Research
Working together to improve the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal people through research
"...health is not just the physical wellbeing of an individual, but the social, emotional, and cultural wellbeing of the whole community in which each individual is able to achieve their full potential as a human being thereby bringing about the total wellbeing of their community" (NAHS 1989)
Flinders Aboriginal Health Researchers
Flinders University is a leader in Aboriginal health research. Flinders University researchers and their partners are working in the following areas:
- Social and emotional wellbeing
- Health services and systems
- Workforce development
- Social determinants of health
- Appropriate research methodologies
- Complex chronic conditions
- Injury and violence
- Infectious disease and consequences
- Health indicators and trends
- Health and disabilities
Research Reports by Staff
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Better medication management for Aboriginal people with mental health disorders and their carers
- Final Report 2003
A collaborative project of the Flinders University School of Nursing and Midwifery and the Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council (SA) Inc
To download the full report as a pdf (2.58MB), please click here.
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Better medication management for Aboriginal people with mental health disorders and their carers - survey of service providers 2003 Inge Kowanko, Charlotte de Crespigny, Helen Murray & Mette Groenkjaer (in partnership with the Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council (SA) ISBN: 0-646-33787-4
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Better medication management for Aboriginal people with mental health disorders and their carers - report on research conducted at Coober Pedy 2003
Inge Kowanko, Charlotte de Crespigny & Helen Murray (in partnership with the Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council (SA) Inc.) ISBN: 0-975-07254-4
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Better medication management for Aboriginal people with mental health disorders and their carers - report on research conducted in the Port Augusta region 2003
Inge Kowanko, Charlotte de Crespigny, Helen Murray & Mette Groenkjaer (in partnership with the Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council (SA) ISBN: 0-646-33785-8
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Better medication management for Aboriginal people with mental health disorders and their carers - report on research conducted in the Port Lincoln region 2003
Inge Kowanko, Charlotte de Crespigny & Helen Murray (in partnership with the Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council (SA) ISBN: 0-646-33786-6
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Breaking down the barriers - urban Aboriginal women: drinking and licenced premises in the southern metropolitan region of South Australia 2002
Charlotte de Crespigny (in partnership with the Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council [ADAC]) and M Groenkjaer, W Casey, H Murray & W Parfoot ISBN: 0-646337-83-1
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Clinical management of Aboriginal people with co-existing diabetes and alcohol related health problems - a review (final report) 2004
Charlotte de Crespigny, Mette Groenkjaer, Meri King & Antonia van Loon ISBN: 0-9750725-87
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The development and piloting of a national continence training package for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and aged care workers
Jan Paterson, I Stein & E Quintal
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Culturally diverse women's alcohol and drug diagnoses in pregnancy in South Australia: Literature review and recorded hospital births 1995-2001 April 2005 Charlotte de Crespigny, Pauline Glover & Carol Thorogood ISBN: 0-646-442325
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Collaborations
Some major collaborations include the following:
Memberships
If you would like to get involved in Flinders Aboriginal Health Research, or find out more, please fill out our Application for Membership form (doc).
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