Research
Published resources
Journal articles
2008
Rumbold A, Cunningham J, Bailie RS, Hiller JE (2008)
Exploring the characteristics of the research workforce in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health;32(1):12-18
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View website: National Center for Biotechnology Information
2007
Prior D (2007)
Decolonising research: a shift toward reconciliation.
Nursing Inquiry;14(2):162-168
View abstract: Nursing Inquiry
View website: Blackwell Synergy (Blackwell Publishing)
2006
Foster D, Williams R, Campbell D, Davis V, Pepperill L (2006)
'Researching ourselves back to life': new ways of conducting Aboriginal alcohol research.
Drug and Alcohol Review;25(3):213-217
View abstract: Drug and Alcohol Review
View website: Taylor and Francis (publishers)
Giles G, Malin M, Harvey P (2006)
The Centre of Clinical Research Excellence in Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Health: an operational rationale and some reflections
on progress so far.
Australian Journal of Primary Health;12(2):97-104
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abstract: Australian Journal of Primary Health (PDF - 63KB)
McDonald MI, Benger N, Brown A, Currie BJ, Carapetis JR (2006)
Practical challenges of conducting research into rheumatic fever
in remote Aboriginal communities.
Medical Journal of Australia;184(10):511-513
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article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
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article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF)
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Sanson-Fisher RW, Campbell EM, Perkins JJ, Blunden SV, Davis BB
(2006)
Indigenous health research: a critical review of outputs over time.
Medical Journal of Australia;184(10):502-505
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article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
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article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF)
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Siciliano F, Stevens M, Condon J, Bailie R (2006)
A longitudinal data resource on key influences on health in the Northern Territory: opportunities and obstacles. (Discussion Paper Series no. 1)
Darwin: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health
View report: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 10.0MB - large file warning!)
View website: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health
Thomas DP, Anderson IP (2006)
Getting the most from Indigenous health research [editorial].
Medical Journal of Australia;184(10):500-501
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article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
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View website: Medical Journal of Australia
2005
Hunter E (2005)
Review of Reading doctors' writing: race, politics and power in
Indigenous health research, 1870-1969.
Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin;5(1): Book reviews 1.
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book review: HealthBulletin
Kowal E, Anderson I, Bailie R (2005)
Moving beyond good intentions: Indigenous participation in Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander health research.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health;29(5):468-470
View article: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health (PDF - 25KB)
View website: Public Health Association of Australia
2004
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet (2004)
Dr Sandra Eades: first Aboriginal doctor to be awarded a PhD
Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin;4(4): Current topic
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current topic: HealthBulletin
2003
Bauert P, McMaugh E, Martin CM, Smylie JK (2003)
Indigenous health: chronically inadequate responses to damning statistics
[letter].
Medical Journal of Australia;178(5):246
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article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
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Cunningham C, Reading J, Eades D (2003)
Health research and Indigenous health.
British Medical Journal;327(7412):445-447
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article: British Medical Journal (PDF)
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Grove N, Brough M, Canuto C, Dobson A (2003)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research and the conduct
of longitudinal studies: issues for debate.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health;27(6):637-641
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abstract: HealthBulletin
View website: Public Health Association of Australia
McDonald SP, Maguire GP, Hoy WE (2003)
Validation of self-reported cigarette smoking in a remote Australian
Aboriginal community.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health;27(1):57-60
View article: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health (PDF - 40KB)
View website: Public Health Association of Australia
Sayers SM, Mackerras D, Singh G, Bucens I, Flynn K, Reid A (2003)
An Australian Aboriginal birth cohort: a unique resource for a life
course study of an Indigenous population. A study protocol.
BMC International Health and Human Rights;3(1):1472-1698
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abstract: HealthBulletin
Valery P, Purdie D, Chang A, Masters IB, Green AC (2003)
Assessment of the diagnosis and prevalence of asthma in Australian Indigenous children.
