PHTM - Tropical Health

Patricia Graves

Adjunct Professorial Research Fellow
patricia.graves@jcu.edu.au

Dave Sellars

Senior Lecturer - Environmental Health
david.sellars@jcu.edu.au

Thu Nguyen

Research Fellow
thu.nguyen@jcu.edu.au

WHO Handbook for NTD Elimination Validation (Old ID 22529)

Patricia Graves - PHTM - Tropical Health

07 Mar 2016 - 15 Jul 2016

Development of a handbook to help programme managers and ad-hoc regional dossier review groups understand and follow procedures of the new NTD standardized process of validation of elimination as a public health problem, specifically as it relates to lymphatic filariasis. *Develop an outline draft of the document with WHO by 25 March *In corporate feedback from LF experts and programme managers (with support from NTD focal point WPRO) *Write content within the draft *Incorporate the template dossier and data annex into the manual *Deliver a first draft by 7 April 2016 *Review with WHO and revise according to feedback *Deliver second draft by 6 May 2016

Who’s steering the ship? A case comparison of the governance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers across Northern Australia (Old ID 26650)

Steph Topp - PHTM - Tropical Health

01 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2021

Using a qualitative cross-case design, this project will expand on current Queensland-based work to address this gap in knowledge by exploring the governance arrangements that shape the work practices of A&TSIHW across both Queensland and the Northern Territory. Continuing the first systematic work relating to A&TSIHW governance carried out in Queensland as part of a 2019 with Hot North support, this project will: a) extend the project scope and characterize both the formal and informal rules and norms that influence A&TSIHW roles in the Top End Health Service of the NT, and b) through cross-case analysis of QLD and NT data, develop new insights into the influence of different geographic, social and administrative structures on A&TSIHW performance. The outcomes are expected to support efforts to strengthen Indigenous health workforce planning across Northern Australia.

Completing the End Game: Achieving LF Elimination in the Pacific Island Countries (Old ID 22119)

Patricia Graves - PHTM - Tropical Health

01 May 2015 - 31 Oct 2017

This project will organize the lymphatic filariasis (LF) data available from Pacific Island countries to facilitate preparation of the national dossiers in collaboration with World Health Organization (WHO) for validation of their LF elimination. It will identify and showcase program best-practices and lessons learned to achieve successful LF elimination. The Pacific Program to Eliminate LF (PacELF) countries will then be used as a model for these efforts through a collaboration between James Cook University, WHO, and Nagasaki University to compile, analyze, assess and publish the data and experience of 16 years of national program activities to eliminate LF in the Pacific Island Countries (PIC).

North Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sexually Transmissable Infections Action Plan 2016-2021 - Synthesis of Key Learnings. (Old ID 27708)

Steph Topp - PHTM - Tropical Health

15 Jun 2022 - 15 Dec 2022

The project will undertake a synthesis of key learnings of the North Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sexually Transmissible Infections (STIs) Action Plan 2016-2021and related initiatives and available evidence base to inform the development, through place-based, co-design processes, of sustainable sexual health models to manage the risk of STIs to First Nations people in Northern Queensland. The project will also undertake an epidemiological analysis of STIs in Northern Queensland and develop an an evaluation framework that can be applied to the development, implementation and evaluation of sustainable sexual health models to manage the risk of STIs to First Nations people in Northern Queensland.

Sexual and Reproductive Health Co-design with Pacific Island Nation Farm Workers

Kris McBain-Rigg - PHTM - Tropical Health

17 Mar 2025 - 17 Jun 2025

Collaborating with CQU researcher Dr Haylee Fox to undertake co-design sessions in rural North Queensland with Pacific Island Farm Workers

Lowitja Foundation Grant in Support of PhD Candidate Jenifer Darr

Kris McBain-Rigg - PHTM - Tropical Health

31 Dec 2021 - 31 Dec 2023

PhD Candidate Ms Jenifer Darr received funding from the Lowitja Institute to conduct her research project on CQI in Aboriginal Community Controlled Services in Australia.

Aeromedical Retrieval of people with Acute Behavioural Disturbance in Queensland – ELEVATE Study (Phase 2)

Kris McBain-Rigg - PHTM - Tropical Health

27 Jun 2023 - 31 Dec 2026

PhD Candidate Dr Clinton Gibbs and Dr Kris McBain-Rigg will undertake interviews with staff of Aeromedical Retrieval Services throughout Queensland to explore their experiences of retrieval of patients diagnosed with Acute Behavioural Disturbances (ABD).

Aeromedical Retrieval of people with Acute Behavioural Disturbance in Queensland – ELEVATE Study

Kris McBain-Rigg - PHTM - Tropical Health

01 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2025

The aeromedical retrieval of people with Acute Behavioural Disturbance is a challenging process for a vulnerable group of patients. Due to the nature of the persons illness, the balance between providing timely access to care and risks during transfer is complex. This project aims to use a mixed methods approach to explore this patient group and the perceived challenges of their aeromedical retrieval, test current practice, identify areas for improvement and assess methods of optimising care provided before, during, and after transfer.