Culture For Health And Wellbeing

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

A community-initiated developmental evaluation

Year granted: 2022 Organisation location: Yirrkala, NT Chief Investigator: Minitja Marawali Themes: Mental health and social and emotional wellbeing, Sovereignty Project summary: This project centred…

Boorai Dreaming Project

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

Year granted: 2022 Organisation location: Casuarina, NT Themes: Family and community health, Connectedness Project summary: This project will fund Elder women in Mildura and Robinvale…

Victorian Aboriginal Health Research Ethics Committee

Steps to Establishment

Year granted: 2022 Organisation location: Collingwood, VIC Themes: Health and policy systems, Sovereignty Chief Investigator: Dr Jill Gallagher Project summary: This project aimed to determine…

Alcohol and other drug (AOD) service delivery

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

Year granted: 2022 Organisation location: East Perth, WA Chief Investigator: Jessica Leslie Themes: Substance use and addiction, empowerment Project summary: This project was a values-based,…

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

Year granted: 2022 Organisation location: Woolloongabba, QLD Chief Investigator: Raymond Brunker Themes: Family and community health, Connectedness Project summary: This project aimed to develop and…

Community-driven empowerment through mabu liyan

Closing the data and knowledge gap

Year granted: 2020 Organisation location: Broome, WA Themes: Community health and wellbeing, Sovereignty Project summary: This project built on the Yawuru Wellbeing Project to contribute…

Creating and sharing culturally-appropriate therapeutic practice guides

Cultural Elements Project

Year granted: 2020 Organisation location: Preston, VIC Themes: Family and Community health, Cultural safety and respectful systems Project summary: VACCA provides a number of child…

Indigenous early childhood family support programs that work: Family Wellbeing

A Family Wellbeing case study: Sustainable implementation of Indigenous early childhood family support programs that work An important way for improving Indigenous early childhood health is to…

Growing up children in two worlds

Growing up children in two worlds: Building Yolŋu skills, knowledge and priorities into early childhood assessment and support   Project Aim: To privilege Aboriginal knowledge…

Evaluating a community of practice for Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing

Meriba buay – ngalpan wakaythoemamay (We come together to share our thinking): Evaluating a community of practice for Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing   Project…