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The Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing Team follows an holistic definition of Aboriginal Health which means that health is not just the physical wellbeing of an individual but includes the social, emotional and cultural wellbeing of the whole community.
The fifth Big Elders meeting/gathering was held on the Wednesday, 28th of February 2024 at Burswood on Swan.
This research project was part of the broader Ngulluk Koolunga Ngulluk Koort (Our Children, Our Heart) five-year (2016 to 2020) project.
The third Big Elders meeting/gathering was held on the 26th of February 2019 at Burswood on Swan.
Director of First Nations Strategy and Leadership; Head, First Nations Health and Equity Research
Honorary Research Associate
Two research teams, led by The Kids Research Institute Australia, have been awarded more than $2 million to fund innovative projects.
Working with bereaved parents in co-designed stillbirth research, policy and practice is essential to improving care and outcomes.
Discharge against medical advice (DAMA) is a priority issue for the health system. Little is known about the factors associated with DAMA for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander (Aboriginal) children in Australia.
Although recent studies have demonstrated associations between nonchromosomal birth defects and several pediatric cancers, less is known about their role on childhood leukemia susceptibility. Using data from the Childhood Cancer and Leukemia International Consortium, we evaluated associations between nonchromosomal birth defects and childhood leukemia.