Miss Roxanne Jones
MPhil(AppEpi), GCertIndigRes&Lead, BHlthSci(Paramedic), BN, RN
Indigenous Postdoctoral Fellow
ANU College of Health and Medicine
Biography
Roxanne Jones is a Palawa woman, PhD candidate and Research Associate at the Australian National University, and holds an NHMRC postgraduate scholarship. Roxy is a Social Epidemiologist and Registered Nurse with a passion for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child health and wellbeing.
Publications
- 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.
- 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.
- Priest, N, Guo, J, Doery, K et al. 2021, Racism, racial discrimination and child and youth health: a rapid evidence synthesis.
- 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.
- 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.
- Priest, N, Thurber, K, Maddox, R et al. 2020, 'COVID-19 racism is making kids sick.'.
- 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.
- 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.
- Lovett, R, Thurber, K, Jones, R et al. 2018, 'Closing the gap in child mortality: ten years on'.
- 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.
Projects and Grants
Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.
- Yarrabah Counts community development toolbox Planning, population, measures and monitoring (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 (Secondary 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 (Secondary Investigator)
- The epidemiology and experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children admitted to paediatric intensive care units in Australia (Primary Investigator)
