Researcher biography
Interdisciplinary technical & academic specialist - Health equity in the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2030 Agenda
Dr Claire E Brolan is an academic focusing on intersecting global health and development policy, governance, equity and rights issues around the formulation, and now implementation, of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)/2030 Agenda in Australia as well as in the Asia-Pacific region. With some 60 peer-reviewed and other publications behind her, as well as engagement in a number of prestigious international and global health research projects, Claire tackles complex domestic and global health and development policy and planning challenges by applying a mix of interdisciplinary research techniques and analytic approaches that draw on her extensive international law, global health policy, social science (qualitative research), biomedical, as well as health and human rights education, training, and in–the-field experience. Claire’s research approach reflects the fact the SDGs articulate a series of complex problems facing the world today and that responding to these will require three key elements:
(1) Interdisciplinary collaboration and research involving academia, government, civil society, communities, and the private sector;
(2) A focus on systemic change grounded in strong governance (including participatory governance) frameworks; and
(3) SDG policy, planning, implementation and monitoring that involve effective, transparent and path-breaking synergetic partnerships at community, sub-national, national, regional, and global levels.
Claire joined the Centre for Policy Futures at The University of Queensland (UQ) (Brisbane, Australia) in July 2018 after completing her Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto (Toronto, Canada), under the supervision of the Canada Research Chair in Human Rights and Global Health Equity, Professor Lisa Forman.
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Publications
Book Chapters
Creamer, Sandra, Toombs, Maree, Tarrago, Avelina, Williams, Renee, Fraser, Jed, Curtis, Caitlin and Brolan, Claire E. (2023). More than black printed words on white paper: intergenerational health justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Australian public health law: contemporary issues and challenges. (pp. 153-178) edited by Belinda Bennett and Ian Freckelton. Alexandria, NSW Australia: The Federation Press.
Brolan, Claire (2022). Public health and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Global Public Health. (pp. 1-40) edited by David McQueen. New York, NY United States: Oxford University Press . doi: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190632366.013.327
Bennett, Belinda and Brolan, Claire E. (2021). Gender and COVID-19: an Australian perspective. Pandemics, public health emergencies and government powers: perspectives on Australian law. edited by Belinda Bennett and Ian Freckleton. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Federation Press Limited .
Brolan, Claire E (2017). The right to health and the post-2015 health and Sustainable Development Goal agenda: Jonathan Mann's 1997 call for a paradigm shift remains imperative. Healthcare as a human rights issue: normative profile, conflicts and implementation. (pp. 293-320) edited by Sabine Klotz, Heiner Bielefeldt, Martina Schmidhuber and Andreas Frewer. Bielefeld, Germany: Transcript Verlag.
Journal Articles
Tarrago, Avelina, Veit-Prince, Ella and Brolan, Claire E. (2024). “Simply put: systems failed”: lessons from the Coroner's inquest into the rheumatic heart disease Doomadgee cluster. Medical Journal of Australia, 221 (1), 13-16. doi: 10.5694/mja2.52350
Phillips, Georgina, Kendino, Mangu, Brolan, Claire E., Herron, Lisa-Maree, Kὃrver, Sarah, Motofaga, Silina and Cox, Megan (2024). Women on the frontline: exploring the gendered experience for Pacific healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 42 100961, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2023.100961
Mengesha, Sisay Derso, Brolan, Claire and Gartner, Coral E. (2023). Tobacco industry corporate social responsibility activities and other interference after ratification of a strong tobacco law in Ethiopia. Tobacco Control, 33 (6) tc-2023-058079, tc-2023. doi: 10.1136/tc-2023-058079
Brolan, Claire E. (2023). Looking back—Australia’s sustainable development and climate change policy agendas. Sustainability, 15 (7) 5688, 1-14. doi: 10.3390/su15075688
