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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Filling the gaps in the Healthy Skin program
The Filling the Gaps (FTG) project was a collaboration between three CRC for Aboriginal Health partners utilising laboratory, clinical and epidemiological methods and building on work undertaken…
View researchDevelopment and trial of an integrated model for Aboriginal health promotion and its evaluation
Creating healthy environments: Development and trial of an integrated model for Aboriginal health promotion and its evaluation This project was an intensive case study of…
View researchCan swimming pools improve Indigenous children’s hearing?
The Flinders University Swimming Pool study investigated whether the use of swimming pools by school-age Indigenous children in remote semi-arid communities in central Australia results…
View researchAnalysis of representation of Indigenous Australians in mainstream print media
Analysis of representation of Indigenous Australians in mainstream print media: An exploration centred on the social determinants of health The objective of this research project…
View researchUtility stress as a social determinant of health
Utility stress as a social determinant of health: A study of the increasing cost of public utilities on the poverty and health status of Aboriginal…
View researchUndergraduate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students experiences
How Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students experience their undergraduate candidature at the University of Melbourne With Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander student enrolment and…
View researchTransferability of a mainstream childhood obesity prevention program to Aboriginal people
There were only a few examples of obesity prevention programs that had been conducted with children from Indigenous and different cultural groups around the world. The…
View researchParenting support interventions for Indigenous families: Let’s Start extension
Parenting support interventions for Indigenous families: Let's Start extension The Let’s Start project developed from an earlier project partly funded by the CRC for Aboriginal…
View researchEffect of early life conditions and experiences on child development and learning
The effect of early life conditions and experiences on child development and learning: A whole population study This project was a continuation of a broader…
View researchIssues of domestic water use in four remote Indigenous communities in South Australia
These projects sought to provide a response from four Aboriginal communities to the National Water Initiative directives to move to a full cost recovery ‘user…
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