Publications
New and forthcoming publications
Clifford A, Jackson Pulver LR, Shakeshaft A, et al. Health Promotion International. (forthcoming)
Disseminating best-evidence health-care in Indigenous healthcare settings and programs in Australia.
The aim of this critical review is to describe and critique methodological aspects of interventions targeting reductions in smoking, poor nutrition, alcohol misuse and physical inactivity among Aboriginal Australians. An electronic search of 8 databases and a manual search of reference lists of identified literature reviews and the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet bibliography for intervention studies published in peer-reviewed journals from January 1990 to August 2007 were undertaken. For inclusion in the review, alcohol, smoking, nutrition or physical activity needed to be the primary focus of the study and the intervention needed to target Aboriginal Australians. Twenty studies were selected for inclusion in the review. Methodologically, few intervention studies employed randomization or a control group, most omitted important details (e.g. costs), some did not report process measures (e.g. attrition rates), and some did not use validated measures. Two-thirds of interventions were implemented at the community level and employed multiple strategies. There is a clear need for more rigorous evaluations of interventions targeting Aboriginal Australians and to establish the reliability and validity of measures to quantify their effect. There is also clear scope for increased focus on the evaluation of secondary preventive interventions to complement the current concentration of effort in primary prevention interventions. Increased efforts are required on the part of researchers and funding bodies to ensure that intervention research targeting Aboriginal Australians is methodologically rigorous and provides robust evidence, thereby informing healthcare practitioners, policy makers and Aboriginal Australian communities as to what might reasonably constitute best practice in Aboriginal health care settings.
A. Knight Jennifer, J. Comino Elizabeth & Lisa Jackson Pulver and Elizabeth Harris. Indigenous Research: A Commitment to Walking the Talk. The Gudaga Study—an Australian Case Study. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry. (forthcoming)
Increasingly, the role of health research in improving the discrepancies in health outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations in developed countries is being recognised. Along with this comes the recognition that health research must be conducted in a manner that is culturally appropriate and ethically sound. Two key documents have been produced in Australia, known as The Road Map and The Guidelines, to provide theoretical and philosophical direction to the ethics of Indigenous health research. These documents identify research themes considered critical to improving the health of the nation’s Indigenous peoples. They also provide values that, from an Indigenous perspective, are foundational to an ethical research process. This paper examines these research themes and values within the context of a current longitudinal birth cohort study of Indigenous infants and children in south-west Sydney: the Gudaga Study. Considerable time and effort have been invested in being true to the values stated in these documents: reciprocity; respect; equality; responsibility; survival and protection; and spirit and integrity. We have learnt that it is vital to be true to these values when conducting Indigenous health research—to quite literally “walk the talk”.
Biomedical Ethics in Applied Ethics
Matthews A, Jackson Pulver LR, and Ring IT. Strengthening the link between policy formulation and implementation of Indigenous health policy directions.
Australian health review : a publication of the Australian Hospital Association 32(4):613-25, 2008 Nov
This study aimed to understand the problems within the Indigenous health policy process in Australia and how weaknesses in the process impact on policy implementation. Using semi-structured questions, 23 key stakeholders in the policy-making process were interviewed. Three main themes dominated; a need for increased Indigenous involvement in policy formulation at the senior Australian Government level, increased participation of Indigenous community-controlled health organisations in the policy-making process and, most importantly, ensuring that policies have the necessary resources for their implementation. The emergence of these specific themes demonstrated weaknesses in policy process from the formulation stage onward. Tackling these would, according to our informants, significantly enhance the effectiveness of the policy process and contribute to further improvement of the health of Indigenous Australians.
Peer-reviewed journal publications
Blignault I & Ritchie J. 'Revealing the wood and the trees: reporting qualitative research.' Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 2009: 20(2): 140-145.
Ritchie J*, Zwi AB, Blignault I*, Bunde-Birouste A, Silove D. 'Insider-outsider positions in health-development research: reflections for practice.' Development in Practice, 2009: 19(1): 106-112.
