Professor Maree Toombs
Associate Dean (Indigenous Engagement)
Faculty of Medicine
NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow
School of Public Health
+61 7 3346 5115
Publications
Book Chapters
Hampton, Ron and Toombs, Maree (2013). Culture, identity and Indigenous Australian people. Indigenous Australians and health: the wombat in the room. (pp. 3-23) edited by Ron Hampton and Maree Toombs. South Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Oxford University Press.
Toombs, Maree, Hampton, Ron and Ward, Raelene (2013). Impacts of substance abuse, violence, and self-harm in Indigenous communities. Indigenous Australians and health: the wombat in the room. (pp. 225-233) edited by Ron Hampton and Maree Toombs. South Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Oxford University Press.
Hampton, Ron and Toombs, Maree (2013). Final word. Indigenous Australians and health: the wombat in the room. (pp. 300-302) edited by Ron Hampton and Maree Toombs. South Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Oxford University Press.
Hampton, Ron and Toombs, Maree (2013). Racism, colonisation/colonialism and impacts on Indigenous people. Indigenous Australians and health: the wombat in the room. (pp. 28-48) edited by Ron Hampton and Maree Toombs. South Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Oxford University Press.
Hampton, Ron, Toombs, Maree and Crawford, Michelle (2013). Indigenous access to health and health services. Indigenous Australians and health: the wombat in the room. (pp. 91-113) edited by Ron Hampton and Maree Toombs. South Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Oxford University Press.
Hampton, Ron and Toombs, Maree (2013). Indigenous Australian concepts of health and well-being. Indigenous Australians and health: the wombat in the room. (pp. 71-75) edited by Ron Hampton and Maree Toombs. South Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Oxford University Press.
Hunter, Ernest, Gill, Neeraj and Toombs, Maree (2013). Mental health among Indigenous Australians. Indigenous Australians and health: the wombat in the room. (pp. 206-224) edited by Ron Hampton and Maree Toombs. South Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Oxford University Press.
Journal Articles
Holland, Lorelle, Smirnov, Andrew, Hickman, Amy, Toombs, Maree and Reid, Natasha (2022). Examining incarceration rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health. doi: 10.1016/s2352-4642(22)00160-2
Brown, Catherine, Shahid, Shaouli, Bernardes, Christina M., Toombs, Maree, Clark, Paul J., Powell, Elizabeth E. and Valery, Patricia C. (2022). Partnering with support persons and clinicians to improve the health care experiences of patients with cirrhosis. Journal of Clinical Nursing. doi: 10.1111/jocn.16302
Chang, Anne B., Toombs, Maree, Chatfield, Mark D., Mitchell, Remai, Fong, Siew M., Binks, Michael J., Smith-Vaughan, Heidi, Pizzutto, Susan J., Lust, Karin, Morris, Peter S., Marchant, Julie M., Yerkovich, Stephanie T., O'Farrell, Hannah, Torzillo, Paul J., Maclennan, Carolyn, Simon, David, Unger, Holger W., Ellepola, Hasthika, Odendahl, Jens, Marshall, Helen S., Swamy, Geeta K. and Grimwood, Keith (2022). Study protocol for preventing early-onset pneumonia in young children through maternal immunisation: a multi-centre randomised controlled trial (PneuMatters). Frontiers in Pediatrics, 9 781168, 781168. doi: 10.3389/fped.2021.781168
Nasir, Bushra Farah, Ryan, Elizabeth G., Black, Emma B., Kisely, Stephen, Gill, Neeraj S., Beccaria, Gavin, Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, Srinivas, Nicholson, Geoffrey C. and Toombs, Maree (2021). The risk of common mental disorders in Indigenous Australians experiencing traumatic life events. BJPsych Open, 8 (1) e8. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2021.1063
