Implementing First Nations Clinical Nurse Consultants in metropolitan and regional Queensland cancer centres
This project aims to improve cancer outcomes by assisting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cancer patients and their caregivers to navigate the complexities of the health system and cancer care, through the employment of First Nations Clinical Nurse Consultants in cancer services. The project also involves a feasibility study of a brief health behaviour intervention for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cancer survivors (2022–2024). These roles are to provide culturally responsive supportive care to First Nations cancer patients and their families
Funding and Collaborators
The project is supported by funding from an NHMRC Investigator Grant, World Cancer Research Fund Seed Grant and funding received from Queensland Health, the Princess Alexandra Research Foundation and Dry July.
The project is being conducted in collaboration with cancer centres within Brisbane and Cairns, and other collaborating institutions including, Flinders University, Menzies School of Health Research and Queensland Health.
ARTWORK
First Nations Cancer Nurse Navigator artwork was created by Craig Carson- Wakka Wakka, Cobble Cobble.
The artwork represents aborignal and Torress Strait islander people navigating their way through communities using the stars to guide staff and community members to better outcomes for health.