Public health

Remote Aboriginal families and carers of children with disabilities

The project intends to explore the challenges that Aboriginal families who have children with disabilities experience when living in remote communities.

Longitudinal study of the health of urban Aboriginal youth

European colonisation had a devastating effect on the health and well-being of indigenous people in Australia.

Preventing falls in older Aboriginal people: the Ironbark trial

Aboriginal Elders are the keepers of our cultural knowledge, they are the educators in our communities teaching our young, supporting and maintaining connection to country and an integral part of A

Strategies to reduce the burden of gastroenteritis in Aboriginal children

Rotavirus vaccination was introduced into the Australian National Immunisation Program in mid-2007.

Aetiology, treatment and prevention of aboriginal otitis media

Introduction: The 2001 Recommendations for clinical care guidelines on the management of otitis media in Aboriginal and Torres Islander populations were revised in 2010.

Sustained home visiting for urban Aboriginal infants: the Bulundidi Gudaga study

In Australia there is commitment to developing interventions that will ‘Close the Gap’ between the health and welfare of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians and recognition that early childho

Enhancing Mental Health in Aboriginal Children

The poor health, academic, and mental health functioning of Aboriginal children is one of Australia's major public health problems.

Chlamydia trachomatis from Australian Aboriginal people with trachoma are polyphyletic composed of multiple distinctive lineages

Chlamydia trachomatis causes sexually transmitted infections and the blinding disease trachoma. Current data on C.

Susceptibility of Australian Aborigines (sic) to obesity and diabetes

Prehistorians believe that Aborigines came to Australia from South-East Asia at least 40-50 000 years ago.

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.