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PROF Kerry Arabena

Positions

Academic, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Publications

Selected publications

2018
- Journal Articles
  - Completing the cervical screening pathway: Factors that facilitate the increase of self-collection uptake among under-screened and never-screened women, an Australian pilot study. CURRENT ONCOLOGY. 25. 2018
  - Identifying the prevalence and predictors of suicidal behaviours for indigenous males in custody. BMC Public Health. 18. 2018
  - My island home: place-based integration of conservation and public health in Oceania. Environmental Conservation . 45. 2018
  - Self-collection for under-screened women in a National Cervical Screening Program: pilot study. CURRENT ONCOLOGY. 25. 2018
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Australian health professionals' statement on climate change and health. The Lancet. 392. 2018
  - Re-development of mental health first aid guidelines for supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait islanders who are experiencing suicidal thoughts and behaviour. BMC Psychiatry . 18. 2018
2017
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Health and wellbeing outcomes of programs for Indigenous Australians that include strategies to enable the expression of cultural identities: a systematic review. Australian Journal of Primary Health. 23. 2017
  - Re-development of mental health first aid guidelines for supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders who are engaging in non-suicidal self-injury. BMC Psychiatry . 17. 2017
  - Suicidal behaviour in Indigenous compared to non-Indigenous males in urban and regional Australia: Prevalence data suggest disparities increase across age groups. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 51. 2017
- Journal Articles Unrefereed Letters or Notes
  - An Introduction from Kerry Arabena, the New IAEH President. EcoHealth: conservation medicine: human health: ecosystem sustainability. 14. 2017
- Other Refereed Contribution to Refereed Journals
  - Care co-ordination interventions to improve outcomes during pregnancy and early childhood (up to 5 years). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2017. 2017
2016
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - 'What hope can look like': The First 1000 days - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their families.. Developing Practice. 44. 2016
  - An Australian model of the First 1000 Days: an Indigenous-led process to turn an international initiative into an early-life strategy benefiting indigenous families 2016
  - Exploring Aboriginal patients' experiences of cardiac care at a major metropolitan hospital in Melbourne. Australian Health Review. 40. 2016
  - Oceania. EcoHealth: conservation medicine: human health: ecosystem sustainability. 13. 2016
- Journal Articles Unrefereed Letters or Notes
  - Addressing structural challenges for the sexual health and well-being of Indigenous women in Australia. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 92. 2016
  - Hands Make Us Human. EcoHealth: conservation medicine: human health: ecosystem sustainability. 13. 2016
2015
- Research Book Chapters
  - Climate Change: Impact on Country and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Culture. Climate change adaptation by community based health and social service organisations. CSIRO Publications. 2015
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Exploring Ecosystems and Health by Shifting to a Regional Focus: Perspectives from the Oceania EcoHealth Chapter. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 12. 2015
  - Post-normal reconciliation - using science to reframe the reconciliation agenda. Australian Aboriginal Studies. 2015
  - Primary health-care responses to methamphetamine use in Australian Indigenous communities. Australian Journal of Primary Health. 21. 2015
2014
- Journal Articles Unrefereed
  - The First 1000 Days: catalysing equity outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. Medical Journal of Australia. 200. 2014
- Journal Articles Unrefereed Letters or Notes
  - Building evidence about effective health promotion in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Australian Journal of Primary Health. 20. 2014
- Minor Reports and Working Papers
  - Treatment guidelines, training and information resources about methamphetamine (ice) use for Victorian Aboriginal communities 2014
2013
- Journal Articles Unrefereed Letters or Notes
  - Future initiatives to improve the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Medical Journal of Australia. 199. 2013
2011
- Journal Articles
  - Forests as landscapes for reconciliation. Australian Forestry. 74. 2011
  - The Lowitja Institute: building a national strategic research agenda to improve the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Medical Journal of Australia. 194. 2011
2010
- Book Chapters
  - All knowledge is indigenous. Tackling Wicked Problems: Through the Transdisciplinary Imagination. 2010
2008
- Journal Articles
  - Life B’long Ali Drummond: A life in the Torres Strait. Australian Aboriginal Studies. 2008
2007
- Journal Articles
  - Evaluating Australian Indigenous community health promotion initiatives: a selective review.. Rural and Remote Health. 7. 2007
2006
- Conference Proceedings
  - Preachers, policies and power: The reproductive health of adolescent Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. 2006
2005
- Journal Articles
  - Evaluating an indigenous sexual health peer education project.. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. 16. 2005
2002
- Journal Articles
  - The Well Person's Health Check: a population screening program in indigenous communities in north Queensland.. Australian Health Review. 25. 2002

