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Griffith Health First Peoples Health Engagement Plan

2018–2022

The First Peoples Health Engagement Plan focuses on the internal needs of First Peoples students and staff, and the external needs of community organisations, industry and partners in First Peoples health.

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Prof Roianne WestDirector First Peoples Health Unit, 2017

The Plan presents a dynamic approach to engaging with First Peoples about their health and wellbeing that respects and values the uniqueness of Australia’s First Peoples and their cultures. The Plan enhances the reputation of Griffith Health and the First Peoples Health Unit as leaders in First Peoples health, and helps us to improve the performance of our learning, teaching and research activities. The Plan guides Griffith Health in realising our vision of becoming influential leaders valuing collective knowledges towards better health and wellbeing outcomes for Australia’s First Peoples.

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First Peoples healthGriffith Health is committed to First Peoples health student success and the development and growth of a highly skilled, highly educated First Peoples health workforce. Our innovative strategies promote the recruitment, retention and employability of First Peoples health students.

Griffith Health has one of the highest participation and graduation rates of First Peoples students in Australia and is committed to raising the numbers of First Peoples staff at all levels of the University.

Engagement with internal and external community organisations, industry and partners in First Peoples health is the premise upon which Griffith Health, through the First Peoples Health Unit, bases their planning activities, driving improvements in our learning and teaching activities, informing and guiding our research, and enhancing our standing in First Peoples health.

Commitment


United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous PeoplesAustralia is home to the world’s oldest continuing culture and First Peoples have sustained incredible systems of knowledge and learning across tens of thousands of years. The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples provides an internationally recognised framework of best practice when engaging with First Peoples which informs the development of this plan.

The declaration states that First Peoples have a right to self-determination and participation in decision making in matters which affect their rights. Critical to the success of the implementation of the Griffith Health First Peoples Health Plan is linking the engagement to the hopes and aspirations of First Peoples and meeting the needs of First Peoples and their communities.

Universities Australia, Indigenous Strategy 2017–2020The strategy also recognises that true partnerships between universities and First Peoples communities are essential to delivering the best outcomes for First Peoples, and that such partnerships should give voice to First Peoples in decision making that affects First Peoples communities. Griffith Health recognises the positive advantages of a tertiary education for First Peoples and acknowledges the continuing contributions of First Peoples to the university.

Engagement

An integrated First Peoples Health ApproachThe Engagement Plan outlines initiatives that build on the goals of the Griffith Health First Peoples Health Plan 2016–2022 and the Griffith University Engagement Plan 2015–2018. Aligning with the overarching goals of the Griffith University Strategic Plan 2018–2019, it integrates new and existing activities for the group to further engage with its internal and external partners and the First Peoples Health Community Organisations, Industry and Partners we service. The Plan aims to promote Griffith Health’s commitment to First Peoples and First Peoples’ health.

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First Peoples health engagement The Griffith Health First Peoples Health Plan highlights five key focus areas that align with Griffith Health and the University’s strategic, core activity and supporting plans. First Peoples health engagement is the first key focus area of the Plan and underlies the work of Griffith Health’s engagement, learning, teaching and research activities in First Peoples health. There are nine specialty areas of First Peoples health engagement in the First Peoples Health Plan with corresponding targets, strategies, responsibilities and timeframes.

In First Peoples health community and clinical engagement, we build and develop community collaborations with the Aboriginal Community Controlled Health and Human Services Sector and focus on increasing clinical placement opportunities in First Peoples health.

Our work in First Peoples health staff engagement develops and formalises pathways to increase First Peoples staff numbers while encouraging staff excellence and a culture of engagement in First Peoples health.

Recruitment pathways retention and employment for First Peoples health students drive our First Peoples health student engagement, preparing work-ready First Peoples health graduates and establishing Griffith University as a university of choice for First Peoples health students.

Our extensive engagement with First Peoples health community organisations, industry and partners builds trust and presents opportunities for consultancy and research collaborations, providing professional benefits for our First Peoples health staff, students and graduates.

We promote the importance of First Peoples health Alumni to the continued success of First Peoples health students and Griffith Health’s engagement activities including nurturing connections with emerging First Peoples alumni leaders, honouring our outstanding First Peoples health alumni and establishing a First Peoples health alumni network.