McInerney‐Leo, Aideen M., West, Jennifer, Meiser, Bettina, West, Malcolm, Toombs, Maree R., Brown, Matthew A. and Duncan, Emma L. (2021). The impact of Marfan syndrome on an Aboriginal Australian family: ‘I don’t like it as much as I don’t like cancer’. Journal of Genetic Counseling, 31 (3), 620-630. doi: 10.1002/jgc4.1529
Walter, Zoe, Quinn, Catherine A., Dingle, Genevieve, Pocuca, Nina, Baker, Amanda L., Beck, Alison, De Andrade, Dominique, Toombs, Maree and Hides, Leanne (2021). FullFix: a randomised controlled trial of a telephone delivered transdiagnostic intervention for comorbid substance and mental health problems in young people. BMJ Open, 11 (10) e045607, e045607. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045607
Nagaraj, Shivashankar H. and Toombs, Maree (2021). The gene-drug duality: exploring the pharmacogenomics of Indigenous populations. Frontiers in Genetics, 12 687116, 1-6. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2021.687116
Butten, Kaley, Jones, Lee, Newcombe, Peter A., Chang, Anne B., Sheffield, Jeanie K., O'Grady, Kerry-Ann F., Johnson, Newell W., Bell, Anna Maria, Ross, Greggory and Toombs, Maree (2021). Development and validation of a parent-proxy health-related quality of life survey for Australian First Nations children. BMJ Open, 11 (8) e046007, e046007. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046007
Nasir, Bushra Farah, Brennan-Olsen, Sharon, Gill, Neeraj, Beccaria, Gavin, Kisley, Steve, Hides, Leanne, Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, Srinivas , Nicholson, Geoffrey and Toombs, Maree (2021). A community-led design for an Indigenous Model of Mental Health Care for Indigenous people with depressive disorders. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 45 (4) 1753-6405.13115, 330-337. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.13115
Wigg, Alan J., Narayana, Sumudu K., Hartel, Gunter, Medlin, Linda, Pratt, Greg, Powell, Elizabeth E., Clark, Paul, Davies, Jane, Campbell, Kirsty, Toombs, Maree, Larkin, Michael and Valery, Patricia C (2021). Hepatocellular carcinoma amongst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia. EClinicalMedicine, 36 100919, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.100919
Eades, Owen, Toombs, Maree R., Cinelli, Renata, Easton, Caitlin, Hampton, Ron, Nicholson, Geoffrey C., McCabe, Marita P. and Busija, Lucy (2021). The path to eldership: results from a contemporary Indigenous Australian community. The Gerontologist, 62 (4), 1-9. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnab062
Nasir, Bushra Farah, Black, Emma, Toombs, Maree, Kisely, Steve, Gill, Neeraj, Beccaria, Gavin, Kondalsamy-Chennakesava, Srinivas and Nicholson, Geoffrey (2021). Traumatic life events and risk of post-traumatic stress disorder among the Indigenous population of regional, remote and metropolitan Central-Eastern Australia: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open, 11 (4) e040875, 1-11. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-040875
Bernardes, Christina M., Clark, Paul J., Brown, Cath, Stuart, Katherine, Pratt, Gregory, Toombs, Maree, Hartel, Gunter, Powell, Elizabeth E. and Valery, Patricia C. (2021). Disparities in unmet needs in Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians with cirrhosis: an exploratory study. Patient Preference and Adherence, 15, 2649-2658. doi: 10.2147/PPA.S341566
Nasir, Bushra, Brennan-Olsen, Sharon and Toombs, M. (2020). Implications of COVID-19 on a clinical trial of an Indigenous model of mental health care. Insightplus MJA.
