qualifications: PhD
contribution: wrote the first draft, contributed to drafts, original concept
position: Senior research fellow
Australia
Dr Bernadette Ward is a researcher with interests in rural and remote primary health care systems, adolescent alcohol use and research capacity building.
qualifications: PhD
contribution: original concept, contributed to drafts, collected data
position: Senior research fellow
Australia
Research interests include mental health, service systems, and clinical psychology practice
qualifications: MPH
contribution: literature review, supplied data, contributed to drafts
position: Research fellow
Australia
Rural health Oral health primary health care climate change
qualifications: PhD
contribution: contributed to drafts, original concept
position: Associate professor
Australia
qualifications: PhD
contribution: original concept, contributed to drafts
position: Emeritus professor
Australia
Current research interests include:
Women's wellbeing and Niska (goose) harvesting in subarctic Ontario, Canada
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COVID-19 in endangered Indigenous groups from the Amazonia, Ecuador
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Experiences of rural Australian men with online SMART Recovery mutual-help groups
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Attraction and retention of nurses in rural, remote and isolated locations
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11th Biennial Pacific Region Indigenous Doctors Congress (PRIDoC) 2024, 2–6 December 2024, Kaurna Country, Adelaide, Australia
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Te Tāreitanga: Evolving understanding of health workforce research, 9 December 2024, Dunedin, NZ, and online
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4th International Indigenous Health & Wellbeing Conference 2025, 16–19 June 2025, Adelaide Convention Centre, Kaurna Country, Australia
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