Health Conditions

Keeping our gurrutu strong

Improving North East Arnhem wellbeing when there is COVID

Year granted: 2022 Organisation location: Yirrkala, NT Chief Investigator: Minitja MarawiliThemes: Empowerment, Community health and wellbeing Project summary: This project aimed to improve Yolŋu wellbeing in the context of…

Uka Pilamin: Coming Together As One

Kaiwalagal (Torres Strait) Renal Health Care Model

Year granted: 2020 Organisation location: Thursday Island, QLD Chief Investigator: Willie Wigness and Robert Sagigi Themes: Cultural safety and respectful systems, Health conditionsProject summary: This Seeding Grant provided…

Understanding what good eye care services look like for our children

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Seeding Symposium

Year granted: 2023 Organisation location: Sydney, NSW Themes: Empowerment, Health services and workforce Project summary: FNEHA arose as a result of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander eye health…

Models 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, NSW Chief Investigator: Lose Fonua Themes: Health conditions, Cultural determinants Project summary: This project will contribute to a broader…

Stolen Generation Survivors’ and their descendants’ health and wellbeing

Exploring the health and wellbeing needs of Stolen Generations and their descendants in South Australia

Year granted: 2024 Organisation location: Salisbury Downs, SA Chief Investigator: Associate Professor Kim Morey Themes: Community health and wellbeing, Self-Determination Project summary: This project is…

Measuring the burden of iron deficiency in Aboriginal children under five years

Prevention, early detection and management of iron deficiency in children under 5 years at an ACCHO in far-western NSW

Year granted: 2024 Organisation location: Broken Hill, NSW Chief Investigator: Lavinia Henderson Themes: Health conditions, Self-determination Project summary: This project is a foundational piece of…

Empowering 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 Chief Investigator: Kane Ellis Themes: Community health and wellbeing, Self-determination Project summary: This project is a foundational piece…

Empowering 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 Chief Investigator: Floyd Leedie Themes: Chronic diseases and non-communicable diseases, Empowerment Project summary: This project proposed an Indigenous-led,…

Supporting developmentally vulnerable children

Optimising the integration of best evidence screening for childhood neurodevelopmental disability into routine clinical care

Year granted: 2022 Organisation location: Darwin, NT Chief Investigator: Rob McPhee Themes: Child and maternal health, Cultural safety and respectful systems Project summary: This project…

Indigenous genomic health research roundtable

Expanding our tools to Close the Gap: Towards Indigenous genomic health research roundtables July 2011, Melbourne The Lowitja Institute facilitated two roundtables on genetic research…