Young People
Victorian Aboriginal Health Service – Young people’s health and wellbeing
This project supported the capacity development of an Indigenous Research Assistant through on-the-job learning about data entry, statistical analysis and report writing. This supported the…
View researchValuing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Young Men
Valuing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young men Project Aim: This project aimed to identify how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young men remain strong…
View researchResource development for the Let’s Start program
Resource development for the Let's Start program The Let’s Start project was initially funded by the Commonwealth government with funding for an extension of the…
View researchBronchiectasis in Indigenous children
A collaborative and international study of Bronchiectasis in Indigenous children Aboriginal children in remote Australia have extremely high rates of pneumonia; some get better while…
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 researchScience and young minds
Youth engagement in skin health The QIMR Berghofer's Science and young minds project aimed to inspire the scientists and medical professionals of tomorrow. The research…
View researchReproductive health issues for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescents
Analysis of historical and contemporary reproductive health issues for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescents This project sought to give an account of the methods…
View researchTransferability of a mainstream childhood obesity prevention program to Aboriginal people
There were only a few examples of obesity prevention programs that had been conducted with children from Indigenous and different cultural groups around the world. The…
View researchCan swimming pools improve Indigenous children’s hearing?
The Flinders University Swimming Pool study investigated whether the use of swimming pools by school-age Indigenous children in remote semi-arid communities in central Australia results…
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…
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