Areas of expertise

• Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Health 111701
• Primary Health Care 111717
• Clinical Nursing: Primary (Preventative) 111002
• Epidemiology 111706
• Health And Community Services 111708
• Public Health And Health Services Not Elsewhere Classified 111799

Research interests

Biography

Researcher's projects

Publications

• Banks, E, Haynes, A, Lovett, R et al. 2023, 'Output-orientated policy engagement: a model for advancing the use of epidemiological evidence in health policy', Health Research Policy and Systems, vol. 21, no. 6.
• Brinckley, M, Jones, R, Batterham, P et al. 2022, 'The development and validation of a family functioning measure for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults', BMC Public Health, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 1-11.
• Bourke, S, Chapman, J, Jones, R et al. 2022, 'Developing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural indicators: an overview from Mayi Kuwayu, the National Study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing', International Journal for Equity in Health, vol. 21, no. 109, pp. 1-13.
• Wright, A, Davis, V, Bourke, S et al. 2022, 'Contextualising measures of everyday discrimination experienced by Aboriginal peoples: A place-based analysis from central Australia', Journal of Rural Studies, vol. 96, pp. 53-63.
• Brinckley, M, Bourke, S, Watkin Lui, F et al. 2022, 'Knowledge translation in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research contexts in Australia: scoping review protocol', BMJ Open, vol. 12, no. 7, pp. 1-6.
• Barrett, E, Maddox, R, Thandrayen, J et al. 2022, 'Clearing the air: underestimation of youth smoking prevalence associated with proxy-reporting compared to youth self-report', BMC Medical Research Methodology, vol. 22, no. 1.
• Heris, C, Lovett, R, Barrett, E et al. 2022, 'Deadly declines and diversity, understanding the variations in regional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smoking prevalence', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, vol. 46, no. 5, pp. 558-561.
• Thurber, K, Brinckley, M, Jones, R et al. 2022, 'Population-level contribution of interpersonal discrimination to psychological distress among Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults, and to Indigenous non-Indigenous inequities: cross-sectional analysis of a community-controlled First N', Lancet, vol. 400, no. 10368, pp. 2084-2094.
• Lovett, R & Brinckley, M 2021, 'Community level cultural connectedness and suicide by young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people', Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 214, no. 11, pp. 511-512.
• Carroll, S, Akee, R, Chung, P et al. 2021, 'Indigenous Peoples' Data During COVID-19: From External to Internal', Frontiers in Sociology, vol. 6, pp. 1-8.
• Riley, T, Anderson, N, Lovett, R et al. 2021, 'One health in indigenous communities: A critical review of the evidence', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 18, no. 21.
• Backholer, K, Baum, F, Finlay, S et al. 2021, 'Australia in 2030: what is our path to health for all?', Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 214, no. S8, pp. S5-S40.
• Maher, B, Guthrie, J, Sturgiss, E et al. 2021, 'Defining collective capability in Australian evaluations that are conducted by, for and with Indigenous peoples for health programmes, policies and services: A concept analysis protocol', BMJ Open, vol. 11, no. 10.
• Brinckley, M, Calabria, B, Walker, J et al. 2021, 'Reliability, validity, and clinical utility of a culturally modified Kessler scale (MK-K5) in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population', BMC Public Health, vol. 21, no. 1, p. 15.
• Riley, T, Lovett, R, Banks, E et al. 2021, 'Markers of chronic disease risk in a cohort of Aboriginal children: findings from the Study of Environment on Aboriginal Resilience and Child Health (SEARCH)', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, vol. 45, no. 6, pp. 637-642.
• Cohen, R, Maddox, R, Sedgwick, M et al. 2021, 'Tobacco related attitudes and behaviours in relation to exposure to the tackling indigenous smoking program: Evidence from the Mayi Kuwayu study', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 18, no. 20, pp. 1-17.
• Thurber, K, Banks, E, Joshy, G et al. 2021, 'Tobacco smoking and mortality among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults in Australia', International Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 50, no. 3, pp. 942-954.
• Thurber, K, Colonna, E, Jones, R et al. 2021, 'Prevalence of Everyday Discrimination and Relation with Wellbeing among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Adults in Australia', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 18, no. 12.
• Eckford-Williamson, B, Prehn, J, Walter, M et al. 2021, 'Indigenous Peoples and the Australian census: value, trust, and participation', Australian Population Studies, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 1-14.