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology;56(7):629-635
View abstract: HealthBulletin
2002
Atkinson J, Graham J, Pettit G, Lewis L (2002)
Broadening the focus of research into the health of Indigenous Australians
[editorial].
Medical Journal of Australia;177:286-287
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Brown J, Hunter E, Whiteside M (2002)
Talking back: the changing nature of Indigenous health research
feedback.
Health Promotion Journal of Australia;13:34-39
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abstract: HealthBulletin
Henderson R, Simmons DS, Bourke L, Muir J (2002)
Development of guidelines for non-Indigenous people undertaking
research among the Indigenous population of north-east Victoria.
Medical Journal of Australia;176:482-485
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Holmes W, Stewart P, Garrow A, Anderson I, Thorpe L (2002)
Researching Aboriginal health: experience from a study of urban
young people's health and well-being.
Social Science and Medicine;54:1267-1279
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abstract: HealthBulletin
Jamrozik K (2002)
Hard lessons from a randomised controlled trial [editorial].
Medical Journal of Australia;176:248-249
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article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF)
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Sibthorpe BM, Bailie RS, Brady MA, Ball SA, Sumner-Dodd P, Hall
WD (2002)
The demise of a planned randomised controlled trial in an urban
Aboriginal medical service.
Medical Journal of Australia;176:273-276
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Watson J, Hodson K, Johnson R (2002)
Developing strategies to gather information about the maternity experiences of Indigenous women in acute care settings.
Australian Journal of Rural Health;10:147-153
View abstract: HealthBulletin
Reports and publications
2007
Anderson IP, Whyte JD (2007)
Research, evaluation, and Aboriginal primary health care
In: Couzos S, Murray R, eds.
Aboriginal primary health care: an evidence-based approach. 3rd ed.
South Melbourne: Oxford University Press:830-844
View details: Oxford University Press
2006
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2006)
National Advisory Group on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Information and Data: strategic plan 2006-2008.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
View abstract: HealthBulletin
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National Health and Medical Research Council (2006)
Keeping research on track: a guide for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples about health research ethics.
Canberra: National Health and Medical Research Council
View abstract: HealthBulletin
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View website: National Health and Medical Research Council
Robinson G, Tyler B (2006)
Ngaripirliga'ajirri: an early intervention program on the Tiwi Islands, final evaluation report.
Casuarina, NT: School for Social and Policy Research, Charles Darwin University
View abstract: HealthBulletin
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View website: Charles Darwin University
2005
Shibasaki S, Stewart P (2005)
Workshop report: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
involved in ethics.
Darwin: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health
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abstract: HealthBulletin
Stewart P, Pyett P (2005)
Victorian Aboriginal ethics project report.
Melbourne: Onemda VicHealth Koori Health Unit, University of Melbourne
View abstract: HealthBulletin
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View website: VicHealth Koori
Health Unit
2004
Dunbar T, Arnott A, Henry J, Scrimgeour M, Murakami-Gold L
(2004)
CRCATH 1997-2002: working towards change in Indigenous health
research.
Casuarina, Northern Territory: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal
Health
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abstract: HealthBulletin
Henry J, Dunbar T, Arnott A, Scrimgeour M, Murakami-Gold L (2004)
Indigenous Research Reform Agenda: a review of the literature.
Casuarina, Northern Territory: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal
and Tropical Health
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abstract: HealthBulletin
Smith D (2004)
Community action to promote child growth in Gapuwiyak: final
report on a participatory action research project.
Casuarina: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health
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abstract: HealthBulletin
2003
Dodson M, Smith DE (2003)
Governance for sustainable development: strategic issues and
principles for Indigenous communities.
Canberra: Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian
National University
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report (PDF - 372KB)
Hurley A (2003)
Respect, acknowledge, listen: practical protocols for working
with the Indigenous community of Western Sydney.
Liverpool, NSW: Community Cultural Development New South Wales
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report (PDF - 376KB)
Martin DF (2003)
Rethinking the design of Indigenous organisations: the need
for strategic engagement.
