This narrative review explores the value and contribution of the 45 and Up Study - Australia’s largest longitudinal study of healthy ageing - to our understanding of factors that enable people to age well, widening inequities as people age, and prospects for healthy ageing for current and subsequent generations.

This article looks how the Coalition for Research to Improve Aboriginal Health (CRIAH), led by a partnership between the Aboriginal Health & Medical Research Council (AH&MRC), Sax Institute and six Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHSs) in NSW, has successfully co-produced evidence to guide policy and program planning.

The terms ‘co-creation’, ‘co-design’ and ‘co-production’ have been used interchangeably to describe the development of initiatives involving multiple stakeholders. While commonalities exist across these concepts, they have essential distinctions for public health, particularly related to the role of stakeholders and the extent and timing of their engagement. This paper summarises these similarities and differences.

In this article, the authors argue that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health is an important public policy priority that requires new and different approaches to service delivery and research.

This article presents some of the issues and challenges faced by researchers in achieving shared power when utilising co-production methodology in academic settings.