Empowering Aboriginal students to make healthy choices and improve their overall wellbeing
Evaluating the pilot Healthy Deadly Kids Program designed by the Illawarra Aboriginal Medical Service
Year granted: 2024
Organisation location: Wollongong, NSW
Themes: Community health and wellbeing, Self-determination
Project summary: This project is a foundational piece of research to examine what evidence exists in relation to the health and wellbeing of Stolen Generations and their descendants in South Australia. It will identify future priorities for Stolen Generations and their descendants as determined by them. This study will measure the current burden of iron deficiency and iron deficiency anaemia in Maari Ma’s under-five-years Aboriginal population in Broken Hill and Wilcannia, identifying key risk factors associated with iron deficiency.This project evaluates the pilot of the IAMS’ Healthy Deadly Kids (HDK) program, a culturally safe school-based health education initiative designed to improve the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.
