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Offline Order Forms
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Click here to download offline order form for Health Care and Indigenous Australians.
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PHCRED Bursaries |
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Each year, the Centre for Remote Health offers small bursaries (up to $5,000) to enable those working or involved in rural and remote primary health care in the Northern Territory to conduct research/evaluation and to disseminate findings. Early researchers are strongly encouraged to apply.
The bursary money can be used in different ways, for example to:
- prepare a research proposal to submit for a larger competitive grant
- to pay for a literature search
- to conduct a small research or evaluation project
- to collect or analyse data
- to fund 'time replacement' while doing research
- help in writing up or disseminating research findings
- contribute towards the costs of course or conference attendance (as part of a research program, or to disseminate research findings).
General practitioners, private health practitioners, nurses or other health professionals associated with a health care service, Aboriginal Health Workers, health care consumers or communities concerned about a primary health care issue are eligible to apply.
Bursaries are advertised near the beginning of each calendar year. More detailed information about the bursary scheme is posted at this time.
Contact for further information: Karen Piper (Darwin) at 08 8946 7346
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or Melissa Lindeman (Alice Springs) 89514700.
Bursary Holders of 2010
| Margaret Craig |
Pharmacist Project Officer / Academic
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Private Health Practitioner
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| Fiona Owens |
Manager Child and Youth Menrtal Health Service |
Central Australian Mental Health Service |
| Kathleen Mary Bulbrook |
Case Manager (Intern Psychologist) |
Central Australian Mental Health Service |
Example of 2010 bursary project
Fiona Owens is creating a database of suicide attempts by children and young people. Creation of the database will involve raising awareness of child suicide attempts and self-harm in primary health care services in remote communities. This should improve communication mechanisms with the health professional in these services so that a more accurate understanding of the extent and nature of this behaviour can be obtained. It is hoped that the recommendations that fall-out from the data collection will enable services to better respond to this disturbing behaviour by Children in Central Australian Remote Areas.
Bursary Holders of 2009
| Margot Webster |
Pain Service Coordinator |
Alice Springs Hospital |
| Christa Barjten-Westermann & Melissa Kean |
Early Childhood Coordinator & Nutritionist |
Tangentyere Council, Alice Springs |
| Gai Wilson |
Senior Research Fellow |
Central Australian Aboriginal Congress and University of Melbourne |
| Stephanie Davis |
Master of Applied Epidemiology Scholar |
Dept. of Health and Families, NT Centre for Disease Control, Darwin |
| Susannah Summons |
Nutrition Program Coordinator |
Sunrise Health Service Aboriginal Corporation, Katherine |
Example of 2009 bursary project
Margot Webster’s bursary is to enable her to take time out from her
full time job as a Pain Service Coordinator (physiotherapist) to conduct
a literature review (‘Culture and Pain: Could a standard pain
assessment tool be modified to be valid and appropriate amongst Central
Australian Indigenous people”). The aim of this project is to enhance
understanding of the Central Australian Indigenous person’s concept of
chronic pain & to ascertain if standard pain assessment tools have
or can be modified to reflect an Indigenous concept of chronic pain and
coping sufficiently to be useful with Central Australian Indigenous
clients.
The following table lists the individuals/groups who are holders of bursaries for 2008.
Bursary holders for 2008
Kristylee Sharp
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Occupational Therapist
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East Arnhem Aged and Disability Services, Department of Health and Community Services Nhulunbuy
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Narelle Campbell, Richard Sager & Anna Smedts
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Medical educators
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NT Clinical School, Flinders University, Darwin
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Liz McDonald
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Registered Nurse
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Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin
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Michele Dowd
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Registered Nurse (Manager ABCD Project)
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Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin
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Erica Schlemmer
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Registered Nurse
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Dept. Health & Families, NT Rehab, Darwin
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Celina Lai
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Speech Pathologist
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Dept. Health & Families, Darwin
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Carmen Ewen
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Physiotherapist
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Dept. Health & Families, Darwin
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Karen Dempsey
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Epidemiologist
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Dept. Health & Families, Darwin
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Example of 2008 bursary project
Kristylee Sharp’s bursary is to enable time out from her day-to-day job as an OT to conduct a literature review ("Extent of evidence that links traditional cultural activities to better health outcomes"), and attend a workshop ("Dilthan Yolngunha: respite and healing Yolngu way"). These activities build towards establishing a participatory research project to determine the health impact of Indigenous women’s participation in traditional cultural activities.
PHCRED Bursaries Information Sheet. Information for the 2011 Bursaries will be available in early 2011.
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"Desert Health" Partners
 
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Alice Springs Campus
Cnr Simpson & Skinner Sts
PO Box 4066
Alice Springs NT 0871
Tel: (08) 8951 4700
Fax: (08) 8951 4777
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Katherine Campus
PO Box 433
Katherine
NT 0851
Tel : (08) 8971 2758
Fax : (08) 8971 1839
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Darwin Campus
Charles Darwin University
Ellengowan Drive
Casuarina NT 0811
Tel: (08) 8946 7346
Fax: (08) 8946 6151
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