Swine Influenza Containment Strategies

  • Research program: Prevention and early intervention
  • Project status: Completed
  • Start date: July 2009
  • Expected end date: June 2010
  • Completion date: October 2010
  • Funded by: NHMRC
  • Lead organisation:

The national containment strategies for pandemic influenza are highly unlikely to work in rural and remote Indigenous communities. This grant brings together 14 Aboriginal Communities Controlled Health Services from three states (NSW, north Qld, and WA) to work in collaboration with Indigenous communities to develop feasible and effective containment strategies for rural and remote Indigenous communities

Name & Contact Details Role Research Program Location
  • Chief Investigator: Adrian Miller, Griffith University
  • Chief Investigator: David Durrheim, University of Newcastle
  • Chief Investigator: Peter Massey, Hunter New England Population Health
  • Chief Investigator: Carmel Nelson, Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council
  • Chief Investigator: Jenni Judd, James Cook University
  • Chief Investigator: Richard Speare, James Cook University
  • Chief Investigator: Sherry Saggers, Curtin University
  • Chief Investigator: Komla Tsey,
  • Chief Investigator: Alan Clough, James Cook University
  • Co-investigator: Marlene Thompson, James Cook University

This project aligns with the following Sustainable Development Goals and Targets:

Miller, A., Clough, A., R., Nelson, C., L., Durrheim, D., N., Pearce, G., Roberts, J., Broome, J., Kelly, J., Taylor, K., A., Blackley, M., Massey, P., D., Speare, R., Saggers, S. and Odo, T. (2010). Feasible containment strategies for Swine Influenza H1N1 in rural and remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. James Cook University, Townsville. [T208]

Massey, P., D., Pearce, G., Taylor, K., A., Orcher, L., Saggers, S. and Durrheim, D., N. (2009). Reducing the risk of pandemic influenza in Aboriginal communities. Rural and Remote Health, 9, pp. 1290. [RJ699] View web page