Diversity

First Peoples health donor engagement and raising the profile of First Peoples health to potential donors are high priorities for Griffith Health. Central to the success of our donor engagement are capturing stories of donor support and developing targeted strategies for First Peoples health fundraising.

Our First Peoples health marketing and communications engagement focuses on building and maintaining a strong, consistent brand in First Peoples health. We engage with the Office of Marketing and Communication to develop targeted First Peoples health marketing and communication strategies, and explore opportunities to market the First Peoples Health Unit and the pathways available for First Peoples health students.


The health group believes in the potential for all First Peoples to be remarkable and be deadly, to capture opportunity, to make a difference and create sustainable change in the future.

Cherbourg Regional Aboriginal Islander Community Controlled Health Service (CRAICCHS), 2017

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Internal engagement1. First Peoples health student engagement

2. First Peoples health staff engagement

This unique life cycle approach allows for a comprehensive approach to engagement and will enhance current, facilitate new and coordinate activities across Griffith Health, more effective and strategic ways of working, and new guidelines to support the engagement needs of First Peoples.

Griffith Health undertakes extensive engagement activities across the health group and in the wider community. The First Peoples Health Engagement Plan builds on the established groups and connects all parts of the Group, and aligns with the goals and direction of the Griffith Health First peoples Heath Plan 2018–2022. The First Peoples Health Engagement Plan focuses on the internal needs of First Peoples students and staff, and the external needs of community organisations, industry and partners in First Peoples health. The Plan prioritises and outlines engagement activities identified in the Griffith Health First Peoples Health Plan.

The Plan outlines a life cycle approach to engagement across nine key dimensions essential to First Peoples engagement. These are ...

External engagement1. First Peoples health community organisation,

industry and partners engagement

2. First Peoples health community and clinical engagement

3. First Peoples health schools and pathways engagement

4. First Peoples health student alumni engagement

5. First Peoples health donor engagement

6. First Peoples health marketing and communications engagement

7. First Peoples health rural and remote engagement

Building on existing First Peoples health engagement


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DONORENGAGEMENT

FIRST PEOPLES HEALTH MARKETING AND

COMMUNICATION ENGAGEMENT

FIRST PEOPLES HEALTH

RURAL ANDREMOTE

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ALUMNIENGAGEMENTFIRST

PEOPLES HEALTH SCHOOLS

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COMMUNITYENGAGEMENT

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First Peoples health community organisation, industry and partners engagement

Community organisation, industry and partners activities

GOAL STRATEGY

1. Provide First Peoples graduates that meet community organisations, industry and partners in First Peoples Health workforce needs

Develop and implement specific strategies to provide First Peoples graduates that meet community organisation, industry and partners in First Peoples Health workforce needs

2. Utilise expertise and community organisation, industry and partners trust in First Peoples health to build consultancy and contract research and large collaborative projects

Maintain and strengthen meaningful and strategic community organisation, industry and partner trust through continuous exploration of meeting joint objectives

3. Establish joint, adjunct and academic title positions as boundary-spanning connections between community organisation, industry and partners in First Peoples Health and Griffith Health

Identify and explore appropriate community organisations, industries and partners in First Peoples health and explore opportunities to meet joint objectives

4. Align trusted First Peoples health value-adding investments with Griffith Enterprise activities and other co-investments

Build upon existing Group strategies to develop First Peoples health industry engagement across the university

5. Position the First Peoples Health Unit as a partner of choice for community organisations, industries and partners in First Peoples health

Develop targeted strategies to raise the profile of the Griffith Health First Peoples Health Unit as a partner of choice for community organisations, industries and partners in First Peoples health

Key focus areas—external engagement


First Peoples health community and clinical engagement Community and clinical activities

GOAL STRATEGY

1. Co-ordinate and initiate projects with community organisations, industry and partners in First Peoples health

Develop projects with community organisations, industry and partners in First Peoples health.

2. Co-ordinate and increase programs and activities serving community needs in First Peoples health

Identify and offer programs with key internal and external communities (including local, national and international partners).

3. Align Griffith Health investment with community organisations, industry and partners needs in First Peoples health

Explore opportunities to align Griffith Health investment with community organisations, industry and partners needs in First Peoples health.

4. Establish interdisciplinary and Griffith Health collaborations with community organisations, industry and partners in First Peoples health

Ensure a co-ordinated approach to collaborations between Griffith Health and community organisations, industry and partners in First Peoples health.

