Natural Helper Intervention type Model for Aboriginal Australians

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1037386

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Shaouli Shahid, a social scientist and promising early career researcher, aims to promote community competence to achieve better health outcomes for Aboriginal men in WA. The project will be led by trained natural helpers from the community to promote a healthy life-style and motivate their peers through educational presentations and a BMI competition. The whole strategy will be developed in consultation with the Aboriginal men’s groups in WA. Outcomes will be measured, evaluated and shared with participants on a regular basis.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2012

End Date: 01-01-2015

Funding Scheme: Early Career Fellowships

Funding Amount: $307,946.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Health Counselling

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Aboriginal health | community intervention | health behaviours | health promotion | lifestyle factors | overweight/obesity | participatory action research

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