Toombs, Maree R., Curtis, Caitlin and Brolan, Claire E. (2023). Supporting Indigenous health equity strategic planning: a Queensland perspective. Medical Journal of Australia, 218 (1), 5-8. doi: 10.5694/mja2.51794
Creamer, Sandra, Blair, Suzi, Toombs, Maree and Brolan, Claire E. (2022). Indigenous services leading the way for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care. Social Work Education, 43 (4), 913-937. doi: 10.1080/02615479.2022.2155129
Curtis, Caitlin and Brolan, Claire E. (2022). Health care in the metaverse. Medical Journal of Australia, 218 (1), 46-46. doi: 10.5694/mja2.51793
Herron, Lisa-Maree, Phillips, Georgina, Brolan, Claire E., Mitchell, Rob, O'Reilly, Gerard, Sharma, Deepak, Körver, Sarah, Kendino, Mangu, Poloniati, Penisimani, Kafoa, Berlin and Cox, Megan (2022). “When all else fails you have to come to the emergency department”: Overarching lessons about emergency care resilience from frontline clinicians in Pacific Island countries and territories during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 25 100519, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100519
Cox, Megan, Phillips, Georgina, Mitchell, Robert, Herron, Lisa-Maree, Korver, Sarah, Sharma, Deepak, Brolan, Claire E., Kendino, Mangu, Masilica, Osea K., O'Reilly, Gerard, Poloniati, Penisimani and Kafoa, Berlin (2022). Lessons from the frontline: Documenting the experiences of Pacific emergency care clinicians responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific , 25 100517, 100517. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100517
Cox, Megan, Sharma, Deepak, Phillilps, Georgina, Mitchell, Robert, Herron, Lisa-Maree, Brolan, Claire E., O'Reilly, Gerard, Korver, Sarah, Kendino, Mangu, Poloniati, Penisimani and Kafoa, Berlin (2022). Lessons from the frontline: Documenting the pandemic emergency care experience from the Pacific region – Infrastructure and equipment. The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific , 25 100516, 100516. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100516
Phillips, Georgina, Kendino, Mangu, Brolan, Claire E., Mitchell, Robert, Herron, Lisa-Maree, Korver, Sarah, Sharma, Deepak, O'Reilly, Gerard, Poloniati, Penisimani, Kafoa, Berlin and Cox, Megan (2022). Lessons from the frontline: Leadership and governance experiences in the COVID-19 pandemic response across the Pacific Region. The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific , 25 100518, 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100518
Mitchell, Robert, O'Reilly, Gerard, Herron, Lisa-Maree, Phillips, Georgina, Sharma, Deepak, Brolan, Claire E., Korver, Sarah, Kendino, Mangu, Poloniati, Penisimani, Kofoa, Berlin and Cox, Megan (2022). Lessons from the frontline: The value of emergency care processes and data to pandemic responses across the Pacific region. The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific , 25 100515, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100515
Brolan, Claire E., Korver, Sarah, Phillips, Georgina, Sharma, Deepak, Herron, Lisa-Maree, O'Reilly, Gerard, Mitchell, Robert, Kendino, Mangu, Poloniati, Penisimani, Kafoa, Berlin and Cox, Megan (2022). Lessons from the frontline: The COVID-19 pandemic emergency care experience from a human resource perspective in the Pacific region. The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific , 25 100514, 1. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100514
Puljevic, Cheneal, Morphett, Kylie, Hefler, Marita, Edwards, Richard, Walker, Natalie, Thomas, David, Khan, Arifuzzaman, Perusco, Andrew, Le Grande, Michael, Cullerton, Katherine, Ait Ouakrim, Driss, Carstensen, Georgia, Sellars, David, Hoek, Janet, Borland, Ron, Bonevski, Billie, Blakely, Tony, Brolan, Claire and Gartner, Coral (2022). Closing the Gaps in Tobacco Endgame Evidence: A Scoping Review. Tobacco Control, 31 (2), 365-375. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056579
Brolan, Claire E., Meyers, Bailey and Maybee, Larry (2021). Protecting emergency healthcare personnel in conflict zones during the COVID-19 pandemic. Your ED (9), 33-37.
Cox, Megan , Phillips, Georgina, Mitchell, Rob, Korver, Sarah , Herron, Lisa , Sharma, D, Brolan, Claire E, Kendino, Mangu , Masilaca, O, O'Reilly, Gerard, Poloniati, G , Kafoa, Berlin and ACEM Global Emergency Care COVID-19 Research Team (2021). Lessons from the frontline: documenting the experiences of Pacific emergency care clinicians responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Your ED, Winter, 40-42.
