Why surveys are ‘very hard’: exploring challenges and insights for collection of authentic patient experience information with speakers of Australian First Nations languages

Assoc Prof Anne Lowell

qualifications: PhD

contribution: Study conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting of manuscript

position: Principal Research Fellow

Ms Yomei Jones

qualifications: Diploma

contribution: Study conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data

position: Program Manager

Dr Robyn Aitken

qualifications: PhD

contribution: Study conception and design, Drafting of manuscript, Critical revision

position: Dean Rural and Remote Health

Australia

Robyn is a nurse academic with over 20 years experience in clinical nursing, nurse education in the hospital setting and nurse education in the higher education sector. She has led undergraduate and postgraduate curriculum development locally and internationally. Robyn's work in rural and remote education includes developing and implementing a Masters program for Nurse Practitioners in Victoria and participating in the review and development of the same in the Northern Territory. Robyn also teaches emergency/acute care nursing, teaching and learning strategies, and management topics. She has consulted to WHO and the Directorate of Nursing in Indonesia where she was the team leader for a World Bank human resource development project. This has given her significant understanding of delivering health care in resource poor settings and the links between poverty and health in marginalized and once-colonized indigenous populations. Robyn's PhD used a postcolonial framework to examine the contextual and historical factors that influence cross-cultural knowledge transfer. Robyn has a particular interest in, and understanding of the relationship between theory and practice, the transfer of education into universities, global competencies, and international migration. Robyn is also experienced in conducting evaluation research and research to inform education and policy.

Ms Dikul Baker

qualifications: Diploma of Indigenous Research

contribution: Study conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting of manuscript

position: Language and Cultural Consultant

Dr Judith Lovell

qualifications: PhD

contribution: Study conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Critical revision

position: Senior Research Fellow

Dr Judith Lovell's expertise is in the nature and challenge of independent academic research, and in collaborative use of the tools of research and evaluation. I take an interest in new and creative means to give voice to, and to understand, inform and support social, educational, sovereign and economic participation. Based in Alice Springs and passionate about matters that effect the region and peoples of central Australia, I contribute to networks that enable equity for these and similar international societies and settings.

Ms Samantha Togni

qualifications: MA

contribution: Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Critical revision

position: Social Research and Evaluation Consultant

Ms Dianne Gon̲d̲arra

qualifications: Master of Indigenous Knowledges (Mawul Rom)

contribution: Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Critical revision

position: Cultural Consultant

Ms Beth Sometimes

qualifications: MFA

contribution: Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data

position: Interpreter

Ms Margaret Smith

qualifications: Secondary School

contribution: Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Critical revision

position: Cultural Consultant

Ms Julie Anderson

qualifications: Secondary School

contribution: Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Critical revision

position: Cultural Consultant

Ms Rachael Sharp

qualifications: Graduate Certificate in Nursing (Nurse Education), Graduate Certificate in Health Science (Emergency Nursing)

contribution: Acquisition of data, Critical revision

position: Senior Quality and Safety Advisor

Dr Maria Karidakis

qualifications: PhD

contribution: Analysis and interpretation of data, Critical revision

position: ESL Lecturer & Convenor, Australia Awards Introductory Academic Program

Dr Maria Karidakis is a lecturer in the School of Languages and Linguistics at the University of Melbourne, Australia.Maria Karidakis' current research is an exploration of the interaction between language, culture, and health in the context of intercultural communication with CALD and First Nations Peoples.

Ms Sarita Quinlivan

qualifications: Bachelor

contribution: Acquisition of data, Drafting of manuscript

position: Support Coordinator

Dr Mandy Truong

qualifications: PhD

contribution: Acquisition of data, Drafting of manuscript, Critical revision

position: Senior Research Officer

Prof Paul Lawton

qualifications: PhD

contribution: Study conception and design, Analysis and interpretation of data, Critical revision

position: Professor/Director of Renal Medicine