Associate Professor Amy Finlay-Jones
@amyfinlayjones
Head, @enmh_team Early Neurodevelopment & Mental Health @telethonkids | she/her | MClinPsych, MHealthEcon, PhD
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01-05-2015 02:57:55
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Infant Mental Health Awareness Week. Not only is early intervention the right thing to do, it is the smart (economic) thing to do. Having the right services in place & working together leads to better outcomes bcec.edu.au/publications/b… Rochelle Matacz BankwestCurtinEC Associate Professor Amy Finlay-Jones
Congratulations to Worimi man Professor Kelvin Kong AM - NAIDOC Person of the Year 2023 for his dedication to improving health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children 🖤💛❤️ #NAIDOC2023 hubs.li/Q01Wr-nh0 Photo: Dr K yarning to our members in b/w surgery
15% of the families we work with don't have a connected laptop at home. We're collaborating with michael dezuanni QUT Digital Media Research Centre on research focussed on enhancing the #digitalinclusion of young Australians who are experiencing disadvantage, so they have the same access to tech as their peers
Senior Yuendumu women work to heal families struggling with childhood #Trauma Pirlirrpa Ngurrju-Maninjaku Healing the Spirit Resource Kit Marlpa Jungu Jintangka (MMJ) NT Australia abc.net.au/news/2023-07-0… via ABC Australia
"What is most worrying is to see this ideology being increasingly exported, under the guise of evidence-based early childhood interventions, to the Global South. Promoted by organisations such as the WHO, the World Bank and UNICEF..." aeon.co/essays/why-run… via Aeon Magazine
NEW POLLING: 73 per cent of young Australians support First Nations Voice, according to polling by Australia Institute. Read all the key findings at bit.ly/44vW5zS #UluruStatement #StayTrue2Uluru
On my way to Dublin for #waimh2023 - looking forward to hearing about the amazing array of infant mental health research happening, including two presentations from Early Neurodevelopment & Mental Health Research ❤️
Great thread - Mary Brushe, PhD FYI
This morning our CEO Adj Prof Dr Janine Mohamed Mohamed spoke about health equity and health justice at the IAS Conference on HIV Science (Inactive account) in Meanjin with Lowitja Institute research award winner Professor James Ward UQ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health
"As First Nations journalists, we've had to fight for every story to get told. In largely white newsrooms, not only do we suffer vicarious trauma from the personal nature of our work. We are often arguing with editors to simply believe in our investigations." - journo Bridget Brennan.