Category: News & Articles
... than $3 million in funding from the NHMRC to improve the outcomes of Indigenous Australians living with dementia. An esteemed health-behaviour ... Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to improve the outcomes of Indigenous Australians living with dementia. Lead Chief Investigator ...
Category: News & Articles
... and Torres Strait Islander women. The rate of premature births in Indigenous communities is almost twice that of non-Indigenous communities1 and Aboriginal babies are twice as likely to be ... News & Articles Closing the life expectancy gap for Indigenous Australians A new research program to be launched today will investigate ...
Category: News & Articles
... access to health services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. To mark and celebrate NAIDOC Week, here is a snapshot of some of the recent Indigenous health related initiatives HMRI, its partners and its researchers have been undertaking. MRFF grant for Indigenous kid’s ear health Associate Professor Kelvin Kong this ...
Category: News & Articles
... nutritious eating, physical activity and healthy weight for indigenous children. Hunter New England Health clinician and researcher ... nutritious eating, physical activity and healthy weight for indigenous children. Ms Turner received the Gail May Award which ... honoured for her dedication to kidney health research in Indigenous Australians. Dr Kym Rae has received Kidney Health Australia’s ...
Category: News & Articles
... wellbeing of pregnant Aboriginal women. The pilot study, called ‘ Indigenous Counselling and Nicotine (ICAN) QUIT in Pregnancy ’, was ... in Australia have, until recently, been targeted at non-Aboriginal Australians whereas the (ICAN) QUIT in Pregnancy resources have been ... Health and the community. News & Articles Quit-smoking trial for Indigenous mums-to-be A $2.26 million national grant has been awarded to ...
Category: News & Articles
... Stroke project, aiming to reduce to inequality in healthcare for Indigenous Australians living with stroke. Four Hunter research teams have secured ... the inequity in healthcare by identifying the needs and wants of Indigenous people, producing a co-designed, evidence and strengths-based ...
Category: Research
... health care creates a significant disparity in health outcomes for Indigenous and rural patients. Serious health complications, including ... Reducing the incidence of deafness and health disadvantage in Indigenous and rural Australians through ENT Telehealth ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... research interests? I am interested in the reproductive health of Indigenous Australians – the factors that influence the health of Indigenous babies as well as interventions to encourage healthy ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
What are your research interests? My studies with expectant Indigenous mothers focus on what tobacco smoking means for nurturing ... deals with preventing potential long-term health implications for Indigenous children if their mothers smoke. A lot of the acute and chronic problems that we know about which affect Indigenous Australians, such as heart disease and ‘glue ear’, can be traced ...
Category: Research
Predicting future renal and cardiovascular health in pregnant Indigenous Australian women Indigenous Australians suffer from an extremely high incidence of chronic kidney ...