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“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.

Growing up children in two worlds: Building Yolŋu skills, knowledge and priorities into early childhood assessment and support 

Project Aim:  To privilege Aboriginal knowledge and provide a deeper understanding of the priorities and practices of early childhood development from the perspectives of community members in this

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

A Family Wellbeing case study: Sustainable implementation of Indigenous early childhood family support programs that work

An important way for improving Indigenous early childhood health is to make sure that family support programs that have been shown to work are widely available.

In Our Own Backyard 2009

This project sought to explore how urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people feel about where they live and whether they think their neighbourhood and social networks influence their healt

Control and empowerment in social determinants of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health

In this project, a 10-year collaborative Empowerment Research Program (ERP) was designed to assess the contribution of empowerment to addressing the social determinants of Indigenous health and wel

First Nations Men Experiencing Fatherhood: a meta-synthesis of qualitative literature

Evidence suggests that positive parenting can impact men’s mental wellbeing and child development, and male parents have a unique and critically important role as parents.

The Family and Community Safety for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples (FaCtS) Study

Improving family and community safety is a priority for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and organisations, and governments, but to date there has been insufficient appropriate evi

Can community-level strategies improve timely diagnosis of chronic conditions and best-practice care for older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people including dementia?

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people experience dementia at a rate three to five times higher than the general Australian population.

Kaat Koort: Examining the impact of a program targeting cardio-metabolic risk and lifestyle changes on heart and brain health among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Prevention programs are urgently required to help prevent dementia  in older Aboriginal populations.  Given the links between cardiovascular risk factors and vascular dementia, The Kaat Koort study