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Mob caring for Mob: Establishing educational pathways to midwifery for Aboriginal women to support the upscaling of Birthing on Country services
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…
View researchUnderstanding 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…
View researchFurthering 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…
View researchDeveloping 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…
View researchCareer pathways for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health professionals
Project aim and objectives Aim: to provide insight and guidance to enhance the capacity of the workplaces, and the health system more broadly to retain and support…
View researchImproving the culture of hospitals
This project supports a program of cultural reforms to improve cultural sensitivity in acute health care institutions. The experience of Aboriginal people will be used…
View researchStandardisation of diagnostic protocols for early detection of rheumatic heart disease
PhD thesis by Bo Reményi – Menzies School of Health Research My PhD project developed and implemented an ECHO based Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) diagnostic…
View researchCCRE in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
The Centre for Clinical Research Excellence (CCRE) in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health commenced in 2003 from funding through a five-year grant from the National…
View researchCollaboration supporting a nationally accessible MPH specialisation in Indigenous health
The Lowitja Institute supported the implementation of a national Indigenous health specialisation in the Master of Public Health (MPH). The MPH delivered postgraduate units in…
View researchHealth promotion capacity building: From tools to training
Health promotion capacity building: From tools to training This health promotion initiative was undertaken in four stages: Stage 1: undertake a desk-top audit and identify…
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