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Participatory research with a rural Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation: lessons learned using the CONSIDER statement
qualifications: RN, MPH
contribution: Study conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting of manuscript, Critical revision
position: Associate Research Fellow
Australia
As a values-driven health writer and rural health advocate, I have over a decade of experience in health care. My passion lies in using research evidence to address health inequities and support health care access.
contribution: Study conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Critical revision
qualifications: BSW
contribution: Study conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Critical revision
position: Lecturer
Joleen Ryan is a proud Gunditjmara woman with qualifications in social work and project management. She is currently a lecturer in social work at Deakin University. Prior to that she was a lecturer in Indigenous health in the school of medicine where she delivered education to allied health professionals about the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and how to work with Aboriginal patients and community members in a culturally safe way, including Indigenous communication methods such as yarning. For this work, she was awarded the 2019 LIMElight Award for Excellence in the Development of New and Innovative Indigenous Health Curriculum.
contribution: Study conception and design, Study conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting of manuscript, Critical revision
position: Research Fellow
qualifications: MSW
contribution: Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Critical revision
position: Research Fellow
contribution: Study conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Critical revision
position: Associate Head of School
qualifications: BNurs
contribution: Study conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Critical revision
contribution: Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Critical revision
qualifications: PhD
contribution: Study conception and design, Critical revision
position: Professor
Australia
Prof Robyn Clark Professor of Nursing Acute Care & Cardiovascular Research RN, RM, ICUCert, Dip AppSci, BN, MEd, PhD, ACCCN (Life Member),FCNA, FAHA. Adjunct Prof School of Nursing and Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation (IHBI) QUT |Adjunct Sansom Institute, UniSA. Research Fellow SAHMRI. Research Interests: CVD, Heart Failure, Cardiac Rehabilitation, Telehealth, Geographical Information Systems, Indigenous Health
contribution: Study conception and design, Critical revision
position: Director, Clinical Studies
qualifications: PhD
contribution: Study conception and design, Critical revision
position: Professor
qualifications: PhD
contribution: Critical revision
position: Senior Research Fellow
qualifications: PhD
contribution: Study conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting of manuscript, Critical revision
position: Director
Professor Versace has resided in south west Victoria since the submission of his PhD in 2007 (he commenced in 2004). This degree was conferred in 2008 and his thesis was submitted on time and was accepted without change following review. Being geographically tied to an area with limited research possibilities has resulted in an early publication record that spans many disciplines. This changed in late 2012 when he joined Greater Green Triangle University Department of Rural Health (GGT UDRH) in Warrnambool, which marked his move into population and public health research (GGT UDRH has since transitioned to Deakin Rural Health in 2016). Since 2013 he has co-authored over twenty peer-reviewed publications that include RCTs, observational studies, investigation of socio-cultural and rural disadvantage, patient health misperception and engagement strategies, study protocols, chronic disease screening, and program evaluation. Complementing his research is his active interest in supervising and mentoring students. He has supervised PhD projects to completion and provides support to medical students and registrars from a range of disciplines with their research endeavours.
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