Anton is a mixed methods researcher with primary expertise in qualitative research methods. He is currently a Senior Research Fellow in the UQ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health at the University of Queensland.
Anton's primary interest is in working in partnership with Aboriginal community-controlled health services to co-design, implement and evaluate intervention strategies, and develop more practical and effective models of embedding evaluation into their delivery of services and programs. His work in this area focuses on participatory qualitative research with staff and patients of Aboriginal community-controlled health services to improve the acceptability of interventions and optimise their potential effectiveness.
Anton has previously worked in a research role with the Institute for Urban Indigenous Health and as a senior lecturer in the School of Public Health at the University of Queensland. Following completion of his PhD in 2008, he was awarded a National Health & Medical Research Council postdoctoral research fellowship which he undertook at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of NSW.
Journal Article: Trajectories of psychological distress of men treated at Aboriginal residential rehabilitation services for alcohol and drug misuse
Chambers, Mark S., Shakeshaft, Anthony, Mills, Llewellyn, Clifford-Motopi, Anton, Conigrave, James, James, Doug and Tran, Anh Dam (2023). Trajectories of psychological distress of men treated at Aboriginal residential rehabilitation services for alcohol and drug misuse. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. doi: 10.1007/s11469-023-01217-5
Mathew, Saira, Barzi, Federica, Clifford-Motopi, Anton, Brown Nunuccal, Renee, Ward, James, Mills, Richard, Turner, Lyle, White, Antoinette, Eaton, Martie and Butler, Danielle (2023). Transformation to a patient-centred medical home led and delivered by an urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community, and association with engagement and quality-of-care: quantitative findings from a pilot study. BMC Health Services Research, 23 (1) 959, 1-11. doi: 10.1186/s12913-023-09955-x
Journal Article: Health utilities among Aboriginal people attending residential rehabilitation services in New South Wales, Australia: an observational follow-up study
Vinzent, Annaëlle, Fredes-Torres, Marta, Shakeshaft, Anthony, Doran, Christopher M., Settumba, Stella, Clifford-Motopi, Anton and Tran, Anh D. (2023). Health utilities among Aboriginal people attending residential rehabilitation services in New South Wales, Australia: an observational follow-up study. Drug and Alcohol Review, 42 (2), 248-257. doi: 10.1111/dar.13586
(2023–2025) NHMRC MRFF - Indigenous Health Research Grant
Tell My Story: Hearing from the Dads in the Indigenous Birthing in an Urban Setting (IBUS) Study
(2018–2019) National Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Research Limited
(2016–2020) University of Sydney
Cultural competence in health: a review of the evidence
Jongen, Crystal, McCalman, Janya, Bainbridge, Roxanne and Clifford, Anton (2018). Cultural competence in health: a review of the evidence. Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-5293-4
Drug and alcohol use by farm and fishing workers
Allan, Julaine, Meister, Peter, Clifford, Anton, Whittenbury, Kerry, Alston, Margaret and Ball, Patrick (2012). Drug and alcohol use by farm and fishing workers. Barton, ACT, Australia: Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation.
Jongen, Crystal, McCalman, Janya, Bainbridge, Roxanne and Clifford, Anton (2018). Introduction. Cultural competence in health: a review of the evidence. (pp. 1-11) Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-5293-4_1
Chambers, Mark S., Shakeshaft, Anthony, Mills, Llewellyn, Clifford-Motopi, Anton, Conigrave, James, James, Doug and Tran, Anh Dam (2023). Trajectories of psychological distress of men treated at Aboriginal residential rehabilitation services for alcohol and drug misuse. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. doi: 10.1007/s11469-023-01217-5
Mathew, Saira, Barzi, Federica, Clifford-Motopi, Anton, Brown Nunuccal, Renee, Ward, James, Mills, Richard, Turner, Lyle, White, Antoinette, Eaton, Martie and Butler, Danielle (2023). Transformation to a patient-centred medical home led and delivered by an urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community, and association with engagement and quality-of-care: quantitative findings from a pilot study. BMC Health Services Research, 23 (1) 959, 1-11. doi: 10.1186/s12913-023-09955-x
Vinzent, Annaëlle, Fredes-Torres, Marta, Shakeshaft, Anthony, Doran, Christopher M., Settumba, Stella, Clifford-Motopi, Anton and Tran, Anh D. (2023). Health utilities among Aboriginal people attending residential rehabilitation services in New South Wales, Australia: an observational follow-up study. Drug and Alcohol Review, 42 (2), 248-257. doi: 10.1111/dar.13586
Clifford-Motopi, Anton, Fisher, Ike, Kildea, Sue, Hickey, Sophie, Roe, Yvette and Kruske, Sue (2022). Hearing from First Nations dads: qualitative yarns informing service planning and practice in urban Australia. Family Relations, 71 (5), 1933-1948. doi: 10.1111/fare.12731
Butler, Danielle, Clifford-Motopi, Anton, Mathew, Saira, Nelson, Carmel, Brown, Renee, Gardner, Karen, Turner, Lyle, Coombe, Leanne, Roe, Yvette, Gao, Yu and Ward, James (2022). Study protocol: primary healthcare transformation through patient-centred medical homes—improving access, relational care and outcomes in an urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, a mixed methods prospective cohort study. BMJ Open, 12 (e061037) e061037, 1-10. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061037
