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Shelley is a social science researcher with an Adjunct appointment at Burnet Institute and Monash University. She is a Research Fellow at the National Drug Research Institute (Curtin University). She is a recipient of an ARC Discovery Early Career Research Award, focused on young people and experiences of police custody detention. She has a background in nursing, community development, youth work and international development. Shelley has extensive experience in qualitative research in both Australia and internationally. Her work is aimed at understanding people’s experiences of drug use, incarceration, and criminal justice involvement, to inform policies and practices that improve their health and wellbeing. Shelley is passionate about human rights and social justice issues and the translation of research into outcomes for the empowerment of disadvantaged, marginalised and vulnerable communities.
Everyday more than 140 million people in southern Asia drink groundwater contaminated with arsenic. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO, 2013), arsenic is having a devastating impact on the health of communities in Asia and South East Asia, that is contaminated with high concentrations of arsenic.
The challenges of clean water & community development: A comparison of arsenic removal systems in Cambodia & India.Lotus Kids Club (LKC) is a program that was established in 2010 to provide a pre-school program for Vietnamese and Khmer children aged 3-6 years, from Slorkram Commune in Siem Reap. The program has grown considerably since 2010 and now provides 4 programs for over 60 children and 33 families, including a Pre-School Program, a Sponsorship Program, a Family Program, and a Community Drop-In Program. The program is funded by the Senhoa Foundation in the US and has a local partnership with the Cambodian Center for the Protection of Children’s Rights (CCPCR), a local Non-Government Organization (NGO) in Cambodia.
Lotus Kids Club Program: Evaluation ReportYoung male prisoners with a history of injecting drug use are among the most disadvantaged and vulnerable of prisoners, but little academic literature about their lived experience and characteristics<br/>exists. This PhD research aimed to address this significant knowledge gap and provide insights for policy makers and practitioners that will improve the health and well-being of this marginalised group.
Pathways in and out of prison for young men with injecting drug use histories.This research was conducted as a starting point for a partnership project between This Life Cambodia (TLC) and ICS (Investing in Children and their Societies) to address the issue of violence against women and children in Chi Kraeng Commune in Cambodia. Although there is much recent national and international evidence of the existence of violence against women in Cambodia, and many studies have helped to identify and understand the impact and root causes of this violence, limited research has been conducted at the local level.
Community Views on Violence Against women in Chi Kraeng Commune.This is an evaluation of This Life Beyond Bars (TLBB), a juvenile justice program of This Life Cambodia, which has been implemented in Siem Reap, Oddar Meanchey, and Banteay Meanchey Provinces. The evaluation highlights the overall success of TLBB in providing an alternative model of support for juveniles in prison and for families with a parent in prison. The evidence presented by this evaluation positions the TLBB program as a good practice model for implementation in Cambodia.
THIS LIFE BEYOND BARS: 3-Year Program EvaluationThis is an evaluation of the pilot phase of This Life Cambodia’s Lower Secondary School Development Program (LSSDP), spanning four years and two rural lower secondary schools, from 2009-2013. The evaluation highlights the overall success of the LSSDP in empowering communities to be involved with and support their local, government-run lower secondary school.
Lower Secondary School Development Program: Pilot Phase Evaluation.The Salvation Army commissioned the Burnet Institute to gather data on its 24-hour needle and syringe program (NSP) in St Kilda. Uniquely in Victoria, the St Kilda NSP is funded to run a staffed service 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and has been in operation with this model for over 10 years. This section is an executive summary of the Burnet Institute’s findings about the role, impact, and effectiveness of the St Kilda 24-hour NSP service.
ST KILDA 24-HOUR NSP EVALUATION.This report focuses on:<br/>• Attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccines<br/>• Concerns about the vaccines<br/>• Information needs regarding COVID-19 vaccines and the rollout strategy<br/>
The Optimise Study: Vaccine preparednessInternational Journal of Drug Policy
S. Griffin, Shelley Walker, Sophia Schroeder, Margaret Hellard, Mark Stoové, Rebecca Winter
Health & Justice
Kasun Rathnayake, Shelley Walker, Paul Dietze, Peter Higgs, Bernadette Ward, Margaret Hellard, Joseph Doyle, Mark Stoové, Lisa Maher, Shelley Walker
Health & Justice
Kasun Rathnayake, Shelley Walker, Paul Dietze, Peter Higgs, Bernadette Ward, Margaret Hellard, Joseph Doyle, Mark Stoové, Lisa Maher, Shelley Walker
We’re working closely with staff and artists at The Torch, a not-for-profit First Nations-led arts organisation, to improve program engagement and effectiveness.
This study will offer free hepatitis C testing and treatment to people in community corrections and assess the effectiveness of the model of care.
The VMAX cohort study follows 850 people who use methamphetamine recruited from metropolitan Melbourne and 3 regions of rural Victoria.