Brolan, Claire E., Cameron, Erin and Catalano, Grazia (2021). Queensland’s new Human Rights Act and the right to access health services. Medical Journal of Australia, 214 (8), 387-387.e1. doi: 10.5694/mja2.51015
Brolan, Claire E. (2020). Queensland's new Human Rights Act and the right to access health services. Medical Journal of Australia, 213 (4), 158-160.e1. doi: 10.5694/mja2.50558
Catalano, Grazia, Mason, Jonathan, Brolan, Claire Elise, Loughnan, Siobhan and Harley, David (2020). Screening prisoners for cognitive impairment - literature review. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities and Offending Behaviour, 11 (4), 201-210. doi: 10.1108/JIDOB-01-2020-0001
Catalano, Grazia, Mason, Jonathan, Brolan, Claire Elise, Loughnan, Siobhan and Harley, David (2020). Diagnosing cognitive impairment in prisoners – a literature review. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities and Offending Behaviour, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), 221-232. doi: 10.1108/JIDOB-01-2020-0002
Garcia, Regiane A., Kenyon, Kristi Heather, Brolan, Claire E., Coughlin, Juliana and Guedes, Daniel D. (2019). Court as a health intervention to advance Canada's achievement of the sustainable development goals: a multi-pronged analysis of Vancouver's Downtown Community Court. Globalization and Health, 15 (1) 80, 1-14. doi: 10.1186/s12992-019-0511-9
Forman, Lisa, Brolan, Claire E and Kenyon, Kristi Heather (2019). Global health, human rights, and the law. The Lancet, 394 (10213), 1987-1987. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(19)32604-2
Brolan, Claire E., McEwan, Christopher A. and Hill, Peter S. (2019). Australia’s overseas development aid commitment to health through the sustainable development goals: a multi-stakeholder perspective. Globalization and Health, 15 (1) 66, 1-19. doi: 10.1186/s12992-019-0507-5
Brolan, Claire E. (2019). Human rights practitioners cannot be left behind: engaging in civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems thinking for country implementation of the sustainable development goal agenda. Journal of Human Rights Practice, 11 (1), 22-51. doi: 10.1093/jhuman/huz009
Brolan, Claire and Herron, Lisa (2019). IWD 2019: Australia leads best when it leads by example. MJA Insight Plus (8).
Brolan, Claire E., Hall, Nina L., Creamer, Sandra, Johnston, Ingrid and Dantas, Jaya (2019). Health’s role in achieving Australia’s Sustainable Development Goal commitments. Medical Journal of Australia, 210 (5) doi: 10.5694/mja2.50040, 204-206.e1. doi: 10.5694/mja2.50040
Kenyon, Kristi Heather, Forman, Lisa and Brolan, Claire E. (2018). Deepening the relationship between human rights and the social determinants of health: A focus on indivisibility and power. Health and Human Rights, 20 (2), 1-9.
Te, Vannarath, Floden, Nadia, Hussain, Sameera, Brolan, Claire E. and Hill, Peter S. (2018). What did the Go4Health policy research project contribute to the policy discourse on the sustainable development goals? A reflexive review. Globalization and Health, 14 (1) 51, 51. doi: 10.1186/s12992-018-0367-4
Brolan, Claire E. and Harley, David (2018). Indigenous Australians, intellectual disability and incarceration: a confluence of rights violations. Laws, 7 (1), 7. doi: 10.3390/laws7010007
Brolan, Claire E., Herron, Lisa, Carney, Anna, Fritz, Eva M., James, Judy and Margetts, Miranda (2017). A potential Human Rights Act in Queensland and inclusion of the right to health. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 42 (2), 120-126. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12734
Brolan, Claire E, Te, Vannarath, Floden, Nadia, Hill, Peter S and Forman, Lisa (2017). Did the right to health get across the line? Examining the United Nations resolution on the Sustainable Development Goals. BMJ global health, 2 (3) e000353, 1-7. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000353
Gouda, Hebe N., Flaxman, Abraham D., Brolan, Claire E., Joshi, Rohina, Riley, Ian D., AbouZahr, Carla, Firth, Sonja, Rampatige, Rasika and Lopez, Alan D. (2017). New challenges for verbal autopsy: considering the ethical and social implications of verbal autopsy methods in routine health information systems. Social Science & Medicine, 184, 65-74. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.05.002
Brolan, Claire E. and Gouda, Hebe (2017). Civil registration and vital statistics, emergencies, and international law: understanding the intersection. Medical Law Review, 25 (2) fwx021, 314-339. doi: 10.1093/medlaw/fwx021
Brolan, Claire E., Gouda, Hebe N., AbouZahr, Carla and Lopez, Alan D. (2017). Beyond health: five global policy metaphors for civil registration and vital statistics. Lancet, 389 (10074), 1084-1085. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)30753-5
Brolan, Claire E., Forman, Lisa, Dagron, Stephanie, Hammonds, Rachel, Waris, Attiya, Latif, Lyla and Ruano, Ana Lorena (2017). The right to health of non-nationals and displaced persons in the sustainable development goals era: challenges for equity in universal health care. International Journal for Equity in Health, 16 (14) 14, 14. doi: 10.1186/s12939-016-0500-z
Van de Pas, Remco, Hill, Peter S., Hammonds, Rachel, Ooms, Gorik, Forman, Lisa, Waris, Attiya, Brolan, Claire E., McKee, Martin and Sridhar, Devi (2017). Global health governance in the sustainable development goals: Is it grounded in the right to health?. Global Challenges, 1 (1), 47-60. doi: 10.1002/gch2.1022
Forman, Lisa, Beiersmann, Claudia, Brolan, Claire E., McKee, Martin, Hammonds, Rachel and Ooms, Gorik (2016). What do core obligations under the right to health bring to universal health coverage?. Health and Human Rights, 18 (2), 23-34.