Hickey, Sophie, Roe, Yvette, Harvey, Caroline, Kruske, Sue, Clifford-Motopi, Anton, Fisher, Ike, Bernardino, Brenna and Kildea, Sue (2021). Community-based sexual and reproductive health promotion and services for First Nations people in urban Australia. International Journal of Women's Health, Volume 13, 467-478. doi: 10.2147/ijwh.s297479
Calabria, Bianca, Shakeshaft, Anthony P., Clifford, Anton, Stone, Chiara, Clare, Philip J., Allan, Julaine and Bliss, Donna (2020). Reducing drug and alcohol use and improving well-being for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians using the Community Reinforcement Approach: a feasibility and acceptability study. International Journal of Psychology, 55 (Supplement 1), 88-95. doi: 10.1002/ijop.12603
Munro, Alice, Shakeshaft, Anthony and Clifford, Anton (2018). Correction to: The development of a healing model of care for an Indigenous drug and alcohol residential rehabilitation service: a community-based participatory research approach (Health & Justice, (2017), 5, 1, (12), 10.1186/s40352-017-0056-z). Health and Justice, 6 (1) 5, 5. doi: 10.1186/s40352-018-0061-x
Hickey, Sophie, Roe, Yvette, Gao, Yu, Nelson, Carmel, Carson, Adrian, Currie, Jody, Reynolds, Maree, Wilson, Kay, Kruske, Sue, Blackman, Renee, Passey, Megan, Clifford, Anton, Tracy, Sally, West, Roianne, Williamson, Daniel, Kosiak, Machellee, Watego, Shannon, Webster, Joan and Kildea, Sue (2018). The Indigenous Birthing in an Urban Setting study: the IBUS study: a prospective birth cohort study comparing different models of care for women having Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander babies at two major maternity hospitals in urban South East Queensland, Australia. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 18 (1) 431, 431. doi: 10.1186/s12884-018-2067-8
Munro, Alice, Shakeshaft, Anthony and Clifford, Anton (2017). The development of a healing model of care for an Indigenous drug and alcohol residential rehabilitation service: a community-based participatory research approach. Health and Justice, 5 (12) 12, 1-12. doi: 10.1186/s40352-017-0056-z
Kildea, Sue, Hickey, Sophie, Nelson, Carmel, Currie, Jody, Carson, Adrian, Reynolds, Maree, Wilson, Kay, Kruske, Sue, Passey, Megan, Roe, Yvette, West, Roianne, Clifford, Anton, Kosiak, Machellee, Watego, Shannon and Tracy, Sally (2017). Birthing on Country (in Our Community): a case study of engaging stakeholders and developing a best practice Indigenous maternity service in an urban setting. Australian Health Review, 42 (2), 230-238. doi: 10.1071/AH16218
Clifford, Anton and Shakeshaft, Anthony (2017). A bibliometric review of drug and alcohol research focused on Indigenous peoples of Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States. Drug and Alcohol Review, 36 (4), 509-522. doi: 10.1111/dar.12510
Clifford, Anton, McCalman, Janya, Jongen, Crystal and Bainbridge, Rox (2017). Cultural competency training and education in the university-based professional training of health professionals: characteristics, quality and outcomes of evaluations. Diversity and Equality in Health and Care, 14 (3), 136-147. doi: 10.21767/2049-5471.1000104
Whitty, Megan and Clifford, Anton (2017). The dissemination of alcohol interventions for Indigenous Australians: a mixed studies review using narrative synthesis. Journal of Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, 5 (4) 1000276, 1-11. doi: 10.4172/2329-6488.1000276
Clifford, Anton, McCalman Janya, Bainbridge, Rox and Tsey Komla (2015). Interventions to improve cultural competency in health care for Indigenous peoples of Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the USA: a systematic review. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 27 (2), 89-98. doi: 10.1093/intqhc/mzv010
Gisev, Natasa, Gibson, Amy, Larney, Sarah, Kimber, Jo, Williams, Megan, Clifford, Anton, Doyle, Michael, Burns, Lucy, Butler, Tony, Weatherburn, Don J. and Degenhardt, Louisa (2014). Offending, custody and opioid substitution therapy treatment utilisation among opioid-dependent people in contact with the criminal justice system: comparison of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. BMC Public Health, 14 (1) 920, 920.1-920.16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-920
Calabria, Bianca, Clifford, Anton, Shakeshaft Anthony P, Conigrave, Katherine M, Simpson, Lynette, Bliss, Donna and Allan, Julaine (2014). Identifying Aboriginal-specific AUDIT-C and AUDIT-3 cutoff scores for at-risk, high-risk, and likely dependent drinkers using measures of agreement with the 10-item Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test. Addiction Science and Clinical Practice, 9 (1) 17, 17.1-17.12. doi: 10.1186/1940-0640-9-17
Calabria, Bianca, Clifford, Anton, Rose, Miranda and Shakeshaft, Anthony P. (2014). Tailoring a family based alcohol intervention for Aboriginal Australians, and the experiences and perceptions of health care providers trained in its delivery. BMC Public Health, 14 (322) 322, 1-10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-322
Shakeshaft, Anthony, Doran, Chris, Petrie, Dennis, Breen, Courtney, Havard, Alys, Abudeen, Ansair, Harwood, Elissa, Clifford, Anton, D’Este, Cate, Gilmour, Stuart and Sanson-Fisher, Robert (2014). The effectiveness of community-action in reducing risky alcohol consumption and harm: a cluster randomised controlled trial. PLoS Medicine, 11 (3) e1001617, e1001617.1-e1001617.14. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001617
