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Overview
Background
Professor Roxanne Bainbridge is a Gunggari/Kunja woman from South-Western Queensland. She previously worked as a Professorial Research Fellow in Indigenous Health at Central Queensland University Australia; Adjunct to The Cairns Institute at James Cook University; and an inaugural Senior Atlantic Fellow for Social Equity at the University of Melbourne / the University of Oxford. With a background in anthropology, Roxanne focusses her interests on medical anthropology as a culturally constructive critique of the biomedical sciences and policy-makers that provides new understandings of human health, wellness and illness for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Roxanne is an engaged researcher/evaluator with extensive experience leading, collaborating and coordinating projects with international, national and local teams. Her methodological expertise is in high impact applied research conducted in participatory and action-oriented research approaches embedded in improvement and systems sciences. Specific proficiencies are in research impact assessment and evaluation; improvement sciences; systems sciences; mixed methods; phronetic grounded theory; systematic literature reviews; and auto/ethnographic approaches. Roxanne applies her methodological expertise and concepts of Indigenous data sovereignty and governance to projects in Indigenous health, e.g. mental health and suicide, adolescent psychosocial wellbeing, social and emotional wellbeing across the life course, health services research, child and maternal health, palliative care, binge drinking and health promotion; and, in education, e.g. engagement, pedagogy, school transitions, inclusive practice and mentoring).
Over the last 10 years she was Lead/Chief Investigator on a total of 52 grants attracting $37.230m. Of 119 publications, 74 are peer-reviewed articles in national/international peer-reviewed journals; 18 are systematic reviews; 18 are reports for government and community-controlled organisations; 12 chapters; 1 peer-reviewed conference paper; 4 peer-reviewed commissioned works; 1 book; and developed government and community health and educational resources. Systematic literature reviews (including Cochrane) in various content areas for Indigenous populations, e.g. Indigenous research impact, social and emotional wellbeing interventions and measurement tools, mentoring, alcohol and other drugs, resilience strategies, Indigenous research education, child and maternal health, cultural competence, sexual assault, family-centred interventions, health promotion tools, program transfer and Indigenous community governance. She is currently the lead investigator on a 1) 4-year national evaluation of the Commonwealth Government’s investment in Indigenous Primary Healthcare, and 2) ARC Engaging adolescents to improve mental healthcare in Indigenous primary healthcare services.
Availability
- Professor Roxanne Bainbridge is:
- Available for supervision
Research interests
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Systems science
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Improvement science
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Development and application of research methodologies and methods with a strong focus on research translation and engagement and impact
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Strengthening researcher capacity and improving the integrity and quality of research to maximise its impact and benefit for Aboriginal and Torres Strait people
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Leading and collaborating in the development and application of co-designed intervention research that is rigorous, pragmatic and embedded into the routine delivery of services and government polic
Works
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2013
Journal Article
Tailoring a response to youth binge drinking in an Aboriginal Australian community: a grounded theory study
McCalman, Janya, Tsey, Komla, Bainbridge, Roxanne, Shakeshaft, Anthony, Singleton, Michele and Doran, Christopher (2013). Tailoring a response to youth binge drinking in an Aboriginal Australian community: a grounded theory study. BMC Public Health, 13 (1) 726. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-726
2013
Journal Article
Being, knowing, and doing: a phronetic approach to constructing grounded theory with Aboriginal Australian partners
Bainbridge, Roxanne, Whiteside, Mary and McCalman, Janya (2013). Being, knowing, and doing: a phronetic approach to constructing grounded theory with Aboriginal Australian partners. Qualitative Health Research, 23 (2), 275-288. doi: 10.1177/1049732312467853
2012
Journal Article
Applying what works: a systematic search of the transfer and implementation of promising Indigenous Australian health services and programs
McCalman, Janya, Tsey, Komla, Clifford, Anton, Earles, Wendy, Shakeshaft, Anthony and Bainbridge, Roxanne (2012). Applying what works: a systematic search of the transfer and implementation of promising Indigenous Australian health services and programs. BMC Public Health, 12 (600) 600, 1-7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-600
2011
Journal Article
Becoming empowered: a grounded theory study of Aboriginal women's agency
Bainbridge, Roxanne (2011). Becoming empowered: a grounded theory study of Aboriginal women's agency. Australasian Psychiatry, 19 (Suppl 1). doi: 10.3109/10398562.2011.583040
2010
Journal Article
Empowerment and Indigenous Australian health: A synthesis of findings from family wellbeing formative research
Tsey, Komla, Whiteside, Mary, Haswell-Elkins, Melissa, Bainbridge, Roxanne, Cadet-James, Yvonne and Wilson, Andrew (2010). Empowerment and Indigenous Australian health: A synthesis of findings from family wellbeing formative research. Health and Social Care in the Community, 18 (2), 169-179. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2009.00885.x
2009
Journal Article
Adapting the Australian Public Mental Health Performance Indicators to the contextual needs of a remote area child and youth mental health service
Santhanam, Radhika, McEwan, Alexandra, Bainbridge, Roxanne, Hunter, Ernest and Haswell-Elkins, Melissa (2009). Adapting the Australian Public Mental Health Performance Indicators to the contextual needs of a remote area child and youth mental health service. Australian Indigenous Health Bulletin, 9 (1), 1-7.
Funding
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Supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Master Philosophy
Improving access to quaternary and tertiary health services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients by addressing their social, emotional and spiritual wellbeing.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Janet Xiang-Yu Hou
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Doctor Philosophy
Understanding the Role of Aboriginal Traditional Healings in Modern Day Australia
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Hayley Williams, Associate Professor Judith Dean
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Doctor Philosophy
The impact of coercive control on First Nations school-age childrens education and social and emotional wellbeing
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Nina Lansbury
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Doctor Philosophy
Rates and effects of hearing loss and middle ear dysfunction in an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adult population
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Wayne Wilson, Associate Professor Deborah Askew, Dr Geoff Spurling
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Doctor Philosophy
Exploring models of care for optimal care of acute mental health crises in Indigenous patients
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Alize Ferrari, Associate Professor Janet Xiang-Yu Hou, Professor Harvey Whiteford
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