Health policy

The Score

For the past 16 years, ILBIJERRI has been touring theatre performances across Victoria aimed at educating First Nations communities around health issues.

Insights into supporting the wellbeing of older Aboriginal people receiving home care packages who are experiencing grief and loss and the wellbeing of staff who care for them: a pilot project

Older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people receiving aged care services experience a significant burden of grief and loss because of accumulated unresolved trauma.

Taking the next steps: Informing the transformation of the research sector to respond to Aboriginal research priorities and ways of conducting research.

Aboriginal health research in South Australia is guided by Next Steps for Aboriginal Health Research and the South Australian Aboriginal Health Research Accord (ACCORD).

Truth, Justice and Healing Project

The Ebony Institute has completed a discussion paper on the strengths and weaknesses of Australian and global experiences with truth-telling and truth-seeking to date (stage 1).

Blak Women's Healing

The numbers of Aboriginal children in Out-of-Home Care and Protective Orders are increasing and the Footprints for Success (Footprints) Early Years Project has a number of families under the scruti

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey, 2014-15

The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey (NATSISS) was conducted from September 2014 to June 2015 with a sample of 11,178 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living

“Building strength in coming together”: A mixed methods study using the arts to explore smoking with staff working in Indigenous tobacco control

Tobacco is a major risk factor contributing to Indigenous health disparities.

“Cultural brokerage” and beyond: piloting the role of an urban Aboriginal Mental Health Liaison Officer

Suboptimal use of mental health services persists for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

“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.