Stephen Harfield
Senior Research Fellow | PhD Candidate
UQ Poche Centre & School of Public Health
Project title
Strengthening primary health care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescents living in urban settings
Supervision
Prof James Ward, Prof Gita Mishra, A/Prof Peter Azzopardi
Researcher biography
Stephen is a Narungga and Ngarrindjeri man from South Australia, and Senior Research Fellow with the University of Queensland Poche Centre for Indigenous Health and PhD candidate with the School of Public Health at the University of Queensland.
Stephen is an epidemiologist and public health researcher who has worked with Aboriginal communities and organisations across Australia. Stephen has experience in conducting health services research, sexual health, adolescents and young people’s health and wellbeing, and Indigenous methodology.
Stephen completed a Master of Philosophy in Applied Epidemiology at the Australian National University in 2019, and has a Master of Public Health (Flinders University, 2013), a Graduate Certificate Health Services Research and Development (The University of Wollongong, 2012), and a Bachelor of Health Sciences (Public Health) (The University of Adelaide, 2008).
Publications
Journal Articles
Harfield, Stephen, Purcell, Tara, Schioldann, Eliza, Ward, James, Pearson, Odette and Azzopardi, Peter (2024). Enablers and barriers to primary health care access for Indigenous adolescents: a systematic review and meta-aggregation of studies across Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and USA. BMC Health Services Research, 24 (1) 553. doi: 10.1186/s12913-024-10796-5
Harfield, Stephen, Azzopardi, Peter, Mishra, Gita D. and Ward, James S. (2024). An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescent model of primary health care. Medical Journal of Australia. doi: 10.5694/mja2.52484
Harfield, Stephen, Elliott, Salenna, Barzi, Federica, Minto, Kiara, Dean, Judith A. and Ward, James (2024). Sexual risk and testing for sexually transmissible infections in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous young South Australians: results of an online survey. Sexual Health, 21 (4) ARTN SH24041, 1-9. doi: 10.1071/sh24041
Dawson, Anna, Harfield, Stephen, Davy, Carol, Baker, Anna, Kite, Elaine, Aitken, Graham, Morey, Kim, Braunack-Mayer, Annette and Brown, Alex (2021). Aboriginal community-controlled aged care: principles, practices and actions to integrate with primary health care. Primary Health Care Research and Development, 22 e50. doi: 10.1017/s1463423621000542
Harfield, Stephen, Davy, Carol, Dawson, Anna, Mulholland, Eddie, Braunack-Mayer, Annette and Brown, Alex (2021). Building Indigenous health workforce capacity and capability through leadership – the Miwatj health leadership model. Primary Health Care Research and Development, 22 e52, e52. doi: 10.1017/s1463423621000554
Harfield, Stephen, Elliott, Salenna, Ramsey, Liam, Housen, Tambri and Ward, James (2021). Using social networking sites to recruit participants: methods of an online survey of sexual health, knowledge and behaviour of young South Australians. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 45 (4) 1753-6405.13117, 1-7. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.13117
Reilly, Rachel, Stephens, Jacqueline, Micklem, Jasmine, Tufanaru, Catalin, Harfield, Stephen, Fisher, Ike, Pearson, Odette and Ward, James (2020). Use and uptake of web-based therapeutic interventions amongst Indigenous populations in Australia, New Zealand, the United States of America and Canada: a scoping review. Systematic Reviews, 9 (1) 123. doi: 10.1186/s13643-020-01374-x
Harfield, Stephen, Pearson, Odette, Morey, Kim, Kite, Elaine, Canuto, Karla, Glover, Karen, Gomersall, Judith Streak, Carter, Drew, Davy, Carol, Aromataris, Edoardo and Braunack-Mayer, Annette (2020). Assessing the quality of health research from an Indigenous perspective: the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander quality appraisal tool. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 20 (1) 79. doi: 10.1186/s12874-020-00959-3
Canuto, Kootsy, Harfield, Stephen G., Canuto, Karla J. and Brown, Alex (2020). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and parenting: a scoping review. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 26 (1), 1-9. doi: 10.1071/py19106
Canuto, Kootsy, Harfield, Stephen, Wittert, Gary and Brown, Alex (2019). Listen, understand, collaborate: developing innovative strategies to improve health service utilisation by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 43 (4) 1753-6405.12922, 307-309. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12922
