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WAACHS Volume 1

The Health of Aboriginal Children and Young People

Research

Start Stronger, Live Longer Resource Manual for Aboriginal Health Workers

This resource kit for Aboriginal health workers is an exciting milestone in the Rio Tinto Aboriginal Health partnership with The Kids Research Institute Australia

Aboriginal Consultative Committee Advising Research and Evaluation (ACCARE)

ACCARE provides high level advice to the Institute's Director around strategic directions and operational elements relating to Aboriginal health research

News & Events

Video: Aboriginal Asthma

Wadjuk Nyungar man Walter McGuire talks about the importance of air quality to our health.

News & Events

Alcohol restrictions a powerful tool for communities

There is growing evidence that alcohol restrictions are effective in empowering communities to reduce the immediate and long term impacts of alcohol.

News & Events

Exploring resilience as a pathway to Aboriginal young people's health

Can resilience improve health outcomes in Aboriginal young people? That question will be explored by The Kids Research Institute Australia researcher Clair Scrine.

News & Events

Folate success helps Aboriginal kids

More than 30 years of research into the links between folate and neural tube defects has paid off for The Kids Research Institute Australia researcher Professor Carol Bower.

News & Events

Social disadvantage underpins children's poor health

The impact of death, separation and divorce is having a profound impact on the lives of Aboriginal children.

Research

RSV: an update on prevention and management

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common cause of respiratory tract infections in infants and young children, and adults over 60 years of age. Infants born prematurely, adults aged over 75 years, individuals with medical conditions such as chronic cardiac or respiratory disease, or obesity, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are at increased risk of severe RSV disease.

Research

Prevalence of youth type 2 diabetes in global Indigenous populations: a systematic review

We aimed to synthesise global prevalence estimates of type 2 diabetes among Indigenous youth aged under 25 years, and examine age- and gender-specific differences and secular trends.