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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.

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

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The neurobehavioural consequences of petrol (gasoline) sniffing

Cairney et al., Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2002

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The neurobehavioural effects of kava

Cairney et al., Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 2002.

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Caring for Country and the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians

Schultz & Cairney, Medical Journal of Australia, 2017.

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Structural modelling of wellbeing for Indigenous Australians: the importance of mental health. 

Schultz et al., BMC health services research, 2019.

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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.

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