Durham, Jo, Brolan, Claire E., Lui, Chi-Wai and Whittaker, Maxine (2016). The need for a rights-based public health approach to Australian asylum seeker health. Public Health Reviews, 37 (6) 6, 6. doi: 10.1186/s40985-016-0020-9
Brolan, Claire (2016). A word of caution: human rights, disability, and implementation of the post-2015 sustainable development goals. Laws, 5 (2), 22. doi: 10.3390/laws5020022
Kallie, Jennifer Y., Brolan, Claire E. and Richards, Nicola C. (2016). Searching for the elusive? Examining the right to health's status in the Pacific. Asia Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law, 17 (2), 257-277. doi: 10.1163/15718158-01702007
Forman, Lisa, Ooms, Gorik and Brolan, Claire E. (2016). From almost empty to half full?: a response to recent commentaries. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 5 (11), 673-674. doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2016.94
Brolan, Claire E., Hill, Peter S. and Ooms, Gorik (2015). "Everywhere but not specifically somewhere": a qualitative study on why the right to health is not explicit in the post-2015 negotiations. BMC International Health and Human Rights, 15 (1) 22, 22.1-22.10. doi: 10.1186/s12914-015-0061-z
Brolan, Claire E. and Hill, Peter S. (2015). Countdown for health to the post-2015 UN Sustainable Development Goals. Medical Journal of Australia, 202 (6), 289-290. doi: 10.5694/mja14.01147
Brolan, Claire E. and Hill, Peter S. (2015). Universal Health Coverage’s evolving location in the post-2015 development agenda: Key informant perspectives within multilateral and related agencies during the first phase of post-2015 negotiations. Health Policy and Planning, 31 (4), 514-526. doi: 10.1093/heapol/czv101
Brolan, C. E., Gomez, M. T., Lennox, N. G. and Ware, R. S. (2015). Cross-cultural understanding of health assessments for people with intellectual disability: an Australian resource in the Philippines. Health Culture and Society, 8 (2), 1-9. doi: 10.5195/hcs.2015.203
Forman, Lisa, Ooms, Gorik and Brolan, Claire E. (2015). Rights language in the sustainable development agenda: has right to health discourse and norms shaped health goals?. International Journal for Health Policy and Management, 4 (12), 799-804. doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2015.171
Obare, Valerie, Brolan, Claire E. and Hill, Peter S. (2014). Indicators for Universal Health Coverage: can Kenya comply with the proposed post-2015 monitoring recommendations?. International Journal for Equity in Health, 13 (1) 123, 123.1-123.15. doi: 10.1186/s12939-014-0123-1
Durham, Jo, Brolan, Claire E. and Mukandi, Bryan (2014). The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: a foundation for ethical disability and health research in developing countries. American Journal of Public Health, 104 (11), 2037-2043. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302006
Brolan, C. E., Rao, C., Nguyen, H. T., Chi Nguyen, Q. T., Le Thi, H. H., Dawkins, Z., Hill, P. S. and Nao, A. D. (2014). A Time to Mourn: Cultural Considerations and Community Preferences for Verbal Autopsy in Vietnam. Vietnam Journal of Public Health, 2 (1), 4-12.
