An Experimental Trial Of A Supplementary Food Program In A Regional Aboriginal Health Service In New South Wales.
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$142,857.00
Summary
The aims of this research project are to investigate the health effects, sustainability and acceptability of a supplementary food program in an Indigenous community in regional New South Wales. The research project will examine the health effects of a subsidised box of fruit and vegetables to Aboriginal families whose children have experienced frequent health problems.
Urban Green Space And The Health Of Aboriginal People
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$92,541.00
Summary
This study will look at the effect of park land, gardens and other areas of publicly accessible natural environment on the health of Aboriginal children, specifically obesity and physical exercise, living in communities located in major cities and inner regional areas.
Indigenous mental health in remote communities: Applying a contextual model of community research and intervention. This project will make an international advance in understanding indigenous mental health that will be of interest to many groups around the world. The main specifically national benefit will flow from contextual knowledge on how to improve mental health for remote indigenous communities that also allows strengthening of communities and their economic and social enterprises. We w ....Indigenous mental health in remote communities: Applying a contextual model of community research and intervention. This project will make an international advance in understanding indigenous mental health that will be of interest to many groups around the world. The main specifically national benefit will flow from contextual knowledge on how to improve mental health for remote indigenous communities that also allows strengthening of communities and their economic and social enterprises. We will also build capacity in the communities for research skills, documentation skills, and writing skills. The types of contextual information collected will provide recommendations to mental health service providers about how to incorporate local forms of knowledge when dealing with issues of well-being.Read moreRead less
The relationship between speech production and perception in Australian language speakers: implications for speech development and learning in Aboriginal children. Chronic ear infection blights the life of at least 50% of Aboriginal Australians. In a vicious cycle that extends from generation to generation, it leads to hearing loss, educational disadvantage, socio-economic disadvantage and environmental depredation, which once again leads to ear (and many other) infections. This is a unique atte ....The relationship between speech production and perception in Australian language speakers: implications for speech development and learning in Aboriginal children. Chronic ear infection blights the life of at least 50% of Aboriginal Australians. In a vicious cycle that extends from generation to generation, it leads to hearing loss, educational disadvantage, socio-economic disadvantage and environmental depredation, which once again leads to ear (and many other) infections. This is a unique attempt by researchers across academic disciplines to study the role of language in educational disadvantage and whether this disadvantage might be made worse for Aboriginal children by the early use of English at school. We ask whether, on purely acoustic or linguistic grounds, communicating in an Aboriginal language might offer improved educational and health outcomes for Aboriginal children in the early years.Read moreRead less
Judicious Use Of Antibiotics For Acute Otitis Media In Aboriginal Children: A Multi-centre Clinical Trial
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$614,840.00
Summary
Aboriginal children living in remote communities have the highest rates of severe ear infections and associated hearing loss currently reported in the medical literature. In some rural and remote Aboriginal communities, all infants have their first infection by 3 months of age and up to 60% develop chronic suppurative otitis media (pus draining from the ears) in the first year of life. By the time they reach school-age more than 50% of children have a significant hearing loss. This has important ....Aboriginal children living in remote communities have the highest rates of severe ear infections and associated hearing loss currently reported in the medical literature. In some rural and remote Aboriginal communities, all infants have their first infection by 3 months of age and up to 60% develop chronic suppurative otitis media (pus draining from the ears) in the first year of life. By the time they reach school-age more than 50% of children have a significant hearing loss. This has important implications for their education. The aim of this study is to determine whether a new longer-acting antibiotic will be more effective in treating young Aboriginal children with new ear infections and therefore prevent the progression to chronic suppurative otitis media. The involvement of up to 20 Aboriginal communities in this well-designed clinical trial represents a major advance in the methods used to evaluate interventions in Aboriginal health. The project will also provide training in ear examination and appropriate medical management. Swabs from the nose will be taken to monitor the effect of antibiotics on the rates of antibiotic resistance. The results from this study will be directly relevant to evidence-based guidelines on the management of otitis media in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations.Read moreRead less
Special Research Initiatives - Grant ID: SR0354900
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$30,000.00
Summary
Australian Indigenous Knowledges and Research Network (AIKRN). The development of a multi-cross discipline, collaborative Australian Indigenous Knowledges and Research Network, working in full-partnership with Indigenous communities, would assist the development of Indigenous studies in areas encompassing personal wellbeing, social, political, management, economic, cultural and physical studies and improvement of the Indigenous holistic individual and collective well-being and independence. The ....Australian Indigenous Knowledges and Research Network (AIKRN). The development of a multi-cross discipline, collaborative Australian Indigenous Knowledges and Research Network, working in full-partnership with Indigenous communities, would assist the development of Indigenous studies in areas encompassing personal wellbeing, social, political, management, economic, cultural and physical studies and improvement of the Indigenous holistic individual and collective well-being and independence. The Network will facilitate research outcomes which position, improve, empower and encourage Indigenous self-management of the research agenda. Integral to this is the ongoing development and support of Indigenous researchers as a key focus of the collective harnessing and promotion of positive research training best practice.Read moreRead less