5. Increase clinical placement opportunities with community organisations, industry and partners in First Peoples health

Ensure student clinical placement opportunities are considered when engaging with community organisations, industry and partners in First Peoples health.

Gerald FeatherstoneCEO Kummara Association Inc., 2018

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First Peoples health schools and pathways engagement Schools and pathways activities

GOAL STRATEGY

1. Attract future First Peoples students and alumni to our campuses through brand/media/innovative visitor centres

Develop pathways for First Peoples students to all health programs

2. Convert future First Peoples student interests into enrolments in health programs

Target recruitment opportunities i.e. School leavers, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and non-school leavers

3. Retain enrolled First Peoples health students and students transferring from other universities and grow non-school leaver, corporate and online markets

Ensure an evidenced based approach to First Peoples recruitment, retention and success

4. Enhance the First Peoples health student experience and capture stories of student and graduate success

Capture and disseminate stories of First Peoples health student experiences (current and alumni) to community organisation, industry and partners in First Peoples health, Griffith Health and donors.

5. Position the university as a university of choice for future First Peoples health students

Develop a targeted First Peoples health marketing and communication within school outreach programs of the Health Group

Clinton Schultz (Psychology) 2018 Griffith University Outstanding First Peoples Alumnus Award Winner

Health Group First Peoples Aspirations to Health Program Class of 2015


First Peoples health student alumni engagement Student alumni activities

GOAL STRATEGY

1. Provide outstanding First Peoples health student experiences to capture First Peoples health alumni interest on graduation

Advocate for the inclusion of First Peoples identifiers in Office of Planning Services to capture experiences of First Peoples health students

2. Establish the First Peoples health alumni network Develop terms of reference for a First Peoples health alumni network to assist with mentoring, philanthropy and industry engagement

3. Nurture connections with emerging First Peoples alumni leaders and wider alumni community

Identify connected Alumni through First Peoples health alumni network

4. Involve connected First Peoples health alumni in mentoring, philanthropy and industry engagement

Align the interests of First Peoples health alumni with the interests and needs of First Peoples health students

5. Encourage meaningful, mutually beneficial engagement between the University and First Peoples alumni

Establish and promote First Peoples health alumni events in partnership with the First Peoples Health Unit and Health Group

Clinton Schultz (Psychology) 2018 Griffith University Outstanding First Peoples Alumnus Award Winner

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First Peoples health donor engagement Donor activities

GOAL STRATEGY

1. Capture stories of donor support in First Peoples health to promote scholarships and projects

Capture and disseminate stories of donor support in First Peoples health to other potential donors with the intent of securing further funds for scholarships and projects.

2. Raise the profile of First Peoples health as a priority for the University donor base and Annual Appeal

Build upon Health Group and the Office of Marketing and Communications activities to raise the profile of First Peoples health within the university

3. Engage the commitment of staff, students and current core donors in establishing a giving culture for First Peoples health

Promote First Peoples health to staff, students and current core donors as a priority for the University donor base and Annual Appeal

4. Utilise internal and external culture as foundation for coordinated bequests, donors and major gifts in First Peoples health

Strategically coordinate a portfolio of core donors, bequests and major gifts for First Peoples health and First Peoples Health Unit Development.

5. Establish sustained fundraising growth in First Peoples Health

Collaborate with the Health Group to develop targeted strategies in First Peoples health fundraising


First Peoples health marketing and communication engagement Marketing and communication activities

GOAL STRATEGY

1. Ensure strong marketing and communication strategies targeting First Peoples health

Continue to develop targeted marketing and communication strategies to engage and address the unique needs of community organisations, industry and partners in First Peoples health

2. Build and maintain a strong, consistent brand in First Peoples health

Engage with both the community and the Office of Marketing and Communications to develop a strong First Peoples health brand

3. Establish and maintain a strong First Peoples health presence on social media

Explore opportunities to promote the First Peoples Health Unit and the pathways available for First Peoples health students

4. Position the university as a university of choice for First Peoples health students

Continue to work with the Office of Marketing and Communications to develop ongoing internal and external marketing and communication strategies for First Peoples health

5. Ensure the First Peoples health marketing and communication strategies align with Griffith Health and the University

Engage with the Office of Marketing and Communications and the Health Group to ensure coordinated marketing and communication strategies for First Peoples health

