Dr Tamara Butler
Research Fellow
Honorary Fellow
School of Public Health
Researcher biography
Dr Tamara Butler is an Aboriginal woman of the Undumbi people from the Sunshine Coast region of Queensland, Australia and a NHMRC Emerging Research Fellow at the University of Queensland. She works withing the First Nations Cancer and Wellbeing Research Program. Her work is focused on women's cancers with the goal of improving cancer outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, families, and communities. Broadly Dr Butler's research interests also include First Nations research methods and process, co-design, wellbeing, and psychosocial aspects of cancer care.
Book Chapters
Butler, Tamara, Anderson, Kate, Elder-Robinson, Elaina, Ngampromwongse, Khwanruethai, Garvey, Darren and Garvey, Gail (2024). Indigenous research methods and methodology. Indigenous and tribal peoples and cancer. (pp. 295-300) edited by Gail Garvey. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-56806-0_62
Diaz, Abbey, Burgess, Meredith, Scholte, Cate, Butler, Tamara, Shaw, Joanne, Kelly, Brian and Garvey, Gail (2024). Cancer-related information resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Indigenous and Tribal Peoples and Cancer. (pp. 83-88) edited by Gail Garvey. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-56806-0_16
Anderson, Kate, Butler, Tamara, Gall, Alana, Elder-Robinson, Elaina and Garvey, Gail (2024). Co-design with Indigenous peoples. Indigenous and Tribal Peoples and Cancer. (pp. 305-309) edited by Gail Garvey. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-56806-0_64
Smith, Ben, Anderson, Kate, Lebel, Sophie, Wu, Verena S., Butler, Tamara and Garvey, Gail (2024). Fear of cancer recurrence among indigenous and tribal people. Indigenous and Tribal Peoples and Cancer. (pp. 227-231) edited by Gail Garvey. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-56806-0_47
Journal Articles
Anderson, Kate, Garvey, Darren, Howard, Kirsten, Butler, Tamara, Dickson, Michelle, Cunningham, Joan, Bainbridge, Roxanne and Garvey, Gail (2025). Understanding wellbeing from the perspectives of First Nations Australian youth: Findings from a national qualitative study. SSM - Mental Health, 7 100423, 100423-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmmh.2025.100423
Boding, Sally-Anne, Hutchinson, Amanda, Butler, Tamara, Webb, Stephanie and Russell, Hayley (2025). ‘… but I live in hope …’
how the term ‘survivor’ impacts identity and feelings of inclusivity in survivorship services following ovarian cancer treatment. Psychology & Health, 1-22. doi: 10.1080/08870446.2025.2464582
Garvey, Gail, Howard, Kirsten, Garvey, Darren, Dickson, Michelle, Howell, M., Butler, Tamara L., Cadet-James, Yvonne, Cunningham, Joan, Bainbridge, Roxanne, McGorry, Patrick, Williamson, A. and Anderson, Kate Mallory (2024). What Matters to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Youth (WM2Y): a study protocol to develop a national youth well-being measure. BMJ Open, 14 (3) e076119, 1-7. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-076119
Kinghorn, Mina, Garvey, Gail and Butler, Tamara L. (2023). Gynaecological cancer resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women: a resource audit. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 35 (4), 966-976. doi: 10.1002/hpja.822
Butler, Tamara, Smith, Ben, Pilatti, Kirsten, Brown, Bena, Anderson, Kate, Morris, Bronwyn and Garvey, Gail (2023). Fear of cancer recurrence among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women diagnosed with breast cancer. Current Oncology, 30 (3), 2900-2915. doi: 10.3390/curroncol30030222
Anderson, Kate, Gall, Alana, Butler, Tamara, Ngampromwongse, Khwanruethai, Hector, Debra, Turnbull, Scott, Lucas, Kerri, Nehill, Caroline, Boltong, Anna, Keefe, Dorothy and Garvey, Gail (2022). Development of key principles and best practices for co-design in health with First Nations Australians. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20 (1) 147, 1-19. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20010147
Butler, Tamara, Gall, Alana, Garvey, Gail, Ngampromwongse, Khwanruethai, Hector, Debra, Turnbull, Scott, Lucas, Kerri, Nehill, Caroline, Boltong, Anna, Keefe, Dorothy and Anderson, Kate (2022). A comprehensive review of optimal approaches to co-design in health with First Nations Australians. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (23) 16166, 1-38. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192316166
Butler, Tamara L., Lee, Natasha, Anderson, Kate, Brotherton, Julia M. L., Cunningham, Joan, Condon, John R., Garvey, Gail, Tong, Allison, Moore, Suzanne P., Maher, Clare M., Mein, Jacqueline K., Warren, Eloise F. and Whop, Lisa J. (2022). Under-screened Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women’s perspectives on cervical screening. PLoS One, 17 (8) e0271658, 1-16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0271658
Whop, Lisa J., Butler, Tamara L., Lee, Natasha, Cunningham, Joan, Garvey, Gail, Anderson, Kate, Condon, John R., Tong, Allison, Moore, Suzanne, Maher, Clare M., Mein, Jacqueline K., Warren, Eloise F. and Brotherton, Julia M.L. (2022). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women's views of cervical screening by self-collection: a qualitative study. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 46 (2), 161-169. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.13201
