Research projects
Our research is built on priorities identified by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. We aim to produce high-impact research, tools and resources that will have positive health outcomes for Australia's First Nations.
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Understanding and Resisting School Exclusion through the Education Justice Lab
The Education Justice Lab (EJL) is a program aimed at backing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth to address school exclusion utilising Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR)…
View researchActioning Indigenous Data Sovereignty: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander consent and data sharing priorities to guide community-controlled health service best practice
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have the right to access culturally safe information and health and wellbeing services to empower their participation in informed…
View researchMob caring for Mob: Establishing educational pathways to midwifery for Aboriginal women to support the upscaling of Birthing on Country services
This project aims to decolonise and strengthen the maternity care workforce by improving the choices and pathways for Aboriginal women into tertiary education necessary for employment in…
View researchExploring the health and wellbeing needs of Stolen Generations and their descendants in South Australia
This project is being led by Aboriginal people who are either Stolen Generation or descendants of Stolen Generations. This project is a foundational piece of research…
View researchPrevention, early detection and management of iron deficiency in children under 5 years at an ACCHO in far western NSW
Iron deficiency is the most common cause of anaemia in children. Iron deficiency anaemia is associated with developmental delay and irreversible cognitive deficits. Studies suggest children…
View researchEvaluating the pilot Healthy Deadly Kids Program designed by the Illawarra Aboriginal Medical Service
This project evaluates the pilot of the Illawarra Aboriginal Medical Service's (IAMS) Healthy Deadly Kids (HDK) program, a culturally safe school-based health education initiative designed…
View researchMaaman Waankiny Wur Walbriny
The Maaman Waankiny Wur Walbriny (Men Talking and Healing) Project seeks to undertake a feasibility study into how cultural healing activities such as on Country supports…
View researchSetting the Research Agenda for Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Sector in NSW
The project will seek to establish the research priorities for the Aboriginal community controlled health sector in New South Wales (NSW), by creating a research…
View researchYabilinya miya (learn together): First Nations led program to support Koori women’s breastfeeding journey
Yalbilinya miya (learn together) breastfeeding program is designed by Aboriginal women for Aboriginal women. We will gather perspectives and experiences of breastfeeding among Koori women…
View researchEmpowering Indigenous strengths to better health and wellbeing: The co-design and evaluation of a sustainable practice nurse health and wellbeing funding model for chronic disease management at a rural Aboriginal Health Service
This project proposes an Indigenous-led, community co-design and evaluation of a sustainable Practice Nurse-Model of Care (PN-MoC) for chronic disease management at a rural Aboriginal…
View researchAcknowledgement of Country
We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land across Australia and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and future. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this website may contain images, voices and names of deceased persons.
