Summer May Finlay
Biographic Data
| ID | 4436793 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Summer May Finlay |
| GIVEN NAMES | Summer May |
| FAMILY NAME | Finlay |
| SIGNATURE | FINLAY S M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wollongong |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6749-180X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Urgent investment needed to reclaim lactation care and training to support Indigenous women, babies, families, and communities
Indigenous women have been nurturing and sustaining our babies through breastfeeding for thousands of years as an important practice for health, wellbeing, community and culture. Breastfeeding is key to giving our babies the best start to life. For many Indigenous women in Western colonized countries breastfeeding and cultural practices have been disrupted by the ongoing impacts of colonization. In this article, we draw on our lived experiences a…
Listening to Aboriginal mothers: Perspectives on infant nutrition and active play promotion
To provide culturally safe maternal and infant nutrition health promotion strategies, it is important that the views, experiences, and preferences of Aboriginal families are privileged. This study aimed to explore the views, experiences, and preferences of Aboriginal mothers’ regarding access to information and support on infant nutrition and active play in Victoria, Australia. Parents and caregivers of Aboriginal infants and children under the a…
Activating Indigenous ways’ – perceptions of how Australian Indigenous health and wellbeing program evaluations are commissioned and future recommendations
To improve the quality of evaluations further attention needs to be paid to the commissioner's cultural capability. Additionally, Commissioners need to develop their understanding of the relationship between Commissioner and Indigenous people's power and the utility of evaluations
Identifying and addressing service barriers for children and young people who displayed harmful sexual behaviour
Purpose Services for children and young people who displayed harmful sexual behaviour (HSB) and their families have remained insufficient and siloed in Australia despite growing recognition of this problem. While some research explores service providers’ perspectives on the barriers and gaps preventing young people and families from accessing and engaging with support services, there is poor understanding of service users’ perspectives. This stud…
A scoping review of commissioning practices used in the evaluation of Indigenous health and wellbeing programs: Protocol article
Despite the billions of dollars invested in improving Indigenous health and wellbeing outcomes in Australia, there is little evidence of program effectiveness to inform policy and practice. The deficiency of evaluations is problematic. Critical to this process is the effective engagement of commissioners with Indigenous peoples, which is not well documented. Currently, there is scant evidence on modes of commissioning practices used. This scoping…
A Narrative Inquiry into the Practices of Healthcare Workers’ Wellness Program: The Seed Experience in New South Wales, Australia
The 2019-2020 Australian bushfires followed by the COVID-19 pandemic brought the significant mental health implications of working in healthcare to the fore. The importance of appropriate support services to ensure the resilience and recovery of healthcare workers has been highlighted. In response to healthcare staff experiences during the bushfires, the SEED Wellness Program was created in 2020 in the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District i…
Improving a framework for evaluating participatory science
This article proposes improvements to an open framework for evaluating participatory science, including projects framed as citizen science. An original proposed framework, while valuable in its comprehensiveness, used problematic language that makes it unworkable in many international contexts. In countries like Australia where Indigenous data sovereignty matters profoundly, language about ‘target groups’ and ‘easing access’ to knowledge can harm…
Representations of Free-Living and Unrestrained Dogs as an Emerging Public Health Issue in Australian Newspapers
That dogs can live and breed as free-living animals contributes to public health risks including zoonotic transmission, dog bites, and compromising people's sense of safety in public spaces. In Australia, free-living dog populations are comprised of domestic dogs, dingoes, and dog-dingo hybrids, and are described using various terms (for example, stray or community), depending on social or geographic context. Urban expansion and regional migratio…
Foundation for a Smoke-Free World and healthy Indigenous futures: An oxymoron
Indigenous peoples represent a diversity of cultures, perspectives and experiences that brings tremendous vibrancy to our world. Within this diversity, many Indigenous peoples share a common history of colonisation that continues today
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Foundation for a Smoke-Free World and healthy Indigenous futures: An oxymoron
Indigenous peoples represent a diversity of cultures, perspectives and experiences that brings tremendous vibrancy to our world. Within this diversity, many Indigenous peoples share a common history of colonisation that continues today
Representations of Free-Living and Unrestrained Dogs as an Emerging Public Health Issue in Australian Newspapers
That dogs can live and breed as free-living animals contributes to public health risks including zoonotic transmission, dog bites, and compromising people's sense of safety in public spaces. In Australia, free-living dog populations are comprised of domestic dogs, dingoes, and dog-dingo hybrids, and are described using various terms (for example, stray or community), depending on social or geographic context. Urban expansion and regional migratio…
A Narrative Inquiry into the Practices of Healthcare Workers’ Wellness Program: The Seed Experience in New South Wales, Australia
The 2019-2020 Australian bushfires followed by the COVID-19 pandemic brought the significant mental health implications of working in healthcare to the fore. The importance of appropriate support services to ensure the resilience and recovery of healthcare workers has been highlighted. In response to healthcare staff experiences during the bushfires, the SEED Wellness Program was created in 2020 in the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District i…
Improving a framework for evaluating participatory science
This article proposes improvements to an open framework for evaluating participatory science, including projects framed as citizen science. An original proposed framework, while valuable in its comprehensiveness, used problematic language that makes it unworkable in many international contexts. In countries like Australia where Indigenous data sovereignty matters profoundly, language about ‘target groups’ and ‘easing access’ to knowledge can harm…
A scoping review of commissioning practices used in the evaluation of Indigenous health and wellbeing programs: Protocol article
Despite the billions of dollars invested in improving Indigenous health and wellbeing outcomes in Australia, there is little evidence of program effectiveness to inform policy and practice. The deficiency of evaluations is problematic. Critical to this process is the effective engagement of commissioners with Indigenous peoples, which is not well documented. Currently, there is scant evidence on modes of commissioning practices used. This scoping…
Activating Indigenous ways’ – perceptions of how Australian Indigenous health and wellbeing program evaluations are commissioned and future recommendations
To improve the quality of evaluations further attention needs to be paid to the commissioner's cultural capability. Additionally, Commissioners need to develop their understanding of the relationship between Commissioner and Indigenous people's power and the utility of evaluations
Identifying and addressing service barriers for children and young people who displayed harmful sexual behaviour
Purpose Services for children and young people who displayed harmful sexual behaviour (HSB) and their families have remained insufficient and siloed in Australia despite growing recognition of this problem. While some research explores service providers’ perspectives on the barriers and gaps preventing young people and families from accessing and engaging with support services, there is poor understanding of service users’ perspectives. This stud…
Urgent investment needed to reclaim lactation care and training to support Indigenous women, babies, families, and communities
Indigenous women have been nurturing and sustaining our babies through breastfeeding for thousands of years as an important practice for health, wellbeing, community and culture. Breastfeeding is key to giving our babies the best start to life. For many Indigenous women in Western colonized countries breastfeeding and cultural practices have been disrupted by the ongoing impacts of colonization. In this article, we draw on our lived experiences a…
Listening to Aboriginal mothers: Perspectives on infant nutrition and active play promotion
To provide culturally safe maternal and infant nutrition health promotion strategies, it is important that the views, experiences, and preferences of Aboriginal families are privileged. This study aimed to explore the views, experiences, and preferences of Aboriginal mothers’ regarding access to information and support on infant nutrition and active play in Victoria, Australia. Parents and caregivers of Aboriginal infants and children under the a…
Indigenous (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Breastfeeding Practices and Influences (2 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Environmental ethics (2 works) · Evaluation and Performance Assessment (2 works)