Au-Yeung, Yin To, Chang, Anne B., Grimwood, Keith, Lovie-Toon, Yolanda, Kaus, Michelle, Rablin, Sheree, Arnold, Dan, Roberts, Jack, Parfitt, Sarah, Anderson, Jennie, Toombs, Maree and O'Grady, Kerry-Ann F. (2020). Risk factors for chronic cough in young children: a cohort study. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 8 444, 444. doi: 10.3389/fped.2020.00444
Brown, Kelly A., Toombs, Maree, Nasir, Bushra, Kisely, Steve, Ranmuthugala, Geetha, Brennan-Olsen, Sharon L., Nicholson, Geoffrey C., Gill, Neeraj S., Hayman, Noel S., Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, Srinivas and Hides, Leanne (2020). How can mobile applications support suicide prevention gatekeepers in Australian Indigenous communities?. Social Science and Medicine, 258 113015, 113015. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113015
Nasir, Bushra Farah, Brennan-Olsen, Sharon and Toombs, Maree (2020). Indigenous mental health research and COVID-19. MJA InSight
Butten, Kaley, Newcombe, Peter A., Chang, Anne B., Sheffield, Jeanie K., O’Grady, Kerry-Ann F., Johnson, Newell W., King, Neil and Toombs, Maree (2020). Concepts of health-related quality of life of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children: parent perceptions. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 16 (4), 1653-1671. doi: 10.1007/s11482-020-09840-3
Toombs, Maree, Nasir, Bushra, Kisely, Steve, Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, Srinivas, Hides, Leanne, Gill, Neeraj, Beccaria, Gavin, Brennan-Olsen, Sharon, Butten, Kayley and Nicholson, Geoffrey (2020). Australian Indigenous model of mental healthcare based on transdiagnostic cognitive–behavioural therapy co-designed with the Indigenous community: protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BJ Psych Open, 6 (3) e33, e33. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2020.16
Valery, Patricia C., Clark, Paul J., Pratt, Gregory, Bernardes, Christina M., Hartel, Gunter, Toombs, Maree, Irvine, Katharine M. and Powell, Elizabeth E. (2020). Hospitalisation for cirrhosis in Australia: disparities in presentation and outcomes for Indigenous Australians. International Journal for Equity in Health, 19 (1) 27, 27. doi: 10.1186/s12939-020-1144-6
Butten, Kaley, Johnson, Newell W., Hall, Kerry K., Toombs, Maree, King, Neil and O'Grady, Kerry-Ann F. (2020). Yarning about oral health: perceptions of urban Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women. BMC Oral Health, 20 (1) 35, 35. doi: 10.1186/s12903-020-1024-x
O'Grady, Kerry-Ann F., Grimwood, Keith, Torzillo, Paul J., Rablin, Sheree, Lovie-Toon, Yolanda, Kaus, Michelle, Arnold, Daniel, Roberts, Jack, Buntain, Helen, Adsett, Don, King, Alex, Scott, Mark, Anderson, Jennie, Toombs, Maree and Chang, Anne B. (2019). Effectiveness of a chronic cough management algorithm at the transitional stage from acute to chronic cough in children: a multicenter, nested, single-blind, randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, 3 (12), 889-898. doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(19)30327-X
Toombs, Maree, Nasir, Bushra, Kisely, Steve, Ranmuthugala, Geetha, Gill, Neeraj S., Beccaria, Gavin, Hayman, Noel, Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, Srinivas N. and Nicholson, Geoffrey C. (2019). Cultural validation of the structured clinical interview for diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders in Indigenous Australians. Australasian Psychiatry, 27 (4), 362-365. doi: 10.1177/1039856219852289
Karim, Rafid S., Kwan, Marcella M.S., Finlay, Angus J.F., Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, Srinivas, Toombs, Maree R., Nicholson, Geoffrey C., McGrail, Matthew and Gill, Neeraj S. (2019). Mortality in hospital patients with and without mental disorders: a data-linkage cohort study. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 111, 104-109. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2019.01.015
Butten, K, Johnson, NW, Hall, KK, Anderson, J, Toombs, M, King, N and O'Grady, KF (2019). Risk factors for oral health in young, urban, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. Australian Dental Journal, 64 (1), 72-81. doi: 10.1111/adj.12662
