“It’s important to help out our mob and have a better experience”. Hayley Williams PhD Candidate. The Project is taking a first real look into opening up a better understanding of support for treatment, outcomes and access to services for Burn injuries in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Children.
Ambitious PhD Student Hayley Williams is one of four students to be invited to a new project led by Professor Rebecca Ivers from the George Institute for Global Health.
Hayley is an Anaiwan woman from Northern New South Wales currently working at the Centre for Children’s Burns and Trauma Research, at the Lady Cliento Children’s Hospital.
Hayley is currently assessing if children are receiving high quality of care with respect to their culture, and the Psycho-social interventions and supports for during burn injuries incidences.
“Seeing how we can best help Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their families navigate the health system, is one of aims of the research," says Hayley.
“The whole entire process of having a burn injury, having going through the treatments and the care, it can be quite overwhelming for a Family who are coming from Rural or remote areas” Hayley Williams PhD Candidate ImageImage
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