Matthews A, Jackson Pulver LR*, Ring IT. 'Strengthening the link between policy formulation and implementation of Indigenous health policy directions.' Australian Health Review, November 2008; 32(4): 613-625.
Durie A, Hill P, Arkles R*, Gilles M, Peterson K, Wearne S, Canuto C, Jackson Pulver L*. 'Overseas-trained doctors in Indigenous rural health services: negotiating professional relationships across cultural domains.' Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2008: 32(6): 512-518.
Jackson Pulver LR* & Fitzpatrick S*. 'Beyond Sorry - the first steps in laying claim to a future that embraces all Australians.' MJA, 2008; 188(10): 556-558.
Jackson Pulver LR* & Immerman H OAM. 'What's new in the Shalom Gamarada Ngiyani Yana residential scholarship?' MJA, 2008; 188(10): 593.
Arkles RS*, Hill PS & Jackson Pulver LR*. 'Overseas-trained doctors in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health services: many unanswered questions.' MJA, 2007; 186 (10): 528-530.
Comino E, Titmus A, Harris E, Craig P, Jackson Pulver LR*. 'Identification of Aboriginal infants at an urban hospital.' Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2007; 43(9) 623.
Jackson Pulver LR*. 'We walk together as friends: the Shalom Gamarada Ngiyani Yana residential scholarship program.' MJA, 2007; 186(10): 551.
Sullivan E, Blignault I*, Duncan S and Jackson Pulver LR*. 'The Graniators support group program.' International U Health Promotion & Education Supplement 2007 (2): 24-5.
Graham S, Jackson Pulver LR*, Wang YA, Kelly PM, Laws PJ, Grayson N, Sullivan EA. 'The urban-remote divide for Indigenous perinatal outcomes.' MJA, 2007: 186(10): 509-512.
Anderson I, Crengle S, Leialoha Karnaka M, Chen T, Palafox N, Jackson Pulver L*. 'Indigenous health in Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific.' The Lancet, May 2006; 367: 1775-1785.
Baker A, Ivers RG, Bowman J, Butler T, Kay-Lambkin FJ, Wye P, Walsh RA, Jackson Pulver L*, Richmond R, Belcher J, Wilhelm K, Wodak A. 'Where there's smoke, there's fire: high prevalence of smoking among some sub-populations and recommendations for intervention.' Drug and Alcohol Review, January 2006; 25: 89-96.
Gray D, Jackson Pulver L*, Saggers S, Waldon J*. 'Addressing indigenous substance misuse and related harms.' Editorial. Drug and Alcohol Review, May 2006: 25: 183-188.
Kingwell B, Anderson G, Duckett SJ, Hoole EA, Jackson-Pulver LR*, Khachigian LM, Morris ME, Roder DM, Rothwell-Short J, Wilson A for the NHMRC. 'Evaluation of NHMRC funded research completed in 1992, 1997 and 2003: gains in knowledge, health and wealth.' MJA, 2006; 184(6): 282-286.
Supramaniam R, Grindley H, Jackson Pulver L*. 'Cancer mortality in Aboriginal people in New South Wales, Australia, 1994-2002.' Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2006: 30 (5): 453-6.
Rissel C, Jackson Pulver LR*, Wise M. 'Advancing Indigenous health: Editorial.' Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 2004: 15(3):179-80.
Rose M, Jackson Pulver LR*. 'Providing Aboriginal Health Workers with qualifications to match their health promotion roles.' Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 2004: 15(3): 240-4.
Jackson Pulver LR*, Fitzpatrick SA*. 'Sitting round the table of rights-based reconciliation: a health perspective.' Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 2004:15(3): 193-9.
Whelan AM, Arkles RS*, Dewdney J, Zwi AB. 'International Movement of Skilled Health Professionals: Ethical Policy Challenges for Developed Nations.' Harvard Health Policy Review. 2004, 5(2): 97-111.
