Cairns Clinical School
Aileen Traves
- Head of Clinical School, Cairns
- aileen.traves@jcu.edu.au
Anna Vnuk
- Academic Coordinator, Cairns
- anna.vnuk@jcu.edu.au
Natalie Drever
- Senior Lecturer - Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- natalie.drever@jcu.edu.au
Sarah Russell
- Professorial Research Fellow
- sarah.russell6@jcu.edu.au
Clare Heal
- Professor, General Practice and Rural Medicine
- clare.heal@jcu.edu.au
Rachel Quigley
- Principal Research Fellow
- rachel.quigley@jcu.edu.au
Kane Langdon
- JCU Lecturer
- kane.langdon@jcu.edu.au
Val Wallace
- Research Officer, Healthy Ageing Research Team
- valda.wallace@my.jcu.edu.au
Zinat Mohammadpour
- Research Officer
- zinat.mohammadpour@jcu.edu.au
Anne Creaton
- Senior Lecturer, Medicine
- anne.creaton@jcu.edu.au
Developing culturally appropriate mental health assessment tools for older adults living in the Torres Strait (Old ID 27220)
Sarah Russell
01 Jul 2021 - 31 Aug 2026
The aim of the study is to develop culturally appropriate mental health assessment tools for older adults (e.g. aged 45 and over) living in the Torres Strait. Data from yarning circles with Torres Strait community members and health care staff will be used to identify how mental health disorders are expressed in the Torres Strait. A Delphi process will then be used to identify appropriate tools for assessing these domains of mental ill health for use in older adults in the Torres Strait. These tools will then be piloted to determine acceptability and validated for use in the Torres Strait.
Developing culturally appropriate assessments for people with dementia (Old ID 28929)
Sarah Russell
01 Apr 2022 - 31 Dec 2023
This study's aim is to develop culturally appropriate measures of anxiety and depression for older adults living with dementia in the Torres Strait. This is of significance given high rates of psychological distress identified in First Nations peoples. Outcomes from the study will (1) improve the accurate and timely diagnosis of comorbid psychological conditions in people with dementia; and (2) clarify differential diagnosis of dementia in older Torres Strait adults. Having culturally appropriate tools will facilitate equity of assessment for treatment within an underserved and disadvantaged group and ensure appropriate treatment and management within this vulnerable population of older adults.
Developing culturally appropriate tools to screen for common mental health disorders in older adults aged 45 and over living in the Torres Strait. (Old ID 27232)
Sarah Russell
10 May 2021 - 30 Oct 2022
The aim of the study is to develop culturally appropriate mental health assessment tools for older adults (e.g. aged 45 and over) living in the Torres Strait. Data from yarning circles with Torres Strait community members and health care staff will be used to identify how mental health disorders are expressed in the Torres Strait. A Delphi process will then be used to identify appropriate tools for assessing these domains of mental ill health for use in older adults in the Torres Strait. These tools will then be piloted to determine acceptability and validated for use in the Torres Strait.
HART Yarning Circle Training (Old ID 27254)
Sarah Russell
01 May 2021 - 30 Jul 2021
The aim of this grant is to provide travel assistance to members of the Healthy Ageing Research Team living in the Torres Strait attend yarning circle training in Cairns provided by Professor Yvonne Cadet-James
Exploration of the development of Self-Regulated Learning in year 4 JCU medical students in Cairns (Old ID 27304)
Anna Vnuk
15 Apr 2021 - 30 Jun 2022
In order to develop as autonomous and competent practitioners serving the rural and remote locations of FNQ, students must develop as self regulated learners (SRL), seeking and using feedback to plan and organise their learning. The exploration of their development as SRLs will be done through interviews of year 4 Cairns medical students and the transcripts will be analysed using the SRL framework of Pintrich. This foundational study will assist in helping to track the course of this development in order to plan intervention to improve competence and retention of Cairns graduates in the FNQ region.
Cairns Delirium Clinic – Evaluation Study
Sarah Russell
14 Mar 2024 - 31 Dec 2026
The aim of the present research is to; (1) document the rates of unrecognized cognitive (dementia) and psychiatric conditions (depression, PTSD, anxiety) in older adult patients who are referred to the CHHHS delirium clinic, and (2) explore patient and carer experiences of the new Delirium Clinic. Specifically, this study aims to investigate whether access to a delirium follow-up service results in better coordination of care, increased patient and carer well-being, and an improved health care system experience. 24/001391
Strengthening and enhancing the utility of a neuropsychological tool for dementia in First Nations People
Sarah Russell
01 Apr 2023 - 31 Mar 2028
This study will strengthen and enhance the utility of the KICA tool, enabling earlier and more effective diagnosis of dementia and mild neurocognitive disorder in older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Firstly, we will review and revise the current KICA tool though collaborative co-design with Elders and clinicians, and research teams who have adapted the KICA in other settings. Next, we will revise and validate a revised KICA tool with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples aged 45 years and above, sampled from 4 different sites across Australia. Lastly, we will co-design training packages and facilitate translation of the revised KICA into policy and practice.
Let's CHAT (Community Health Approaches To) Dementia in Indigenous Communities (Old ID 26413)
Rachel Quigley
01 Jun 2019 - 01 Jun 2023
This is an extension to an existing 3-year NHMRC funded Dementia Boosting Grant (APP1137425 - Improving Detection and management of dementia in older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders attending Primary Care [IDEA-PC]) stud which now received two more years funding extending the project beyond 2020 to 2021-2022 (APP1150337 - Let's CHAT). wwwww The aim of the study is to work with 12 Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service (ACCHS) co-researching agencies (3 in each of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria and Western Australia). We will work collaboratively with staff at the ACCHSs and with the community to build skills in assessing and looking after older people.
Developing culturally appropriate mental health assessment tools for older adults living in the Torres Strait (Old ID 27220)
Rachel Quigley
01 Jul 2021 - 31 Aug 2026
The aim of the study is to develop culturally appropriate mental health assessment tools for older adults (e.g. aged 45 and over) living in the Torres Strait. Data from yarning circles with Torres Strait community members and health care staff will be used to identify how mental health disorders are expressed in the Torres Strait. A Delphi process will then be used to identify appropriate tools for assessing these domains of mental ill health for use in older adults in the Torres Strait. These tools will then be piloted to determine acceptability and validated for use in the Torres Strait.
METformin for treating peripheral artery disease Related walking Impairment Trial (MERIT) (Old ID 27507)
Rachel Quigley
01 Jun 2023 - 31 May 2028
Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a very common chronic cardiovascular disease of ageing affecting approximately 1 million older Australians and causing substantial leg pain on walking (intermittent claudication), marked functional impairment, reduced quality of life (QOL) and very high risk of major adverse cardiovascular and limb events. Vulnerable populations (e.g. regional or remote, lower income and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations) have much greater PAD-related burden. Our past consultations with patients indicate that improvements in walking is their number one priority. The only widely available PAD treatment in Australia is revascularisation but this does not improve walking distance and has substantial safety concerns. Multiple lines of evidence suggest that metformin safely improves leg blood supply. MERIT is a placebo-controlled randomised trial performed across 7 sites. The importance of the trial has been endorsed by patients, Heart Foundation, Queensland Health and Australian and New Zealand Society for Vascular Surgery and Alliance for Cardiovascular Trials. If positive, MERIT will identify a cheap, safe and widely available drug to improve the function and QOL of millions of older adults worldwide who have PAD.
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