Dr Margaret Scrimgeour

Senior Lecturer

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Dr Margaret ScrimgeourAffiliation: University of AdelaideFaculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Margaret Scrimgeour has engaged in a broad scope of Education and Public Health research over the past twenty years. A post doctoral research position at the Co-Operative Research Centre for Aboriginal and Tropical Health (CRCATH) in Darwin led to participation in the development of an agenda for reform of approaches to health research involving the interests of Indigenous people. She has subsequently worked with Indigenous colleagues to investigate approaches to Research Ethics, community engagement in research, education as a social determinant of health, anti-racism education and cultural safety curriculum development.

Year Citation
2008 Scrimgeour, M., & Scrimgeour, D. (2008). Health care access for Aboriginal and Torress Strait Islander People living in urban areas, and related research issues: a review of the literature. Casuarina, N.T.: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health.
2005 Dunbar, T., & Scrimgeour, M. (2005). ETHICAL ASSESSMENT OF INDIGENOUS HEALTH
RESEARCH:A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE (1st ed.). Onemda VicHealth Koori Health Unit.
2004 Henry, J., Dunbar, T., Arnott,, A., Scrimgeour, M., & Murakami-Gold, L. (2004). Indigenous ResearchReform Agenda
A review of the literature (Vol. 5, 1st ed.). Casuarina N.T.: COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE FOR ABORIGINAL & TROPICAL HEALTH.
2002 Henry, J., Dunbar, T., Scrimgeour, M., Arnott, A., & Matthews, S. (2002). Indigenous research reform agenda: Rethinking research methodologies (1st ed.). Casuarina, N.T: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal and Tropical Health (CRC) ..

Year Citation
2017 Dunbar, T., & Scrimgeour, M. (2017). LSIC: Procedural Ethics Through an Indigenous Ethical Lens. In M. Walter, K. Martin, & G. Bodkin-Andrews (Eds.), Indigenous Children Growing Up Strong: A Longitudinal Study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Families (1st ed., pp. 61-78). London, United Kingdom: Palgrave MacMillan.
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2017 Dunbar, T., & Scrimgeour, M. (2017). Pregnancy, Birthing and Health for Indigenous Families. In M. Walter, K. Martin, & G. Bodkin-Andrews (Eds.), Indigenous Children Growing Up Strong: A Longitudinal Study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Families (1st ed., pp. 101-121). London: Palgrave Macmillan UK.
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2010 Baker, J., Dunbar, T., & Scrimgeour, M. (2010). Feminist bioethics and indigenous research reform in Australia : is an alliance across gender, racial, and cultural borders a useful strategy for promoting change?. In J. Scully, L. Baldwin Ragaven, & P. Fitzpatrick (Eds.), Feminist Bioethics: At the Center, on the Margins (1 ed., pp. 243-256). Baltimore, USA: Johns Hopkins University Press.
2007 Dunbar, T., & Scrimgeour, M. (2007). The impact of Western education on the health and well being of Indigenous peoples: Reviewing the research evidence in Australia. In B. Carson, T. Dunbar, R. Chenhall, & R. Bailie (Eds.), Social Determinants of Indigenous Health (1st ed., pp. 135-149). Crows Nest NSW 2065: Allen and Unwin.

Year Citation
2017 Dunbar, T., & Scrimgeour, M. (2017). Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children Data: Pregnancy, Birthing and Health – Wave 1. Poster session presented at the meeting of AIATSIS National Indigenous Research Conference 2017. Canberra.
2007 Dunbar, T., & Scrimgeour, M. (2007). Keeping research on track: A guide for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples about health research ethics. Poster session presented at the meeting of AIATSIS Conference. Canberra.

Margaret Scrimgeour is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences where she works alongside Indigenous colleagues in the Yaitya Purruna Indigenous Health Unit. Academics in this Unit provide a mix of  teaching and curriculum support for academics in Schools across the Faculty. We work with students in the Schools of Medicine, Dentistry, Public Health and Psychology to support them to become culturally safe health practitioners.


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