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This section provides details and links for programs and projects that address Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander infants and children's health.

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

When you click on one of the headings of the table, the list will be sorted according to that heading. For more information about the program, click on the title.

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Title Reach Focus
'Go for your life' community education program VIC Mainstream
'No more runny ears and mop-up' - evaluation of a comprehensive case management support program for prevention of hearing loss associated with otitis media with perforation in Indigenous children 0 to 5 years of age (a randomised controlled trial). NT Indigenous
A pro active health promoting organisation ACT Mainstream
A-B See with Wor-Ra-Kee (Karuah Family Nutrition and School Access Project) NSW Indigenous
Aboriginal early years: Little people's meeting place WA Indigenous
Aboriginal families study - Closing the gap in Indigenous maternal and child health outcomes SA Indigenous
Aboriginal family support service WA Indigenous
Aboriginal healthy lifestyle program WA Indigenous
Aboriginal perspective on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) - research project WA Indigenous
Active-ate QLD Mainstream
Airway bacteriology of children with bronchiectasis NT Not specified
All children being safe program NSW Indigenous
Alpurrurulam skateboard program NT Mainstream with Indigenous content
An education intervention for childhood asthma by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers: a randomised controlled trial QLD Indigenous
Antecedents of renal disease in Aboriginal children and young adults (ARDAC) study NSW Indigenous
Anyinginyi fetal alcohol spectrum disorder project NT Indigenous
Apunipima baby basket QLD Indigenous
Asking questions about alcohol in pregancy (AQUA) study VIC Mainstream
Asthma child and adolescent program (ACAP) National Mainstream
Australian nurse-family partnership program National Indigenous
Azithromycin versus placebo in the treatment of asymptomatic acute otitis media in young Aboriginal children NT Indigenous
Be active eat well VIC Mainstream
Bellary Springs community centre project (Gumala Aboriginal Corporation) WA Indigenous
Better food better care and better food better preschool initiatives QLD Mainstream
Binya Gurang - Promotion of breastfeeding to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women NSW Indigenous
Boomerangs parenting program NSW Indigenous
Bronchiolitis severity scoring tools study NT Mainstream with Indigenous content
Building a perinatal service model for a Western Australian Aboriginal community WA Indigenous
Bulgarr Ngaru fruit and vegetable program and market garden NSW Indigenous
Burden of influenza and other respiratory viruses among Aboriginal children in the top end NT Indigenous
Care circles NSW Indigenous
Centre of Research Excellence in Indigenous children's lung health National Mainstream with Indigenous content
Cherbourg healthy pregnancies project QLD Indigenous
Child health nutrition education and support: Mt Gillen project SA Indigenous
Child sexual abuse therapeutic service WA Indigenous
Childhood Healthy Weight Project NT Mainstream
Children and family centres (Indigenous early childhood development) National Indigenous
Clean teeth, wicked smiles NSW Indigenous
Closing the gap: Early childhood sustained home visiting for families of Aboriginal infants in an urban community (Bulundidi Gudaga) NSW Indigenous
Community crime prevention program VIC Mainstream with Indigenous content
Cool CAP school canteen accreditation program TAS Mainstream
Cough assessment study NT Indigenous
CREATE healthy eating in schools SA Mainstream
Crocodile smiles 2 QLD Indigenous
Crunch & Sip National Mainstream
Deadly Ears, the Queensland state-wide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ear health program QLD Indigenous
Deadly sista girlz NSW Indigenous
Deadly teeth VIC Indigenous
Deadly tots NSW Indigenous
Desert feet tour project WA Indigenous
Development of the first screening and diagnostic service for foetal alcohol spectrum disorder in Australia National Mainstream
Djillay Lidj best start program VIC Indigenous
Dream time kids NT Indigenous
Earbus program WA Indigenous
Early childhood development services NT Indigenous
Early childhood families and schools together (FAST) program NT Indigenous
Early childhood nutrition and anaemia prevention program NT Indigenous
Early words NSW Indigenous
