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Mitchell Anjou

Associate Professor
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
Optometry
Public health and population health
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander eye health
Eye care for people with disadvantage
Eye health equity
Subsidised spectacles schemes
Health systems reform
Eye health advocacy
Collaborative and collective action
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Projects

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DONATION/GIFT FOR 'THE NATIONAL INDIGENOUS EYE HEALTH PROGRAM'

2014 - 2023
Active
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Indigenous Eye Health 2016/19

2016 - 2023
Active
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Evaluating the progress of regional implementation of The Roadmap to Close the Gap for Vision.

2021 - 2021
Completed
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Models of Vision Care Delivery for Aboriginal and Torre Strait Islanders Communities

2013 - 2014
Completed

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Projects

Project Types

3

Research Contracts

1

Research Grant

Scholarly Works

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Working towards a culturally safe optometry workforce for first nations peoples in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.

Renata Watene, Shannon L Davies, Lilon G Bandler, Donna Murray, Nicola Anstice, Shelley Hopkins, Andrew Collins, Mitchell D Anjou, Kelley Baldwin, Susan L Kelly

Journal article  |  2023  |  Clin Exp Optom

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Identifying best-practice features of diabetic retinopathy treatment models for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.

Rosamond Gilden, Rosemary McKenzie, Mitchell D Anjou

Journal article  |  2022  |  Aust J Rural Health

OBJECTIVE: Indigenous Australians are nearly three times more likely to have diabetes than non-Indigenous Australians. The prevale..

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Examination of cataract surgical data: Is access equity improving for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians?

Guy Gillor, Mitchell Anjou, Shaun Tatipata

Conference Proceedings  |  2022  |  CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY

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Lessons learned from a subsidised spectacles scheme aiming to improve eye health in Aboriginal people in Victoria, Australia

Timothy R Fricke, Chelsea Brand, Levi Lovett, Neville W Turner, Mitchell D Anjou, Sharon A Bentley

Journal article  |  2020  |  AUSTRALIAN HEALTH REVIEW

The Victorian Aboriginal Spectacles Subsidy Scheme (VASSS) aimed to improve access to visual aids and eye care for Aboriginal and ..

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Should we be doing more to identify barriers to cataract surgery for indigenous populations in New Zealand?-Response

Hugh R Taylor, Mitchell D Anjou

Journal article  |  2020  |  CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY

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Cataract surgery and Indigenous eye care: A review

Hugh R Taylor, Mitchell D Anjou

Journal article  |  2020  |  CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY

Cataract remains the leading cause of blindness in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and is still a major cause of vis..

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REGIONAL COLLABORATIONS CAN CLOSE THE GAP FOR VISION

Rosamond Gilden, Tessa Saunders, Libby Lesock, Renee Owen, Ben Clark, Mitchell Anjou

Conference Proceedings  |  2018  |  CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY

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OBITUARY David Cockburn OAM MScOptom DSc (Honoris Causa) FACO 25 August 1923-26 September 2016 A tribute to David Cockburn, a consummate clinician and educator

Ian F Gutteridge, Ian S Douglas, Mitchell D Anjou

Journal article  |  2017  |  CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPTOMETRY

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Grampians - Closing the Gap in Indigenous eye health

Uma Jatkar, Mitchell D Anjou, Hugh R Taylor

Journal article  |  2017  |  MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA

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Breaking down barriers to eye care for indigenous people: a new scheme for delivery of eye care in Victoria

Genevieve Napper, Tim Fricke, Mitchell D Anjou, A Jonathan Jackson

Journal article  |  2015  |  CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPTOMETRY

This report describes the implementation of and outcomes from a new spectacle subsidy scheme and de-centralised care options for A..

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Keyword Analysis

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Wellbeing
Ophthalmology and Optometry
Clinical Health
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
Public Health
Evaluation of Health and Support Services
Applied Economics
Health Services and Systems
Other Indigenous
Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health)

News

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To improve Indigenous health, we must improve Indigenous housing

Hugh Taylor AC, Emma Stanford, Mitchell D Anjou AM

The recommendation of the recent Senate report to re-establish the National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing is to be app..

May 12, 2021
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The Indigenous eye-care gap is closing, but not fast enough

Hugh Taylor AC, Emma Stanford, Karl Hampton, Mitchell D Anjou AM

While the Roadmap to Close the Gap for Vision is helping to improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island eye health – 2020 has presented sev..

November 25, 2020
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2013

Member of the Order of Australia

2017

Member Award for Outstanding Service

Australian College of Optometry
1985

Fellow

Australian College of Optometry

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Associate Professor

Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Honorary

Optometry and Vision Sciences

Appointed Member; 2018- , Chair 2018-2021, Cochair 2021-

Indigenous Strategy Taskforce, Optometry Council of Australia and New Zealand

Member; Chair 2019-

State Advisory Committee Victoria, Optometry Victoria/South Australia

Education

Master of Science in Optometry

University of Melbourne

Bachelor of Science in Optometry

University of Melbourne

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