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Professor Kathleen Clapham
Education:
Doctor of Philosophy
University of Sydney, 1990
Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
University of Sydney, 1981
Contact Details:
Brief Introduction:
Kathleen is a descendent of the Murrawarri people of New South Wales. She has a PhD in Anthropology and has worked in higher education and research since 1985, specialising in Indigenous health research and education for the past 12 years.
Kathleen commenced in the position of Director of Woolyungah Indigenous Centre in June 2007. Prior to this she worked as Senior Research Fellow at The George Institute for International Health (2003-2007). From 1995 to 2002 she held leadership positions in Indigenous health at The University of Sydney, including the position of Head of Yooroang Garang: School of Indigenous Health Studies.
She has a strong record of leadership in Indigenous health teaching. Her current research interests include injury prevention in Indigenous communities; Indigenous community development; health and social disadvantage; and Indigenous health workforce development. The focus of her present research is the development of resiliency based interventions to prevent injury among Aboriginal children and youth in NSW.
Overview:
• Extensive experience in collaborative and multidisciplinary research teams.
• Extensive publications in Indigenous health.
• Teaching experience at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
• Policy development at State and National government level (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Teaching:
Kathleen is the coordinator of the Aboriginal Studies Honours Program which will be offered for the first time in 2008. Her current teaching interests include Indigenous health and community development; Indigenous Injury Prevention; Race and Health inequalities.
Research Interests:
Research interests include:
• Injury prevention and safety promotion in Aboriginal communities;
• Health and social disadvantage
• Indigenous health workforce development.
Kathleen is currently involved in a number of large National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) funded research projects. She is first named investigator on Safe Koori Kids: Community Based Approaches to Injury Prevention, a 3 year study (2006-8) which involves the development of a school and community based intervention to prevent injury to Aboriginal children and youth in South West Sydney. She is one of a team of Chief Investigators on large NSW cohort study of Aboriginal child health, Study of Environment on Aboriginal Resilience and Child Health (SEARCH).
Other current projects include, the Evaluation of the Blacktown Aboriginal Safety Promotion Program funded by NSW Health and the Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW; and a capacity building project Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention Program for Rural and Remote Aboriginal Health and Community Workers which is being carried out in collaboration with The George Institute for International Health, Yooroang Garang; School of Indigenous Health Studies and the Bourke Aboriginal Medical service.
From 2005-6 she was a Team Investigator on an NHMRC Population Health Capacity Building Grant in Injury Prevention, Trauma and Rehabilitation (ITR), which is a collaborative program auspiced by the NSW Injury Risk Management Research Centre, The University of New South Wales (UNSW); The George Institute for International Health, University of Sydney (USyd); Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute (UNSW); the School of Public Health and Community Medicine (UNSW); and the Rehabilitation Studies Unit (USyd). Kathleen is a co-author of the report, Injury Prevention Activity Among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, which informed the development of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Safety Promotion Strategy.
Professional Information:
• 2007: Director, Woolyungah Indigenous Centre, University of Wollongong.
• 2004 - 2007: Senior Research Fellow, Injury Prevention Program, The George
Institute for International Health.
• 2003: Visiting Fellow, Institute for International Health.
• 1999-2002: Senior Lecturer and Head of School, Yooroang Garang: School of Indigenous Health Studies, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney.
Awards:
Publications:
in edited books
Clapham K, O’Dea K, Chenhall R. Interventions and Sustainable Programs. Carson B, Dunbar T, Chenhall R, Bailie R. Social Determinants of Indigenous Health. Sydney: Allen and Unwin 2007. Pp 271-295.
peer-review journals
Clapham K, Stevenson M, Sing KL. Injury profiles of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in New South Wales. Medical Journal of Australia 2006;184 (5): 217-220.
http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/184_05_060306/contents_060306.html
Clapham KF, Di Gregorio K, Dawson A, Hughes I. The Community as Pedagogy: Innovations in Indigenous Health Worker Education. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management 1997; 19 (1): 35-43.
Clapham KF. Experiencing Occupational Rehabilitation in NSW: Non-English Speaking Background women's views. Australian Journal of Social Issues 1994; 29 (1) 26-43.
reports
Clapham K, Khavarpour F, Ivers R, Stevenson, M. An Evaluation of the Lismore Driver Education Program ‘On the Road’. Attorney General’s Department of NSW. November 2005. This report presents the findings of an evaluation of an Aboriginal road safety program targeting unlicensed drivers in the Far North Coast region of NSW.
http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/cpd/ll_cpd.nsf/pages/CPD_projects#driver
Clapham, K. Injury Prevention Activity among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. Volume 2: Programs, Projects and Actions. Prepared for Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing. 2004
http://www.health.gov.au/pubhlth/strateg/injury/publications.htm
Clapham K, Kinchela J. What Health Science Students Learn About Indigenous Health. Sydney: College of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney 2005.