Research

Investigator on

Contract
- First 1000 Days Australia awarded by SAVE THE CHILDREN AUSTRALIA 2017 - 2020
- First 1000 Days awarded by DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITIES DISABILITY SERVICES 2017 - 2019
- Analysis Initiatives administered by Melbourne School of Population and Global Health 2017
- Healthy Country Healthy People awarded by PARKS VICTORIA 2017
- Early childhood service integration awarded by LOWITJA INSTITUTE 2016 - 2019
- Lowitja Institute Student Scholarship Agreement - THORPE awarded by LOWITJA INSTITUTE 2016 - 2019
- EXPLORING POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF FAMILY EMPOWERMENT AND NCD PREVENTION STRATEGIES ON ACHIEVING EARLY LIFE EQUITY FOR INDIGENOUS AND TRIBAL PEOPLES IN AUSTRALIA AND INDONESIA - SRP03 awarded by AUSTRALIA-INDONESIA CENTRE 2016 - 2018
- Lowitja Institute Student Scholarship Agreement - Munro Harrison awarded by LOWITJA INSTITUTE 2016 - 2018
- The Lowitja Institute CRC CO-funding Scholarship Program awarded by LOWITJA INSTITUTE 2016 - 2018
- FIRST 1000 DAYS INDIGENOUS HOUSEHOLD SURVEY awarded by DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES 2016 - 2017
- Cervical Self Collection Pilot Project awarded by DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES 2015 - 2018
- Evaluation of Gathering Place Model In Victoria awarded by DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES 2015 - 2016
- Evaluation of the Aboriginal Gathering Places in the Eastern Metropolitan Region of Melbourne awarded by DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES 2015 - 2016
- Healthy Parks, Healthy People - Aboriginal wellbeing project awarded by PARKS VICTORIA 2015
- The Lowitja Institute Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health CRC administered by Melbourne School of Population and Global Health 2014 - 2019
- Tidda's Count to Ten Project awarded by YOOWINNA WURNALUNG HEALING SERVICE 2014 - 2015
- Engagement methods and policy analysis awarded by LOWITJA INSTITUTE 2013 - 2014
- Engagement methods and policy analysis administered by Melbourne School of Population and Global Health 2013 - 2014
- Supporting Access Health to better meet the needs of Aboriginal clients in St Kilda awarded by SALVATION ARMY CRISIS SERVICES 2013
- ONEMDA VICHEALTH KOORI HEALTH UNIT - VICHEALTH awarded by VIC HEALTH PROMOTION FOUNDATION 2009 - 2017
Grant
- RESPONDING TO ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER FAMILY ASPIRATIONS TO FOSTER SELF-DETERMINATION AND SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL WELLBEING (Targeted Call for Research into Social and Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples from Early Life to Young Adults) awarded by NHMRC 2018 - 2023
- HEALING THE PAST BY NURTURING THE FUTURE: LEARNING HOW TO IDENTIFY AND SUPPORT INDIGENOUS PARENTS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED COMPLEX CHILDHOOD TRAUMA (Project Grants) awarded by LA TROBE UNIVERSITY 2018 - 2021
- BUILDING THE EVIDENCE BASE OF FIRST 1000 DAYS AUSTRALIA: AN EVALUATION OF IMPLEMENTATION OUTCOMES (Partnership Projects) awarded by NHMRC 2017 - 2020
- The Microbiome Story: Understanding the role of microbiome in narrating intergenerational health and wellbeing among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families (Research Funding) awarded by LOWITJA INSTITUTE 2017 - 2019
- CENTRE FOR RESEARCH EXCELLENCE TO PROMOTE SAFER FAMILIES: TAILORING EARLY IDENTIFICATION AND NOVEL INTERVENTIONS FOR INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE (Centres of Research Excellence) awarded by NHMRC 2016 - 2022
- BUILDING A SIMULATION MODEL TO IMPROVE CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE RISK PREDICTION AND TREATMENT FOR INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS (Project Grants) awarded by NHMRC 2016 - 2018
- Unfitness to plead and indefinite detention of persons with cognitive impairments: addressing the legal barriers and creating appropriate alternative supports in the community (Research and Data Working Group Disability Research Project) awarded by NSW DEPT OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES 2015 - 2017
- DEVELOPMENT OF GATEKEEPER TRAINING TO IMPROVE THE CAPACITY OF ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER COMMUNITIES TO PREVENT YOUTH SUICIDE (2014 Mental Health Targeted Call for Research) awarded by NHMRC 2014 - 2019
- UNDERSTANDING BARRIERS AND FACILITATORS TO POSTPARTUM CARE FOR ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER WOMEN WITH GESTATIONAL DIABETES (Research Fund) awarded by DIABETES AUSTRALIA- QUEENSLAND 2014 - 2016
- Give Where You live Community Grant - Wadawurrung project (Innovation Grant) awarded by GIVE WHERE YOU LIVE - 2019

Awards

Education and training

PhD, Australian National University 2010
Grad.Dip, University of South Australia 1992
B.Soc.wk, Queensland University of Technology 1989

Contact Details
- kerry.arabena@unimelb.edu.au
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