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 

This project will contribute to a broader strategy of building Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander self-determined models of care where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander…

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Actioning Indigenous Data Sovereignty

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander consent and data sharing priorities to guide community controlled health service best practice 

Limited literature confirms lack of investigation into Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s expectations about consent, data use, and health service data-sharing practices, especially decolonised…

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Understanding 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

This project aims to decolonise and strengthen the maternity care workforce by improving the choices and pathways for Aboriginal women into tertiary education necessary for…

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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

This project proposed an Indigenous-led, community co-design and evaluation of a sustainable Practice Nurse-Model of Care (PN-MoC) for chronic disease management at a rural Aboriginal…

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Understanding community priorities for family and cultural strength

Developing Yorta Yorta Measures for Shared Prosperity, Repositioning Value and a Thriving Community with Strong Foundations

This project contributed to the development of a wider picture of the programs currently being delivered by Aboriginal community controlled organisations, to the priorities and…

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Furthering understanding of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander allied workforce

Examining the scope and value of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander allied health workforce in Australia from a cultural and economic lens

This project proposed an Indigenous-led, community co-design and evaluation of a sustainable Practice Nurse-Model of Care (PN-MoC) for chronic disease management at a rural Aboriginal…

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Developing approaches to health care assessments and workforce development that make cultural sense

Culturally Responsive Trauma Informed Practice (CRTIP) through the lens of local Aboriginal communities

Building on research conducted in Central Australia from 2017-2021, this project addresses the need for ongoing integration of Aboriginal knowledge systems and language in training…

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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 –…

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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,…

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Research Our Way

Closing the gap in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health human research

This project aims to answer the following research questions: What are the strengths and/or limitations of existing human research ethics committee structures for Aboriginal and…

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Acknowledgement of Country

We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land across Australia and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and future. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this website may contain images, voices and names of deceased persons.

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