Family And Community Health
Improving North East Arnhem wellbeing when there is COVID
Keeping our gurrutu strong
Improving North East Arnhem wellbeing when there is COVID
Year granted: 2022 Organisation location: Yirrkala, NT Themes: Empowerment, Community health and wellbeing Project summary: This project aimed to improve Yolŋu wellbeing in the context of COVID-19, ‘feeling better…
View researchResponding to the COVID-19 pandemic
Developing a research evaluation of the role and contribution of Central Australia’s Aboriginal community controlled organisations
Year granted: 2020 Organisation location: Alice Springs, NT Themes: Empowerment, Community health and wellbeing Project summary: This project seeks to co-design and develop in partnership with key Aboriginal organisations…
View researchSupporting a good community life
Lajamanu Good Community Life Yapa Project
Year granted: 2023 Organisation location: Alice Springs, NT Themes: Empowerment, Community health and wellbeing Project summary: This is a Yapa-led project that supports the residents of Lajamanu in…
View researchACCOs and child welfare decision-making
Understanding how Aboriginal community controlled organisations (ACCOs) are enacting new statutory authority in child welfare decision-making: An initial process evaluation of the Community Protecting Boorais Program
Year granted: 2024 Organisation location: Preston, VIC Themes: Health policy and systems, Self-determination Project summary: VACCA has led the work on transforming the Victorian child…
View researchModels of community care for children’s eye heath
Ngaaminya Project: A First Nations-led project mapping Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community expectations of good eye health for children
Year granted: 2024 Organisation location: Campbelltown, NSWThemes: Health conditions, Cultural determinants Project summary: This project will contribute to a broader strategy of building Aboriginal and…
View researchBacking Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth to address school exclusion
Understanding and Resisting School Exclusion through the Education Justice Lab
Year granted: 2024 Organisation location: Coburg, VIC Themes: Mental health, Social and emotional wellbeing, Sovereignty Project summary: The Education Justice Lab (EJL) is a program…
View researchUnderstanding the key barriers and enablers for Aboriginal women pursuing a career in midwifery
Mob caring for Mob: Establishing educational pathways to midwifery for Aboriginal women to support the upscaling of Birthing on Country services
Year granted: 2024 Organisation location: Nowra, NSW Themes: Workforce, self-determination Project summary: This project aims to decolonise and strengthen the maternity care workforce by improving…
View researchEmpowering Aboriginal students to make healthy choices and improve their overall wellbeing
Evaluating the pilot Healthy Deadly Kids Program designed by the Illawarra Aboriginal Medical Service
Year granted: 2024 Organisation location: Wollongong, NSW Themes: Community health and wellbeing, Self-determination Project summary: This project is a foundational piece of research to examine…
View researchFirst Nations-led program to support Koori women’s breastfeeding journey
Yabilinya miya (learn together):
Year granted: 2022 Organisation location: Wagga Wagga, NSW Themes: Child and maternal health, Cultural safety and respectful systems Project summary: Yabilinya miya (learn together) breastfeeding…
View researchEmpowering Indigenous strengths to better health and wellbeing
The co-design and evaluation of a sustainable practice nurse health and wellbeing funding model for chronic disease management at a rural Aboriginal Health Service
Year granted: 2022 Organisation location: Dalby, QLD Themes: Chronic diseases and non-communicable diseases, Empowerment Project summary: This project proposed an Indigenous-led, community co-design and evaluation…
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