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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 Evaluated
'Close the perf' - 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 -
'Go for your life' community education program VIC Mainstream -
0-5 studio project (Gumala Aboriginal Corporation) WA 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 Evaluated
Aboriginal families study - Closing the gap in Indigenous maternal and child health outcomes SA 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 -
Azithromycin versus placebo in the treatment of asymptomatic acute otitis media in young Aboriginal children NT Indigenous -
Be active eat well VIC Mainstream -
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 Evaluated
Building a perinatal service model for a Western Australian Aboriginal community WA Indigenous Evaluated
Burden of influenza and other respiratory viruses among Aboriginal children in the top end NT Indigenous -
Care circles NSW Indigenous -
Cherbourg healthy pregnancies project QLD Indigenous -
Child health nutrition education and support: Mt Gillen project SA 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 -
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 tots NSW 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 -
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 -
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 -
Fruit and Vegetable program and Market Garden NSW 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 Evaluated
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 Evaluated
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 Canteens Advisory Service VIC Mainstream -
Healthy Dads, Healthy Kids ACT Indigenous -
Healthy Eating Schools Program VIC Mainstream -
Healthy for life National 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 ways project SA Indigenous Evaluated
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 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 NT Indigenous -
Little People's Meeting Place WA Indigenous -
MacDonnell Shire Council community and agency services NT Mainstream with Indigenous content -
Maningrida child safety service NT Indigenous -
Maternal and child health program WA Indigenous -
Maternal and neonatal outcomes of maternal pituri use National 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 -
Move well eat well for schools project TAS Mainstream -
Mt Theo program - youth 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 Evaluated
National Indigenous foetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) resource project National Indigenous -
Nganampa Health Council Child and maternal health program SA Indigenous -
Ngaripirliga’ajirri early intervention program NT Indigenous Evaluated
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 -
Reducing Aboriginal children's tobacco smoke exposure in the Pilbara WA Indigenous -
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 Evaluated
Solid Kids Solid Schools WA 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 Evaluated
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 -
Telethon Speech & Hearing Centre for Children (WA), Variety WA mobile children's ear clinics - ‘ear bus' program WA 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 -
TROVE - Case control study of rotavirus vaccine effectiveness in the NT NT Indigenous -
Vitamin D insufficiency in Indigenous infants and the risk of hospitalisation for acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) NT Indigenous -
WA healthy schools project (WAHSP) WA Mainstream with Indigenous content -
Waltja's APY Mother's and Children's program NT Indigenous -
Weaving the net NSW Indigenous -
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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