• Barrett, E, Marmor, A, Maddox, R et al. 2021, '934 Prevalence by proxy: Estimating youth smoking prevalence using nationally representative household surveys', International Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 50, no. 1, p. 1.
• Thurber, K, Thandrayen, J, Maddox, R et al. 2021, 'Reflection on modern methods: statistical, policy and ethical implications of using age-standardized health indicators to quantify inequities', International Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 51, no. 1, pp. 324.
• Thurber, K, Walker, J, Batterham, P et al. 2021, 'Developing and validating measures of self-reported everyday and healthcare discrimination for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults', International Journal for Equity in Health, vol. 20, 14.
• Wright, A, Yap, M, Jones, R et al. 2021, 'Examining the associations between Indigenous Rangers, Culture and Wellbeing in Australia, 2018-2020', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 18, no. 6, pp. 1-20.
• Walter, M, Lovett, R, Maher, B et al. 2020, 'Indigenous Data Sovereignty in the era of Big Data and Open Data', Australian Journal of Social Issues, vol. 56, no. 2, pp. 143-156.
• Thurber, K, Colonna, E, Wells, S et al. 2020, 'Data for action: The Family and Community Safety for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples (FaCtS) Study', Australian Aboriginal Studies, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 1-10.
• Agostino, J, Wong, D, Paige, E et al. 2020, 'Cardiovascular disease risk assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults aged under 35 years: a consensus statement', Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 212, no. 9, pp. 422-427.
• Hudson, M, Garrison, N, Sterling, R et al. 2020, 'Rights, interests and expectations: Indigenous perspectives on unrestricted access to genomic data', Nature Reviews: Genetics, vol. 21, no. 6, pp. 377-384.
• Lovett, R, Prehn, J, Eckford-Williamson, B et al. 2020, 'Knowledge and power: The tale of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander data', Australian Aboriginal Studies, vol. 2020/2, pp. 3-7.
• Maddox, R, Thurber, K, Calma, T et al. 2020, 'Deadly news: the downward trend continues in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smoking 2004-2019', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, vol. 44, no. 6, pp. 449-450.
• Guthrie, J, Thurber, K, Lovett, R et al. 2020, 'The answers were there before white man come in': stories of strength and resilience for responding to violence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities - Family Community Safety for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Study Report.
• Carroll, S, Garba, I, Figueroa-Rodríguez, O et al. 2020, 'The CARE principles for indigenous data governance', Data Science Journal, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 1-12.
• Lovett, R, Brinckley, M, Phillips, B et al. 2020, 'In the beginning it was our people's law. What makes us well; to never be sick. Cohort profile of Mayi Kuwayu: the National Study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing', Australian Aboriginal Studies, vol. 2020, no. 2, pp. 8-30.
• Thurber, K, Walker, J, Maddox, R et al. 2020, A review of evidence on the prevalence of and trends in cigarette and e-cigarettes use by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth and adults.
• Waa, A, Robson, B, Gifford, H et al 2020, 'Foundation for a Smoke-Free World and healthy Indigenous futures: an oxymoron?', Tobacco Control, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 237-240.
• Hudson, M, Garrison, N, Sterling, R et al 2020, 'Rights, interests and expectations: Indigenous perspectives on unrestricted access to genomic data', Nature Reviews: Genetics, vol. 21, pp. 377-384.
• Agostino, J, Wong, D, Paige, E et al 2020, 'Cardiovascular disease risk assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults aged under 35 years: a consensus statement', Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 212, no. 9, pp. 422-427.
• Thurber, K, Thandrayen, J, Banks, E et al. 2020, 'Strengths-based approaches for quantitative data analysis: A case study using the australian Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children', Social Science and Medicine, vol. 12.
• Wright, A, Thurber, K, Yap, M et al. 2020, 'Who responds? An examination of response rates to a national postal survey of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults, 2018-2019', BMC Medical Research Methodology, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. -.
• Geia, L, Baird, K, Bail, K et al. 2020, 'A unified call to action from Australian nursing and midwifery leaders: ensuring that Black lives matter', Contemporary Nurse, vol. 56, no. 4, pp. 297ââ‰308.
• Waa, A, Robson, B, Gifford, H et al. 2020, 'Foundation for a Smoke-Free World and healthy Indigenous futures: an oxymoron?', Tobacco Control, vol. 29, no. 2.
