Health system

Family Wellbeing Program

Family Wellbeing Empowerment commenced in Adelaide in the 1990s, out of a concern for the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People.

National Survey of Adult Oral Health

The National Survey of Adult Oral Health will interview and dentally examine 7,500 people aged 15 or more across all States and Territories of Australia.

Learning to Talk, Talking to Learn: Effects of an early childhood language program in remote Northern Territory Indigenous communities

Learning to Talk, Talking to Learn: Effects of an early childhood language program in remote Northern Territory Indigenous communities.

Implementation and evaluation of a diabetes intervention program in Indigenous Australian Communities

Approximately 700,000 Australians have type 2 diabetes (also termed maturity-onset diabetes or non-insulin dependent diabetes), which is a condition associated with reduced lifespan, eye disease, h

The Fremantle Diabetes Study Phase II: A community-based study of diabetes care, control, complications and cost

In Phase I of the Fremantle Diabetes Study (FDS), valuable and detailed data on a wide range of subjects were obtained from a community-based patient cohort between 1993 and 2001.

Stigma and discrimination and their detrimental impact on social inclusion and health and well-being

Stigma and discrimination and their detrimental impact on social inclusion and health and well-being.

Antenatal screening for fetal anomalies in Indigenous women: views of Indigenous people and their health care providers

This project aims to investigate the views of Indigenous women, their families and health service providers about antenatal screening tests for abnormalities like Down syndrome.

Wellbeing and Quality of Life of Indigenous People

Wellbeing for Indigenous peoples in Australia, Canada, Aotearoa (New Zealand)
and the United States is cyclic in nature and encompasses holistic and collectivist

Researching effective strategies to tackle tobacco use in Indigenous populations in Northern Australia

Twice as many Indigenous Australians smoke as non-Indigenous.

Improving social and economic outcomes for children of incarcerated mothers

This project aims to identify how children’s experiences of maternal incarceration shape their life course.