Canberra: Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian
National University
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report (PDF - 222KB)
Rawsthorne M (2003)
Working better with Indigenous people, communities and issues.
SPRC Newsletter;84:6
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newsletter (PDF - 147KB)
Walker R, Ballard J, Taylor C (2003)
Developing paradigms and discourses to establish more appropriate evaluation frameworks and indicators for housing programs.
Perth: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Western Australia Research Centre
View report (PDF - 302KB)
2002
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research Agenda Working Group
(2002)
The NHMRC Road Map: a strategic framework for improving Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander health through research.
Canberra: National Health and Medical Research Council
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abstract: HealthBulletin
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report (PDF - 227KB)
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
(2000)
Guidelines for ethical research in Indigenous studies.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Studies
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report (PDF - 430KB)
Beneforti M, Cunningham J (2002)
Investigating indicators for measuring the health and social
impact of sport and recreation programs in Indigenous communities.
Darwin: Australian Sports Commission and Cooperative Centre
for Aboriginal and Tropical Health
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abstract: HealthBulletin
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report (PDF - 1.69MB - large file warning!)
Brown A, Brands J, White E, et al (2002)
Research partnerships: yarning about research with Indigenous
peoples [workshop report 1]
Casuarina: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal and Tropical
Health
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abstract: HealthBulletin
Condon J, Carapetis J, O'Grady KA, et al. (2002)
A report on the feasibility study of the proposed NT pneumococcal
vaccine trial.
Darwin: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal and Tropical
Health
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abstract: HealthBulletin
Focal Point Consulting (2002)
Report to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research
Agenda Working Group (RAWG): final report of community consultations
on the RAWG Road Map.
Canberra: National Health and Medical Council
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abstract: HealthBulletin
Henry J, Dunbar T, Arnott A, et al. (2002)
Indigenous research reform agenda. Positioning the Cooperative
Research Centre for Aboriginal and Tropical Health.
Casuarina: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal and Tropical
Health
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abstract: HealthBulletin
Henry J, Dunbar T, Arnott A, et al. (2002)
Indigenous research reform agenda. Rethinking research methodologies.
Casuarina: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal and Tropical
Health
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abstract: HealthBulletin
Henry J, Dunbar T, Arnott A, et al. (2002)
Indigenous research reform agenda. Changing institutions.
Casuarina: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal and Tropical
Health
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abstract: HealthBulletin
Matthews S, Scrimgeour M, Dunbar T, et al. (2002)
Indigenous research reform agenda. Promoting the use of health
research.
Casuarina: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal and Tropical
Health
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abstract: HealthBulletin
National Health and Medical Research Council (2002)
Values and ethics in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research [consultation draft].
Canberra: National Health and Medical Research Council
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View consultation paper (PDF - 326KB)
2001
Ah Mat R (2001)
Takeback: taking back responsibility and restoring Aboriginal
capacity in Cape York Peninsula: opening address to the Northern
Summit, September 2001.
Cairns: Cape York Land Council
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report (PDF - 94KB)
Boughton B (2001)
Popular education, capacity-building and action research: increasing
Aboriginal community control of education and health research.
Casuarina: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal and Tropical
Health
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report (PDF - 234KB)
Sanders WG, Arthur WS (2001)
Autonomy rights in Torres Strait: from whom, for whom, for or
over what?
Canberra: Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian
National University
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paper (PDF - 279KB)
Scott T (2001)
Implementing consumer feedback into a continuous quality improvement framework at Alice Springs Hospital.
Melbourne: National Resource Centre for Consumer Participation in Health, La Trobe University
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2000
Department of the Premier and Cabinet (2000)
Cape York Partnerships: some practical ideas.
Brisbane: Queensland Government
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report (PDF - 742KB)
Humphery K (2000)
Indigenous health and 'western research'.
Melbourne: VicHealth Koori Health Research and Community Development
Unit
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report (PDF - 176KB)
Newman J (2000)
Indigenous community capacity building roundtable 24 October 2000:
communique.
