c make over, a rewrite of the user manual and training program, and improvements relating to the KMMS on electronic medical record systems.
Emma Carlin, Sarah J. Blondell, Yvonne Cadet-James, Sandra Campbell, Melissa Williams, Catherine Engelke, Des Taverner, Rhonda Marriott, Karen Edmonds, David Atkinson and Julia V. Marley. Study protocol: Improving mental health screening for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander pregnant women and mothers of young children. BMC Public Health 2019; 9: 1521. Available from: https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-019-7845-3
Emma Carlin, David Atkinson and Julia V Marley. ‘Having a Quiet Word’: Yarning with Aboriginal Women in the Pilbara Region of Western Australia about Mental Health and Mental Health Screening during the Perinatal Period. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16: 4253. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16214253
Emma Carlin, Erica Spry, David Atkinson, Julia V Marley. Why validation is not enough: setting the scene for the implementation of the Kimberley Mum’s Mood Scale. PloS ONE 2020;15(6):e0234346. Available from: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/authors?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0234346
Emma Carlin, Kimberley H. Seear, Katherine Ferrari, Erica Spry, David Atkinson, Julia V. Marley. Risk and resilience: a mixed methods investigation of Aboriginal Australian women’s perinatal mental health screening assessments. Social Psychiatry Psychiatric Epidemiology (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-020-01986-7.
Protocol Study Paper – peer reviewed publication (613 KB)
‘Having a quiet word’ – peer reviewed publication (290 KB)
‘Having a quiet word’ – plain language report for community (129 KB)
‘Having a quiet word’ – plain language report for staff (130 KB)
‘Why validation is not enough’ – peer reviewed publication (635 MB)
‘Why validation is not enough’ – plain language report for community (110 KB)
‘Why validation is not enough’ – plain language report for staff (109 KB)
‘Risk and Resilience’ – peer reviewed publication (487 KB)
‘Risk and Resilience’ – plain language report for community (130 KB)
‘Risk and Resilience’ – plain language report for staff (106 KB)
- Emma Carlin, Research Fellow, RCSWA
- Katherine Ferrari, KMMS Project Officer, KAMS
- Diana Jans, KMMS Research Project Officer, Apunipima Cape York Health Council, Cairns
- Professor David Atkinson, RCSWA
- A/Professor Julia Marley, RCSWA
- A/Professor Mark Wenitong, Apunipima Cape York Health Council, Cairns
- Professor Karen Edmond, Unicef and University of Western Australia
- Dr Ernest Hunter, James Cook University, Cairns
- Dr Catherine Engelke, Rural Clinical School of WA, WA Country Health Service – Kimberley, Kununurra
- Professor Rhonda Marriott, Murdoch University, WA Department of Health, Perth
- Dr Sandra Campbell, James Cook University, Cairns
- Dr Stephanie Trust, Kununurra Medical, Kununurra
- A/Professor Murray Chapman, Abbotsford Psychiatry, Perth
- Ms Janet de San Miguel, KAMS, Broome
- Dr Emma Griffiths, KAMS and RCSWA, Broome
- A/Professor Rubin, Apunipima Cape York Health Council, Cairns
- Dr Karla Canuto, Apunipima Cape York Health Council, Cairns
- Ms Melissa Williams, WA Country Health Service – Kimberley, Broome
- Dr David Cutts, WA Country Health Service – Pilbara
- Dr Sarah McEwan, WA Country Health Service – Pilbara
- Dr Kylee Cox, WA Country Health Service – Central Office, Perth
- Donna Stephen, KAMS
- Jayne Kotz, Murdoch University, Perth
- Dr Sharon Evans, RCSWA, Perth
Bringing Cultural ways and healing into mental health and wellbeing systems to better serve the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities. UWA in partnership with KAMS are working towards empowering access and outcomes for Kimberley Aboriginal people by developing, implementing and evaluating a new or improved model of SEWB & MH care for the ACCHS. More detail can be found at: https://timhwb.org.au/.
Project Staff: Zaccariah Cox, Aboriginal Wellbeing Research Officer; Emma Carlin, Senior Research Officer
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