Dr Anthea Brand

I am an Accredited Practicing Dietitian with significant experience working in community and primary health care settings across rural and remote Australia. In response to concerns raised by communities I worked with, in addition to questions that arose during my practice, I undertook a PhD to explore whether the nutrition activities of health professionals met the needs of the Aboriginal people they worked with. My research recommended changes to health professional training and health systems to enable health practitioners to implement the principles of comprehensive primary health care and cultural safety into their work. I transitioned from the health sector to work at Flinders University where I have contributed my learnings from practice and research to health professional education and to the Remote Primary Health Care Manuals which are integral in shaping primary health care health service provision in remote and Indigenous communities.