Programs and projects

This section provides details and links for programs and projects that address respiratory disease among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Details and links (where available) relating to relevant programs, projects and lessons learned are collected here.

Title	Reach	Focus
Aboriginal chronic care program (ACCP): Murr-roo-ma dhun-barn	NSW	Indigenous
Aboriginal health promotion and chronic care partnership (AHPACC) initiative	VIC	Indigenous
Aboriginal remote telehealth (ART) pilot trial	WA	Indigenous
Acute lower respiratory infections in Indigenous and non-Indigenous children	WA	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Airway bacteriology of children with bronchiectasis	NT	Not specified
An education intervention for childhood asthma by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers: a randomised controlled trial	QLD	Indigenous
Asthma child and adolescent program (ACAP)	National	Mainstream
Better outcomes for lung disease (BOLD)	NT	Mainstream
Blue Mountains Aboriginal healthy for life program	NSW	Indigenous
Breathe easy, walk easy training program	National	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Bronchiolitis severity scoring tools study	NT	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Bugl Booyay - good breathing respiratory program	NSW	Indigenous
Burden of influenza and other respiratory viruses among Aboriginal children in the top end	NT	Indigenous
Bush mobile program	NT	Indigenous
Centre of Research Excellence in Indigenous children's lung health	National	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Chronic care for Aboriginal people program	NSW	Indigenous
Chronic condition management strategies in Aboriginal communities	SA	Indigenous
Chronic conditions program	SA	Indigenous
Cough assessment study	NT	Indigenous
Developing a sustainable community-based response to asbestos-related disease in Aboriginal communities	Not specified	Indigenous
Dharah Gibinj respiratory program	NSW	Indigenous
Didgeridoo playing and singing to support asthma management in Aboriginal Australians	QLD	Indigenous
Genetic and environmental determinants related to recurrent, low grade disease in Aboriginal children	QLD	Indigenous
Good medicines better health	National	Indigenous
Health eTowns	National	Mainstream
Healthy start, healthy life	National	Indigenous
Healthy starts (Te Piripohotanga)	International	Indigenous
Immune function in children with bronchiectasis	NT	Not specified
Immunise Australia program	National	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Implications of early life and contemporary influences on body composition, mental health, and precursors of chronic diseases in the Aboriginal birth cohort study	National	Indigenous
Improving the management and outcomes for infants hospitalised with bronchiolitis	NT	Indigenous
Indigenous health research program	QLD	Indigenous
Indigenous women’s project: newborns asthma and parental smoking (NAPS)	WA	Indigenous
Influenza studies with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities	QLD	Indigenous
Let’s yarn with the whole Aboriginal community of Albury/Wodonga about cancer prevention, early diagnosis and better outcomes	VIC	Indigenous
Live longer! campaign	National	Indigenous
LungNet	QLD	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Lurrtjurringa lan program	WA	Indigenous
Mangabay dhingiga ganggundi bimbi	QLD	Indigenous
Melioidosis and emerging infections	NT	Indigenous
Mister germ hygiene and nutrition program	NSW	Indigenous
Monitoring carriage of streptococcus pneumoniae among Aboriginal children and adults in Western Australia (formerly Streptococcus pneumoniae)	WA	Indigenous
Multi-centre bronchiectasis study: a collaborative and international study of bronchiectasis in Indigenous children	International	Indigenous
Multi-centre evaluation of a clinical pathway for chronic cough in children - can it be used to improve clinical outcomes?	Not specified	Mainstream with Indigenous content
One deadly step	NSW	Indigenous
Outreach in the outback	WA	Indigenous
Protecting our mob from the pandemic	NSW	Indigenous
Randomised controlled trial of azithromycin to reduce the morbidity of severe bronchiolitis in young Indigenous children	National	Indigenous
Research into the effects of stigma and nihilistic views on lung cancer outcomes	National	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Selective use of long-term antibiotics for chronic lung obstructive disease in Aboriginal adults	NT	Indigenous
Smokers program and its evaluation project (Paakantji Kiira-Muuku)	NSW	Indigenous
Spirometry training program for clinical Indigenous health workers	QLD	Indigenous
Stayin' strong	QLD	Indigenous
The ConocoPhillips asthma swim program	NT	Mainstream
Tuberculosis spread in the Torres Strait region	International	Indigenous
Vitamin D insufficiency in Indigenous infants and the risk of hospitalisation for acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI)	NT	Indigenous
Well person’s health check day	QLD	Indigenous