Arkles RS*, Whelan A, Dewdney J, Zwi A. 'The Health Brain Drain: Moving Forward with Innovative and Proactive Solutions.' Rapid Responses BMJ 17, September, 2004.
Jackson Pulver LR*, Bush A, Ward JE. 'An analysis to determine the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women using an urban obstetric hospital.' Australian Health Review, 2003: 26(2): 19-25.
Rissel C, Campbell F, Ashley B, Jackson LR*, 'Driver road rule knowledge and attitudes towards cyclists', AJ Primary Health, 2002; 8(2): 66-9.
Jackson LR*, Bourke H, Mayne D. 'The Far West Well Persons Health Check', Public Health Bulletin, June 2001; 12(6): 152-5.
Jackson LR*, Ward JE. 'An analysis of materials for Indigenous women in NSW about cervical screening', Aust NZ J Public Health, 2000; 24: 327-30.
Jackson LR*, Ward JE. 'Aboriginal health: why is reconciliation necessary?' MJA, 1999; 170: 437-40.
Peer-Reviewed abstracts and conference proceeding publications
Blignault I*, Short A, Eisenbruch M, Ebner T. 'Translation is not enough; medium is important and dissemination is critical.' Provision of health services information to Chinese, Russian and Greek patients at St Vincent's Hospital and Sydney Hospital/Sydney Eye Hospital., 2004, UNSW Centre for Culture and Health.
Eisenbruch M, Blignault I*, Arrage N, Berthoud D, Boon L, Di Campli C, Kakakios M, Leneghan S. 2003. 'Health Care Interpreters: A Review of the Literature.'
Wootton R, Blignault I*, Cignoli J. 'A national survey of telehealth activity in Australian hospitals.' Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 2003, 9 (Supp 2): 73-75.
Wootton R, Blignault I*. 'Guidelines for Telepsychiatry and e-Mental Health.' In R. Wootton, P Yellowlees & P McLaren (eds), Telepsychiatry and e- Mental Health. London: Royal Society of Medicine, 2003: 293-303.
Watson J, Gasser L, Blignault I* & Collins R. 'Taking telehealth to the bush: Lessons from north Queensland'. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 2001, 7(6), (Supp 2): 20-23.
Lessing K, Blignault I*. 'Mental health telemedicine programmes in Australia.', Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 2001, 7(6): 317-323.
Kennedy C, Blignault I*, Hornsby D & Yellowlees P. 'Videoconferencing in the Queensland health service.' Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 2001, 7(5): 266-271.
Blignault I*. 'Multipoint videoconferencing in health: A review of three years' experience in Queensland, Australia'. Telemedicine Journal, 2000, 6(2) : 269-274.
Blignault I*. 'Telehealth as a means of supporting primary care'. Proceedings from the National Health Online Summit. Canberra: National Health Information Management Advisory Council, 2000.
Hornsby D, Blignault I*, Kennedy C. 'Telehealth in Profile Vol. 1: A Synopsis of Telehealth Evaluations in Queensland.' Queensland
Telemedicine Network, 2000.
Hornsby D, Blignault I*, Kennedy C. 'Telehealth in Profile Vol. 2: Key Issues and Recommendations from Telehealth Evaluations in
Queensland.' Queensland Telemedicine Network, 2000.
Blignault I*, Kennedy C. 'Training for telemedicine'. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare,1999, 5(Supp 1): 112-114.
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Blignault I*. Snook V. Towards a national approach to telehealth evaluation: The work of the Australian New Zealand Telehealth Committee.' HIC 99 Conference Proceedings. (CD-ROM).
Blignault I*, Kennedy C, Yellowlees P. 'From flying doctors to teleconsultation'. Proceedings of the 1999 Annual HIMSS Conference, 1999, Vol 4: 139-148.
Yellowlees P, Kennedy C, Blignault I*. 'Protocols and Guidelines for Telehealth Applications Version 2.' Queensland Telemedicine Network, 1999.
Jackson LR*, Ward JE.
