Research projects

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…

Feeling 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…

Creating 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…

Community-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…

Empowering 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…

Bimiirr 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…

Future 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…

Towards 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.…

A 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…

Our 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…