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Aboriginal people (Australia)

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Healthy country, healthy people


Recent analyses of five Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) across regional and remote Australia demonstrate the social and cultural co-benefits of Indigenous land management initiatives.
Briefing paper

Towards a Queensland action plan for vulnerable Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families


This report from the Queensland Government discusses how an action plan to respond to vulnerable Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families will be developed. Key priorities in Supporting Families Changing Futures include responding differently to the over-representation of vulnerable Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families in the statutory child protection system...
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Do's and don'ts of investing in Indigenous social enterprises


Insights from the recent two year Indigenous Social Enterprise Fund pilot provide lessons about supporting Indigenous social enterprises to grow. The Indigenous Social Enterprise Fund (ISEF) was established to support the development of Indigenous social enterprises to scale and become sustainable. A $1 million, two-year pilot, the ISEF offered a combination of a grant and...
Journal article

System level action required for wide-scale improvement in quality of primary health care

What are the common barriers, enablers and strategies to improving health outcomes in Indigenous chronic illness care and child health? Stakeholders interpreted aggregated quality improvement data on Indigenous chronic illness care and child health, enabling the research team to identify important ‘drivers’ and strategies for better health outcomes. These included effective staff recruitment and retention...
Report

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health organisations: online services report—key results 2014–15


Summary This seventh national report presents information from 278 organisations across Australia, funded by the Australian Government to provide one or more of the following health services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: primary health care, maternal and child health care, social and emotional wellbeing services, and substance-use services. These organisations participated in the...