National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

Aboriginal / Torres Strait Islander community?
No
Location

Related projects

'Cultural Security Is an On-Going Journey' Exploring Views from Staff Members on the Quality and Cultural Security of Services for Aboriginal Families in Western Australia
Cultural security is a key element of accessible services for Indigenous peoples globally, although…
'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…
'I feel more comfortable speaking to a male': Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men's discourse on utilizing primary health care services
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men have the highest morbidity and mortality rates, and…
'It's all about relationships': The place of boarding schools in promoting and managing health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander secondary school students
In recent years, Australian government policies have promoted access to secondary education through…
'We're very much part of the team here': A culture of respect for Indigenous health workforce transforms Indigenous health care
Improving health outcomes for Indigenous people by strengthening the cultural safety of care is a…
Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women perpetrators of violence: a trial of a prison-based intervention (Beyond Violence)
The proposed study will be the first of its kind in Australia to test a violence prevention program…
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…
Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing
The program was a unique validation of Aboriginal knowledge and demonstration of Aboriginal…
Aetiology, treatment and prevention of Aboriginal otitis media
Introduction: The 2001 Recommendations for clinical care guidelines on the management of otitis…
Alcohol treatment for Aboriginal men in and out of prison
Over half the Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people entering prison in NSW have unhealthy…
An ethnographic study of the meaning of cancer to Aboriginal Women
The purpose of the study was to explore why Aboriginal women participate in cancer screening…
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…
Assessing the health needs of older Indigenous Australians living in the Kimberley
This study was designed to address the need for accurate assessment of the health care needs of…
Cannabis and mental health in Cape York Aboriginal communities
High rates of cannabis use and dependence are key factors contributing to the high mental health…
Child health and development: a South Australian data linkage study
Children’s healthy development is important for their readiness to learn, academic achievement at…
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.…
Communication patterns in Aboriginal Health
Cultural security and Aboriginal birthing women
The Birthing on Noongar Boodjar (Cultural Security & Aboriginal Birthing Women) collected…
Developing a Service Integration Toolkit to improve the quality of adolescent mental health promotion services in Cape York: A program of mixed methods research
Services can benefit from stronger integration to seamlessly meet the mental health needs 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…
Epidemiology of Heart Failure in Aboriginal And Non-Aboriginal Peoples
Heart failure is the inability of the heart to provide adequate blood to meet the needs of the body…
Exploring the impact on Aboriginal women of living with chronic disease
Aboriginal women are frequently called upon to support their families and other community members.…
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-…
In Our Own Backyard 2009
This project sought to explore how urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people feel about…
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…
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…
Looking Forward - Moving Forward: Transforming systems to improve mental health and drug and alcohol outcomes for Aboriginal peoples
Despite the clear need for support, Aboriginal people do not access mental health and drug and…
National Survey of Adult Oral Health
The National Survey of Adult Oral Health will interview and dentally examine 7,500 people aged 15…
Obesity diabetes and cardiovascular diseases in Aborigines (sic) and Torres Strait Islanders
Circulatory disease is the leading cause of death for Aboriginies (sic) as well as other…
Personalised Medicines for Aboriginal People
Medicines are not effective in all people and harmful effects from normal doses can cause suffering…
Preventing falls in older Aboriginal people: the Ironbark trial
Aboriginal Elders are the keepers of our cultural knowledge, they are the educators in our…
Providing real-time feedback on diet quality in remote Indigenous communities to support policy makers and other key stakeholders in making decisions to improve food supply and access in remote Indigenous communities.
Poor diet underpins the excessive burden of preventable chronic disease experienced by Indigenous…
Psycho-social resilience, vulnerability and suicide prevention: impact evaluation of a mentoring approach to modify suicide risk for remote Indigenous Australian students at boarding school
The proposed study was developed in response to increased suicide risk identified in Aboriginal and…
Researching effective strategies to tackle tobacco use in Indigenous populations in Northern Australia
Twice as many Indigenous Australians smoke as non-Indigenous. Smoking is a major cause of poor…
Resilience in individuals and families coping with the impacts of alcohol related injuries in remote Indigenous communities
Alcohol Management Plans (AMPs) implemented by the Queensland Government a decade ago (2002-03),…
Reuse of wastewater in aboriginal communities
Western Australia is a very arid area and freshwater is a precious resource. The wise and efficient…
Safe Koori Kids: Community based approaches to Indigenous injury prevention
The study will involve the development of an intervention targeting Indigenous children, schools…
Social and Cultural Resilience and Emotional Wellbeing of Aboriginal Mothers in Prison
Despite an expanding female prisoner population, research and policy initiatives centred on the…
Strategies to reduce the burden of gastroenteritis in Aboriginal children
Rotavirus vaccination was introduced into the Australian National Immunisation Program in mid-2007…
Strengthening social and emotional wellbeing of Australian Aboriginal people
In Australia, there is little empirical research of the racial identity of Indigenous children and…
Strong Dads Strong Futures
This is an explanatory study that aims to identify Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander males’…
Strong Start - Bright Futures Evaluation Collection Charles Darwin University
Much of the community level data which will be compiled is publicly available. Agreements have been…
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…
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…
The Better Environmental Health, Housing and Child Health Study (BEHHCH)
Many Indigenous children experience poor growth and development. The proposed project will address…
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…
The health of urban Aboriginal children
Australian Aboriginal children are more likely than non-Aboriginal children to have developmental…
Top End Tobacco Project
The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) funded Top End Tobacco Project aimed to…
Ultraviolet-induced effector molecules in ocular surface diseases: regulation of expression in vitro and in vivo
Pterygium is a common, recurrent, inflammatory, and sight-threatening complication of the human eye…
Wellbeing and Quality of Life of Indigenous People
Wellbeing for Indigenous peoples in Australia, Canada, Aotearoa (New Zealand) and the United States…