• Colonna, E, Maddox, R, Cohen, R et al 2020, 'Review of tobacco use among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples', Australian Indigenous Health Bulletin, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 1-62.
• Riley, T, Lovett, R, Thandrayen, J et al. 2020, 'Evaluating impacts of a One Health approach to companion animal health and management in a remote Aboriginal community in the Northern Territory, Australia', Animals, vol. 10, no. 10, pp. 1-12.
• Tsey, K, Onnis, L, Whiteside, M et al 2019, 'Assessing research impact: Australian Research Council criteria and the case of Family Wellbeing research', Evaluation and Program Planning, vol. 73, pp. 176-186.
• Wright, A, Briscoe, K & Lovett, R 2019, 'A national profile of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers, 2006-2016', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 24-26.
• Paige, E, O'Donoughue Jenkins, L, Agostino, J et al. 2019, 'Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander absolute cardiovascular risk assessment and management: systematic review of evidence to inform national guidelines', Public Health Research & Practice, vol. 30, no. 2.
• Maddox, R, Waa, A, Lee, K et al 2019, 'Commercial tobacco and indigenous peoples: a stock take on Framework Convention on Tobacco Control progress', Tobacco Control, vol. 28, no. 5, pp. 574-581.
• Thurber, K, Walker, J, Walter, M et al. 2019, Technical Report: Measuring Adult Mental Health, Psychological Distress, and Social and Emotional Wellbeing in the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children.
• Thurber, K, Walker, J, Dunbar, T et al. 2019, Technical Report: Measuring Child Mental Health, Psychological Distress, and Social and Emotional Wellbeing in the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children.
• Biddle, N, Edwards, B, Lovett, R et al. 2019, Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children (LSIC) technical report: education.
• Lovett, R, Thurber, K, Jones, R et al. 2018, 'Closing the gap in child mortality: ten years on'.
• Lovett, R, Lee, V, Kukutai, T et al. 2018, 'Good data practices for Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Governance', in Angela Daly, S. Kate Devitt and Monique Mann (ed.), Good Data, Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam, pp. 26-36.
• Thurber, K, Long, J, Salmon, M et al. 2018, 'Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among Indigenous Australian children aged 0–3 years and association with sociodemographic, life circumstances and health factors', Public Health Nutrition, vol. 23, no. 2.
• Thomas, D, Hefler, M, Bonevski, B et al 2018, 'Australian researchers oppose funding from the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, vol. 42, no. 6, pp. 506-507.
• Bourke , S, Wright, A, Guthrie, J et al. 2018, 'Evidence review of Indigenous culture for health and wellbeing', The International Journal of Health, Wellness, and Society, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 11-27pp.
• Lovett, R 2018, 'Absolute cardiovascular disease risk and lipid-lowering therapy among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians', The Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 209, no. 8, pp. 368-370pp.
• Jones, R, Thurber, K, Wright, A et al 2018, 'Associations between participation in a ranger program and health and wellbeing outcomes among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in central Australia: A proof of concept study', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 15, no. 7, pp. 1-13.
• Thurber, K, Olsen PhD, A, Guthrie, J et al 2018, ''Telling our story. Creating our own history': Caregivers' reasons for participating in an Australian longitudinal study of Indigenous children, International Journal for Equity in Health, vol. 17, no. 143, pp. 15pp.
• Wright, A, Cameron, H, Roe, Y et al 2018, 'Analysing aggregate clinical data to support evaluation of the Tackling Indigenous Smoking program, Australian Health Review, no. August 2018, pp. 1-7.
• Lokuge, K, Thurber, K, Calabria, B et al. 2017, 'Indigenous health program evaluation design and methods in Australia: a systematic review of the evidence', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, vol. 41, no. 5, pp. 480-482.
• Lovett, R 2016, 'Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community wellbeing: identified needs for statistical capacity', in Tahu Kukutai, John Taylor (ed.), Indigenous data sovereignty: toward an agenda, ANU Press, Australia, pp. 213-231.
• Calabria, B, Korda, R, Lovett, R et al 2018, 'Absolute cardiovascular disease risk and lipid-lowering therapy among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians', Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 209, no. 1, pp. 35-41pp.
• Jones, R, Thurber, K, Chapman, J et al. 2018, 'Study protocol: Our Cultures Count, the Mayi Kuwayu Study, a national longitudinal study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander wellbeing', BMJ Open, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 1-7.
