Technology-based solutions for health screening and care are important, as offender populations have high and complex health needs in a unique, restricted setting. Partnerships between research, government and industry are needed to produce evidence-based and effective solutions.
This interactive presentation will involve a discussion of the key issues and lessons experienced during a current research project that aims to develop a self-completed digital health tool for people in prisons. The project involves co-investigators across research, corrective services, health, and close collaboration with technology developers.
Issues to be discussed may include: conducting codesign in the prison setting, negotiating competing priorities between stakeholders, considering change aversion and digital readiness of users. The audience will be invited to share their experiences and constructive ideas for ways forward as the project approaches the implementation phase.
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Dr. Jane (Ye In) Hwang PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Population Health, University of New South Wales, Australia
Jane is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Justice Health Research Program at the School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney. Her research interests are in social determinants of health and health equity in marginalised populations. In particular, improving health and reintegration of justice-involved populations and enabling healthy ageing. She is currently funded by a National Health and Medical Research Council Investigator Grant to conduct a five-year research program that responds to the increasing number of older people in Australian prisons. She has a broad range of mixed-methods research experience including qualitative work with vulnerable groups, cross-sector consultation and co-design, longitudinal health data collection, data linkage and digital tool development.
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Dr. Adrienne Withall
Senior Lecturer, University of New South Wales, Australia
Dr Withall is a mid-career researcher and combined track ageing and mental health specialist in the School of Psychology, at the University of New South Wales. She recently served as a Leader of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research Theme at the School of Population Health. Her research focuses on promoting cognitive health and wellbeing for priority populations. She is a Dharawal, Yuin and convict-settler woman. Adrienne partners regularly with a range of stakeholders, including Aboriginal communities (e.g. Marcia Ella Duncan and the La Perouse Local Aboriginal Land Council to design the first on-country experience for UNSW medical students), people with Lived Experience (e.g. via the Black Dog Institute) community organisations (e.g. Dementia Australia), health services (e.g. Northern Sydney Local Health District Drug and Alcohol Services, NSW Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network) & industry partners (e.g. Flourish Australia, Corrective Services NSW).
