Research projects
Our research is built on priorities identified by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. We aim to produce high-impact research, tools and resources that will have positive health outcomes for Australia's First Nations.
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Indigenist Health and Cultural Safety Education Research Consortium
Decolonising nursing and midwifery
This project aims to strengthen the evidence base underpinning the need for professional education reform and to strengthen Indigenous nursing and midwifery leadership in the…
View researchFeeling informed, connected, supported & heard
Advocacy for aged care in the Torres Strait
This project aimed to improve education and awareness of services and supports available to older Torres Strait Islanders living in the community. It involved the…
View researchCreating and sharing culturally-appropriate therapeutic practice guides
Project Summary: The Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA) provides a number of Child and Family welfare services to Aboriginal people in Victoria. Underpinning this…
View researchCommunity-driven empowerment through mabu liyan
Closing the data and knowledge gap
This project built on the Yawuru Wellbeing Project to contribute towards narrowing the knowledge and data gap. Grounded in Mabu Liyan (good spirit), Yawuru’s conception…
View researchEmpowering Ensemble Dutala
Creating a culturally relevant framework within Australia’s orchestras that supports inclusion and opportunity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander orchestral musicians
This project aimed to establish an Ensemble Dutala (Australia’s first Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander chamber ensemble) and associated programs. This would be a culturally relevant…
View researchBimiirr Darrundaygu
Providing young people in out-of-home care (OOHC) with a targeted, tailored and culturally safe intervention program and to evaluate its efficacy
This project sought to provide young people in out-of-home care with a targeted, tailored, and culturally safe intervention program and to evaluate its efficacy. 'Challenges…
View researchFuture proofing tomorrow’s leadership champions
Indigenous-led intergenerational knowledge transfer for mentorship and/or coaching
This project explored the idea of Indigenous-led intergenerational knowledge transfer for mentorship and/or coaching. Through facilitated supportive relationships, the idea was to improve intergenerational connections…
View researchTowards a culturally secure telehealth model for the Kimberley
Enhancing the Provision of Culturally Safe Telehealth Services for Kimberly Aboriginal Medical Services
KAMS and its member services worked under these unprecedented conditions to develop COVID-19 strategies and responses while continuing to provide essential health and medical services.…
View researchA Thriving Community Controlled Early Years Sector
Building an effective support system for sustainable and effective Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander early childhood services
This project aimed to establish a robust Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander support system for community controlled early learning services to provide much needed investment…
View researchOur Country Our Business
Appraising Accreditation Standards for Aboriginal Health Services
This project sought to identify the reliable evidence on the efficiency and sustainability of accreditation standards for Aboriginal Health Services, and to answer two…
View researchAcknowledgement of Country
We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land across Australia and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and future. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this website may contain images, voices and names of deceased persons.