• Salmon, M, Skelton, F, Thurber, K et al 2018, 'Intergenerational and early life influences on the well-being of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children: overview and selected findings from Footprints in Time, the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children', Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, vol. 10, pp. 17-23.
• Thurber, K, Banwell, C, Neeman, T et al. 2017, 'Understanding barriers to fruit and vegetable intake in the Australian Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children: a mixed-methods approach', Public Health Nutrition, vol. 20, no. 5, pp. 832-847.
• Lovett, R, Thurber, K & Maddox, R 2017, 'The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smoking epidemic: what stage are we at, and what does it mean?', Public Health Research & Practice, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. e2741733.
• Wright, A, Lovett, R, Roe, Y et al 2017, 'Enhancing national data to align with policy objectives: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smoking prevalence at finer geographic levels.', Australian Health Review, vol. Online, pp. 8pp.
• Lovett, R, Thurber, K & Maddox, R 2017, 'The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smoking epidemic: what stage are we at, and what does it mean?', Public Health Research & Practice, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. e2741733 (6pp).
• Lovett, R, Thurber, K, Wright, A et al 2017, 'Deadly progress: changes in Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adult daily smoking, 2004-2015', Public Health Research & Practice, vol. 27, no. 5, pp. 1-8pp.
• Walker, J, Lovett, R, Kukutai, T et al. 2017, 'Indigenous health data and the path to healing', Lancet, The (UK edition), vol. 390, no. 10107, pp. 2022-2023pp.
• Lovett, R & Thurber, K 2017, 'Health Conditions and Health Service Utilisation among Children in LSIC', in Maggie Walter, Karen L. Martin, Gawaian Bodkin-Andrews (ed.), Indigenous Children Growing Up Strong: A Longitudinal Study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Families, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, UK, pp. 209-231pp.
• Lovett, R 2017, 'Indigenous Children's Resilience: The Role of Demographics, Relationships, Achievement and Culture', in Maggie Walter, Karen L. Martin, Gawaian Bodkin-Andrews (ed.), Indigenous Children Growing Up Strong: A Longitudinal Study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Families, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, UK, pp. 287-308pp.
• Maddox, R, Durkin, S & Lovett, R 2016, 'Plain packaging implementation: perceptions of risk and prestige of cigarette brands among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 221-225.
• Olsen PhD, A & Lovett, R 2016, Existing knowledge, practice and responses to violence against women in Australian Indigenous communities: State of knowledge paper.
• Olsen A & Lovett R. (2016). Existing knowledge, practice and responses to violence against women in Australian Indigenous communities: Key findings and future directions. Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety: Sydney, New South Wales.
• Ring, I, Dixon, T, Lovett, R et al 2016, 'Are Indigenous mortality gaps closing: how to tell, and when?', The Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 205, no. 1, p. 11.
• Maddox, R, Davey, R, Lovett, R et al 2014, 'A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW PROTOCOL SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS OF TOBACCO USE', Systematic Reviews, vol. 3, no. 85, pp. 85-85.
• Lovett, R, Dance, P, Guthrie, J et al. 2014, 'Walan Girri: developing a culturally mediated case management model for problematic alcohol use among urban Indigenous people', Australian Health Review, vol. 38, no. 4, pp. 440-446.
• Maddox, R, Davey, R, Cochrane, T et al 2013, 'Study protocol - Indigenous Australian social networks and the impact on smoking policy and programs in Australia: Protocol for a mixed-method prospective study', BMC Public Health, vol. 13, no. 1.
• MacQueen, R, Biven, A, Lovett, R et al 2012, Review of the need to expand drug and alcohol rehabilitation services in the ACT: Consumer feedback study.
• Guthrie, J, Lovett, R, Dance, P et al 2010, ''Where's your country? New approaches for working with problematic alcohol use among Indigenous Australians in an urban setting', Australian Aboriginal Studies Journal, no. 1, pp. 100-107.
• Flegg, K, Phillips, C, Collins, A et al 2010, 'Health service attendance patterns in an urban Aboriginal health service', Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 193, no. 3, pp. 146-148.
• Kehoe, H & Lovett, R 2008, 'Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health assessments - Barriers to improving uptake', Australian Family Physician, vol. 37, no. 12, pp. 1033-1038.

