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Tailored support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander fathers to quit smoking and improve family health
Category: News & Articles
... a Hunter researcher will fund a first-of-its kind program to empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander fathers to quit smoking when their ... ourselves in the community to determine exactly how they use support services doesn’t work, especially for our Aboriginal and Torres Strait ... fathers to quit smoking and improve family health hmri, hunter medical research institute, indigenous health, smoking cessation, ...
National honour for Australia’s first Aboriginal surgeon
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... Professor Kelvin Kong has been awarded the 2021 Australian Society of Medical Research (ASMR) Medal.  Renowned Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) ... A pioneer who has dedicated his career to reducing hearing loss in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and improving access to healthcare services, Associate Professor Kong’s research focuses on the ...
Equity in Health and Wellbeing Research Program
Category: Research
... complex health conditions, communities of low socioeconomic status, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people residing in ... of disease and injury, and can struggle to access quality health services compared with Australians living in large cities. Our work ... recording of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander status in the medical records, and current rates of 715 Health Checks. Phase Two will ...
NHMRC funding to support chronic disease prevention
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... $7.74 million in competitive funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council. The funding was announced by Health Minister ... and throat (ENT) model, based in metropolitan, rural and regional Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services, enabling improvement in Aboriginal children’s access to ...
Hunter researchers awarded $6 Million in funding towards Indigenous health, stroke, genetics and fatherhood research
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... than $6 million in funding through the Australian Government's  Medical Research Future Fund , bolstering HMRI and the University of ... Chris Levi  to improve the long-term recovery and survivorship of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait people living with stroke. The ... rural areas and the difficulty accessing parenting and mental health services outside of the major cities.  The project will target all ...
Smoking study paper receives national journal prize
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An HMRI trial of an intensive smoking intervention for pregnant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women has won the prestigious ‘Prize for Excellence in Medical Research’ for the best research paper published in the Medical ... worked closely with the Aboriginal community-controlled health services to establish the project as part of her PhD research. Fellow ...
Checking check-ups to help Close the Gap
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A new intervention aims to increase the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who receive an annual GP ... GP, will be implemented and evaluated by a new National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) project. Renowned population health ... cent of Indigenous people regularly visit mainstream general practice services – a key opportunity to deliver an annual ‘715’ health ...
NAIDOC Week Public Seminar
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... focussing on engagement and empowerment in Indigneous health and medical research. To celebrate NAIDOC Week 2019, HMRI will present a ... teams are working with communities to improve health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities across the nation. ... communities, particularly Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services. Dr Bovill completed her PhD in Aboriginal Health earlier this ...
Kelvin Kong
Category: Researcher Profiles
... non-Indigenous counterparts. The rates of ear disease are higher for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children across Australia, with ... problem that costs our nation a great deal of money, not just in medical treatments but in the social cost of people not receiving enough ... of RACS and ASOHNS, serving on the Indigenous Health and Fellowship Services Committees. He has published articles and presented on a ...
Quit-smoking trial for Indigenous mums-to-be
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... health researchers for a quit-smoking program focused on pregnant Aboriginal women Aboriginal communities across Australia will benefit ... funding package announced yesterday under the National Health and Medical Research Council’s Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD) ... to provide full training and resources to staff at half of the health services involved in the trial, with the other half serving as a control ...
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