Tyrone Smith (Exercise Science Student) National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO)

Ochre Day, Men’s Health Our Way Lets Own It!! 2017

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First Peoples health rural and remote engagement Rural and remote activities

GOAL STRATEGY

1. Increase First Peoples student enrolments, progression and completions from rural and remote communities

Engage with future students, families, communities and current students to build aspirations, and enable access, participation and success for First Peoples health students from rural and remote communities

2. Initiate projects with rural and remote community partners

Nurture and develop relationships with rural and remote community organisations, industry and partners in First Peoples health

3. Offer programs and activities serving rural and remote community needs

Coordinate with the Health Group to offer programs which serve the unique needs of rural and remote community organisations, industry and partners in First Peoples health

4. Explore First Peoples health student placement opportunities in rural and remote communities

Explore and establish community internship and industry placement opportunities for First Peoples health students in rural and remote communities

5. Position Griffith University as a university of choice for First Peoples health students from rural and remote communities

Coordinate with the Health Group to develop strategies which target First Peoples recruitment from rural and remote communities

Mayor Arnold Murray Cherbourg Aboriginal Shire Council, 2018


First Peoples health student engagement Student activities

GOAL STRATEGY

1. Engage and collaborate with First Peoples health student groups

Advocate for the inclusion of First Peoples identifiers in Office of Planning Services to capture experiences of First Peoples health students

2. Offer programs and activities serving First Peoples undergraduate and post-graduate students in Health

Develop terms of reference for a First Peoples health alumni network to assist with mentoring, philanthropy and industry engagement

3. Improve the participation and retention rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in Health

Identify connected Alumni through First Peoples health alumni network

4. Improve First Peoples health student satisfaction with the university experience

Align the interests of First Peoples health alumni with the interests and needs of First Peoples health students

5. Prepare work-ready graduates with the capacity to play an influential role in First Peoples health

Establish and promote First Peoples health alumni events in partnership with the First Peoples Health Unit and Health Group

Key focus areas—internal engagement

Indigenous Allied Health Australia Conference, 2017

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First Peoples health staff engagement Staff activities

GOAL STRATEGY

1 . Ensure the First Peoples Health Plan aligns with Griffith University First Peoples Employment Strategy

Examine current Griffith Health employment strategies and explore opportunities for increasing First Peoples employment

2. Encourage First Peoples health staff excellence in community organisations, industry and partners engagement in First Peoples health

Identify and nominate First Peoples health staff for Pro Vice Chancellor (Health) Staff Excellence Award, community service category

3. Give staff the opportunity to provide feedback about their working environment, engagement and satisfaction

Convene engagement fora for staff to share ideas and align strategies across all areas of engagement with First Peoples health

4. Increase the number of First Peoples staff in academic and general positions

Contribute to the evolution of the Indigenous Employment Strategy and grow and promote the Indigenous Staff Network

5. Encourage a culture of engagement among First Peoples staff in the Health Group

Convene First Peoples staff development activities and culture building activities around engagement in First Peoples health

The Griffith Health First Peoples Health Engagement Plan builds on the goals of the Griffith Health First Peoples Health Plan 2016–2022 and aligns with both the Griffith University Strategic Plan 2018–2019 and the Griffith University Engagement Plan 2015–2018.


Overarching goals

GOAL 1. STUDENTSTo enhance First Peoples students’ success and transform the student experiences in First Peoples health.

1.1 POSITION

GOAL TARGET

G1.1.1 Position the university as a university of choice for First Peoples health students

Increase the number of First Peoples students enrolling each year

ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES

S1.1.1 Respond to the needs of the First Peoples health community organisation, industry and partners

S1.1.2 Continue to develop targeted First Peoples health marketing and communication strategies

First Peoples Health Aspirations to Health Programs Class of 2017

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1.2 PARTICIPATION

GOAL TARGET

G1.2.1 To improve the participation rate of First Peoples students from low SES areas

Increase the number of First Peoples students from low SES areas enrolling each year

G1.2.2 To improve the overall participation rate of First Peoples students

To continue to exceed the national average for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander student participation rate among commencing students

G1.2.3 To attract future First Peoples students to Griffith University campuses through brand/media/visitor centres