Family Food Patch Project TAS Mainstream
Family Nutrition Project NT Mainstream with Indigenous content
Family support service WA Indigenous
Foetal alcohol spectrum disorder action group National Mainstream
Folate intake and blood folate levels in the Western Australian Aboriginal population WA Indigenous
Footprints in time: the longitudinal survey of Indigenous children National Indigenous
Fresh for kids NSW Mainstream
Fresh kids VIC Mainstream
From little things, good teeth grow NT Indigenous
Fun not Fuss with Food Program QLD Mainstream
Gifted and talented children Not specified Indigenous
Go for your life VIC Mainstream
Good Food Great Kids - Yarra Valley Community Health Service 2002-2004 VIC Indigenous
Good for kids good for life NSW Mainstream with Indigenous content
Good Start Breakfast Club National Mainstream
Growing strong: feeding you and your baby QLD Indigenous
Growth assessment and action (GAA) data collection program NT Indigenous
Growth assessment and action (GAA) program QLD Indigenous
Gunai Lidj program VIC Indigenous
Gunbalanya family safety program NT Indigenous
Handwashing campaign NT Indigenous
Happy kids WA Indigenous
Happy teeth program QLD Mainstream
Health and education needs analysis project (Gumala Aboriginal Corporation) WA Indigenous
Healthier babies and preschoolers through child care services SA Mainstream
Healthy Active Australia Community and Schools Grants Program National Mainstream
Healthy Dads, Healthy Kids ACT Indigenous
Healthy Eating Advisory Service VIC Mainstream
Healthy Eating Schools Program VIC Mainstream
Healthy for life National Indigenous
Healthy for life maternal and child health program WA Indigenous
Healthy jarjums make healthy food choices QLD Indigenous
Healthy Kids ACT Mainstream
Healthy Kids - Food is Fun project NSW Mainstream
Healthy Kids - Healthy Food for Kids in Care project NSW Mainstream
Healthy Kids - Healthy Kids, Eat Right, Play Right NSW Mainstream
Healthy Kids Queensland Physical Activity and Nutrition Survey QLD Mainstream
Healthy lifestyle carnival road safety sessions NT Indigenous
Healthy Options Tasmania (HOT) TAS Mainstream
Healthy skin & rheumatic heart disease NT Indigenous
Healthy start, healthy life National Indigenous
Healthy under 5 kids program NT Indigenous
Healthy ways project SA Indigenous
Hearing advisory teachers NT Mainstream
Heartbeat: a University of Western Sydney schools engagement program NSW Indigenous
Hope, opportunity, purpose, education and employment (HOPE) VIC Indigenous
Housing improvement and child health (HICH) - extension NT Indigenous
I-RISE: Indigenous racial identity and self-esteem project WA Indigenous
Immune function in children with bronchiectasis NT Not specified
Immunising Aboriginal mothers with pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine to prevent infant ear disease and pneumococcal carriage. (PneuMum). NT Indigenous
Improving hygiene and children's health in remote Indigenous communities NT Indigenous
Improving services for women who are pregnant and alcohol dependent National Mainstream
Improving the management and outcomes for infants hospitalised with bronchiolitis NT Indigenous
Improving young women's sexual and reproductive health VIC Indigenous
Indigenous children's program NT Indigenous
Indigenous parent factor: successful early learning at home and school (IPF) WA Indigenous
Indigenous parents support (IPS) WA Indigenous
Indigenous Professional Support Unit National Indigenous
Indigenous storybook WA Indigenous
Indigenous Triple P effectiveness in community settings QLD Indigenous
Indigenous women’s project: newborns asthma and parental smoking (NAPS) WA Indigenous
Infant Feeding Guidelines NT Indigenous
Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion for Urban Aboriginal Children and Youth in South Western Sydney NSW Indigenous
Inside outside ACT Mainstream
Kids - 'Go for your life' VIC Mainstream
Kids protect your lid NSW Mainstream with Indigenous content
KidsMatter National Mainstream
Kitchen garden at Red Hill School ACT Mainstream
Koori kids Koori smiles oral health program NSW Indigenous
Koorlangah Mia Program WA Indigenous
Kurbingui Youth Development Association (KYDA) Family support program QLD Indigenous
Let’s start: parent-child program NT Indigenous
Lung sickness in Murri kids: what's the story QLD Indigenous
MacDonnell Shire Council community and agency services NT Mainstream with Indigenous content
Maningrida child safety service NT Indigenous
Maternal and neonatal outcomes of maternal pituri use National Indigenous
Maternal health tackling smoking program SA Indigenous
