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The Communicate Study Partnership Newsletter - November 2025

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November 24, 2025 - 16:00pm
The Communicate Study Partnership Newsletter - July 2025

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September 15, 2025 - 13:42pm
The Communicate Study Partnership Newsletter - April 2025

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April 28, 2025 - 16:03pm
MEDIA RELEASE | New podcast episodes of Ask the Specialist focus on Palliative Care

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April 14, 2025 - 09:15am

Three new episodes of Menzies' multi-award-winning podcast, Ask the Specialist: Stories to Inspire Better Healthcare, have been released, focusing on end-of-life care.
The Communicate Study Partnership Newsletter - November 2024

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November 22, 2024 - 15:14pm
MEDIA RELEASE | “If they help us, we can help them” – Solutions to enhance cultural safety in hospital care

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October 11, 2024 - 09:00am

A new study led by the Communicate Study Partnership from Menzies School of Health Research has uncovered key priorities to improve the delivery of culturally safe care
The Communicate Study Partnership Newsletter - May 2024

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May 20, 2024 - 09:00am
The Voice to Parliament "creates an opportunity to codesign a healthy future"

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September 05, 2023 - 12:22pm

Four people working in the NT’s Top End share perspectives on the potential impact of the Voice to Parliament on health outcomes for First Nations peoples.
MEDIA RELEASE | Codesign and communication supports a healthier future

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September 05, 2023 - 09:44am

The importance of codesigning First Nations healthcare and health research has been highlighted through insights by 4 researchers from Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies).
Voice to Parliament: a Northern Territory doctor's perspective

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July 31, 2023 - 12:24pm

As part of the InSight+ coverage of the Voice to Parliament, they spoke to Professor Anna Ralph, the Deputy Director of Research at Menzies School of Health Research.
The Communicate Study Partnership Newsletter - June 2023

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June 26, 2023 - 14:00pm
The Communicate Study Partnership Newsletter - March 2023

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March 20, 2023 - 14:00pm
The Communicate Study Partnership Newsletter - November 2022

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November 21, 2022 - 14:00pm
ABC Radio | How doctors communicate with Indigenous patients

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May 09, 2022 - 15:07pm

Vicki Kerrigan chats with the ABC Radio Health Report about the podcast ‘Ask the Specialist: Larrakia, Tiwi and Yolngu stories to inspire better healthcare’. This podcast is helping to improve patient-provider communication across the NT.
MEDIA RELEASE | $1.5 million to improve patient-provider communication in NT hospitals

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November 12, 2021 - 09:00am

The Communicate Study, led by Menzies, was today awarded a five-year major investment of $1.5 million from the National Health and Medical Research Council to improve patient-provider communication at Royal Darwin, Gove and Katherine District Hospitals.
NT News | Communication to be better after boost

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November 12, 2021 - 02:00am

Menzies School of Health Research has been awarded $1.5m to develop health communications in language for NT Aboriginal peoples.
ANZCA Award

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July 09, 2021 - 16:00pm

Congratulations to Vicki Kerrigan, winner of ANZCA's 2021 Grant Noble Award for best postgraduate abstract.
Young Australian of the Year finalists committed to helping those in need

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January 09, 2021 - 11:15am

The NT's Young Australian of the Year also helped produce the Ask the Specialist podcast with Menzies School of Health Research.
2020 CSL Florey Next Generation Award

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December 10, 2020 - 10:58am

Vicki Kerrigan, announced as a finalist – for improving Aboriginal health outcomes in the Northern Territory by reimagining how the cultural education can be delivered for healthcare providers.
NT podcast recognised on national stage

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December 07, 2020 - 12:40pm

A Northern Territory podcast designed to inspire better healthcare has picked up a silver medal for Smartest Podcast at the Australian Podcast Awards.
Podcast delivers specialist cultural advice on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander healthcare

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December 07, 2020 - 11:05am

A new Australian made podcast that reveals the reality of the hospital experience for Aboriginal patients in the Top End of the Northern Territory is receiving plaudits for its approach to cultural education in healthcare.
Oz Podcast Winners Revealed

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November 23, 2020 - 13:54pm

The winners of the Australian Podcast Awards for 2020 were announced last night (21/11), celebrating the best Australian podcasts across 24 different categories.
NT health expert, trainee nurse honoured

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November 06, 2020 - 09:57am

The Northern Territory's Australian of the Year awardees include NT health expert Dr Wendy Page and Aboriginal Health Practitioner Stuart McGrath. Stuart helped develop the Ask the Specialist podcast.
Interpreters for Aboriginal people in hospital

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August 18, 2020 - 09:36am

On Health Report with Dr Norman Swan - Prof Anna Ralph - Menzies School of Health Research and Infectious Diseases Physician, RDH
Sunday Territorian | Interpreters vital at RDH

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August 09, 2020 - 07:30am

A year-long study conducted by Royal Darwin Hospital has found an increase in the use of Aboriginal interpreters in hospitals is associated with a decline in the number of patients who leave treatment early.
More Aboriginal interpreters result in less self-discharges from hospitals, new research finds

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August 07, 2020 - 10:01am

The Communicate study, led by Professor Anna Ralph, has found that employing Aboriginal interpreters in hospitals can impact the rate of patients leaving treatment early.
Interpreter boost reduces patient self-discharge

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August 05, 2020 - 09:00am

A study conducted at RDH has found that increased use of Aboriginal interpreters was associated with a decrease in patients leaving treatment early.
Increased interpreter use linked to decrease in patient self-discharges

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August 03, 2020 - 00:00am

A new study in the MJA has found that an increase in using Aboriginal interpreters in a hospital was associated with a decrease in patients leaving treatment early.
The ‘Communicate’ Study : Poster

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September 10, 2018 - 09:00am

A poster presentation on a study of patient-provider intercultural communication at Royal Darwin Hospital and consequently Aboriginal patient health outcomes, measured using quantitative and qualitative data.

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