Ellison Professor of Aboriginal Research
Dip. Teaching, MPH&TM, PhD
Professor Coffin is a prominent Aboriginal researcher with research expertise in cultural security, education and research across a diverse range of chronic diseases, nutrition, contextualising bullying, and health promotion. Professor Coffin holds a Bachelor of Education, a Master of Public Health and Tropical Medicine (with distinction) and a PhD with an award in excellence. With a keen interest in Aboriginal languages and ways of learning Professor Coffin combines her education and cultural learnings to deliver the outstanding translation of research into practice that is always of an impeccable standard. She is highly regarded by her peers as being creative and innovative around some of the particularly controversial and complex areas in Aboriginal health and education. Professor Coffin is an accredited Equine Psychotherapy Practitioner.
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Publications
January 2020
Qualitative study of psychosocial factors impacting on Aboriginal women's management of chronic disease
The caring roles and responsibilities Aboriginal women have in their community impact on their health
Published research Aboriginal HealthDecember 2019General practitioners’ perceptions of their communication with Australian Aboriginal patients with acquired neurogenic communication disorders
GPs report difficulty recognising acquired communication disorders and their lack of prioritising assessment and treatment of communication ability after brain injur
Published research Aboriginal HealthOctober 2019The Nguudu Barndimanmanha Project-Improving Social and Emotional Wellbeing in Aboriginal Youth Through Equine Assisted Learning
We observed improvements in self-regulation, self-awareness, and socialization skills, evident from the photography recording and the questionnaire data
Published research Aboriginal HealthOctober 2019“Our culture, how it is to be us” — Listening to Aboriginal women about on Country urban birthing
The Birthing on Noongar Boodjar project Aboriginal women's data represents four generations of women's stories, experiences and expressions of childbearing
Published research Aboriginal HealthSeptember 2019SToP (See, Treat, Prevent) skin sores and scabies trial: study protocol for a cluster randomised, stepped-wedge trial for skin disease control in remote Western Australia
Skin infection burden in remote Aboriginal communities can be reduced by the See, Treat, Prevent (SToP skin sores and scabies) trial
Published research Skin Infections Group A Streptococcal & Rheumatic Heart Disease Skin HealthMarch 2019Wongi mi bardup (doing it our way): Methodologies promoting Aboriginal knowledges and cultural practices for Birthing on Noongar Boodjar
This paper sets out the methodological and theoretical considerations which framed how the Birthing on Noongar Boodjar project was conducted
Published research Aboriginal Health & Wellbeing Aboriginal Health Aboriginal Maternal Health & Child Development