Mathematical modeling of bacterial carriage in children (MMAPS) NT Indigenous
Maths as a cultural practice NT Indigenous
Mister germ hygiene and nutrition program NSW Indigenous
Mobile preschool program evaluation NT Indigenous
Move well eat well for schools project TAS Mainstream
Mt Theo program - youth outreach services NT 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
National Aboriginal and Islander children's day (4 August annually) National Indigenous
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child and maternal health exemplar site initiative National Indigenous
National Child Nutrition projects National Mainstream
National Indigenous foetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) resource project National Indigenous
New direction's bubba's business program QLD Indigenous
Nganampa Health Council Child and maternal health program SA Indigenous
Ngaripirliga’ajirri early intervention program NT Indigenous
No alcohol in pregnancy is the safest choice campaign WA Mainstream
No safe amount - the effects of alcohol in pregnancy National Indigenous
NPY child nutrition and wellbeing program NT Indigenous
NSW Healthy School Canteen NSW Mainstream
NT MOJOs NT Indigenous
Nutrition and physical activity program NT Mainstream
Nutrition Ready-to-Go at Out of School Hours Care (OOSHC) NSW Mainstream
Ord Valley Aboriginal Health Service foetal alcohol spectrum disorders program WA Indigenous
Physical Activity and Nutrition Out of School Hours Care Program QLD Mainstream
PneuMum: a randomised controlled trial of pneumococcal polysaccharide immunisation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers to protect their babies from ear disease Not specified Indigenous
Q4 Live Outside the Box primary school project NSW Mainstream
Randomised controlled trial of azithromycin to reduce the morbidity of severe bronchiolitis in young Indigenous children National Indigenous
Reducing Aboriginal children's tobacco smoke exposure in the Pilbara WA Indigenous
Remote hearing and vision services for children National Mainstream with Indigenous content
Responding Early Assisting Children (REACh) National Mainstream
Roma program QLD Mainstream with Indigenous content
Safe families NT Indigenous
Safe Koori kids: community based approaches to Indigenous injury prevention NSW Indigenous
School based health challenges WA Indigenous
School Nutrition Program NT Indigenous
Shake a leg NSW Indigenous
Solid Kids Solid Schools WA Indigenous
Sporting chance program National Indigenous
Start right eat right TAS Not specified
Start Right Eat Right Award VIC Mainstream
Stayin' strong QLD Indigenous
Strengthening social and emotional wellbeing of Australian Aboriginal people: how does racial identity and related self-esteem mediate the mental wellbeing of Aboriginal people? WA Indigenous
Strong Family, Strong Culture Program WA Indigenous
Strong literacy and numeracy in communities NT Indigenous
Strong teeth for little kids: a community-randomised controlled trial of fluoride varnish application to children’s teeth and health promotion to prevent dental decay in Aboriginal pre-school children NT Indigenous
Strong women, strong babies, strong culture NT Indigenous
Study of environment on Aboriginal resilience and child health (SEARCH) NSW Indigenous
Surfing participation program VIC Indigenous
Take pride in personal hygiene QLD Indigenous
Take the challenge WA Mainstream
Tangentyere youth activity service NT Indigenous
Tennant Creek Primary School – Healthy Food Happy Kids NT Mainstream
The management of children with otitis media: a survey of Australian Aboriginal Medical Services NSW Indigenous
Traditional Indigenous games National Mainstream with Indigenous content
Training and support unit for Aboriginal mothers, babies, and children NSW Indigenous
TROVE - Case control study of rotavirus vaccine effectiveness in the NT NT Indigenous
Victorian Aboriginal child mortality study VIC Indigenous
VidKids National Mainstream with Indigenous content
Vitamin D insufficiency in Indigenous infants and the risk of hospitalisation for acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) NT Indigenous
Waltja's APY Mother's and Children's program NT Indigenous
Weaving the net NSW Indigenous
Western Australian healthy schools project (WAHSP) WA Mainstream with Indigenous content
Whiz kidz before and after school care program VIC Mainstream with Indigenous content
WINGS Drop-In Centre - Safe Aboriginal youth NSW Indigenous
Working together for healthier Mullewa kids WA Indigenous
Wurli Wurlinjang child and maternal/women’s health program NT Indigenous
 
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