Projects and Grants

Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.

• Assessment of mental health and wellbeing needs during the Voice to Parliament Referendum - Mayi Kuwayu Study (Secondary Investigator)
• National First Nations Research Network (Secondary Investigator)
• Tackling Indigenous Smoking - National Program Evaluation and Regional Grants Impact and Outcomes Assessment (Health 22-23/E22-83847) (Secondary Investigator)
• Yarrabah Counts community development toolbox Planning, population, measures and monitoring (Primary Investigator)
• Aboriginal Tobacco Scoping Project (Secondary Investigator)
• Proposal to provide national reporting on cultural indicators from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Implementation Plan to the Department of Health (Primary Investigator)
• A cultural wellbeing index (CWI) for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth aged 8 to 16 years of age in out-of-home care in Central Queensland (Primary Investigator)
• The Centre of Research Excellence on Achieving the Tobacco Endgame (Secondary Investigator)
• Proposal to develop and implement contemporary, integrated cardiovascular and chronic disease risk assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples (Secondary Investigator)
• Transforming access, relational care, and primary health care in an urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population through patient-centred medical homes: a prospective observational cohort study using mixed methods. (Secondary Investigator)
• Strong health through strong measures: Validating new measures of Indigenous health, culture and wellbeing. (Primary Investigator)
• Tackling Indigenous smoking - Regional grants Impact and Outcomes Assessment (Secondary Investigator)
• Official Order for the provision of the delivery of a public health assessment of electronic cigarette use specific to the Australian context (Secondary Investigator)
• Mental health measures in the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children (LSIC) (Primary Investigator)
• The Mayi Kuwayu Study - Communications and Knowledge Translation Funding (Primary Investigator)
• Scaling up Mayi Kuwayu - The National Study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing. (Primary Investigator)
• Discourse, Data and Deficit- Deconstructing the 'Indigenous Health' paradigm and its effects on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples (Secondary Investigator)
• Whole-of-population linked data: strengthening the evidence to drive improvement in health and health care in Australia (Secondary Investigator)
• Absolute Risk Assessment of Cardiovascular Disease for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People (Secondary Investigator)
• Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence within Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities Study (Secondary Investigator)
• Understanding the connections between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, health and wellbeing to support action to improve outcomes (Primary Investigator)
• Addressing family violence in Indigenous communities: principles, practice and evaluation (Primary Investigator)
• Identifying the core elements of cultural determinants of health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples (Primary Investigator)
• 'Mayi Kuwayu' - a large-scale longitudinal study of culture in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander wellbeing (Primary Investigator)
• The longitudinal study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' wellbeing (Mayi Kuwayu) (Primary Investigator)
• Surveillance for H1N1 influenza 09 and evaluation of the impact of control measures in prisoner populations (Secondary Investigator)
• Training scholarship for Indigenous Australian Health research: Measuring reliability of screening instruments for urban Indigenous people experiencing problematic alcohol use (Primary Investigator)

Related websites

• http://mkstudy.com.au