Chamberlain, Catherine, Gee, Graham, Harfield, Stephen, Campbell, Sandra, Brennan, Sue, Clark, Yvonne, Mensah, Fiona, Arabena, Kerry, Herrman, Helen, Brown, Stephanie, Atkinson, Judy, Nicholson, Jan, Gartland, Deirdre, Glover, Karen, Mitchell, Amanda, Atkinson, Caroline, McLachlan, Helen, Andrews, Shawana, Hirvoven, Tanja, Ralph, Naomi and Dyall, Danielle (2019). Parenting after a history of childhood maltreatment: A scoping review and map of evidence in the perinatal period. PloS One, 14 (3) e0213460, e0213460. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0213460
Stajic, Janet, Harfield, Stephen, Brown, Alex, Dawson, Anna, Davy, Carol, Aromataris, Edoardo and Braunack-Mayer, Annette (2019). Evaluating a research capacity strengthening program for Aboriginal community-controlled health organisations. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 25 (1), 72-81. doi: 10.1071/py18058
Canuto, Kootsy, Wittert, Gary, Harfield, Stephen and Brown, Alex (2018). "I feel more comfortable speaking to a male": Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men's discourse on utilizing primary health care services. International Journal for Equity in Health, 17 (1) 185. doi: 10.1186/s12939-018-0902-1
Canuto, Kootsy, Brown, Alex, Wittert, Gary and Harfield, Stephen (2018). Understanding the utilization of primary health care services by Indigenous men: a systematic review. BMC Public Health, 18 (1) 1198. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-6093-2
Harfield, Stephen G., Davy, Carol, McArthur, Alexa, Munn, Zachary, Brown, Alex and Brown, Ngiare (2018). Characteristics of Indigenous primary health care service delivery models: a systematic scoping review. Globalization and Health, 14 (1) 12, 12. doi: 10.1186/s12992-018-0332-2
Gibson, Odette, Reilly, Rachel, Harfield, Stephen, Tufanaru, Catalin and Ward, James (2017). Web-based therapeutic interventions for assessing, managing and treating health conditions in Indigenous people: a scoping review protocol. JBI database of systematic reviews and implementation reports, 15 (10), 2487-2494. doi: 10.11124/JBISRIR-2016-003324
Davy, Carol, Harfield, Stephen, McArthur, Alexa, Munn, Zachary and Brown, Alex (2016). Access to primary health care services for Indigenous peoples: A framework synthesis. International Journal for Equity in Health, 15 (1) 163, 1-9. doi: 10.1186/s12939-016-0450-5
Harfield, Stephen, Davy, Carol, Kite, Elaine, McArthur, Alexa, Munn, Zachary, Brown, Ngiare and Brown, Alex (2015). Characteristics of Indigenous primary health care models of service delivery: a scoping review protocol. The JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, 13 (11), 43-51. doi: 10.11124/jbisrir-2015-2474
Canuto, Kootsy, Brown, Alex, Harfield, Stephen and Wittert, Gary (2015). Strategies that target the utilization of primary health care services by Indigenous men in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and America: a comprehensive systematic review protocol. The JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, 13 (9), 95-111. doi: 10.11124/jbisrir-2015-2319
Conference Papers
McPherson, Brady, Mayfield, Helen, McLure, Angus, Naseri, Take, Thomsen, Robert, Mauala, Tautala, Coutts, Shaun, Harfield, Stephen, Chellappah, Jessica, MacKenzie, Donna, Hoare, Christina, Kizu, Joanne, Guidotti, Jessica, Pilotte, Nils, Gonzales, Andrew, Williams, Steven, Gass, Katherine, Graves, Patricia and Lau, Colleen (2021). Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination In Samoa: Evaluating The Use Of Molecular Xenomonitoring As A Surveillance Tool. 2021 ASTMH Annual Meeting, Online, 17–21 November 2021. Deerfield, IL United States: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Harfield, Stephen, Elliott, Salenna, Housen, Tambri and Ward, James (2021). An online survey of sexual health, knowledge and behaviour of young South Australians. IEA World Congress Of Epidemiology 2021, Online, 3-6 September 2021. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyab168.264
Research Report
Harfield, Stephen, Beazley, Rebecca, Denehy, Emma, Centofanti, Alessia, Dowsett, Paul, Housen, Tambri and Flood, Louise (2019). An outbreak and case-control study of Salmonella Havana linked to alfalfa sprouts in South Australia, 2018. Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report Canberra, ACT Australia: Australian Government, Department of Health and Ageing. doi: 10.33321/cdi.2019.43.45
Department Technical Report
Azzopardi, Peter, Pearson, Odette, Brown, Ngiare, Ward, James, Green, Chloe, Ritchie, Tirritpa, Westhead, Seth, Harfied, Stephen, Purcell, Tara, Patton, George and Brown, Alex (2019). Suggested priority areas for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescent health and wellbeing and indicators for their measure. Wardliparingga Aboriginal Research Unit, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute.