Cultural Safety
Ngaaminya Project: A First Nations-led project mapping Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community expectations of good eye health for children
Vision loss has substantial implications on the health, lives and economies of affected individuals (Burton et al. 2021) The life course impacts of preventable vision…
View researchUnderstanding and Resisting School Exclusion through the Education Justice Lab
The Education Justice Lab (EJL) is a program aimed at backing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth to address school exclusion utilising Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR)…
View researchMob caring for Mob: Establishing educational pathways to midwifery for Aboriginal women to support the upscaling of Birthing on Country services
This project aims to decolonise and strengthen the maternity care workforce by improving the choices and pathways for Aboriginal women into tertiary education necessary for employment in…
View researchExploring the health and wellbeing needs of Stolen Generations and their descendants in South Australia
This project is being led by Aboriginal people who are either Stolen Generation or descendants of Stolen Generations. This project is a foundational piece of research…
View researchEvaluating the pilot Healthy Deadly Kids Program designed by the Illawarra Aboriginal Medical Service
This project evaluates the pilot of the Illawarra Aboriginal Medical Service's (IAMS) Healthy Deadly Kids (HDK) program, a culturally safe school-based health education initiative designed…
View researchMaaman Waankiny Wur Walbriny
The Maaman Waankiny Wur Walbriny (Men Talking and Healing) Project seeks to undertake a feasibility study into how cultural healing activities such as on Country supports…
View researchYabilinya miya (learn together): First Nations led program to support Koori women’s breastfeeding journey
Yalbilinya miya (learn together) breastfeeding program is designed by Aboriginal women for Aboriginal women. We will gather perspectives and experiences of breastfeeding among Koori women…
View researchExamining the scope and value of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander allied health workforce in Australia from a cultural and economic lens
The project aims to further the understanding of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander allied workforce, providing an important benchmark for understanding success in policy…
View researchCulturally Responsive Trauma Informed Practice (CRTIP) through the lens of local Aboriginal communities: developing approaches to health care assessments and workforce development that make cultural sense
This research addresses a critical need to ensure that healthcare services are delivered in ways that are responsive to local Aboriginal cultures in the Northern…
View researchUme Project: Telling the story of the Torres Model of Care
The Ume Project goal is to re-embed the Torres Model of Care into the health system. This will involve defining and documenting the model through…
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