Stephen Harfield

School of Public Health

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Stephen is a Narungga and Ngarrindjeri man from South Australia, and Senior Research Fellow with the University of Queensland Poche Centre for Indigenous Health and PhD candidate with the School of Public Health at the University of Queensland.

Stephen is an epidemiologist and public health researcher who has worked with Aboriginal communities and organisations across Australia. Stephen has experience in conducting health services research, sexual health, adolescents and young people’s health and wellbeing, and Indigenous methodology.

Stephen completed a Master of Philosophy in Applied Epidemiology at the Australian National University in 2019, and has a Master of Public Health (Flinders University, 2013), a Graduate Certificate Health Services Research and Development (The University of Wollongong, 2012), and a Bachelor of Health Sciences (Public Health) (The University of Adelaide, 2008).

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Appointments

Date	Position	Institution name
2021 - ongoing	Affiliate Senior Research Fellow	University of Queensland
2021 - ongoing	Associate Research Fellow	South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute
2015 - ongoing	Visiting Research Fellow	The University of Adelaide

Education

Institution name	Country	Title
The University of Adelaide	Australia	Bachelor of Health Sciences
The University of Wollongong	Australia	Graduate Certificate in Health Services Research and Development
Flinders University	Australia	Masters of Public Health
Australian National University	Australia	Master of Philosophy Applied Epidemiology

Research Interests

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Epidemiology Public Health Public Health and Health Services

Journals

Year	Citation
2021	Harfield, S., Elliott, S., Ramsey, L., Housen, T., & Ward, J. (2021). Using social networking sites to recruit participants: methods of an online survey of sexual health, knowledge and behaviour of young South Australians. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 45(4), 7 pages. DOI Scopus6 WoS5 Europe PMC4
2021	Harfield, S., Davy, C., Dawson, A., Mulholland, E., Braunack-Mayer, A., & Brown, A. (2021). Building Indigenous health workforce capacity and capability through leadership - the Miwatj health leadership model. Primary Health Care Research and Development, 22, e52-1-e52-9. DOI Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC1
2021	Dawson, A., Harfield, S., Davy, C., Baker, A., Kite, E., Aitken, G., . . . Brown, A. (2021). Aboriginal community-controlled aged care: principles, practices and actions to integrate with primary health care. Primary Health Care Research and Development, 22, e50-1-e50-9. DOI Scopus4 WoS4 Europe PMC3
2020	Reilly, R., Stephens, J., Micklem, J., Tufanaru, C., Harfield, S., Fisher, I., . . . Ward, J. (2020). Use and uptake of web-based therapeutic interventions amongst Indigenous populations in Australia, New Zealand, the United States of America and Canada: a scoping review. Systematic Reviews, 9(1), 123-1-123-17. DOI Scopus14 WoS14 Europe PMC10
2020	Harfield, S., Pearson, O., Morey, K., Kite, E., Canuto, K., Glover, K., . . . Braunack-Mayer, A. (2020). Assessing the quality of health research from an Indigenous perspective: the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander quality appraisal tool. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 20(1), 79-1-79-9. DOI Scopus113 WoS99 Europe PMC60
2019	Stajic, J., Harfield, S., Brown, A., Dawson, A., Davy, C., Aromataris, E., & Braunack-Mayer, A. (2019). Evaluating a research capacity strengthening program for Aboriginal community-controlled health organisations. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 25(1), 72-81. DOI Scopus5 WoS4 Europe PMC1
2019	Chamberlain, C., Gee, G., Harfield, S., Campbell, S., Brennan, S., Clark, Y., . . . Dyall, D. (2019). Parenting after a history of childhood maltreatment: a scoping review and map of evidence in the perinatal period. PLoS ONE, 14(3), e0213460-1-e0213460-41. DOI Scopus55 WoS57 Europe PMC28
2019	Canuto, K., Harfield, S., Wittert, G., & Brown, A. (2019). Listen, understand, collaborate: developing innovative strategies to improve health service utilisation by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 43(4), 307-309. DOI Scopus5 WoS2 Europe PMC1
2019	Canuto, K., Harfield, S. G., Canuto, K. K., & Brown, A. (2019). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and parenting: a scoping review. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 26(1), 1-9. DOI Scopus7 WoS5 Europe PMC2
2019	Harfield, S., Beazley, R., Denehy, E., Centofanti, A., Dowsett, P., Housen, T., & Flood, L. (2019). An outbreak and case-control study of Salmonella Havana linked to alfalfa sprouts in South Australia, 2018. Communicable diseases intelligence (2018), 43, 10 pages. DOI Scopus4 WoS3 Europe PMC2
2018	Harfield, S., Davy, C., McArthur, A., Munn, Z., Brown, A., & Brown, N. (2018). Characteristics of Indigenous primary health care service delivery models: a systematic scoping review. Globalization and Health, 14(1), 12-1-12-11. DOI Scopus104 WoS96 Europe PMC55
2018	Canuto, K., Brown, A., Wittert, G., & Harfield, S. (2018). Understanding the utilization of primary health care services by Indigenous men: a systematic review. BMC Public Health, 18(1), 1198-1-1198-12. DOI Scopus19 WoS14 Europe PMC8
2018	Canuto, K., Wittert, G., Harfield, S., & Brown, A. (2018). "I feel more comfortable speaking to a male": Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men's discourse on utilizing primary health care services. International Journal for Equity in Health, 17(1), 1-11. DOI Scopus31 WoS28 Europe PMC9
2017	Gibson, O., Reilly, R., Harfield, S., Tufanaru, C., & Ward, J. (2017). Web-based therapeutic interventions for assessing, managing and treating health conditions in Indigenous people: a scoping review protocol. JBI database of systematic reviews and implementation reports, 15(10), 2487-2494. DOI Scopus2 Europe PMC1
2016	Davy, C. P., Harfield, S., McArthur, A., Munn, Z., & Brown, A. (2016). Access to primary health care services for Indigenous peoples: a framework synthesis. International Journal for Equity in Health, 15(1), 163-1-163-9. DOI Scopus188 WoS179 Europe PMC106
2015	Harfield, S., Davy, C., Kite, E., McArthur, A., Munn, Z., Brown, N., & Brown, A. (2015). Characteristics of Indigenous primary health care models of service delivery: a scoping review protocol. JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, 13(11), 43-51. DOI Scopus25 Europe PMC12
2015	Canuto, K., Brown, A., Harfield, S., & Wittert, G. (2015). Strategies that target the utilization of primary health care services by Indigenous men in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and America: a comprehensive systematic review protocol. JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, 13(9), 95-111. DOI

