{"id":17573,"date":"2024-08-30T09:00:53","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T23:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/?p=17573"},"modified":"2025-03-14T09:12:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T23:12:31","slug":"building-capacity-and-supporting-culturally-safe-care-in-the-community-meet-dr-kerry-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/2024\/08\/30\/building-capacity-and-supporting-culturally-safe-care-in-the-community-meet-dr-kerry-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"Building capacity and supporting culturally safe care in the community: Meet Dr Kerry Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Image courtesy Dr Kerry Hall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dr Kerry Hall<\/span><\/a> is a proud descendant of the Kuku Thaypan, Kuku Warra a<\/span>nd Lama Lama Peoples from Cape York Peninsula. She is currently Interim Lead (Learning and Teaching) with Office of Deputy Vice Chancellor, Indigenous. Notably, Kerry was the first hospital-trained Aboriginal enrolled nurse to receive a PhD.<\/p>\n

We asked Kerry about her current research projects and her advice for novice researchers.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What path led you to becoming a researcher?<\/span><\/b>\u202f<\/span><\/b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018witnessing the positive impact that research can have ignited a spark that today is still burning\u2019<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

My journey into research started in 2012 when I applied for a research assistant role on a project with very specific selection criteria. The criteria: the applicant must be an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander health professional with phlebotomy skills in children. I hold dual <\/span>Ahpra<\/span><\/a> registration as an enrolled nurse and as an Aboriginal Health Practitioner, and am also a qualified phlebotomy technician (that is, a medical professional who is trained to perform blood draws on children and adults).<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A couple of months into the role, I was asked if I wanted to study. I said I was too old, but subtle persuasion from my supervisor found me applying for a Master of Philosophy. This posed a challenge since I don\u2019t have an undergraduate degree; I am a hospital-trained enrolled nurse.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I applied regardless and was accepted on experience and merit. Working on that project with community partners and families, and witnessing the positive impact that research can have, ignited a spark that today is still burning.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

My doctoral research examined the incidence, predictors and outcomes of acute respiratory illness in urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged less than five years in the community.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Can you tell us a bit about the projects you are currently working on?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

My research interests are varied, and include primary health care access, community engagement, capacity building, health inequity with a particular interest in cultural safety and culturally safe care. These broad interests allow me to collaborate with diverse research teams and communities, with all research I\u2019m involved in using <\/span>Indigenous research methodologies<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Two projects that I\u2019m currently working on are:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n