Butten, Kaley, Johnson, Newell W., Hall, Kerry K., Toombs, Maree, King, Neil and O'Grady, Kerry-Ann F. (2019). Impact of oral health on Australian urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families: a qualitative study. International Journal for Equity in Health, 18 (1) 34, 34. doi: 10.1186/s12939-019-0937-y
Busija, Lucy, Cinelli, Renata, Toombs, Maree R., Easton, Caitlin, Hampton, Ron, Holdsworth, Kristen, Macleod, Ashley, Nicholson, Geoffrey C., Nasir, Bushra F., Sanders, Kerrie M. and McCabe, Marita P. (2018). The Role of Elders in the Wellbeing of a Contemporary Australian Indigenous Community. The Gerontologist, 60 (3), 513-524. doi: 10.1093/geront/gny140
Black, Emma B., Toombs, Maree R. and Kisely, Steve (2018). The cultural validity of diagnostic psychiatric measures for Indigenous Australians. Australian Psychologist, 53 (5), 383-393. doi: 10.1111/ap.12335
Nasir, Bushra F., Toombs, Maree R., Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, Srinivas, Kisely, Steve, Gill, Neeraj S., Black, Emma, Hayman, Noel, Ranmuthugala, Geetha, Beccaria, Gavin, Ostini, Remo and Nicholson, Geoffrey C. (2018). Common mental disorders among Indigenous people living in regional, remote and metropolitan Australia: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open, 8 (6) e020196, e020196. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020196
James, Sarah, Toombs, Maree and Brodribb, Wendy (2018). Barriers and enablers to postpartum contraception among Aboriginal Australian women: factors influencing contraceptive decisions. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 24 (3), 241-247. doi: 10.1071/PY17041
Leske, Stuart, Harris, Meredith G., Charlson, Fiona J. and Toombs, Maree (2017). Re: Meta-analysis of Australian Indigenous psychiatric treatment, critiqued. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 51 (10), 1053-1054. doi: 10.1177/0004867417726177
Kwan, Marcella M. S., Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, Srinivas, Ranmuthugala, Geetha, Toombs, Maree R. and Nicholson, Geoffrey C. (2017). The rural pipeline to longer-term rural practice: general practitioners and specialists. PLoS One, 12 (7) e0180394, e0180394. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0180394
Nasir, Bushra, Kisely, Steve, Hides, Leanne, Ranmuthugala, Geetha, Brennan-Olsen, Sharon, Nicholson, Geoffrey C., Gill, Neeraj S., Hayman, Noel, Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, Srinivas and Toombs, Maree (2017). An Australian Indigenous community-led suicide intervention skills training program: community consultation findings. BMC Psychiatry, 17 (1) 219, 219. doi: 10.1186/s12888-017-1380-5
Black, Emma, Kisely, Steve, Alichniewicz, Karolina and Toombs, Maree (2017). Mood and anxiety disorders in Australia and New Zealand's Indigenous populations: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychiatry Research, 255, 128-138. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2017.05.015
Brennan-Olsen, Sharon L., Vogrin, Sara, Leslie, William D. , Kinsella, Rita, Toombs, Maree, Duque, Gustavo, Hosking, Sarah, Holloway, Kara, Doolan, Brianna, Williams, Lana, Page, Richard, Pasco, Julie A. and Quirk, Shae E. (2017). Fractures in indigenous compared to non-indigenous populations: A systematic review of rates and aetiology. Bone Report, 6, 145-158. doi: 10.1016/j.bonr.2017.04.003
O'Grady, Kerry-Ann F., Grimwood, Keith, Toombs, Maree, Sloots, Theo P., Otim, Michael, Whiley, David, Anderson, Jennie, Rablin, Sheree, Torzillo, Paul J., Buntain, Helen, Connor, Anne, Adsett, Don, Meng Kar, Oon and Chang, Anne B. (2017). Effectiveness of a cough management algorithm at the transitional phase from acute to chronic cough in Australian children aged <15 years: protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 7 (3) e013796, e013796. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013796
