Starting in 2011 the Telethon Kids Institute working in partnership with the Rural Clinical School of WA (RCSWA) and the Aboriginal Health Council of WA (AHCWA) commenced a joint process to establishing a WA Aboriginal Health Knowledge Network (the ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Indigenous Health
• Kulunga Aboriginal Unit

From Marginalised to Empowered: transformative methods for Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing Chief Investigators: Professor Fiona Stanley (Telethon Kids Institute) Associate Professor Dawn Bessarab (University of Western Australia) Professor Juli ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Indigenous Health

The health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia is crucial to address due to the burden of disease and injury in aboriginal population. ...

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• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• December 2017

The "Start Stronger, Live Longer" resource kit, for Aboriginal health workers is an exciting milestone in the Rio Tinto Aboriginal Health partnership with the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, through the Kulunga Research Network. Rio ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Indigenous Health
• Kulunga Aboriginal Unit

In this paper, we seek to provide guidance for researchers who are new to undertaking research with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• April 2019

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Pamela André Matt Laird Schultz Cooper PL AS MC Pictured (left to right) are the team working on the ACE project in the Pilbara region Darcy Roe - senior physiotherapist at Hedland Health Campus Anggun Effendy - senior physiotherapist at Hedland ...

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Maternal mental disorders have been associated with adverse perinatal outcomes such as low birthweight and preterm birth, although these links have been examined rarely among Australian Aboriginal populations. We aimed to evaluate the association between maternal mental disorders and adverse perinatal outcomes among Aboriginal births. ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• March 2023

Optimal mental health in the pre-conception, pregnancy and postpartum periods is important for both maternal and infant wellbeing. Few studies, however, have focused on Indigenous women and the specific risk and protective factors that may prompt vulnerability to perinatal mental disorders in this culturally diverse population. ...

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• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• February 2020

Aboriginal Australians have a fundamental human right to opportunities that lead to healthy and flourishing lives. While the impact of trauma on Aboriginal Australians is well-documented, a pervasive deficit narrative that focuses on problems and pathology persists in research and policy discourse. ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• April 2023

Poor environmental health is prevalent in remote Aboriginal communities and requires further delineation to inform environmental health policy ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2016
• October 2016

A considerable health disparity exists between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians, including a higher incidence and severity of cardiovascular and... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2015
• April 2015