Sheridan, Simon A., Brolan, Claire E., Fitzgerald, Lisa, Tasserei, John, Maleb, Marie-France, Rory, Jean-Jacques and Hill, Peter S. (2014). Facilitating health and wellbeing is "everybody's role": youth perspectives from Vanuatu on health and the post-2015 sustainable development goal agenda. International Journal for Equity in Health, 13 (80) 80, 1-12. doi: 10.1186/s12939-014-0080-8
Brolan, Claire E., Hussain, Sameera, Friedman, Eric A., Ruano, Ana Lorena, Mulumba, Moses, Rusike, Itai, Beiersmann, Claudia and Hill, Peter S. (2014). Community participation in formulating the post-2015 health and development goal agenda: reflections of a multi-country research collaboration. International Journal for Equity in Health, 13 (66) 66, 1-7. doi: 10.1186/s12939-014-0066-6
Baba, Josifini T., Brolan, Claire E. and Hill, Peter S. (2014). Aboriginal medical services cure more than illness: a qualitative study of how Indigenous services address the health impacts of discrimination in Brisbane communities. International Journal of Equity in Health, 13 (1) 56, 1-10. doi: 10.1186/1475-9276-13-56
Mulumba, Moses, Nantaba, Juliana, Brolan, Claire E., Ruano, Ana Loreno, Brooker, Katie and Hammonds, Rachel (2014). Perceptions and experiences of access to public healthcare by people with disabilities and older people in Uganda. International Journal for Equity in Health, 13 (76) 76, 1-9. doi: 10.1186/s12939-014-0076-4
Shannon, Cindy, Brolan, Claire E. and Gajjar, Deepa (2014). Realising the potential of the post-2015 development agenda for Indigenous health. Medical Journal of Australia, 201 (4), 202-202. doi: 10.5694/mja14.00059
Hill, Peter S., Buse, Kent, Brolan, Claire E. and Ooms, Gorik (2014). How can health remain central post-2015 in a sustainable development paradigm?. Globalization and Health, 10 (1) 18, 18.1-18.5. doi: 10.1186/1744-8603-10-18
Brolan, Claire E., Lee, Scott, Kim, David and Hill, Peter S. (2014). Back to the future: what would the post-2015 global development goals look like if we replicated methods used to construct the Millennium Development Goals?. Globalization and Health, 10 (1) 19, 19. doi: 10.1186/1744-8603-10-19
Ooms, Gorik, Latif, Laila A., Waris, Attiya, Brolan, Claire E., Hammonds, Rachel, Friedman, Eric A., Mulumba, Moses and Forman, Lisa (2014). Is universal health coverage the practical expression of the right to health care?. BMC International Health and Human Rights, 14 (1) 3. doi: 10.1186/1472-698X-14-3
Brolan, Claire E. and Hill, Peter S. (2014). Sexual and reproductive health and rights in the evolving post-2015 agenda: perspectives from key players from multilateral and related agencies in 2013. Reproductive Health Matters, 22 (43), 65-74. doi: 10.1016/S0968-8080(14)43760-1
Brolan, C. E., van Dooren, K., Taylor Gomez, M., Fitzgerald, L., Ware, R. S. and Lennox, N. G. (2014). Suranho healing: Filipino concepts of intellectual disability and treatment choices in Negros Occidental. Disability and Society, 29 (1), 71-85. doi: 10.1080/09687599.2013.771899
Brolan, Claire and Durham, Jo (2013). Building Queensland's human capital: the case for health advocacy. The Medical Journal of Australia, 199 (9), 574-574. doi: 10.5694/mja13.10026
Brolan, Claire E., Dagron, Stephanie, Forman, Lisa, Hammonds, Rachel, Latif, Laila Abdul and Waris, Attiya (2013). Health rights in the post-2015 development agenda: including non-nationals. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 91 (10), 719-719. doi: 10.2471/BLT.13.128173
Ngo, Anh D., Brolan, Claire, Fitzgerald, Lisa, Pham, Van and Phan, Ha (2013). Voices from Vietnam: experiences of children and youth with disabilities, and their families, from an Agent Orange affected rural region. Disability and Society, 28 (7), 955-969. doi: 10.1080/09687599.2012.741516
Brolan, Claire E., Hill, Jonas and Hill, Peter S. (2013). Global governance for universal health coverage: could a framework convention on global health hold it together?. Global Health Governance, VI (2), 1-11.
