Aboriginal child and adolescent health improvement through Aboriginal leadership and collaborative research teams

Start date

2017

End date

2022

Research partner(s)

Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute

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. The proposed Collaborative Research Team (CRT) will harness the potential of several leading research projects in these areas and provide additional training for Aboriginal researchers at varying levels of career development. A comprehensive program to translate these programs to policy changes is core the the CRE.

Output(s)

Preschool attendance and developmental outcomes at age five in Indigenous and non-Indigenous children: a population-based cohort study of 100 357 Australian children

Type

Journal article

Authors

Kathleen Falster, Mark Hanly, Ben Edwards, Emily Banks, John W Lynch, Sandra Eades, Nathan Nickel, Sharon Goldfeld, Nicholas Biddle

Publisher

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Publication date

2020

Link

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2020-214672

Aboriginal Child and Adolescent Health Improvement Through Aboriginal Leadership and Collaborative Research Teams

Type

Website

Publisher

The University of Melbourne

Publication date

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Project information

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Community / Language group(s)

Project contact(s)

Not listed

Researcher(s)

Prof Sandra Eades
A/Pr Daniel McAullay
Dr Christopher Oldmeadow
Dr Jamie Bryant
Prof Andrew Searles
Prof Louisa Jorm
Prof Rebecca Ivers
Prof Robert Sanson-Fisher
Prof Sharon Goldfeld

Supporting partner(s)

Complete

Yes

Start date

2017

End date2022

Topic(s)

Closing the Gap focus

Funder(s)

Organisation(s)

Indigenous involvement

Indigenous involvement notes

Professor Sandra Eades is a Noongar woman from Mount Barker, WA.

The Study of Environment on Aboriginal Resilience and Child Health (SEARCH) is a community-controlled cohort study of Aboriginal children, young people and their carers from four Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHS) in urban and regional New South Wales (NSW) (in this paper, unless referring to specific data sources of both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations, the term Aboriginal, rather than Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, is used as this is a NSW-based study where this is the accepted terminology).

ACCHS staff and Aboriginal researchers have led the design and conduct of this study. Co-authors SS and CC guided the research design, one a SEARCH Aboriginal Research Officer familiar with the study, its partners and participants (SS), the other a senior Aboriginal academic (CC) experienced in qualitative research methods. The senior author (SE), also a senior Aboriginal academic, provided leadership and guidance throughout. Another SEARCH Aboriginal Research Officer (MC) led the yarns, supported by CH (a non-Aboriginal researcher) and in some sessions, with other Aboriginal ACCHS staff (NS, VS, KS).

We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the traditional custodians of Australia and pay our respects to Elders past, present and future. We thank the study participants, their communities and the staff at participating Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHSs). Thanks also to Emily Colonna for feedback on the manuscript. SEARCH is conducted in partnership with the Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council and four ACCHSs across NSW: Awabakal Limited; Riverina Medical and Dental Aboriginal Corporation; Aboriginal Medical Service Western Sydney (former); and the Tharawal Aboriginal Corporation.

Aboriginal child and adolescent health improvement through Aboriginal leadership and collaborative research teams

Output(s)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this website may contain images, voices and names of deceased persons.

AIATSIS acknowledges all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Traditional Custodians of Country and recognises their continuing connection to land, sea, culture and community. We pay our respects to Elders past and present.