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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
VACCA has led the work on transforming the Victorian child welfare system from a state-led system to an Aboriginal Community of Care model centred on culture,…
View researchMob 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 employment in…
View researchExploring the health and wellbeing needs of Stolen Generations and their descendants in South Australia
This project is being led by Aboriginal people who are either Stolen Generation or descendants of Stolen Generations. This project is a foundational piece of research…
View researchEvaluating the pilot Healthy Deadly Kids Program designed by the Illawarra Aboriginal Medical Service
This project evaluates the pilot of the Illawarra Aboriginal Medical Service's (IAMS) Healthy Deadly Kids (HDK) program, a culturally safe school-based health education initiative designed…
View researchMaaman Waankiny Wur Walbriny
The Maaman Waankiny Wur Walbriny (Men Talking and Healing) Project seeks to undertake a feasibility study into how cultural healing activities such as on Country supports…
View researchYabilinya miya (learn together): First Nations led program to support Koori women’s breastfeeding journey
Yalbilinya miya (learn together) breastfeeding program is designed by Aboriginal women for Aboriginal women. We will gather perspectives and experiences of breastfeeding among Koori women…
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
This project proposes 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…
View researchOptimising the integration of best evidence screening for childhood neurodevelopmental disability into routine clinical care
The objective of this project is to facilitate the uptake of best-evidence screening for childhood neurodevelopmental disabilities into the routine delivery of Danila Dilba’s primary…
View researchCulturally Responsive Trauma Informed Practice (CRTIP) through the lens of local Aboriginal communities: developing approaches to health care assessments and workforce development that make cultural sense
This research addresses a critical need to ensure that healthcare services are delivered in ways that are responsive to local Aboriginal cultures in the Northern…
View researchSupporting agency and connectivity to drive primary healthcare innovation for young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in South East Queensland
At a critical period in their life journey, First Nations young people have limited engagement with primary health care services. This project will establish the…
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