Shez Cairney
Publications
A selection of research publications spanning cultural neuroscience, wellbeing and Aboriginal health, developed through long-term collaboration with Aboriginal communities across Australia.
This work brings together science, lived experience and culturally grounded approaches to understanding health and supporting change.
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Selected Publications
A small selection of publications reflecting key areas of this work.
Interplay wellbeing framework: a collaborative methodology ‘bringing together stories and numbers’ to quantify Aboriginal cultural values in remote Australia
Cairney et al., International Journal of Equity in Health, 2017
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Racism as a determinant of social and emotional wellbeing for Aboriginal Australian youth.
Priest et al., Medical Journal of Australia, 2011
The neurobehavioural consequences of petrol (gasoline) sniffing
Cairney et al., Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2002
The neurobehavioural effects of kava
Cairney et al., Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 2002.
Caring for Country and the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians
Schultz & Cairney, Medical Journal of Australia, 2017.
Structural modelling of wellbeing for Indigenous Australians: the importance of mental health.
Schultz et al., BMC health services research, 2019.
The role of Aboriginal literacy in improving English literacy in remote Aboriginal communities: an empirical systems analysis with the Interplay Wellbeing Framework
Wilson et al., Education Research for Policy and Practice, 2018.