Carla Unger

qualifications: MDevelStd

contribution: original concept, literature review, wrote the first draft, statistical analysis

position: Research officer

Narelle Warren

qualifications: PhD

contribution: contributed to drafts, original concept, statistical analysis, wrote the final draft

position: Research fellow

Narelle Warren is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Social Science and Health Research Unit, School of Psychology and Psychiatry, Monash University. Her current research explores trajectories of stroke and Parkinson's disease in Anglo- and Indian-Australians as experienced by affected individuals and their caregivers, community members' perceptions of preventive care, and people's use of complementary and alternative medicine in managing cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Rachel Canaway

qualifications: MSocHlth

contribution: original concept, designed the project, supervised data collection, contributed to drafts

position: Research Fellow

Research Fellow Monash University

Lenore Manderson

qualifications: PhD

contribution: statistical analysis

position: Professor of Medical Anthropology

Medical anthropology, chronic disease and disability, gender, resource-poor communities in Australia, Asia, Africa

Kaine Grigg

qualifications: BAppSc(Hons)

contribution: designed the project, supervised data collection, collected data, devised survey tool, contributed to drafts, Led the data analysis

position: Research fellow