[AJHN] Peta Ivy MacGillivray & Dr Rebecca Reeve - Yuwaya Ngarra-li data linkage study

Yuwaya Ngarra-li (vision) is a community-led partnership between the Dharriwaa Elders Group in Walgett and UNSW to improve the wellbeing, social, built and physical environment and life pathways of Aboriginal people in Walgett through collaborating on evidence-based initiatives, research and capacity building. A particular focus of Yuwaya Ngarra-li is on increasing the understanding and strategic use of administrative data to inform our planning, evaluation and progress towards Yuwaya Ngarra-li’s long-term aims. This is achieved through an iterative process of collaboration and capacity building between the DEG, UNSW and other stakeholders.

Speakers:
Ms Peta Ivy MacGillivray
Peta Ivy MacGillivray (BA/LLB; Grad. Dip Legal Prac; LLM) is a Kalkutungu and South Sea Islander lawyer and researcher, and the Yuwaya Ngarra-li Senior Research Fellow focused on legal and justice issues based at UNSW. Peta has worked as a researcher on a range of criminology, legal services and community-development projects in NSW and across Australia. Peta was a Field Researcher and Project Manager for the Indigenous Australians with Mental Health Disorders and Cognitive Disability in the Criminal Justice System (IAMHDCD) Project, which first introduced her to the Dharriwaa Elders Group. Peta’s area of legal practice specialisation is the legal needs of children and young people, particularly those experiencing social and economic disadvantage. Peta is passionate about Indigenous children and young people’s participation in community development work.

Dr Rebecca Reeves
Dr Rebecca Reeve (BEc Hons., PhD) is a Senior Research Fellow with Yuwaya Ngarra-li at UNSW. She is an applied econometrician who is committed to using her skills to help improve wellbeing and social justice, through evidence-based research and evaluation. Rebecca has fifteen years’ research experience in academia and the not-for-profit sector, working on a range of mixed-methods projects. She has particular expertise in using linked administrative data for longitudinal analyses relating to health, education, and criminology. In her spare time Rebecca is an advocate for refugees and people seeking asylum.

Chair:
Prof Stuart Kinner, Head of the Justice Health Group and Professor of Health Equity, Curtin University; Group Leader, Justice Health, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute; Honorary Professor, University of Melbourne; Adjunct Professor, Griffith University; and Technical Advisor, World Health Organisation Health in Prisons Programme.

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