Carrick S, Clapham K, Paul C, Plant A. Redman S. Breast Cancer and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women. Sydney: National Breast Cancer Centre (NBCC) 1996.
http://www.nbcc.org.au/resources/documents/BCA_Breast_cancer_and_aboriginal.pdf
published conference proceedings
Clapham K, Khavarpour F, Stevenson M. Researching the Safety of children and youth in urban communities: An Indigenous perspective (Stream: Researching communities, neighbourhoods and families) Proceedings of the Australian Consortium for Social and Political Research, Inc. (ACSPRI) Social Sciences Methodology Conference. Sydney: The University of Sydney 2006. http://www.acspri.org.au/conference2006//proceedings/
Khavarpour F, Clapham K, Stevenson M. Issues and Challenges In Aboriginal Community Based Intervention Research (Stream: Designing Qualitative Research). Proceedings of the Australian Consortium for Social and Political Research, Inc. (ACSPRI) Social Sciences Methodology Conference. Sydney: The University of Sydney 2006. http://www.acspri.org.au/conference2006//proceedings/
Moller J, Clapham K. Joint Presentation on National Indigenous Injury Prevention Activity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Injury Prevention Workshop. Proceedings of the 1st Asia-Pacific Injury Prevention Conference and 7th National Conference on Injury Prevention and Control. Perth, AIPN 2003. http://www.nphp.gov.au/workprog/atsiipac/workshopreport.pdf
What Health Science Students Learn About Indigenous Health. Platform Presentation delivered at the University of Sydney College of Health Sciences, Ed Health Conference, Terrigal, 2003.
http://www.chs.usyd.edu.au/edhealth2003/docs/abstracts/32_Clapham.pdf
http://www.chs.usyd.edu.au/edhealth2003/ppt/Clapham_%20indigenous%2
0health_files/frame.htm
Clapham K, Gosden D. Education and Indigenous Health in a Globalised World. Proceedings of the AARE Conference. Freemantle: Notre Dame University 2001. http://www.aare.edu.au/01pap/cla01442.htm
Clapham K, Williams S, Gosden D. Empowerment of Indigenous Health Workers in urban settings in South-Eastern Australia. Proceedings of the 1st International Congress on Health and Urban Environments. Madrid, Spain 1998.
Clapham K, Dawson A, Bursill L. King P. Androgyny and Aboriginal Learning Styles. Proceedings of the Fourth World Indigenous People’s Conference (WIPC:E). Albuquerque 1996.
http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/1a/48/60.pdf
• Competitive Grants:
2007-8
Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention Program for Rural and Remote Aboriginal Health and Community Workers. $86,000
Investigators:
Clapham K, Khavarpour F, Lyford M, Johnson J.
Funding Body:
Department of Health and Ageing, Injury Prevention Community Grants Program
Collaboration:
The George Institute for International Health
Yooroang Garang: School of Indigenous Health Studies, The University of Sydney
Bourke Aboriginal Health Service
2006-8
Safe Koori Kids: Community Based Approaches to Indigenous Injury Prevention. $579,650
Investigators:
Clapham K, Khavarpour F, Stevenson M.
Funding Body:
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).
Collaboration:
The University of Wollongong
Yooroang Garang: School of Indigenous Health Studies, The University of Sydney
The George Institute for International Health
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2005-6
Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion for urban Aboriginal children and youth in South Western Sydney. $20,000
Investigators:
Clapham K, Khavarpour F, Stevenson M.
Funding Body:
Australian Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS).
Collaboration:
The George Institute for International Health
Yooroang Garang: School of Indigenous Health Studies, The University of Sydney
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2005-2010
SEARCH – Study of Environment on Aboriginal Resilience and Child Health. $2,500,000
Investigators:
Craig J, Taylor R, Bailey S, Banks S, Cass A,
Clapham K, Daniels J, Eades S, Kippax S, Parker A, Raphael B, Redman S, Vincent F.
Funding Body:
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) A Health Start to Life Program
Collaboration:
The University of Sydney
Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council
Aboriginal Medical Service, Redfern
Tharawal Aboriginal Medical Service
Daruk Aboriginal Medical Service
Illawarra Aboriginal Medical Service
Riverina Aboriginal Medical and Dental Service
Sax Institute
The George Institute for International Health
NSW Health
University of New South Wales
Aboriginal Education Consultative Group
Rio Tinto Foundation
The University of Wollongong
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2004-5
What Health Science Students Learn About Indigenous Health. $34,786
Investigators:
Clapham K
Funding Body:
College of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney.
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1998-1999
An Investigation into The Role Of Aboriginal Health Workers in NSW and Perceptions of their Role by Aboriginal Health Workers And Other Health Professionals. $26,000
Investigators:
Clapham K, Williams S.
Funding Body:
Australian Research Council (ARC) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Researcher Development Program.
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1998-2000
Review of Aboriginal Injury Prevention in New South Wales and Implications for Aboriginal Health Workers. $28,000
Investigators:
Clapham K.
Funding Body:
University of Sydney Research Grants Program.
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2007 NSW Health and Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW Evaluation Of The Blacktown Aboriginal Safety Promotion Program.
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2005 Attorney General’s Department of NSW.
Evaluation of Lismore Driver Education Program ‘On the Road’ Program.
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2003 Australian Department of Health and Ageing,
Review of injury prevention activities in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
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2003 Solomon Islands Department of Health.
Development of a fully costed plan for the information, education and communication (IEC) partnership activities to be implemented in the two pilot provinces of Makira and Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands
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1995 National Breast Cancer Centre (NBCC).
Survey of Education and Training of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers.
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