Sridhar, Devi, Brolan, Claire E., Durrani, Shireen, Edge, Jennifer, Gostin, Lawrence O., Hill, Peter and Mckee, Martin (2013). Recent shifts in global governance: implications for the response to non-communicable diseases. Plos Medicinea (online), 10 (7) e1001487, e1001487. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001487
Brolan, Claire E., Gomez, Miriam Taylor, Lennox, Nicholas G. and Ware, Robert S. (2013). Australians from a non-English speaking background with intellectual disability: the importance of research. Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 38 (1), 70-73. doi: 10.3109/13668250.2012.747675
Ooms, Gorik, Brolan, Claire, Eggermont, Natalie, Eide, Asbjorn, Flores, Walter, Forman, Lisa, Friedman, Eric A., Gebauer, Thomas, Gostin, Lawrence O., Hill, Peter S., Hussain, Sameera, McKee, Martin, Mulumba, Moses, Siddiqui, Faraz, Sridhar, Devi, Van Leemput, Luc, Waris, Attiya and Jahn, Albrecht (2013). Universal health coverage anchored in the right to health. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 91 (1), 2-2. doi: 10.2471/BLT.12.115808
Sridhar, Devi, Brolan, Claire E., Durrani, Shireen, Edge,Jennifer, Gostin, Larry, Hill, Peter S., Jahn, Albrecht and McKee, Martin (2013). Governance and financing of global public health: the post-2015 agenda. Brown Journal of World Affairs, 20 (1), 69-86.
Lennox, N. G., Brolan, C. E., Dean, J., Ware, R. S., Boyle, F. M., Taylor Gomez, M., van Dooren, K. and Bain, C. (2013). General practitioners’ views on perceived and actual gains, benefits and barriers associated with the implementation of an Australian health assessment for people with intellectual disability. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 57 (10), 913-922. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2012.01586.x
Brolan, C. E., Boyle, F. M., Dean, J. H., Taylor Gomez, M., Ware, R. S. and Lennox, N. G. (2012). Health advocacy: a vital step in attaining human rights for adults with intellectual disability. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 56 (11), 1087-1097. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2012.01637.x
Brolan, Claire E., Hill, Peter S. and Correa-Velez, Ignacio (2012). Refugees: The Millennium Development Goals' overlooked priority group. Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies, 10 (4), 426-430. doi: 10.1080/15562948.2012.717830
Brolan, Claire E., Upham, Susan J., Hill, Peter S., Simpson, Graham and Vincent, Stephen D. (2011). Borderline health: Complexities of the Torres Strait treaty. Medical Journal of Australia, 195 (9), 503-506. doi: 10.5694/mja11.10327
Brolan, Claire E., Ware, Robert S., Taylor Gomez, Miriam and Lennox, Nicholas G. (2011). The right to health of Australians with intellectual disability. Australian Journal of Human Rights, 17 (2), 1-32.
Brolan, Claire E., Ware, Robert S., Lennox, Nicholas G., Taylor Gomez, Miriam, Kay, Margaret and Hill, Peter S. (2011). Invisible populations: Parallels between the health of people with intellectual disability and people of a refugee background. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 17 (3), 210-213. doi: 10.1071/PY10022
Brolan, Claire E. (2010). Joint EU resettlement programme: The health of refugee and humanitarian arrivals. European Journal of Public Health, 20 (3), 248-249. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckq032
Mendel, Joy L. and Brolan, Claire E. (2007). Hospital utilisation among people born in refugee-source countries. The Medical Journal of Australia, 187 (8), 479-480. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01379.x
Brolan, Claire (2002). An analysis of the human smuggling: Trade and the protocol against the smuggling of migrants by Land, Air and Sea (2000) from a refugee protection perspective. International Journal of Refugee Law, 14 (4), 561-595. doi: 10.1093/ijrl/14.4.561
Conference Papers
Devereux, John, Tucker-Evans, Mark, Brolan, Claire and Williams, Karen (2022). Medical law panel discussion. Justice and the Law Panel Discussion, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 26 April 2022.
Brolan C. E. and Hill, P. S. (2019). Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) momentum for health and well-being: an Australian story. Implementing the SDG Agenda for Improved Health and Well-being, Leaving No One Behind: A Cross-sector Policy Dialogue, Ottawa, Canada, 26 March 2019.
Brolan, Claire E. (2019). Mapping an interdisciplinary scholastic approach to global health and right to health research. International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention, Toronto, Canada, 27-30 March 2019.