Kisely, Steve, Alichniewicz, Karolina Katarzyna, Black, Emma B., Siskind, Dan, Spurling, Geoffrey and Toombs, Maree (2017). The prevalence of depression and anxiety disorders in indigenous people of the Americas: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 84, 137-152. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2016.09.032
Nasir, Bushra, Hides, Leanne, Kisely, Steve, Geetha Ranmuthugala, Nicholson, Geoff, Black, Emma, Gill, Neeraj, Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, Srinivas and Toombs, Maree (2016). The need for a culturally-tailored gatekeeper training intervention program in preventing suicide among Indigenous peoples: a systematic review. BMC Psychiatry, 16 (1) 357, 357. doi: 10.1186/s12888-016-1059-3
Brennan-Olsen, Sharon L., Quirk, Shae E., Leslie, William D., Toombs, Maree, Holloway, Kara L., Hosking, Sarah M., Pasco, Julie A., Doolan, Brianna J., Page, Richard S. and Williams, Lana J. (2016). Comparison of fracture rates between indigenous and non-indigenous populations: a systematic review protocol. BMJ Open, 6 (8), e012124.1-e012124.6. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012124
Leske, Stuart, Harris, Meredith G., Charlson, Fiona J., Ferrari, Alize J., Baxter, Amanda J., Logan, Jacquie M., Toombs, Maree and Whiteford, Harvey (2016). Systematic review of interventions for Indigenous adults with mental and substance use disorders in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States. BMJ Open, 50 (11), 1040-1054. doi: 10.1177/0004867416662150
Black, Emma B., Ranmuthugala, Geetha, Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, Srinivas, Toombs, Maree R., Nicholson, Geoffrey C. and Kisely, Steve (2015). A systematic review: identifying the prevalence rates of psychiatric disorder in Australia's Indigenous populations. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 49 (5), 412-429. doi: 10.1177/0004867415569802
O'Grady, Kerry-Ann F., Dunbar, Melissa, Medlin, Linda G., Hall, Kerry K., Toombs, Maree, Meiklejohn, Judith, McHugh, Lisa, Massey, Peter D., Creighton, Amy and Andrews, Ross M. (2015). Uptake of influenza vaccination in pregnancy amongst Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women: a mixed-methods pilot study. BMC Research Notes, 8 (169) 169, 1-8. doi: 10.1186/s13104-015-1147-3
Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, Srinivas, Eley, Diann S., Ranmuthugala, Geetha, Chater, Alan B., Toombs, Maree R., Darshan, Deepak and Nicholson, Geoffrey C. (2015). Determinants of rural practice: positive interaction between rural background and rural undergraduate training. Medical Journal Australia, 202 (1), 41-46. doi: 10.5694/mja14.00236
Chang, Anne B., Marsh, Robyn L., Upham, John W., Hoffman, Lucas R., Smith-Vaughan, Heidi, Holt, Deborah, Toombs, Maree, Byrnes, Catherine, Yerkovich, Stephanie T., Torzillo, Paul J., O'Grady, Kerry-Ann F. and Grimwood, Keith (2015). Toward making inroads in reducing the disparity of lung health in Australian Indigenous and New Zealand Maori children. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 3 (FEB) 9, 9. doi: 10.3389/fped.2015.00009
Chang, A. B., Brown, N., Toombs, M., Marsh, R. L. and Redding, G. J. (2014). Lung disease in indigenous children. Paediatric Respiratory Reviews, 15 (4), 325-332. doi: 10.1016/j.prrv.2014.04.016
Toombs, Maree (2012). Ethical research for Indigenous people by Indigenous researchers. Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, 36 (1), 24-26.
Toombs, Maree (2011). Development of resilience training package. Aboriginal and Island Health Worker Journal, 35 (4), 22-25.
Toombs, Maree and Gorman, Don (2011). Mental health and indigenous university students. Aboriginal and Island Health Worker Journal, 35 (4), 26-27.
Toombs, Maree (2011). Identity and this skin colour business-A university student's perspective. Aboriginal and Island Health Worker Journal, 35 (3), 14-15.
Toombs, Maree and Gorman, Don (2010). Recommendations from research into what Aboriginal students say affects their social and emotional wellbeing while at university. Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, 34 (6), 22-24.