Canberra: Minister for Family & Community Services
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communique (HTML)
Strategic Partners Pty Ltd (2000)
A guide to evaluation.
Meta Evaluation Bulletin;4:1-20
View bulletin (PDF - 479KB)
Prior to 2000
Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy (1999)
Mina mir lo ailan mun: proper comunication with Torres Strait
Islander people.
Brisbane: Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy
and Development
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report (HTML)
Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy (1999)
Protocols for consultation and negotiation with Aboriginal people.
Brisbane: Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy
and Development
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report (HTML)
Fletcher C (1999)
Aboriginal regional Australia: the hidden dimension of community
governance.
Canberra: Department of Transport and Regional Services, Regional
Australia Summit
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report (PDF - 232KB)
Conference proceedings and abstracts
2007
Gooda M (2007)
Collaboration and impact in Indigenous research.
Paper presented at the Collaboration with impact: Australasian Research Management Society annual conference 19-21 September 2007, Adelaide
View paper (PDF – 51KB)
View website: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health
2006
CRCAH 2006 Aboriginal Health Research Symposium (2006)
15 -16 November 2006, Adelaide, South Australia
View abstract: HealthBulletin
2005
7th World Congress of Bioethics
9 – 12 November 2004, Sydney, New South Wales
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NSW Aboriginal Health Research Conference
18 - 19 October 2005, Sydney, New South Wales
This conference was an initiative of the Coalition for Research to Improve Aboriginal Health (CRIAH). The Coalition is a partnership of the Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council (AHMRC) and the Sax Institute, and has the aim to promote and support research that will translate into improved health care for Aboriginal communities.
The objectives of the conference were to:
- showcase Aboriginal health research in New South Wales
- provide opportunities for communities to describe their health and research priorities; and
- provide opportunities for sharing information and establishing collaborations among Aboriginal community members, researchers and policy makers
Presentations included:
- Delaney P, Raphael B. New ways forward in mental health
- Cass A, Preece C. IMPAKT: how might research be translated to improved access and health outcomes for Indigenous Australians with end-stage renal disease?
- Blackwell C, Garvey G. Ethnicity, cigarette smoke and susceptibility to infection
- Stanley F, Wilkes T. A decade of Aboriginal health research in Western Australia: the highs and lows
- Shipp M. Emerging issues for Indigenous adolescents and young people
- McIntyre P, Joseph T. Immunisation programs: an important means of achieving health equity for Aboriginal people
- Eades S. SEARCH: Study of Environment, Aboriginal Resilience and Child Health
The conference program and abstract book, and conference pictures are now available on the NSW Aboriginal Health Research Conference web page of the Sax Institute website:
View conference program and abstract book (PDF - 755KB)
View conference pictures
View conference web page: Aboriginal Health Research Conference
View website: Sax Institute
General Practice and Primary Health Care Research Conference: What’s [not] working? How do we know?
3 - 4 June 2004, Brisbane, Queensland
This conference is an annual forum for the presentation of research and evaluation funded through: the General Practice Evaluation Program; Primary Health Care Research, Evaluation and Development; Divisions of General Practice and other sources. Presentations focused on the theme What’s [not] working? How do we know?
Abstracts and presentations are available on the Primary Health Care Research and Information Service conference website. Those that refer specifically to Indigenous Australians include:
- Hurley C. Process and outcomes of a survey of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to promote access and equity in mainstream services
- Campbell J. How does the disease burden of people presenting to an Aboriginal health clinic compare with that of individuals attending a predominantly Caucasian clinic within the same area?