'A decade of Aboriginal health in the Medical Journal of Australia (MJA): how can we improve?' Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Bulletin, Issue 6, November. 1999.
Jackson LR*, Ward JE
'Identification of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women having babies in the King George V Hospital.' Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Bulletin, Issue 6, November, 1999.
Jackson LR*. 'Levels of evidence as culturally appropriate assessment.' Proceedings of the National Aboriginal Health Promotion Network,
University of Sydney. 1998.
Whitehall J, Blignault I*, French C, Carson V & Patole, S. 'Telemedicine in neonatology: Lessons from North Queensland', Australian Journal of Rural Health, 1998, 6: 140-143.
Trott P & Blignault I*. 'Cost evaluation of a telepsychiatry service in northern Queensland', Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 1998, 4(Supp 1): 66-68.
Blignault I*, Ryder C. 'Abstinence and alcohol use among urban Aborigines in Western Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 1997, 16: 365-371.
Bacon V, Blignault I*. 'Minu-Warni Project (Together Learning): Report and Evaluation.' Perth: Western Australia Alcohol & Drug Authority, 1995.
Blignault I*. 'Getting on top of the grog'. Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, 1995, 19(1): 30-32.
Blignault I*. 'Learning from non-drinkers: A study of alcohol use and abstinence among Aboriginal people in Perth'. Perth: Department of
General Practice, The University of Western Australia, 1994.
Blignault I*, Ryder C. 'Getting on Top of the Grog: A study of Alcohol Use and Abstinence among Aborigines in Carnarvon.' Perth: Department of General Practice, The University of Western Australia, 1994.
Jackson LR*, Bond PL. 'Influencing Patterns of Health: Words and the power of suggestion.' Proceedings of the World Congress on Cancer, Australia. 1994: 205-10.
Jackson LR*. 'The use of drawing as a therapeutic metaphor'. Proceedings of the International Trauma Conference, Australia. 1993: 27-35.
Chalmers E, Blignault *I, Hornby B. 'Screening for hazardous and harmful drinking in general hospital inpatients.' Monograph of the Australian Association of Clinical Biochemist, 1991: 34-36.
Connolly J, Blignault I*, Barblett A, Allsop S. 'Drinksafe Women's Manual.' Perth: Health Department of Western Australia, 1990.
Lenton S, Blignault I*, Hopkins C, Cooke A. 'The Drinker's Guide to Cutting Down and Cutting Out,' Perth: Western Australia Alcohol & Drug Authority, 1989.
Lenton S, Blignault I*, Hopkins C, Ryder D. 'Alcohol Problems and Minimal Intervention.' Perth: Curtin University of Technology, National Centre for Research into The Prevention of Drug Abuse, 1989.
Lenton S, Blignault I*, Hopkins C, Ryder D. 'Multivariate data and Type I error.' British Journal of Addiction, 1989, 84(4): 441.
Chalmers E, Blignault, I*, Hornby B. 'Alcohol and drug use in orthopaedic inpatients.' Australian Drug and Alcohol Review, 1988, 1: 141-146.
Alexander K, Blignault I*. 'The establishment and evaluation of an alcohol and drug group for women in Darwin', Drug Education Journal of Australia, 1988, 21(1): 43-54.
Bammer G, Blignault I*. 'More than a pain in the arms: A review of the consequences of developing occupational overuse syndromes (OOSs).' The Journal of Occupational Health and Safety : Australia and New Zealand, 1988, 4(5): 389- 397.
Parker G, Blignault I* & Manicavasagar V. 'Neurotic depression: Delineation of symptom profiles and their relation to outcome.' British Journal of Psychiatry, 1988, 52: 15-23.
Barnett B, Blignault I*, Holmes S, Payne A, Parker G. 'Quality of attachment in a sample of 1-year-old Australian children.' American Academic of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1987, 26(3): 303-307.
Bammer G, Blignault I*. 'A review of research on repetitive strain injuries (RSI). In Musculoskeletal Disorders at Work', Proceedings of a Conference held at the University of Surrey, Guildford 13-15 April 1987: 118-123.
