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ECU researchers address wide-ranging health and wellbeing issues that impact Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, families, and communities.

  • Using social media in health literacy research: A promising example involving Facebook with young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander males from the top end of the Northern Territory

    Using social media in health literacy research: A promising example involving Facebook with young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander males from the top end of the Northern Territory

  • Physical activity and self-reported metabolic syndrome risk factors in the Aboriginal population in Perth, Australia, measured using an adaptation of the global physical activity questionnaire (gpaq)

    Physical activity and self-reported metabolic syndrome risk factors in the Aboriginal population in Perth, Australia, measured using an adaptation of the global physical activity questionnaire (gpaq)

  • Overview of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health status, 2020

    Overview of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health status, 2020

  • What do we know about the nexus between culture, age, gender and health literacy? Implications for improving the health and well-being of young Indigenous males

    What do we know about the nexus between culture, age, gender and health literacy? Implications for improving the health and well-being of young Indigenous males

  • Aboriginal Australians want care after brain injury. But it must consider their cultural needs

    Aboriginal Australians want care after brain injury. But it must consider their cultural needs

  • General practitioners’ perceptions of their communication with Australian Aboriginal patients with acquired neurogenic communication disorders

    General practitioners’ perceptions of their communication with Australian Aboriginal patients with acquired neurogenic communication disorders

  • The nature and piloting of a tool to screen for acquired communication disorders in Aboriginal Australians after brain injury: Exploring culturally valid assessment to improve rehabilitation pathways

    The nature and piloting of a tool to screen for acquired communication disorders in Aboriginal Australians after brain injury: Exploring culturally valid assessment to improve rehabilitation pathways

  • Development of the Aboriginal Communication Assessment After Brain Injury (ACAABI): A screening tool for identifying acquired communication disorders in Aboriginal Australians

    Development of the Aboriginal Communication Assessment After Brain Injury (ACAABI): A screening tool for identifying acquired communication disorders in Aboriginal Australians

  • Cultural identity and practices associated with the health and well-being of Indigenous males

    Cultural identity and practices associated with the health and well-being of Indigenous males

  • Engaging Australian Aboriginal narratives to challenge attitudes and create empathy in health care: A methodological perspective

    Engaging Australian Aboriginal narratives to challenge attitudes and create empathy in health care: A methodological perspective

  • Furthering the quality agenda in Aboriginal community controlled health services: understanding the relationship between accreditation, continuous quality improvement and national key performance indicator reporting

    Furthering the quality agenda in Aboriginal community controlled health services: understanding the relationship between accreditation, continuous quality improvement and national key performance indicator reporting

  • Improving access to primary care for Aboriginal babies in Western Australia: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

    Improving access to primary care for Aboriginal babies in Western Australia: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial