Professor Cadet-James is passionate about empowering people to gain the confidence and skills to set and achieve their goals. Over the years she has been successful in mentoring many people to fulfil their dreams.

Teaching

• IA3012: Introduction to Indigenous Research (Level 3; TSV)
• IA5010: Indigenous Research Ethics (Level 5; CNS)
• IA5011: Field Procedures in Indigenous Research (Level 5; CNS)
• IA5119: Empowerment and Change (Level 5; TSV)

Interests

Research

• Empowerment Research Program
• Alcohol and drug abuse in Indigenous Communities
• History and language of the Gugu Badhun People

Experience

• 2001 to present - Academic, Teaching, Research, Community Engagement, Professional Engagement, James Cook University
• 2001 to present - Academic, University of Queensland
• 1998 to 2001 - Academic, Queensland University of Technology
• 1990 to 1998 - Academic, Northern Territory University

Research Disciplines

• Public Health and Health Services (1117)
• Psychology (1701)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Indigenous Health (9203)
• Health and Support Services (9202)
• Public Health (9204)

Awards

• 2009 - National Australian Learning and Teaching Council Award for Programs that enhance learning - Award for School of Indigenous Australian Studies Post Graduate Education.
• 2009 - James Cook University Excellence Award for Post Graduate Education Program.

Memberships

• Member, Queensland Indigenous Education Consultative Committee
• Fellow of the Australian College of Nursing
• Member, National Health and Medical Research Council
• Traditional Owner Gugu Badhun Nation, Valley of Lagoons, Queensland

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

• Gould G, Stevenson L, Cadet-James Y and Clough A (in press) Cultural challenges when developing anti-tobacco messages for Indigenous Australians. Health Promotion International,
• Kilcullen M, Swinbourne A and Cadet-James Y (in press) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing: social emotional wellbeing and strengths-based psychology. Clinical Psychologist, pp. 1-11
• Tsey K, Lawson K, Kinchin I, Bainbridge R, McCalman J, Watkin F, Cadet-James Y and Rossetto A (in press) Evaluating research impact: the development of a 'RESEARCH for IMPACT' TOOL. Frontiers in Public Health,
• Whiteside M, Bould E, Tsey K, Venville A, Cadet-James Y and Morris M (in press) Promoting twenty-first-century student competencies: a wellbeing approach. Australian Social Work, pp. 1-13
• Gould G, Watt K, West R, Cadet-James Y and Clough A (2016) Can smoking initiation contexts predict how adult Aboriginal smokers assess their smoking risks? A cross-sectional study using the 'Smoking Risk Assessment Target'. BMJ Open, 6 (7).
• Gould G, Cadet-James Y and Clough A (2016) Getting over the shock: taking action on Indigenous maternal smoking. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 22 (4). pp. 276-282
• Kilcullen M, Swinbourne A and Cadet-James Y (2016) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing: implications for a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy framework. Australian Psychologist, 51 (6). pp. 453-462
• Kinchin I, Tsey K, Heyeres M and Cadet-James Y (2016) Systematic review of youth mental health service integration research. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 22 (4). pp. 304-315
• Sorenson A, Owens L, Caltabiano M, Cadet-James Y, Hall R, Govan B and Clancy P (2016) The impact of prior flavivirus infections on the development of Type 2 Diabetes among the Indigenous Australians. American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 95 (2). pp. 265-268
• Bainbridge R, Tsey K, McCalman J, Kinchin I, Saunders V, Watkin Lui F, Cadet-James Y, Miller A and Lawson K (2015) No one's discussing the elephant in the room: contemplating questions of research impact and benefit in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australian health research. BMC Public Health, 15 (696). pp. 1-10
• Gould G, Watt K, McEwen A, Cadet-James Y and Clough A (2015) Predictors of intentions to quit smoking in Aboriginal tobacco smokers of reproductive age in regional New South Wales (NSW), Australia: quantitative and qualitative findings of a cross-sectional survey. BMJ Open, 5. pp. 1-10
• Gould G, Watt K, Cadet-James Y and Clough A (2015) Using the risk behaviour diagnosis scale to understand Australian Aboriginal smoking — a cross-sectional validation survey in regional New South Wales. Preventive Medicine Reports, 2. pp. 4-9

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 60+ research outputs authored by Prof Yvonne Cadet-James from 2001 onwards.

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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

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Familial suicides; learnings from families and kinship about the healing journey. (PhD , Primary Advisor)
• Art, Identity, and Aging: Indigenous People in the Tropics. (Masters , Secondary Advisor)

Completed

• Gugu Badhun women on the move: enhancing wellbeing in an Aboriginal community through the use of ICT (2012, PhD , Associate Advisor)
• Explorations of understandings of mental health in an urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sample (2012, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Indigenous Australian participation in pre-registration tertiary nursing courses: an Indigenous mixed methods study (2012, PhD , Associate Advisor)
• Making salient messages for Indigenous tobacco control (2015, PhD , Associate Advisor)

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