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The burden of mental health problems among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children is a major public health problem in Australia.
We begin to bridge this knowledge gap by assessing evidence on social gradients in indigenous health in Australia.
We sought to provide insights by examining socio-economic disparities in physical health outcomes among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in WA.
The Rio Tinto Aboriginal Health Partnership marries Rio Tinto's commitment and dedication to community investment with research expertise of the Telethon Inst
Antismoking mass media campaigns have been shown to reduce smoking prevalence in the mainstream community.
In 2002, the Founding Director of The Kids for Child Health Research, Professor Fiona Stanley, approached Rio Tinto Ltd about the possibility...
Brings the Aboriginal community(s) of Perth together with service providers & policy makers to improve outcomes for Aboriginal kids and their families.
The Kids Research Institute Australia and Australian National University Professor of Indigenous Genomics, Professor Alex Brown, has become the first Indigenous member of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Board.
Although essential for overall health and wellbeing, little is known about skin health in urban-living Australian Aboriginal children. This co-designed, research-service project aimed to describe skin health and document skin disease frequency in urban-living Aboriginal children and young people in Western Australia and investigate housing associations for skin infections.
Integrating First Nations knowledge systems and Western research methodologies recognizes the strength, experience, and insight of First Nations peoples in addressing health issues in their communities. In research, this includes projects being led by First Nations Elders and peoples, including First Nations researchers in the team, and collecting data in ways that reflect First Nations ways of knowing, being, and doing.