Toombs, Maree and Gorman, Don (2010). Why do Indigenous students succeed at university?. Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, 34 (1), 14-16.
Gorman, Don and Toombs, Maree (2009). Matching research methodology with Australian Indigenous culture.. Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, 33 (3), 4-7.
Conference Papers
Nasir, Bushra, Maree Toombs, Srinivas KondalsamyChennakesavan, Kisely, Steve, Leanne Hides, Neeraj Gill, Noel Hayman, Geetha Ranmuthugala, Sharon Brennan-Olsen and Geoffrey Nicholson (2019). Co-designing a suicide intervention training program for Indigenous communities – INSIST. 15th National Rural Health Conference, Hobart, Tasmania, 24-27 March 2019.
Nasir, B., Toombs, M., Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, S., Nicholson, G., Kisely, S., Hides, L. and Gill, N. (2018). Understanding the willingness to intervene and support an individual at risk of suicide. National Suicide Prevention Conference, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 23-26 July 2018.
Toombs, M., Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, S., Kisely, S., Gill, N., Black, E., Hayman, N., Ranmuthugala, G., Beccaria, G., Ostini, R., Nicholson, G. C. and Nasir, B. (2018). Mental health and indigenous connection to land and community. The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) Annual Congress 2018, Auckland, New Zealand, 13-17 May 2018. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications.
Nasir, B., Toombs, M., Kondalsamy-Chennaksavan, S., Kisely, S., Hides, L., Gill, N., Hayman, N., Ranmuthugala, G., Brennan-Olsen, S. and Nicholson, G. (2018). Understanding existing community networks for volunteer suicide intervention trainees – preliminary findings from trainees undertaking an Indigenous suicide intervention training program developed in partnership with Indigenous communities. The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Annual Congress 2018, Auckland, New Zealand, 13-17 May 2018. LONDON: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD.
Toombs, M., Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, S., Kisely, S., Gill, N., Black, E., Hayman, N., Ranmuthugala, G., Beccaria, G., Ostini, R., Nicholson, G. and Nasir, B. (2018). The cultural appropriateness of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV TR, Axis I (SCID-I) for Indigenous populations, study update. The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Annual Congress 2018, Auckland, New Zealand, 13-17 May 2018. LONDON: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD.
Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, S., Nicholson, G. C., Toombs, M. and Gill, N. (2018). Association of mental illness with mortality among Indigenous Australians: a data linkage cohort study. Rural Medicine Australia (RMA 2018), Darwin, NT, Australia, 25-27 October 2018.
Toombs, Maree and Nasir, Bushra (2018). The Mobile Outreach Boomerang (MOB) We come back. International Health Workforce Collaborative 2018, Queenstown, New Zealand, 23-26 April 2018.
Brennan-Olsen, S. L., Vogrin, S., Kinsella, R., Leslie, W. D., Toombs, M., Duque, G., Hosking, S. M., Holloway, K. L., Doolan, B. J., Williams, L. J., Page, R. S., Pasco, J. A. and Quirk, S. E. (2017). FRACTURES IN INDIGENOUS COMPARED TO NON-INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF RATES AND AETIOLOGY. WCO-IOF-ESCEO World Congress on Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases, Florence Italy, Mar 23-26, 2017. LONDON: SPRINGER LONDON LTD.
Kisely, Steve, Black, Emma, Alichniewicz, Karolina and Toombs, Maree (2017). Do Indigenous people have uniformly higher rates of psychiatric disorder and are there differences between Australia and New Zealand. RANZCP Congress, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 30 April - 4 may 2017. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications. doi: 10.1177/0004867417702054
Toombs, Maree and Copeland, M. (2017). Partnering with Indigenous communities in research. What works?. Sunshine Coast University Indigenous Forum, Sunshine Coast, QLD, United States, 11 October 2017.