Brolan, Claire E (2019). Death registration in emergency and conflict settings – a matter of law and life. CRVS/ESEC Innovations Conference – Harnessing the Power: CRVS Systems for 2030 Global Agenda, Ottawa, Canada, 27-28 February 2019.
Brolan, Claire and Hussain, Sameera (2018). Leaving No One Behind? What and whose interests were represented in the content of the global health Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) (SDG 3), and now in country roll-out and implementation. International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention, San Francisco, United States, 4-7 April 2018.
Brolan, Claire, Hussain, Sameera and Labonte, Ronald (2018). Leaving No One Behind: Changing Practice or just Smoke and Mirrors? What and whose interests are represented in the health SDG, and what next for roll-out for the world’s marginalized?. Pegasus Conference – Peace, Global Health and Sustainability Conference, Ottawa, Canada, 27 - 29 April 2018.
Brolan, Claire E. (2018). Leveraging Australia’s SDG commitments for greater accountability and action for safe water for Australia’s First Nations People’s Living in Discrete Locations. UQ Safe Water Summit, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 29 - 30 November 2018.
Brolan, Claire E. (2017). Will Framing ‘Health as a Regional Public Good’ in the Pacific Region Advance National Sustainable Development Goal Achievement and Pacific People’s Human Right to Health entitlements?. International Studies Association (ISA) conference – The Pacific Century?, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 15-17 June 2017.
Brolan, Claire (2017). State securitization practices and working with data from civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems to measure the global health goal 2030 Agenda. *, *, *. Brisbane, Australia: Griffith University.
Brolan, Claire (2016). Evolution or revolution? The right to health’s intersection with the formulation, and finalisation, of the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals. OCIS (Oceanic Conference on International Studies) 2016, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 4-6 July 2016.
Brolan, C. E., Hill, P. S. and Ooms, G. (2015). “Everywhere but not specifically somewhere": why is the Right to Health not explicit in post-2015 negotiations? A qualitative study. International EFI Conference Berlin – The Right to Health: An Empty Promise?, Berlin Germany, 14-16 September 2015.
Brolan, C. E. and Hill, P. S. (2015). Is UHC's position within the emerging post-2015 health and sustainable development goals consistent with its prioritisation by the UN General Assembly in December 2012?. European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health, Basel, Switzerland, 6-10 September 2015. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1111/tmi.12575
Hill, P. S. and Brolan, C. (2015). The challenges for global governance for health and universal health coverage under sustainable development goals. European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health, Basel, Switzerland, 6-10 September 2015. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1111/tmi.12575
Brolan, C. E. and Hill, P. S. (2014). What would the Post-2015 Development Goals look like if we applied similar methods used to construct the MDGs. 55th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association (ISA) Conference, Toronto, Canada, 26-29 March 2014.
Akakimpa, D., Brolan, C. and Hill, P. (2013). Universal health coverage in a high-income nation: perspectives of people of refugee and ethnic minority backgrounds living in urban Australia. 8th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health and 5th Conference of the Scandinavian-Baltic Society for Parasitology, Copenhagen, Denmark, 01-13 September 2013. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/tmi.12163
Brolan, C. and Hill, P. (2013). The global politics behind the formulation of the Millennium Development Goals: what do they tell us about the post-2015 process?. 8th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health and 5th Conference of the Scandinavian-Baltic Society for Parasitology, Copenhagen, Denmark, 01-13 September 2013. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/tmi.12163
Brolan, C., Lee, S., Kim, D. and Hill, P. (2013). Back to the future: what would the post-2015 Global Development Goals look like if we applied the same methods used to construct the Millennium Development Goals?. 8th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health and 5th Conference of the Scandinavian-Baltic Society for Parasitology, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1-13 September 2013. Chichester, West Sussex United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1111/tmi.12163
Newspaper Article
Smith, Leanne and Brolan, Claire E. (2020, 06 23). The goals for Australia to do better The Interpreter
Thesis
Brolan, Claire Elise (2017). The right to health’s intersection with the formulation, and finalisation, of the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals. PhD Thesis, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2016.1023
Generic Document
Brolan, Claire E. and Hill, Peter S. (2013). An ambitious Go4Health report in a challenging geopolitical constellation. Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM).
Research Reports
Brolan, Claire E (2022). Submission to inform the Queensland Human Rights Commission's review of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991(Qld). Online: Queensland Human Rights Commission.
