Treloar, Carla
Hopwood, Max
Cama, Elena
Saunders, Veronica
Jackson, L. Clair
Walker, Melinda
Ooi, Catriona
Ubrihien, Ashley
Ward, James
Funding for this research was provided by:
NSW Ministry of Health
Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District
Western Sydney Local Health District
Article History
Received: 21 September 2017
Accepted: 15 January 2018
First Online: 1 February 2018
Authors’ information
: James Ward, a Pitjantjatjara Nurrunga man, is the Head of Infectious Diseases Research Program-Aboriginal Health at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute.L. Clair Jackson is Ugarapul/Githabal (Jagara Nation, SE Qld) on her father’s side and French and German on her mother’s side. She has lived mostly in Sydney, working in education, research, and the arts and is now consulting as a Cultural Mentor/Advisor to APOCC and other projects in Aboriginal health at the Centre for Social Research in Health.Veronica Saunders is of Biripi country (Taree NSW) and has worked in nursing and Aboriginal education and is now the Aboriginal Liaison Officer on the APOCC project, based at the Cancer Council NSW. She has played leading roles in Local Aboriginal Education Consultative Groups and reconciliation, working closely with Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people.Melinda Walker is a Gumbaynggirr woman from Bowraville, NSW, and has worked in Government and NGO agencies around the Sydney Metropolitan region. She has completed a Diploma in Counselling and Groupwork and Diploma of Child, Youth and Family Intervention. After working at Barnardo’s Australia for 3 years, she decided to pursue further studies in Bachelor of Social Work in 2016. Melinda is also the coordinator of the Community Reference Panel, Centre for Social Research in Health.
: This evaluation received approval from the human research ethics committees of the appropriate health services ((4269) AU RED HREC/15/WMEAD/146) and the Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of NSW (1066/15).
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