Nasir, Bushra, Kisely, Steve, Hides, Leanne, Ranmuthugala, Geetha, Brennan-Olsen, Sharon, Nicholson, Geoffrey C., Gill, Neeraj S., Hayman, Noel, Witherspoon, Sally, Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, Srinivas and Toombs, Maree (2017). Pathways to prevention: closing the gap in Indigenous suicide intervention pathways. National Rural Health Conference, Cairns, QLD, Australia, 26-29 March 2017. Deakin West, ACT, Australia: National Rural Health Alliance.
Kisely, S., Black, E., Alichniewicz, K., Ranmuthugala, G., Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, S., Siskind, D., Toombs, M. and Nicholson, G. (2016). Psychiatric Morbidity in Indigenous Peoples From Australia and the Americas: Unexpected Findings From a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Annual Congress, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 8 - 12 May, 2016. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications.
Nasir, B., Kisely, S., Hides, L., Ranmuthugala, G., Brenan-Olsen, S., Easton, C., Wenitong, A., Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, Srinivas, Nicholson, G. and Toombs, M. (2016). An Australian Community-led suicide intervention skills training program: community consultation findings. 8th Australian Rural and Remote Mental Health Symposium., Kingscliff, NSW, Australia, November 2016.
Easton, Caitlin, Nasir, Bushra, Toombs, Maree, Ranmuthugala, Geetha, Gill, Neeraj, Hides, Leanne, Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, Srinivas, Black, Emma, Nicholson, Geoff, Kisely, Steve, Hayman, Noel and Wenitong, Adam (2016). Gatekeeper training interventions in preventing suicide among Indigenous Australians. National Suicide Prevention Conference: Connecting Culture Context and Capabilities, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 24-27 July 2016.
Toombs, Maree, Gill, Neeraj, Nasir, Bushra, Black, Emma, Kisely, Steve, Beccaria, Gavin, Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, Srinivas and Nicholson, Geoffrey (2016). The feasibility of the structured clinical interview for diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (SCID-I) as a practical and culturally appropriate method of diagnosing mental disorders in indigenous Australians. 2016 RANZCP International Congress, Hong Kong, 8-12th May, 2016. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications.
Busija, Lucy, Nicholson, Geoff, Toombs, Maree, Cinelli, Renata, Sanders, Kerrie, Holdsworth, Kristen and McCabe, Marita (2016). Developing conceptual model of the role of elders in the wellbeing of Australian indigenous communities: group concept mapping study. Unknown, Unknown, Unknown. DORDRECHT: SPRINGER.
Karim, Rafid, Kwan, Marcella, Toombs, Maree, Gill, Neeraj and Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, Srinivas (2016). A retrospective population-based matched-pair study of mortality in patients with and without mental illness. RANZCP International Congress 2016: Regional challenges, worldwide influence, Hong Kong, 8-12 May 2016.
Medlin, L., Chang, A., Toombs, M., Brown, A. and O'Grady, K. (2014). Kapri - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge, attitudes and perception of respiratory illnesses. Thoracic Society of Australia & New Zealand and the Australian & New Zealand Society of Respiratory Science 2014 Annual Scientific Meetings, Adelaide Australia, 4-9 April 2014. Richmond Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. doi: 10.1111/resp.12263_12
Toombs, Maree (2012). The Many Roots of Resilience: Planning an Indigenous Health Workforce. Global Health Conference, Dalhousie University, Canada, 4th May.
Bartle, Emma, Toombs, Maree, Lawrie, Gwendolyn and Corporal, Stephen (2011). Increasing the scaffolding: Development and implementation of an innovative chemistry preparatory program for Indigenous students entering UQ's MBBS program.. Leaders in Indigenous Medical Education (LIME) Connection IV, Auckland, New Zealand, 29 November - 1 December 2011.
Dataset Collection
Kwan, Marcella, Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, Srinivas, Ranmuthugala, Geetha, Toombs, Maree and Nicholson, Geoff (2017). Data from cohort study of medical graduates 2012 (UQMediCoS_For_pone0180394). The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/uql.2017.709
Thesis
Toombs, Maree What factors do Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students say affect their social and emotional wellbeing while at university?. PhD Thesis, University of Southern Queensland, University of Southern Queensland.
Research Reports
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