Parker G, Brown L, Blignault I*. 'Coping behaviours as predictors of the course of clinical depression.' Archives of General Psychiatry, 1986, 43: 561-565.
Parker G & Blignault I*. 'Psychosocial predictors of outcome in those with untreated depressive disorder.' Journal of Affective Disorders, 1985, 8: 73-81.
Parker G, Tennant C, Blignault I*. 'Predicting improvement in patients with non-endogenous depressive disorders.' British Journal of Psychiatry, 1985, 146: 132- 139.
Parker G, Bradshaw G, Blignault I*. 'Dysfunctional attitudes: Measurement, significant constructs and links with depression.' Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavia,1984, 70: 90-96.
Parker G, Blignault I*. 'A comparative study of neurotic depression in symptomatic volunteers.' Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 1983, 17(1): 74- 81.
Blignault I*, Brown LB. 'Locus of control and contraceptive knowledge, attitudes and practice.' British Journal of Medical Psychology, 1979, 52: 239-345.
Public Domain Reports and Inquiries
Fitzpatrick S*, Greer S, Jackson Pulver LR*. Submissions 57 & 57A. 'Overcoming Indigenous disadvantage in New South Wales.' Final report. Standing Committee on Social Issues. Sydney, NSW, 2008.
Jackson Pulver LR*, Harris E, Waldon J. Chapter 9, 'Australia and New Zealand', in An Overview of Current Knowledge of the Social Determinant of Indigenous Health commissioned by the Commission on Social Determinants of Health, World Health Organisation, 2007.
Arkles, R*, Guthrie, J, Sutherland, S, Dance, P, Dejanovic, A*, McDermott, D*, Jackson Pulver, L*. 'Barawul Yana: Better strategies for the recruitment, retention and support of Indigenous medical students in Australia.' Muru Marri Indigenous Health Unit Monograph Series, September 2007.
Jackson Pulver LR*, Fitzpatrick S*, Telford E on behalf of the Women's Reconciliation Network. Senate Legal and Constitutional References Committee Inquiry: Progress towards national reconciliation, 4 April 2003.
Jackson Pulver LR*, Butler T. 'Self Harm in the NSW Correctional Facilities.' 2000.
Jackson LR*, Bourke H, Lyle D. 'Community need: a report of the Far West Well Person's Health Check.' 2000.
Jackson LR*. 'Community report of the Far West Well Person's Health Check.' 2000.
Jackson LR*, Ward JE.' A decade of Aboriginal Health: where are we now?' 1999.
Jackson LR*, Ward JE. 'Community report of the study : Identification of Indigenous women in an urban obstetrics hospital: why we need a national awareness campaign?' 1999.
Jackson LR*, Ward JE. 'Bunga Buruk: A resource for the CSAHS of Aboriginal health statistics 1999.' Central Sydney Area Health Service.
Books
Fitzpatrick S* (Editor).
'Success Stories in Indigenous Health.' Sydney: Australians for Native Title & Reconciliation (ANTaR), 2007.
Manuscripts in press and under development
Jackson Pulver L*, Fitzpatrick S*, Ritchie J*, Norrie M, Kennedy G, Windt U and the Wuchopperen Health Service. Evaluation of the ‘Filling the Gap’ Indigenous Dental Program.
Arkles R*, Jackson Pulver L*, Broe, GA*, Robertson H*, Draper, B. Cognition, dementia and ageing in Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples: A Review of the Literature. Muru Marri Indigenous Health Unit Monograph Series, MMIHU and the Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute.
Knight J, Comino E, Harris E, Jackson Pulver L*, Anderson C, Craig P. Chapter X. The Gudaga Project: Researching with our local Aboriginal community. In: Williamson, A. & DeSouza, R. (2008). Researching with Communities. Auckland, NZ: Muddy Creek Press.
Jackson Pulver LR*, Craig P, 'Telling stories of how we cope: The urban Australian environment and the hungry'.