A systematic review of peer-support programs for smoking cessation in disadvantaged groups
Ford, Pauline, Clifford, Anton, Gussy, Kim and Gartner, Coral (2013). A systematic review of peer-support programs for smoking cessation in disadvantaged groups. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 10 (11), 5507-5522. doi: 10.3390/ijerph10115507
Clifford, Anton C., Doran, Christopher M. and Tsey, Komla (2013). A systematic review of suicide prevention interventions targeting indigenous peoples in Australia, United States, Canada and New Zealand. BMC Public Health, 13 (1) 463, 463.1-463.11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-463
Calabria, Bianca, Clifford, Anton, Shakeshaft, Anthony, Allan, Julaine, Bliss, Donna and Doran, Christopher (2013). The acceptability to Aboriginal Australians of a family-based intervention to reduce alcohol-related harms. Drug and Alcohol Review, 32 (3), 328-332. doi: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2012.00525.x
Clifford, Anton, Shakeshaft, Anthony and Deans, Catherine (2013). Training and tailored outreach support to improve alcohol screening and brief intervention in Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services. Drug and Alcohol Review, 32 (1), 72-79. doi: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2012.00488.x
Allan, Julaine, Clifford, Anton, Ball, Patrick, Alston, Margaret and Meister, Peter (2012). 'You're less complete if you haven't got a can in your hand': alcohol consumption and related harmful effects in rural Australia: the role and influence of cultural capital. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 47 (5) ags074, 624-629. doi: 10.1093/alcalc/ags074
McCalman, Janya, Tsey, Komla, Clifford, Anton, Earles, Wendy, Shakeshaft, Anthony and Bainbridge, Roxanne (2012). Applying what works: a systematic search of the transfer and implementation of promising Indigenous Australian health services and programs. BMC Public Health, 12 (600) 600, 1-7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-600
Calabria, Bianca, Clifford, Anton, Shakeshaft, Anthony P. and Doran, Christopher M. (2012). A systematic review of family-based interventions targeting alcohol misuse and their potential to reduce alcohol-related harm in indigenous communities. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 73 (3), 477-488. doi: 10.15288/jsad.2012.73.477
Clifford, Anton, Shakeshaft, Anthony and Deans, Catherine (2012). How and when health-care practitioners in Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services deliver alcohol screening and brief intervention, and why they don't: A qualitative study. Drug and Alcohol Review, 31 (1), 13-19. doi: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2011.00305.x
Clifford, Anton, Pulver, Lisa Jackson, Richmond, Robyn, Shakeshaft, Anthony and Ivers, Rowena (2011). Smoking, nutrition, alcohol and physical activity interventions targeting Indigenous Australians: Rigorous evaluations and new directions needed. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health., 35 (1), 38-46. doi: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00631.x
Clifford, Anton and Shakeshaft, Anthony (2011). Evidence-based alcohol screening and brief intervention in Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services: Experiences of health-care providers. Drug and Alcohol Review, 30 (1), 55-62. doi: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2010.00192.x
Clifford, Anton, Jackson Pulver , Lisa, Richmond, Robyn, Shakeshaft, Anthony and Ivers, Rowena (2010). Brief intervention resources for Indigenous Australians: generally evidence-based but lacking important components. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 34 (Supplement s1), S80-S86. doi: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00559.x
Shakeshaft, Anthony, Clifford, Anton and Shakeshaft, Maree (2010). Reducing alcohol-related harm experienced by Indigenous Australians: identifying opportunities for Indigenous primary health care services. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 34 (Supplement 1), S41-S45. doi: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00552.x
Clifford, Anton, Jackson-Pulver, Lisa, Richmond, Robyn, Shakeshaft, Anthony and Ivers, Rowena (2009). Disseminating best-evidence health-care to Indigenous health-care settings and programs in Australia: identifying the gaps. Health Promotion International, 24 (4), 404-415. doi: 10.1093/heapro/dap039
Calabria, Bianca, Knight, Alice, Shakeshaft, Anthony, Clifford, Anton, Allan, Julaine, Bliss, Donna, Doran, Chris and Stone, Chiara (2014). The Effectiveness of a Community-Based Intervention (Community Reinforcement Approach) At Reducing Substance Use and Related Harms Among Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Australians. Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs Conference 2014, Adelaide, SA Australia, 9-12 November 2014. Chichester, West Sussex United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1111/dar.12222
Drug and alcohol use by farm and fishing workers: key findings for primary industry
Allan, Julaine, Clifford, Anton and Meister, Peter (2012). Drug and alcohol use by farm and fishing workers: key findings for primary industry. 2012 Sowing the Seeds of Farmer Health: 2nd Biennial National Centre for Farmer Health Conference, Hamilton, VIC, Australia, 17-19 September, 2012. Ballarat, VIC, Australia: VURRN Press.