- Bailie R. A continuous quality improvement project in remote Aboriginal community health centres: a tool for assessing organisational systems
- Chalmers E. Coming together: a community-controlled health service project evaluation provides an Indigenous community perspective on remote health workforce issues
- Couzos S. The NACCHO Ear Trial - a community-based RCT to improve chronic suppurative otitis media affecting Aboriginal children
- Alberts V. Indigenous women's breast cancer awareness - video project: getting the process right
- Phillips M. Health and harmony for Indigenous mental health client (poster session)
- Bailey J, Crossland L, Alberts V, Elston J. Implementing research capacity building strategies for the delivery services within an Indigenous holistic framework (poster session)
- Si D, Bailie R, Connors C, Weeramanthri T, Robinson G, Cunningham J, Stewart A, Dowden M. A continuous quality improvement project in remote Aboriginal community health centres: findings from baseline diabetes audit (poster session)
Other resources
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet (2003)
Indigenous researchers appointed to the NHMRC's Research Committee
Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin;3(3):Current topic 4
View current topic: HealthBulletin
Funding opportunities and grants
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)
AIATSIS (view homepage) is an independent Commonwealth Government statutory authority devoted to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander studies and is a major national funding body for research in Australian Indigenous studies. The Research Grants Program supports research into a wide range of areas in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander studies, including health (social, cultural and environmental aspects) (view details).
Included in the 'Research grants awarded 2003-1999' (view entire list) are the following examples of Indigenous health research projects awarded funding:
- Yarning about Indigenous dialysis-dependency
- Indigenous trauma and young men
- Koorie health and health services in Melbourne: oral histories
- Viral sequence of Hepatitis B in Australian Aboriginies: significance for disease expression, response to treatment and vaccination
- Effective community based diabetes prevention and management in an Indigenous population
- Central Australian conception of health and the body
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
The NHMRC (view homepage) promotes medical research and training and public health research and training throughout Australia in accordance with the National Health and Medical Research Council Act 1992. Funding is provided on a competitive basis through the schemes advertised on the NHMRC website.
The 'Description of types of research grants for funding commencing in 2005' (view details PDF - 122KB) provides a brief summary of funding schemes offered by the NHMRC for application in 2004.
The NHMRC also provides 'Training Scholarships for Indigenous Health Research' (view details) and 'Fellowships for Indigenous Health Research' (view details).
Indigenous research related NHMRC publications and information:
- The NHMRC road map: a strategic framework for improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health through research (view publication PDF - 417KB)
- Criteria for health and medical research of Indigenous Australians (view criteria PDF - 17KB)
- NHMRC national workshops for grant funding schemes and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research (view details)
Healthway
Healthway (view homepage) provides grants and sponsorships which encourage healthy lifestyles and advance health promotion programs. Healthway's Strategic Plan 2000-2003 identified the health of Indigenous people as an area of special focus and high priority (view 'Healthway's position on Indigenous health'). The following health promotion grants and scholarships are currently being offered by Healthway:
- Aboriginal Health Project Grants (view details)
- Indigenous Research Training Scholarship (view details)
- Health Promotion Research Starter Grants (view details)
- Health Promotion Research Project Grants (view details)
Heart Foundation
The Heart Foundation (view homepage) offers around 60 new Grants-in-Aid, Fellowships and Scholarships for cardiovascular research each year (view details).
Included in the 'Awards Offered 2003 List' (view entire list) are the following examples of Indigenous health research projects awarded funding in 2003:
- Men, hearts and minds: exploring the links between psychosocial stress, depression and coronary heart disease in Indigenous men from Central Australia
- Molecular pathogenesis of acute rheumatic fever in Indigenous Australians
SPIN (Sponsored Programs Information Network)
SPIN is a comprehensive search engine which provides information on both government and private funding opportunities (view search page)
Grant writing tips
- Grant writing guide (produced by Macquarie University) (view guide)
- Guide to submission writing ( produced by Western Australian Government) (view guide)
- Successful grant writing (produced by Monash University) (view guide)
- Getting that grant: community health promotion - workbook and video' (view HealthInfoNet abstract)
Organisations
Research centres
For information on Australian research centres that conduct research studies in Indigenous health view the following HealthInfoNet webpage:
Other related HealthInfoNet pages
For information on research ethics and current research proposals view the following HealthInfoNet webpages:
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