Lowitja Learning Summit: Mapping health and wellbeing journeys
This 26 November 2025 presentation introduced the concept of health journey mapping and how it can be used to record all aspects of health journeys, bringing together multiple perspectives.
Lowitja Institute has supported health journey mapping research and practice since at least 2008, with the Managing Two Worlds Together project and co-design of patient journey mapping tools. At the workshop, we heard how journey mapping has since been developed and is now being implemented to better understand complex journeys and improve health and wellbeing outcomes for Community.
Learning outcomes
- Introduce health journey mapping tools, resources and concepts
- Discuss how to conduct journey mapping in health care and community settings
- Step through the process of mapping a health journey
This event was open to all Members and Friends of Lowitja Institute. Not a Member or Friend yet? Join our vibrant Members Community by applying here.
Presenters:
Dr Kim O’Donnell is a Malyangapa/Barkindji woman from far Western NSW, and a Senior Researcher, Aboriginal Health Care Research, Adelaide Nursing School at the University of Adelaide. Kim is a public health researcher with extensive understanding and experience working with Australia’s First Peoples in education, health, and governance.
Professor Janet Kelly is a nurse researcher with German and British ancestry, living on the unceded lands of Peramangk and Kaurna peoples. Janet works collaboratively with Aboriginal community members, health and support services, researchers, educators, and project coordinators in urban, rural, and remote areas.
Alyssa Cormick is a non-First Nations psychologist and researcher who grew up on Ngunnawal land (Canberra). She has lived and worked across Tarntanya (Adelaide), Meanjin (Brisbane), and Gimuy (Cairns). Alyssa was involved in the previous Health Journey Mapping (HJM) project co-designing mapping tools to be used in healthcare settings.
Rhanee Lester is a proud Adnyamathanha woman with Indian-Malay and Welsh heritage, raised in Port Augusta, ‘The Crossroads of Australia’. Rhanee’s education spans both Western systems and Adnyamathanha cultural knowledge, shaping her into a natural storyteller and communicator as she brings with her stories of lived experience and passion for her people to every role.
