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Health Journey Mapping

WebHealth Journey Mapping tools and resources . In supporting pathways towards overcoming these challenges to improve the quality and cultural safety of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s health care journeys, we have developed a package of mapping tools and resources that assist clinicians, managers and teams to:. recognise Aboriginal and …

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First Nations Health and Wellbeing – The Lowitja Journal

WebAbout the Journal. The Lowitja Journal focuses on primary research papers, systematic reviews, and informed short reports and community contributions on all aspects of the science, culture, philosophy and practice regarding health and wellbeing for First Nations communities.. All papers must include substantive contributions of First Nations authors …

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Lowitja Institute

WebWe are Australia’s only Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community controlled health research institute, named in honour of our patron, Dr Lowitja O’Donoghue AC CBE DSG. We deliver high-impact quality research, knowledge exchange, and by supporting a new generation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health researchers. Learn more.

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Culture is Key: Towards cultural determinants-driven health policy

WebLowitja Institute has a long history of championing the importance of the cultural determinants of health and wellbeing outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. This has included the commissioning of landmark pieces of research, the bringing together of key thinkers, and policy advocacy. This report has been developed …

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Aboriginal Holistic Health: A Critical Review

WebThis is the second in the CRC for Aboriginal Health’s Discussion Paper Series. The concept of Aboriginal holistic health occupies a central position in Aboriginal health policy discourse. This review seeks to establish a definition, and to understand how the concept affects policy, programs and strategy. One hundred and fifty-three

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Managing Two Worlds Together: Improving the Aboriginal

WebFunded by SA Health and the Lowitja Institute and associated CRCs, the project evolved over three stages: Stage 1 (2008–11) focused on understanding the problems (City hospital care for country Aboriginal people) Stage 2 (2012) focused on possible solutions and strategies. Stage 3 (2013–15) develop tools for use in cardiac, maternal, renal

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CULTURE IS KEY: TOWARDS CULTURAL DETERMINANTS …

WebKey Findings What are the cultural determinants? The cultural determinants of health constitute a conceptual framework based on Indigenous knowledge; they are inter-related to social

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The Impact of Racism on Indigenous Health in Australia and

WebThis is the fourth in the CRC for Aboriginal Health's Discussion Paper Series. This report summarises findings from a symposium held at the University of Melbourne in November 2007 that brought together key experts on racism and Indigenous health f

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A Global Snapshot of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples’ Health

WebIV | A Global Snapshot of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples’ Health Acknowledgments This work would not have been possible without the contributions of people from 23 countries across the world that participated in The Lancet–Lowitja Institute Global Collaboration.Members of this Collaboration and their

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Art into Health: Puntu Palyarrikuwanpa [Aboriginal Men

WebAn illustrated colour booklet Art into Health: Puntu Palyarrikuwanpa [Aboriginal Men Becoming Well] was published by the Lowitja Institute in 2011 to accompany a collection of paintings by Aboriginal men from Western Australia’s arid north-west that were exhibited in Perth during September 2011. The booklet includes commentaries by three

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Ethics guidelines

WebNational statement on ethical conduct in human research The National Statement, updated by the National Health and Medical Research Council in 2018, functions as the overarching ethical guidelines for all research involving humans. It is designed to be used by: The National Statement is grounded in four main principles – Respect, Integrity and Research …

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Defining the Indefinable: Descriptors of Aboriginal and Torres …

WebIn Australia, limited data establish or define the relationship between health, wellbeing and culture and the mechanisms through which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural determinants impact health and wellbeing. There is increasing attentio

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Lowitja Institute calls on governments to hasten action to close the

WebThe Close the Gap Campaign today urges Australian governments to accelerate action to realise the objectives of the National Agreement on Closing the Gap following the unsuccessful call to enshrine an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice into the Australian Constitution.. The newly published Close the Gap Campaign Report 2024 …

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Healthy Skin Program

WebThe research in this program built on more than a decade of clinical, biomedical and public health activities. Healthy Skin was identified as a priority in convocation discussions and research proposal assessments. The Program was made up of seven research projects, ranging from bio-medical and clinical research to action research aimed at

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CRC for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health

WebThe Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health was established on 1 January 2010, following in the footsteps of its predecessors the CRC for Aboriginal and Tropical Health (1996–2003) and the CRC for Aboriginal Health (2003–09). The Australian Government funded its activities to 30 June 2014 through the CRC …

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POLICY BRIEF: Evaluation Frameworks to Improve Aboriginal …

WebREFERENCES 4 The Lowitja Institute PO Box 650, Carlton South Victoria 3053 AUSTRALIA T: +61 3 8341 5555 E: [email protected] W: www.lowitja.org.au 1. Bainbridge, R. et al. 2015, No one’s discussing the elephant in …

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Deficit Discourse and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander …

WebThe full reports are available on the Lowitja Institute and NCIS websites. Deficit Discourse and Indigenous Health: How narrative framings of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are reproduced in policy

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Winnunga prison health study

WebACT Health reviewed the findings of the Winnunga Prison Health Study with the view of implementing recommendations arising from the research. The five recommendations from the study relate to: Further studies be undertaken to help overcome the current lack of an evidence base for Aboriginal prison-related issues in the ACT and Australia.

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