Culture For Health And Wellbeing

Centring Aboriginal self-determination and sovereignty

Co-Designing a Birthing on Country model for First Peoples' Health and Wellbeing in Naarm

This project aimed to co-design a Birthing on Country model of care for implementation at an Aboriginal community controlled health organisation in urban Naarm –…

Engaging with young people in yarning and sharing about protective and resilience factors

Supporting agency and connectivity to drive primary healthcare innovation for young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in South East Queensland

This project aimed to establish the governance, infrastructure and methods for engaging young people in South East Queensland, with the aim of supporting their agency,…

Using Yolŋu Marrparaŋ (wellbeing) resources to improve social and emotional wellbeing

A community-initiated developmental evaluation

This project centred around the Yolŋu cultural strength of marrparaŋ, a complex, multi-layered concept which can be loosely translated as wellbeing. The project will develop,…

Boorai Dreaming Project

Delivering rhythmic experiences of cultural immersion to address, stabilise, and create restorative understandings of inter-generational trauma

This project will fund Elder women in Mildura and Robinvale to deliver rhythmic experiences of cultural immersion to address, stabilise, and create restorative understandings of…

Victorian Aboriginal Health Research Ethics Committee

Steps to Establishment

This project aimed to determine the scope of an Aboriginal Health Research Ethics Committee and thoughtfully plan how it will be established in a sustainable…

Alcohol and other drug (AOD) service delivery

A developmental evaluation of Ngalla Wirrin Wungening (our spirit healing) alcohol and other drug (AOD) program

This project was a values-based, developmental evaluation of the developing Ngalla Wirrin Wungening (our spirit healing) alcohol and other drug (AOD) program. The research will…

Culturally appropriate and safe kin mapping and connection strategies

Innovating contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander kinship care through genuine community engagement and cultural connection culturally appropriate and safe kin mapping and connection strategies

This project aimed to develop and implement a model that provides culturally appropriate and safe kin mapping and connection strategies for Aboriginal and Torres Strait…

Recovery from trauma in an urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community

Understanding resilience and recovery from trauma in an urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community PhD thesis by Graham Gee – University of Melbourne Graham's…

The national longitudinal study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander wellbeing

Mayi Kuwayu: The National longitudinal study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander wellbeing Project aims To examine how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture relates to…

Wellbeing through culture: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disability

Wellbeing though Cultural Participation: An affirmative strategy for the inclusion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disability   Project Aims and Objectives: The…