Increase the number of future First Peoples students enrolling each year

G1.2.4 To convert future First Peoples student interests into enrolments in health programs

Increase the number of future First Peoples students enrolling each year

Increase the number of students entering through the GUMURRII direct entry pathway

Increase the number of students entering through the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander: First Peoples Selection and Admissions process


S1.2.1 Develop pathways for First Peoples students to all Health programs


S1.2.3 Partner with GUMURRII Student Support Unit in engaging First Peoples health students

S1.2.4 Target recruitment opportunities i.e. school leavers, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers and non-school leavers

S1.2.5 Formalise incentives for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers into Griffith i.e. Credit for Cert III and IV Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care

Cherbourg Ration Shed Reconciliation Fun Run, 2017


1.3 RETENTION

GOAL TARGET

G1.3.1 To improve the retention rate of First Peoples students in all health programs

To continue to exceed the national average of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander student retention rate

G1.3.2 To provide outstanding First Peoples health student experiences

Increase the number of First Peoples student experiences in Health

G1.3.3 To engage and collaborate with First Peoples health student groups

Increase the number of collaborations with First Peoples health student groups


S1.3.1 Adapt and align existing Griffith University Health Group strategies related to recruitment, retention and success


S1.3.3 Partner with GUMURRII Student Support Unit in engaging First Peoples health students

S1.3.4 Engage with future students, families and communities to build aspirations and enable access, participation and success of First Peoples students in health

S1.3.5 Grow opportunities to provide scholarships to First Peoples students in health programs

First Peoples Aspirations and Pathways to Health Programs Class of 2015

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1.4 SATISFACTION

GOAL TARGET

G1.4.1 To improve First Peoples health student satisfaction with their university experience

Increase the quality of First Peoples health student experiences while studying

G1.4.2 To capture stories of First Peoples health student and graduate success

Increase the number of First Peoples health students’ stories


S1.4.1 Utilise First Peoples identifiers in Office of Planning Services seeking feedback on the experiences and activities of First Peoples students

S1.4.2 Capture and disseminate stories of First Peoples health student experiences to community organisations, industry and partners in First Peoples health, Griffith Health and donors

Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Community Health Service (ATSICHS) Brisbane Aunty Pamela Mam Indigenous Nursing and Midwifery Symposium, 2017


1.5 WORK-READY GRADUATES

GOAL TARGET

G1.5.1 To prepare work-ready First Peoples health graduates with the capacity to play an influential role in the world

To ensure that all First Peoples health graduates have the opportunity to experience a First Peoples clinical, community or industry placement as part of their health degree

G1.5.2 To increase First Peoples health students’ contributions to their communities

Increase the number of First Peoples health students participating in First peoples community activities

G1.5.3 Co-ordinate and initiate projects with community organisations, industry and partners in First Peoples health

Develop projects with community organisations, industry and partners in First Peoples health.

G1.5.4 Establish interdisciplinary and Griffith Health collaborations with community Organisations, industry and partners in First Peoples health

Ensure a co-ordinated approach to collaborations between Griffith Health and community organisations, industry and partners in First Peoples health


S1.5.1 Identify and offer programs with key internal and external communities including local, national and international partners

S1.5.2 Establish joint, adjunct and academic title positions, between the Griffith Health Group and community organisations, industry and partners in First Peoples health

S1.5.3 Align First Peoples’ health profession education to meet community organisation, industry and partners in First Peoples health workforce needs

S1.5.4 Provide expertise and build trust between the Griffith Health Group and First Peoples community organisation, industry and partners in increase collaboration

Dr Michael Baker (Dentistry) 2016 Winner Health Group First Peoples Health Alumni of the Year

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GOAL 2. STAFFTo enhance First Peoples students’ success and transform the staff experience in First Peoples health.

GOAL TARGET

G2.1 Increase the number of First Peoples staff in academic and general positions

Increase by 5% pa the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff in academic and general positions.