Adapting a family-based approach to reduce alcohol-related harms among Indigenous Australians
Anton, Clifford, Bianca, Calabria, Anthony, Shakeshaft, Chris, Doran, Julaine, Allan, Rose, Miranda and Tsey, Komla (2011). Adapting a family-based approach to reduce alcohol-related harms among Indigenous Australians. AIATSIS National Indigenous Studies Conference 2011, Canberra, Australia, 19-22 September 2011.
Improving alcohol screening and intervention in an Indigenous substance misuse service
Anton, Clifford, Racheal, Wallace, Catherine, Deans and Anthony, Shakshaft (2010). Improving alcohol screening and intervention in an Indigenous substance misuse service. National Indigenous Drug and Alcohol Conference (NIDAC 2010), Adealide, Australia, 16-18 June 2010.
Clifford, Anton, Shakeshaft, Anthony and Deans, Catherine (2009). The integration of evidence-based Screening and Brief Intervention (SBI) for alcohol in Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services. APSAD 2009: Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and Other Drugs Conference, Darwin, NT Australia, 1-4 November, 2009. Chichester, West Sussex United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2009.00130.x
Clifford, Anton, Shakeshaft, Anthony and Deans, Catherine (2008). Alcohol screening and brief intervention in Aboriginal healthcare settings in Australia: towards evidence-based practice. 10th Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Addiction Medicine Conference., Cape Town, South Africa, 1-4 November 2008.
Anton, Clifford, Jackson Pulver, Lisa, Ivers, Rowena, Richmond, Robyn and Shakeshaft, Anthony (2008). Development and adaptation of an intervention to enhance the delivery of evidence-based screening and brief intervention for alcohol in Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHSs). 2nd Coalition for Research to Improve Aboriginal Health (CRIAH) Conference, Sydney, NSW Australia, 29–30 April 2008.
Aboriginal-specific Community Reinforcement Approach (CRA) training manual
Rose, Miranda, Calabria, Bianca, Allan, Julaine, Clifford, Anton and Shakeshaft, Anthony P. (2014). Aboriginal-specific Community Reinforcement Approach (CRA) training manual. NDARC Technical Report 326 Sydney, NSW Australia: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre.
Aboriginal-specific Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT) manual
Rose, Miranda, Calabria, Bianca, Allan, Julaine, Clifford, Anton and Shakeshaft, Anthony P. (2014). Aboriginal-specific Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT) manual. NDARC Technical Report 327 Sydney, NSW Australia: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre.
Shakeshaft, Anthony, Doran, Christopher, Petrie, Dennis, Breen, Courtney, Havard, Alys, Abudeen, Ansari, Harwood, Elissa, Clifford, Anton, D'Este, Catherine, Gilmour, Stuart and Sanson-Fisher, Robert (2012). The Alcohol Action in Rural Communities (AARC) project: detailed description of the interventions and their costs. National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre Australia Monographs Sydney, NSW Australia: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre.
(2023–2025) NHMRC MRFF - Indigenous Health Research Grant
Tell My Story: Hearing from the Dads in the Indigenous Birthing in an Urban Setting (IBUS) Study
(2018–2019) National Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Research Limited
(2016–2020) University of Sydney
Indigenous Birthing in an Urban Setting: The IBUS Study
(2014–2020) NHMRC Partnership Projects
Improving alcohol prevention in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander drug and alcohol services
(2013–2018) ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
(2013–2016) University of New South Wales
(2012) Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
(2011–2012) NHMRC Training (Postdoctoral) Fellowship