Programs and projects

This section provides details and links for programs and projects that address cardiovascular health 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
A partnership model in the development and implementation of a collaborative, cardiovascular education program for Aboriginal Health Workers	NSW	Indigenous
Aboriginal health promotion and chronic care partnership (AHPACC) initiative	VIC	Indigenous
Aboriginal healthy lifestyle program	WA	Indigenous
Aboriginal remote telehealth (ART) pilot trial	WA	Indigenous
Active Kooris club	VIC	Indigenous
Antecedents of renal disease in Aboriginal children and young adults (ARDAC) study	NSW	Indigenous
Audit and best practice for chronic disease (ABCD) extension project	National	Indigenous
Aunty Jean's good health team program - Aboriginal chronic & complex care program	NSW	Indigenous
Blue Mountains Aboriginal healthy for life program	NSW	Indigenous
Building healthy communities	National	Mainstream
Bundap marram durn-durn	VIC	Indigenous
Cardiac education services	NT	Not specified
Central Australian rheumatic heart disease program	NT	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Central Australian secondary prevention of acute coronary syndromes study (CASPA)	NT	Indigenous
Chronic care for Aboriginal people program	NSW	Indigenous
Chronic condition management strategies in Aboriginal communities	SA	Indigenous
Chronic conditions program	SA	Indigenous
Cooking healthy and physical activity project (CHAPA)	NT	Mainstream
Derbarl Yerrigan health promotion program	WA	Indigenous
Evaluating the genetic contribution to rheumatic heart disease pathogenesis in Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities	NT	Indigenous
Family study of ear health and metabolic diseases in a WA Aboriginal community	WA	Indigenous
Fremantle diabetes study	WA	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Genetic studies investigating the cause of the Tiwi Islanders renal disease	NT	Indigenous
Getting every child’s heart OK (gECHO) study	WA	Indigenous
Health eTowns	National	Mainstream
Health Tracker: TORPEDO study	National	Indigenous
Healthy breathing and heart	NT	Indigenous
Healthy communities initiative	National	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Healthy for life	National	Indigenous
Healthy heart program	NT	Not specified
Healthy skin & rheumatic heart disease	NT	Indigenous
Healthy start, healthy life	National	Indigenous
Heart club	WA	Indigenous
Heart health "for our people, by our people"	WA	Indigenous
Heart of the heart	NT	Indigenous
Improve secondary prevention programs for Aboriginal people with cardiovascular disease	VIC	Indigenous
Indigenous cardiovascular health continuing professional development (CPD)	National	Indigenous
Indigenous healthy lifestyle project	WA	Indigenous
Indigenous storybook	WA	Indigenous
Information and action for Aboriginal heart health	WA	Indigenous
Kanyini vascular collaboration	National	Indigenous
Koori walkabout	NSW	Indigenous
Lifescripts: advice for healthy living	National	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Live longer! campaign	National	Indigenous
Living improvements for everyone (LIFE)	SA	Indigenous
Lurrtjurringa lan program	WA	Indigenous
Management of Coronary Heart Disease in the Indigenous Population in WA (MOCHAB)	WA	Indigenous
Mangabay dhingiga ganggundi bimbi	QLD	Indigenous
Men, hearts and minds	NT	Indigenous
Missing voices: communication difficulties after stroke and traumatic brain injury in Indigenous Australians	WA	Indigenous
Mobile assessment unit	NT	Indigenous
My heart my family our culture	WA	Indigenous
National renal Indigenous resource collaborative (NRIRC)	National	Indigenous
NSW ambulance Aboriginal cardiac education program	NSW	Indigenous
NT rheumatic heart disease program	NT	Mainstream with Indigenous content
One deadly step	NSW	Indigenous
Outreach in the outback	WA	Indigenous
Pre procedure cardiac class	NT	Not specified
Predicting heart disease in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people	NT	Indigenous
Stayin' strong	QLD	Indigenous
Swap it don't stop it	National	Mainstream with Indigenous content
TEAMSnet (Telehealth eye and associated medical services network)	National	Indigenous
The DRUID follow up survey: diabetes and related disorders in urban Indigenous people in the Darwin region	NT	Indigenous
The DRUID study: diabetes and related disorders in urban Indigenous people in the Darwin region	NT	Indigenous
The Kanyini guidelines adherence with the polypill study - Kanyini GAP	National	Mainstream with Indigenous content
The relationship of body composition, renal impairment and inflammatory cytokines in Indigenous people with diabetes	NT	Indigenous
Tiwi pakajura primary prevention program	NT	Indigenous
Walgan Tilly project: chronic care for Aboriginal people	NSW	Indigenous
Walking program	National	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Warning signs of heart attack: Will you recognise your heart attack?	National	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Water aerobics program	NSW	Indigenous
Wurli-Wurlinjang heart day program	NT	Indigenous
Wurli-Wurlinjang rheumatic heart disease program	NT	Indigenous