Cox, Megan, Phillips, Georgina, Mitchell, Rob, Korver, Sarah , Herron, Lisa, Sharma, Deepak Narayan, Brolan, Claire E., Kendino, Mangu, Masilaca, Osea, Reilly, Gerard , Poloniati, Penisimani and Kafuo, Berlin (2021). The Ethics of Public Health Emergency Preparedness & Response: Experiences and lessons learnt from frontline clincians in low- and middle income countires in the Indo-Pacific region during the COVID-19 pandemic (March 31). Melbourne, VIC Australia: Australasian College of Emergency Medicine.
Brolan, Claire E. and Smith, Leanne (2020). No one left behind: implementing the sustainable development goals in Australia. an investigation of international best practice in SDG governance structures, policy and planning. Australia in the World Sydney, NSW, Australia: Western Sydney University.
Catalano, G., Loughnan, S., Mason, J., Harley, D. and Brolan, C. E. (2019). Screening tools and diagnostic assessment instruments for cognitive impairment in prisons and community correction - a literature review. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Hussey, Karen, Brolan, Claire, Hill, Peter, Hine, Damian, Williams, Owain, Stamms, Julia, McEwan, Chris, Yarnold, Jennifer and Hazell, Rachael (2019). The Pacific Community Futures Project: Ensuring SPC can meet the challenges of the 21st Century. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Hussey, Karen, Yarnold, Jennifer, McEwan, Christopher, Maher, Ray, Henman, Paul, Radke, Amelia, Curtis, Caitlin, Fidelman, Pedro, Vickers, Claudia and Brolan, Claire (2019). Policy futures: regulating the new economy. Policy Futures Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Friedman, Eric A., Jahn, Albrecht, Ooms, Gorik, Sridhar, Devi, Waris, Attiya, Akakimpa, Denis, Beiersmann, Claudia, Brolan, Claire, Durrani, Shireen, Edge, Jennifer, Eide, Asbjorn, Flores, Walter, Forman, Lisa, Gebauer, Thomas, Gostin, Lawrence O., Hammonds, Rachel, Hill, Peter S., Hussain, Sameera, Abdul, Laila, McKee, Martin, Müller, Olaf, Mulumba, Moses, Nantaba, Juliana and Ruano, Ana Lorena (2013). Realizing the right to health for everyone: the health goal for humanity. Antwerp, Belgium: Go4Health.
Friedman, Eric A., Flores, Walter, Brolan, Claire, Hill, Peter, Hussain, Sameera, Mulumba, Moses, Latif, Laila A., Eggemont, Natalie and Gostin, Lawrence O. (2013). Community engagement: engaging communities in the post-2015 global health agenda is a necessity for human rights and social legitimacy. London, UK: Witan Media.
Davies, Philip, Parker, Deborah, Brolan, Claire, Davies, Gillian and Whipple, Patricia (2010). Identification of resources to support palliative care for people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities. St. Lucia, QLD, Australia: School of Population Health, The University of Queensland.
Creative Works
Brolan, Claire and Fairweather, Megan (2020). MJA Podcasts 2020 Episode 11: Human Rights & COVID-19, with Dr Claire Brolan & Ms Megan Fairweather (Special Counsel). Sydney, Australia: Medical Journal of Australia .
Brolan, Claire (2018). What do the SDGs really have to offer? An end of year reflection from Queensland. Online: Asia and The Pacific Policy Society (APPS) Policy Forum.
Brolan, Claire (2018). Australia needs political will, courage and leadership to achieve the SDGs. Online: DevPolicy.
Brolan, Claire (2017). Civil registration and vital statistics systems are about people, not numbers. Online: Huffington Post (Huffpost Canada).
Ooms, Garik, Brolan, Claire, Jahn, Albrecht and Hill, Peter S. (2013). Climate change and the shared responsibility for global health. London, UK: The Lancet Global Health Blog.
Seminar Papers
Brolan, Claire E. (2019). Emergency preparedness, disaster response & identity management: the importance of strong civil registration & vital statistics (CRVS) systems in Indonesia. DFAT AAI Humanitarian Action Short Course. UQ International Development.
Brolan, Claire (2019). Key Note Lecture - International Women's Day 2019. Inaugural International Women's Day Breakfast. Rotary Club of Wynnum and Manly.
Brolan, Claire E. (2018). How well do institutions and practices of global affairs and governance address the challenge of securing the right to health?. Locating Health and Human Rights in Global Affairs. University of Winnipeg in partnership with the Canadian International Council.