Associate Professor Kerry Taylor
Academic Status
College of Medicine and Public Health
Kerry is an Associate Professor with the Poche Centre for Indigenous Health & Wellbeing. She has previously worked in remote health education and undergraduate nursing education. Kerry has extensive experience working in Central Australian remote communities with a range of organisations, including Batchelor Institute of Indigenous tertiary Education and NT Department of Health.
Kerry's PhD thesis was a study of intercultural communications in health care in Indigenous language settings. Her main teaching and research interests include cultural safety, Indigenous health, health literacy and health workforce preparation.
Master Primary Health Care, Flinders University, 2000
Bachelor of Nursing, University of Technology, Sydney, 1992
Graduate Diploma of Education - Health, Sydney CAE, 1983
Diploma of Teaching, Riverina CAE, 1979
Flinders University Vice Chancellor's Excellence in Teaching Awards (2005 -Individual, 2007 - Team)
Carrick Citation team Award for mentoring students to publish and communicate research, 2007
Developing and evaluating health literacy resources for use in Indigenous health settings.
Teaching and curriculum writing in the areas of cultural safety and intercultural communications.
- Cultural Safety
- Health Literacy
- Intercultural communication in health care
Current Board Member for Drug and Alcohol Services Alice Springs (DASA)
Past Chair Acacia Hill Special School Council, Alice Springs 2009-2013
Current Council Member, Acacia Hill Special School Council, current
Current Board Member for Barefoot Initiative NGO
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