A critical public health examination of complementary self-medication in later life in indigenous, non-indigenous and cald communities

Funding: 2015: $240,153
2016: $243,303
2017: $236,168
2018: $110,034
2014: $122,984

Project Member(s): Adams, J.

Funding or Partner Organisation: Australian Research Council (ARC Future Fellowships)

Start year: 2015

Summary: This Fellowship provides the first in-depth coordinated critical public health examination of an unregulated and 'covert' area of health and treatment seeking behaviour - complementary self-medication (CAM SM) use in later life. Focusing upon healthy ageing and living with chronic illness and drawing upon fieldwork with indigenous, non-indigenous and CALD communities the Fellowship will: identify the challenges and possibilities of 'covert' CAM SM use in later life; provide an evidence-base to inform safe, effective care and policy for older Australians; and generate novel analyses to provide significant advance and new direction for public health scholarship with regards to chronic illness and community health in later life.

Publications:

Meiklejohn, JA, Bailie, R, Adams, J, Garvey, G, Bernardes, CM, Williamson, D, Marcusson, B, Arley, B, Martin, JH, Walpole, ET & Valery, PC 2020, '“I’m a Survivor”', Cancer Nursing, vol. 43, no. 2, pp. 105-114.
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Adams, J, McIntyre, E, Frawley, J, Lauche, R, Broom, A & Sibbritt, D 2019, 'Formal and informal healthcare behaviours of women with chronic illness: A cross‐sectional analysis of 1925 women', International Journal of Clinical Practice, vol. 73, no. 4, p. e13343.
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Fisher, CY, Adams, J, Frawley, JE, Hickman, LD & Sibbritt, DW 2019, 'Is there a role for Western herbal medicine in treating cyclic perimenstrual pain and discomfort?', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, vol. 59, no. 1, pp. 154-156.
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Foley, H, Steel, A, Cramer, H, Wardle, J & Adams, J 2019, 'Disclosure of complementary medicine use to medical providers: a systematic review and meta-analysis', Scientific Reports, vol. 9, no. 1.
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Gall, A, Anderson, K, Adams, J, Matthews, V & Garvey, G 2019, 'An exploration of healthcare providers’ experiences and perspectives of Traditional and complementary medicine usage and disclosure by Indigenous cancer patients', BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, vol. 19, no. 1, p. 259.
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Gall, A, Anderson, K, Diaz, A, Matthews, V, Adams, J, Taylor, T & Garvey, G 2019, 'Exploring traditional and complementary medicine use by Indigenous Australian women undergoing gynaecological cancer investigations', Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, vol. 36, pp. 88-93.
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Lauche, R, Hunter, DJ, Adams, J & Cramer, H 2019, 'Yoga for Osteoarthritis: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis', Current Rheumatology Reports, vol. 21, no. 9.
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Lauche, R, Sibbritt, D, Adams, J & Cramer, H 2019, 'Characteristics of yoga and meditation users among older Australian women – results from the 45 and up study', Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, vol. 35, pp. 219-223.
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Lee, H, Peng, W, Steel, A, Reid, R, Sibbritt, D & Adams, J 2019, 'Complementary and alternative medicine research in practice-based research networks: A critical review', Complementary Therapies in Medicine, vol. 43, pp. 7-19.
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McIntyre, E, Lauche, R, Frawley, J, Sibbritt, D, Reddy, P & Adams, J 2019, 'Physical activity and depression symptoms in women with chronic illness and the mediating role of health-related quality of life', Journal of Affective Disorders, vol. 252, pp. 294-299.
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Steel, A, Munk, N, Wardle, J, Adams, J, Sibbritt, D & Lauche, R 2019, 'Generational differences in complementary medicine use in young Australian women: Repeated cross-sectional dataset analysis from the Australian longitudinal study on women’s health', Complementary Therapies in Medicine, vol. 43, pp. 66-72.
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Fisher, C, Adams, J, Frawley, J, Hickman, L & Sibbritt, D 2018, 'Western herbal medicine consultations for common menstrual problems; practitioner experiences and perceptions of treatment', Phytotherapy Research, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 531-541.
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Gall, A, Leske, S, Adams, J, Matthews, V, Anderson, K, Lawler, S & Garvey, G 2018, 'Traditional and Complementary Medicine Use Among Indigenous Cancer Patients in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States: A Systematic Review', Integrative Cancer Therapies, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 568-581.
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Meiklejohn, JA, Arley, B, Bailie, R, Adams, J, Garvey, G, Martin, JH, Walpole, ET & Valery, PC 2018, 'Community-identified recommendations to enhance cancer survivorship for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people', Australian Journal of Primary Health, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 233-233.
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Steel, A, McIntyre, E, Harnett, J, Foley, H, Adams, J, Sibbritt, D, Wardle, J & Frawley, J 2018, 'Complementary medicine use in the Australian population: Results of a nationally-representative cross-sectional survey', Scientific Reports, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 1-7.
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de Witt, A, Cunningham, FC, Bailie, R, Bernardes, CM, Matthews, V, Arley, B, Meiklejohn, JA, Garvey, G, Adams, J, Martin, JH, Walpole, ET, Williamson, D & Valery, PC 2017, 'Identification of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cancer Patients in the Primary Health Care Setting', Frontiers in Public Health, vol. 5, pp. 199-8.
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Meiklejohn, JA, Garvey, G, Bailie, R, Walpole, E, Adams, J, Williamson, D, Martin, J, Bernardes, CM, Arley, B, Marcusson, B & Valery, PC 2017, 'Follow-up cancer care: perspectives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cancer survivors', Supportive Care in Cancer, vol. 25, no. 5, pp. 1597-1605.
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Wardle, J, Frawley, J, Adams, J, Sibbritt, D, Steel, A & Lauche, R 2017, 'Associations between complementary medicine utilization and influenza/pneumococcal vaccination: Results of a national cross-sectional survey of 9151 Australian women', Preventive Medicine, vol. 105, pp. 184-189.
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Meiklejohn, JA, Adams, J, Valery, PC, Walpole, ET, Martin, JH, Williams, HM & Garvey, G 2016, 'Health professional's perspectives of the barriers and enablers to cancer care for Indigenous Australians', European Journal of Cancer Care, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 254-261.
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Meiklejohn, JA, Mimery, A, Martin, JH, Bailie, R, Garvey, G, Walpole, ET, Adams, J, Williamson, D & Valery, PC 2016, 'The role of the GP in follow-up cancer care: a systematic literature review', Journal of Cancer Survivorship, vol. 10, no. 6, pp. 990-1011.
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Keywords: public health, ageing

FOR Codes: Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified, Carer Health, Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) not elsewhere classified, Health not elsewhere classified, Public health not elsewhere classified, Primary care, Health related to ageing

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.