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... 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 ...
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... 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 ...
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... 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 ...
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... 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 ...
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... 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 ...
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... 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 ...
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... up a cigarette,” she said. Funded by the Department of Health’s Indigenous Australians' Health Programme, Dr Eftekhari will develop a new program ... and improve family health hmri, hunter medical research institute, indigenous health, smoking cessation, aboriginal and torres strait ...
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... Primary Health Care (PHC) for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians has been launched, and highlights the importance of a ... Strait Islander leadership as the key to improving health outcomes. Indigenous leadership improves engagement with communities and ensures ... its members shows the value of working with communities to include Indigenous perspectives on care quality. “It’s not just about ...
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... to support projects aiming to improve the lives of millions of Australians. Researchers from the University of Newcastle and HMRI ... Professor Kym Rae received a $1.1 million grant to incorporate Indigenous worldviews of nutrition in the perinatal and early childhood ... $1,127,874.50 for Associate Professor Kym Rae to incorporate Indigenous worldviews into health approaches for Indigenous women and ...
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... for Healthy Ageing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People. Indigenous people die about eight years earlier than non-Indigenous Australians. For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians born ...
