Dr Elisha Riggs
Research Fellow
Population Health
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Australia
Biography
Dr Elisha Riggs is co-leader of the Refugee and Migrant Research Program within the Healthy Mothers Healthy Families research group at MCRI and honorary research fellow in the Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne. Elisha is a public health and health services researcher whose work focuses on reducing disparities in maternal and child health outcomes for socially disadvantaged communities. She currently leads a series of projects in partnership with the Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture (Foundation House), including two studies funded by the NHMRC. Her research is at the forefront of healthcare system redesign and innovation using participatory methods to facilitate community and service engagement. She is Lead Investigator for the Group Pregnancy Care Study and Co-investigator for the Bridging the Gap Study and Childhood Resilience Study.
Research Interest
child and family health
Publications
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Riggs E, Yelland J, Duell-Piening P, Brown SJ. Improving health literacy in refugee populations. Med J Aust. 2016 Jan 18;204(1):9-10.
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Riggs E, Yelland J, Szwarc J, Wahidi S, Casey S, Chesters D, Fouladi F, Duellâ€Piening P, Giallo R, Brown S. Fatherhood in a new country: a qualitative study exploring the experiences of Afghan men and implications for health services. Birth. 2016 Mar 1;43(1):86-92.
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Riggs E, Muyeen S, Brown S, Dawson W, Petschel P, Tardiff W, Norman F, Vanpraag D, Szwarc J, Yelland J. Cultural safety and belonging for refugee background women attending group pregnancy care: An Australian qualitative study. Birth. 2017 Jun 1;44(2):145-52.
