Elisha Riggs

Accessing and navigating healthcare: A scoping review of the experiences of women of refugee background from Myanmar.

Georgia Griffin, Mohammed Ali, S Zaung Nau, Elisha Riggs, Jaya AR Dantas

Journal article  |  2022  |  Health Soc Care Community

Despite well-documented health problems, healthcare access by women of refugee background in resettlement countries is typically p..

Development of a multidimensional culturally and socially inclusive measure of factors that support resilience: Child Resilience Questionnaire-Child report (CRQ-C)-a community-based participatory research and psychometric testing study in Australia

Deirdre Gartland, Elisha Riggs, Rebecca Giallo, Karen Glover, Mardi Stowe, Sharon Mongta, Donna Weetra, Stephanie Janne Brown

Journal article  |  2022  |  BMJ OPEN

OBJECTIVE: Development and testing of a comprehensive and social and culturally inclusive child-report measure of resilience facto..

No one asked us: Understanding the lived experiences of midwives providing care in the north west suburbs of Melbourne during the COVID-19 pandemic: An interpretive phenomenology.

Fran Hearn, Laura Biggs, Heather Wallace, Elisha Riggs

Journal article  |  2022  |  Women Birth

PROBLEM: Within the Victorian healthcare system, a rapid response to the COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated frequent and ongoing c..

Intergenerational conflict among resettled South Sudanese in Australia.

Troy Pittaway, Elisha Riggs, Jaya AR Dantas

Journal article  |  2022  |  Transcult Psychiatry

South Sudanese families have faced many hardships in the process of acculturation to Australian society. This has led to rapid fam..

Risk and Protective Factors Experienced by Fathers of Refugee Background during the Early Years of Parenting: A Qualitative Study

Eleanor Bulford, Alison Fogarty, Rebecca Giallo, Stephanie Brown, Josef Szwarc, Elisha Riggs

Journal article  |  2022  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH

Fathers of refugee background with young children can experience significant mental health difficulties, with the potential for in..

Development and validation of a multidimensional, culturally and socially inclusive Child Resilience Questionnaire (parent/caregiver report) to measure factors that support resilience: a community-based participatory research and psychometric testing study in Australia

Deirdre Gartland, Elisha Riggs, Rebecca Giallo, Karen Glover, Mardi Stowe, Sharon Mongta, Donna Weetra, Stephanie Janne Brown

Journal article  |  2022  |  BMJ OPEN

OBJECTIVE: Develop a comprehensive socially inclusive measure to assess child resilience factors. DESIGN: A socioecological model ..

Having a Say in Research Directions: The Role of Community Researchers in Participatory Research with Communities of Refugee and Migrant Background

Fran Hearn, Laura Biggs, Stephanie Brown, Lien Tran, Sherinald Shwe, Ta Mwe Paw Noe, Shadow Toke, May Alqas Alias, Maryaan Essa, Shogoufa Hydari, Josef Szwarc, Elisha Riggs

Journal article  |  2022  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH

Research teams in high-income countries often fail to acknowledge the capacity and contributions of Community Researchers. This qu..

Seeking Health Information: A Qualitative Study of the Experiences of Women of Refugee Background from Myanmar in Perth, Western Australia.

Georgia Griffin, S Zaung Nau, Mohammed Ali, Elisha Riggs, Jaya AR Dantas

Journal article  |  2022  |  Int J Environ Res Public Health

Women of refugee background are subject to significant health inequity. Access to health information and a good level of health li..

Developing a Sexual Health Consent Strategy for Refugees: A Qualitative Approach

A Tuteja, E Riggs, L Sanci, L Mascarenhas, A Power, D VanVliet, K Sangster, K McGuiness, M Temple-Smith

Journal article  |  2022  |  Qualitative Report

We report the development of a strategy for obtaining a truly voluntary and informed consent for sexual and reproductive health (S..

Negotiating Language in Providing Sexual and Reproductive Health Care to Refugees From Burma: Experiences of Service Providers From Australia

Amita Tuteja, Lena Sanci, Lester Mascarenhas, Elisha May Riggs, Dianne Van-Vliet, Katrina Sangster, Kimberley McGuinness, Meredith Temple-Smith

Journal article  |  2022  |  Women's Reproductive Health