Anderson, Kate, Gall, Alana, Butler, Tamara, Arley, Brian, Howard, Kirsten, Cass, Alan and Garvey, Gail (2021). Using web conferencing to engage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people in research: a feasibility study. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 21 (1) 172, 172. doi: 10.1186/s12874-021-01366-y
Whop, Lisa J., Butler, Tamara L., Brotherton, Julia M. L., Anderson, Kate, Cunningham, Joan, Tong, Allison and Garvey, Gail (2021). Study protocol: Yarning about HPV Vaccination: a qualitative study of factors influencing HPV vaccination among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescents in Australia. BMJ Open, 11 (8) e047890, 1-9. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-047890
Garvey, Gail, Anderson, Kate, Gall, Alana, Butler, Tamara L., Whop, Lisa J., Arley, Brian, Cunningham, Joan, Dickson, Michelle, Cass, Alan, Ratcliffe, Julie, Tong, Allison and Howard, Kirsten (2021). The fabric of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander wellbeing: a conceptual model. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (15) 7745, 1-12. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18157745
Garvey, Gail, Anderson, Kate, Gall, Alana, Butler, Tamara L., Cunningham, Joan, Whop, Lisa J., Dickson, Michelle, Ratcliffe, Julie, Cass, Alan, Tong, Allison, Arley, Brian and Howard, Kirsten (2021). What Matters 2 Adults (WM2Adults): understanding the foundations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander wellbeing. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (12) 6193, 1-21. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18126193
Gall, Alana, Butler, Tamara L., Lawler, Sheleigh and Garvey, Gail (2021). Traditional, complementary and integrative medicine use among Indigenous peoples with diabetes in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 45 (6), 664-671. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.13120
Jaenke, Rachael, Butler, Tamara L., Condon, John, Garvey, Gail, Brotherton, Julia M. L., Cunningham, Joan, Anderson, Kate, Tong, Allison, Moore, Suzanne P. and Whop, Lisa J. (2021). Health care provider perspectives on cervical screening for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women: a qualitative study. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 45 (2), 150-157. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.13084
Whop, Lisa J., Smith, Megan A., Butler, Tamara L., Adcock, Anna, Bartholomew, Karen, Goodman, Marc T., Winer, Rachel L., Milosevic, Elizabeth and Lawton, Beverley (2021). Achieving cervical cancer elimination among Indigenous women. Preventive Medicine, 144 106314. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2020.106314
Masa, Adam J., Martinez-Bredeck, Helena, Butler, Tamara L., Anderson, Kate, Girgis, Afaf, Aoun, Samar M., Cunningham, Joan, Wakefield, Claire E., Shahid, Shaouli, Smith, Allan B. and Garvey, Gail (2020). The experiences of caregivers of Indigenous cancer survivors in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States: a systematic review. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology Research & Practice, 2 (4) e040, 1-12. doi: 10.1097/or9.0000000000000040
Butler, Tamara L., Anderson, Kate, Condon, John R., Garvey, Gail, Brotherton, Julia M. L., Cunningham, Joan, Tong, Allison, Moore, Suzanne P., Maher, Clare M., Mein, Jacqueline K., Warren, Eloise F. and Whop, Lisa J. (2020). Indigenous Australian women's experiences of participation in cervical screening. PloS One, 15 (6) e0234536, 1-18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0234536
Marcusson-Rababi, Beverley, Anderson, Kate, Whop, Lisa J., Butler, Tamara, Whitson, Nicole and Garvey, Gail (2019). Does gynaecological cancer care meet the needs of Indigenous Australian women? Qualitative interviews with patients and care providers. BMC Health Services Research, 19 (1) 606, 606. doi: 10.1186/s12913-019-4455-9
Butler, Tamara L., Anderson, Kate, Garvey, Gail, Cunningham, Joan, Ratcliffe, Julie, Tong, Allison, Whop, Lisa J., Cass, Alan, Dickson, Michelle and Howard, Kirsten (2019). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People's domains of wellbeing: a comprehensive literature review. Social Science and Medicine, 233, 138-157. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.06.004
Butler, Tamara L., McKimmie, Blake M. and Haslam, S. Alexander (2019). The approach-avoidance dilemma at the heart of group-based support: evidence that group identification increases willingness to seek support at the same time that identity-based support threat reduces it. European Journal of Social Psychology, 49 (1), 31-46. doi: 10.1002/ejsp.2384
McKimmie, Blake M., Butler, Tamara, Chan, Edward, Rogers, Allira and Jimmieson, Nerina L. (2019). Reducing stress: social support and group identification. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 23 (2), 136843021881873-261. doi: 10.1177/1368430218818733
Giddings, Jeff, McKimmie, Blake, Banks, Cate and Butler, Tamara (2015). Helping those who help themselves: evaluating QPILCH’s self representation service. Journal of Judicial Administration, 24 (3), 135-153.
Thesis
Butler, Tamara Louise (2017). Investigating and overcoming barriers to seeking intragroup support. PhD Thesis, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2017.135