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The social determinants of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suicide...

Consideration of suicide among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples must be situated within a context that recognises the impact of racism...

Associate Professor Glenn Pearson

Director of First Nations Strategy and Leadership; Head, First Nations Health and Equity Research

Carrington Shepherd

Honorary Research Associate

Ideas Grants to support innovative research

Two research teams, led by The Kids Research Institute Australia, have been awarded more than $2 million to fund innovative projects.

‘Defying the odds’: Exploring the impact of perinatal outcomes, maternal social and health outcomes and level of culturally appropriate service availability on the health of Western Australian Aboriginal infants and children

Carrington Fiona Shepherd Stanley PhD FAA FASSA MSc MD FFPHM FAFPHM FRACP FRANZCOG HonDSc HonDUniv HonFRACGP HonMD HonFRCPCH HonLLB (honoris causa)

An investigation of parental mental health among the Aboriginal population in Western Australia, and its impact on children’s outcomes

Carrington Fiona Shepherd Stanley PhD FAA FASSA MSc MD FFPHM FAFPHM FRACP FRANZCOG HonDSc HonDUniv HonFRACGP HonMD HonFRCPCH HonLLB (honoris causa)

Adjusting for under-identification of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander births in time series produced from birth records

Statistical time series derived from administrative data sets form key indicators in measuring progress.

Social Gradients in Indigenous Health

The pattern of association between socioeconomic factors and health outcomes has primarily depicted better health for those who are higher in the social...

Yarning about yarning as a legitimate method in Indigenous Research

This article demonstrates the credibility and rigor of yarning, an Indigenous cultural form of conversation, through its use as a data gathering tool

Aboriginal practitioners speak out: contextualising child protection interventions

This paper reports on how the summit was designed and on some of the ideas and concerns that emerged within this dialogical space of cooperative inquiry.