Child and infant health

Aboriginal child and adolescent health improvement through Aboriginal leadership and collaborative research teams

Continued progress to improve the health of Aboriginal children and adolescents will help drive continued improvements in the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

The health of urban Aboriginal children

Australian Aboriginal children are more likely than non-Aboriginal children to have developmental vulnerability at school entry that tracks through to poorer literacy and numeracy outcomes and mult

Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing

This CRE is innovative because it brings new Aboriginal knowledge and perspectives into services for Aboriginal people.

Indigenous services leading the way for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care

There is a crisis in the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in Australia’s child protection system.

“Got to build that trust”: the perspectives and experiences of Aboriginal health staff on maternal oral health

In Australia, models of care have been developed to train antenatal care providers to promote oral health among pregnant women.

“He’s the Number One Thing in My World”: Application of the PRECEDE-PROCEED Model to Explore Child Car Seat Use in a Regional Community in New South Wales 

We explored the factors influencing the use of age-appropriate car seats in a community with a high proportion of Aboriginal families in regional New South Wales.

Strong Dads Strong Futures 

This is an explanatory study that aims to identify Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander males’ views to define parenting from their perspectives in line with the broader cultural understanding of

Doing the hard yards': Carer and provider focus group perspectives of accessing Aboriginal childhood disability services

Despite a high prevalence of disability, Aboriginal Australians access disability services in Australia less than non-Aboriginal Australians with a disability.