Family And Community Health
Child and maternal health roundtable: Priorities for interventions
Some 40 people attended the Roundtable (held on 8 March 2012 in Melbourne) including representatives from the Aboriginal community controlled health sector, government agencies, universities…
View researchMaternal and child health and wellbeing in primary health care settings
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander maternal and child health and wellbeing: a systematic search of programs and services in Australian primary health care settings Persistent…
View researchPneumonia in Indigenous Children Territory-wide Using Radiological Endpoints (PICTURE)
The PICTURE Study (Pneumonia in Indigenous Children Territory-Wide Using Radiological Endpoints) documented the incidence of hospitalised, radiologically diagnosed pneumonia in Northern Territory Indigenous children aged…
View researchReflections on CAAC Family Partnership Program in Alice Springs
Learning from Central Australian Aboriginal women’s experiences: Reflections on participation in the CAAC Family Partnership Program in Alice Springs This project evaluated the perception of…
View researchEthics and protocols for a family-based microbiome study and social health history project
Engaging Australia’s First Peoples in the development of ethics and protocols for a family-based microbiome study and social health history project Project Aim: To establish…
View researchHealing the past by nurturing the future
Strengthening foundations for supporting Indigenous parents who have experienced complex childhood trauma Project aim and objectives To undertake critical foundational work to engage end-users in a National…
View researchIssues of domestic water use in four remote Indigenous communities in South Australia
These projects sought to provide a response from four Aboriginal communities to the National Water Initiative directives to move to a full cost recovery ‘user…
View researchStarting to smoke: Experiences of Indigenous youth
The aim of the ‘Starting to Smoke’ project was to explore the determinants of smoking among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people with a…
View researchEast Arnhem Healthy Skin project
The East Arnhem Healthy Skin Project (EAHSP) aimed to reduce the prevalence of scabies, skin sores and tinea in five remote Aboriginal communities, as these…
View researchFinding a better treatment for ear disease
Finding a better treatment for ear disease: Azithromycin versus Amoxycillin for treatment of Acute Otitis Media in Aboriginal children (AATAAC) Chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM),…
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