploring opportunities for chronic disease prevention in the Torres Strait
- Indicative Funding
- $473,642 over 2 years
- Summary
- Despite a decrease in mortality rates from chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and chronic kidney disease since 2006, they still represent significant risk to the health and wellbeing of Australia?s First Nations peoples. This project will partner with First Nations people living in the Torres Strait to support their chronic disease outcomes by: 1) co-developing diet and physical activity (PA) tools; and 2) mapping social and environmental impacts on health in each partner community. This project will provide essential information about dietary and PA practices of people living in the Torres Strait.
- Investigators
- Edward Strivens, Ray Mahoney, Karla Canuto, Sean Taylor, Valda Wallace, Gavin Miller, Betty Sagigi, Sarah G Russell, Rachel Quigley, Kathryn Meldrum, Yvonne Hornby-Turner, Torres Webb, Melissa Kilburn, Sarah Larkins and Dympna Leonard (College of Medicine & Dentistry, Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation, Flinders University, College of Public Health, Medical & Vet Sciences, Queensland Health and Australian Institute of Tropical Health & Medicine)
- Keywords
- Chronic Disease; Diet; Physical Activity; Torres Strait; Partnership
- Supervision
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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
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- Using health check data to improve dementia outcomes in the Torres Strait region of Far North Queensland, Australia (PhD , External Advisor)
- Healthy Ageing in the Torres Strait: Developing and Implementing a Framework for Best-Practice Aged Care within Primary Health Care Centres (PhD , External Advisor)
- Clubfoot in the Northern Territory (PhD , External Advisor)
- Collaboration
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The map shows research collaborations by institution from the past 7 years.
Note: Map points are indicative of the countries or states that institutions are associated with.- 5+ collaborations
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- 1 collaboration
- Indicates the Tropics (Torrid Zone)
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