Book Chapters

Year Citation
2011 Prior, J., & Harfield, S. (2011). Health, Well-Being and Vulnerable Populations. In International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home (pp. 355-361). Elsevier.
DOI

Year	Citation
2011	Prior, J., & Harfield, S. (2011). Health, Well-Being and Vulnerable Populations. In International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home (pp. 355-361). Elsevier. DOI

Conference Papers

Year	Citation
2017	Harfield, S., Gibson, O., Morey, K., Kite, E., Canuto, K., Glover, K., . . . Braunack-Mayer, A. (2017). The CREATE Critical Appraisal Tool: Establishing The Validity, Reliability And Feasibility Of A Tool To Appraise Research From Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Perspectives. In 15th World Congress on Public Health (pp. 1-3). Melbourne, Australia.
2017	Gibson, O., Harfield, S., Morey, K., Kite, E., Canuto, K., Gomersall, J., . . . Braunack-Mayer, A. (2017). The CREATE Critical Appraisal Tool: A Tool To Appraise Research From Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives. In The Global Evidence Summit. Cape Town, South Africa.
2015	Morey, K., Canuto, K., Kite, E., Gibson, O., Brown, A., Harfield, S., . . . Braunack-Mayer, A. (2015). The Development of an Appraisal Tool for Assessing Research Involving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. In [ ]. Melbourne.

Conference Items

Year	Citation
2017	Harfield, S., Gibson, O., Morey, K., Kite, E., Canuto, K., Glover, K., . . . Braunack-Mayer, A. (2017). The CREATE Critical Appraisal Tool: A Tool To Appraise Research From Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives [Poster]. Poster session presented at the meeting of 6th Annual National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Symposium on Research Translation. Brisbane.
2016	Morey, K., Gibson, O., Harfield, S., Canuto, K., Kite, E., Glover, K., . . . Braunack-Mayer, A. (2016). Developing a tool to assess research involving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples from an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspective [Poster]. Poster session presented at the meeting of The Lowitja Institute International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference 2016. Melbourne, Australia.
2015	Reilly, R., Harfield, S., Evans, K., Warren, S., O'Shea, R., Gorham, G., . . . Gomersall, J. (2015). Systematic review using the JBI mixed methods approach: An application using diverse evidence from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healthcare. Poster session presented at the meeting of nil. Adelaide.
2015	Reilly, R., Harfield, S., Evans, K., Peters, M. D., Warren, S., O'Shea, R., . . . Cass, A. (2015). Systematic review using the JBI mixed methods approach: An application using diverse evidence from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healthcare. Poster session presented at the meeting of Joanna Briggs Institute International Methodology Symposium. Adelaide.

Email: stephen.harfield@adelaide.edu.au

Stephen Harfield

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