G2.2 Ensure the First Peoples Health Plan aligns with Griffith University First Peoples Employment Strategy

Increase the number of First Peoples employment initiatives implemented

G2.3 Encourage First Peoples health staff excellence in community organisation, industry and partners engagement in First Peoples health

Increase the number and level of community organisation, industry and partners in First Peoples health engagements by First Peoples health staff

G2.4 Encourage a culture of engagement among First Peoples staff in the Health Group

To acknowledge and support exemplary staff engagement activities and achievements

G2.5 To ensure First Peoples health staff engagement and satisfaction with the work environment

Implement Griffith Health strategies to assess staff attitudes and engagement in First Peoples health


S2.1 Develop and formalise pathways for First Peoples to be employed within the Griffith Health Group

S2.2 Contribute to the evolution of the Human Resources, Indigenous Employment Strategy and grow and promote the Health Group’s Indigenous Staff Network

S2.3 Examine current Griffith Health employment strategies and explore opportunities for increasing First Peoples employment in the Health Group

S2.4 Identify and nominate First Peoples health staff for Pro-Vice Chancellor (Health) Staff Excellence Award, community service category

S2.5 Convene First Peoples staff development activities and culture building activities around engagement in First Peoples health

S2.6 Convene engagement opportunities for staff to share ideas and align strategies across all areas of engagement with First Peoples health

S2.7 Give First Peoples staff the opportunity to provide feedback about their working environment, engagement and satisfaction

Queensland Murri Carnival, 201823 | Griffith University

GOAL 3. SUSTAINABILITYFor First Peoples health business to be sustainable.

GOAL TARGET

G3.1 To operate as a sustainable organisational unit To ensure the ongoing financial security of the First Peoples Health Unit

G3.2 To secure internal and external funding to deliver on the Griffith Health Group’s commitment to the First Peoples Health Plan

Increase internal and external funding annually

G3.3 To align the budget for the First Peoples Health Plan with key planning issues and priorities in the Griffith Health Group

Increase the number of external and financial funding initiatives


S3.1 Secure operational funds for the First Peoples Health Unit to lead the implementation of the Griffith Health Group’s First Peoples Health Plan

S3.2 Ensure the First Peoples Health Unit budget aligns with key planning issues and priorities in the Griffith Health Group

Griffith Health Close The Gap Day, 2017

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GOAL 4. RESEARCH AND INNOVATIONTo contribute to Griffith’s development as a university of influence in improving the health outcomes for First Peoples communities.

4.1 RESEARCH INCOME

GOAL TARGET

G4.1.1 To increase research income in First peoples health Increase external research income each year

G4.1.2 To increase the proportion of First Peoples health staff who are research active

Establish historical data of research activity, working towards a target of First Peoples health research staff being 70% research active

G4.1.3 To increase the number of First Peoples health student Higher Degree Research (HDR) commencements and completions

Increase First Peoples health HDR commencements and completions each year


S4.1.1 Identify key research priorities for First Peoples health

S4.1.2 Provide expertise and build trust between the Griffith Health Group and community organisations, industry and partners in First Peoples health in order to increase consultancy, contract research and large collaborative grants

S4.1.3 Identify opportunities and submit applications for external research funding/grants

S4.1.4 Identify potential external funding sources for First Peoples health HDR scholarships

S4.1.5 Identify opportunities for networking and support of all First Peoples health HDR students

S4.1.6 Establish a role for a Senior Research Fellow in First Peoples health research

S4.1.7 Provide opportunities for capacity building and professional development of current First Peoples academic staff to increase researching and academic writing skills


4.2 RESEARCH BENEFIT

GOAL TARGET

G4.2.1 To identify and disseminate the impact of research outcomes to First Peoples staff, students, community organisations, industry and partners in First Peoples health

Increase the dissemination of research outcomes to First Peoples staff, students and community organisations, industry and partners in First Peoples health

G4.2.2 To enhance our reputation for research related to First Peoples health

Increase the number of the Griffith Health Group’s research projects relating to First Peoples health

G4.2.3 To align research priorities with the needs and priorities of community organisations, industry and partners in First Peoples health

Increase research projects that align with community organisation, industry and partners in First Peoples health

ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIESS4.2.1 Ensure First Peoples health academics contribute to the university research impact register

S4.2.2 Ensure First Peoples health academic staff disseminate research findings to the communities that are involved with the research, in ways that are responsive to community needs

S4.2.3 First Peoples health academics present research methodologies/ projects/findings at national and internationally renowned academic conferences

S4.2.4 First Peoples health academics engage with academics within the Griffith Health Group to explore opportunities to collaborate in producing culturally capable research in key priority areas that meet the needs of First Peoples communities

