Professor Janet Kelly

Professor Janet Kelly
 Position Professor/Reader
 Org Unit Nursing
 Email janet.kelly@adelaide.edu.au
 Telephone +61 8 8313 0964
 Location Floor/Room 4 ,  Adelaide Health and Medical Sciences ,   North Terrace

  • Biography/ Background

    Dr Janet Kelly is a nurse researcher who works collaboratively with Aboriginal community members and health and research professionals in urban, rural and remote areas to improve health care experiences and outcomes. Over the last 10 years she has co-developed a range of Aboriginal patient journey and health journey mapping tools and case studies that identify specific barriers and enablers to care. These are now being used nationally and internationally in clinical, education and research settings to help facilitate clinically and culturally safe care.

    Dr Kelly coordinates two Aboriginal health care courses at the University of Adelaide, for undergraduate and postgraduate pre registration nursing students. These courses focus on providing quality clinical and culturally safe care for Indigenous peoples.  Dr Kelly also works collaboratively with health care providers to co-produce specific Aboriginal health care education packages, particularly focusing on cardiovascular and renal care.

    Dr Kelly grew up on Kangaroo Island, and began her nursing career at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. She continued to work and study in midwifery, child and youth health, adolescent health, Aboriginal health and women's and sexual health in a range of urban and regional settings across South Australia. She then completed a Master of Nursing and PhD focusing on Aboriginal women's health and collaboration.

    In her spare time, she volunteers with her local fire brigade in the Adelaide Hills.

  • Awards & Achievements

    Achievements:

    Invited positions

    Guidelines Group - Kidney Health Australia - Caring for Indigenous People from Australasians and New Zealand with Renal Impairment (KHA-CARI) Guidelines, 2017.

    Assessor of proposals for the First Nations, Inuit and Métis Cancer Control Initiative: Advancing Improvements in Continuity of Care for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Patients in Rural and Remote Communities (CFP350-2013-01), 2013.

    Advisory committee member - Patient Assistance Transport Scheme Review, SA Health, 2013.

     Theses

    Kelly, J 2009, Moving Forward Together in Aboriginal Women’s Health, unpublished PhD thesis, Flinders University, School of Nursing and Midwifery.

    Kelly J 2005, Yaitya Tirka Madlanna Warratinna Culture Nothing Without Language: (what sexual health nurses need to know and do to work effectively with young Aboriginal women in urban areas of Adelaide) unpublished Masters thesis, Flinders University, School of Nursing and Midwifery.

     Awards:

    Australian Journal of Primary Health Prize for Best Research Paper, Primary Health Care Research Conference, Adelaide, 29-31 July, 2015.

    School of Nursing and Midwifery Sturt Nursing Graduates Award, Flinders University,  2005.

     

  • Research Interests

    Aboriginal health care

    Collaborative research

    Cultural safety in clinical practice, education and training

    Health systems research

    Improving renal health care for Indigenous peoples

    Indigenous health research

    Knowledge translation for nurse

    Participatory action research

    Patient journey mapping & mapping tools

     

  • Research Funding

    Please see researcher profile

     

  • Publications

    Please see researcher profile

     

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Entry last updated: Tuesday, 6 Feb 2024

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