Terry Cox

Biography

Terry is a lecturer at the Centre for Rural Health. His health sociology journey and ongoing research interests include childhood cancer survivorship in shaping primary carer identities, child care practices, family relationships and the long-term management of treatment-related late effects. His research has informed cancer support agencies including Camp Quality, the Leukaemia Foundation and Ronald McDonald House.Terry is an active member of an Aboriginal community organisation. He has taught and supported Aboriginal students and is proud to see them progress through their university degrees. He has a particular interest in examining Aboriginal community based health strategies, Aboriginal men's health and Men's Shed participation.

Research Interest

Terry has two research areas; childhood cancer and Aboriginal health, that both align with the University research theme Better Health. His childhood cancer research took clinical remission as a starting point to develop a greater ontological and conceptual understanding of survivorship and how this is enacted in the aftermath of a life-threatening disease. His research has a particular focus on the strategies primary carers and children adopt to mitigate the late effects of cancer treatment.  He is keen to further examine how survivorship discourses are constructed from ethical and quality-of-life frameworks by health professionals, primary carers and children.