S4.2.5 Ensure First Peoples health research methodologies/findings are published in high quality, peer-reviewed academic journals

S4.2.6 Collaborate with key research partners such as industry and governments and other Australian and International institutions to establish research priority areas that reflect the needs of First Peoples communities

S4.2.7 Support the translation of research into the design and development of programs, policies and service delivery that meet the needs and priorities of community organisations, industry and partners in First Peoples health

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4.3 RESEARCH TRAINING

GOAL TARGET

G4.3.1 To increase the number of First Peoples health HDR students undertaking research training

Increase the number of First Peoples health HDR students undertaking research training to reach parity

G4.3.2 To increase training opportunities for Non-First Peoples supervisors of First Peoples health students

Increase the number of Non- First Peoples supervisors undertaking training in supervising First Peoples Health students

G4.3.3 To increase research capacity of Non-First Peoples researchers undertaking research in partnership with community organisations, industry and partners in First Peoples health

Increase the number of Non- First Peoples researchers undertaking research in partnership with First Peoples communities

G4.3.4 To increase access to training of First Peoples research philosophies and methodologies

Increase in number of Non-First Peoples researchers undertaking training in Indigenous research philosophies and methodologies

G4.3.5 To increase research ethics training for all staff and students undertaking research with First Peoples community organisations, industry and partners in First Peoples health

Increase the number of staff and students who have undertaken training in First Peoples health ethics processes

ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIESS4.3.1 Explore opportunities to establish education and training in Indigenous research methodologies

S4.3.2 Explore opportunities to establish education regarding cultural capability and meeting the unique needs of First Peoples health HDR students in supervision

S4.3.3 Collaborate with key research partners such as First Peoples communities, industry and governments and other Australian and International institutions to align First Peoples health research priorities with student research projects

S4.3.4 Explore opportunities to establish education and training in First Peoples research ethics training

S4.3.5 Contribute to the work of the First Peoples health ethics body in Queensland


4.4 RESEARCH OUTPUTS

GOAL TARGET

G4.4.1 To increase the quality and number of research publications from First Peoples health staff and students

Increase national HDRDC publication points annually and increase growth in citations annually

G4.4.2 To identify and disseminate the impact of research outcomes to First Peoples staff, students and community organisations, industry and partners in First Peoples health

Increase the dissemination of research outcomes to First Peoples staff, students and community organisations, industry and partners in First Peoples health

G4.4.3 To submit Centre for Research Excellence (CRE) application for First Peoples Research Capacity Building

Submit CRE Application for First Peoples Research Capacity Building within 5 years

ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIESS4.4.1 Provide opportunities for capacity building and professional development for First Peoples academic

staff to increase researching and academic writing skills and to aid in submission of publications

S4.4.2 First Peoples health academics present research methodologies/projects/findings at national and internationally renowned academic conferences

S4.4.3 Establish future publication plans to ensure research findings are disseminated in high quality peer-reviewed academic journals

S4.4.4 Explore opportunities to establish Griffith Health as a Centre for Research Excellence in First Peoples Research Capacity Building

Indigenous Allied Health Australia Conference, 2017

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GOAL 5. INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT

To initiate partnerships in First Peoples health by contributing to the University’s growing international reputation for excellence.

GOAL TARGET

G5.1 To formalise and consolidate partnerships with First Peoples Health Units internationally

Increase number of partnerships with International institutions in First Peoples health

G5.2 To consolidate a First Peoples health student and staff exchange program with First Peoples Health Units internationally

Increase the number of First Peoples health students and staff travelling abroad with experiences in First Peoples health

Increase the number of First Peoples health students and staff visiting Australia with experiences in First Peoples health

G5.3 To enhance and strengthen international research links and performance in First Peoples health

Increase the number of joint publications and research grant income in First Peoples health


S5.1 Formalise international partnerships

S5.2 Develop the relationship between Griffith Health and the International Indigenous Health Academic Network

S5.3 Formalise international partnerships in First Peoples health and ensure these remain strategically appropriate, active and mutually beneficial

S5.4 Develop opportunities for First Peoples health students to participate in international experiences, in alignment with the Griffith University Internationalisation Strategy 2018–2020.


Dr Vanessa Lee (Public Health) Graduated from the Griffith University School of Medicine as its first

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Public Health PhD graduate

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