Rate My Professor Catrina Felton-Busch

Catrina Felton-Busch leads Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workforce development, research, and scholarship, employing Indigenous methodologies informed by Indigenous epistemologies, ontologies, and axiologies. She co-leads the WOmen's action for Mums and Bubs (WOMB) project, implementing participatory women's groups to enhance maternal and child health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Her research focuses on rural and remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, including birthing on country, mentoring circles for nursing students, health practitioner training, and cultural governance in primary healthcare. Key publications include "Birthing on country: An elusive ideal?" (2009), "Supporting Australian and Torres Strait Islander nursing students using mentoring circles: an action research study" (2014), "Remote dwelling Aboriginal Australian women and birthing: A critical review of literature" (2018), "How and why do participatory women’s groups (PWGs) improve the quality of maternal and child health (MCH) care? A systematic review protocol" (2019), and "Cultural governance is vital for quality improvement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary healthcare" (2025). She has held positions such as Indigenous representative on the Mount Isa Human Research Ethics Committee and board member of Yapatjarra Aboriginal Medical Service.