Indigenous
Broad subject area
Working paper
Community functioning for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: analysis using the 2014–15 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey
This paper has four main aims: to identify a subset of community functioning measures and develop an index or set of indices; to analyse the distribution of community functioning by remoteness, sex and age; to analyse the factors associated with community functioning; and to analyse the relationship between community functioning and individual-level outcomes.
Working paper
The comparative wellbeing of the New Zealand Maori and Indigenous Australian populations since 2000
This paper argues that Indigenous economic wellbeing can be partly improved by addressing broader macroeconomic factors. However, institutional differences, cultural contexts and other societal factors are probably more important for explaining country-specific differences in observed trends in other measures of wellbeing such as psychological distress, incarceration rates and even suicide.
Journal article
The quality of Australian Indigenous primary health care research focusing on social and emotional wellbeing: a systematic review
This review looks at how to address the challenge of conducting Indigenous-focused primary health care research that is scientifically robust, culturally appropriate and produces community-level outcomes.
Report
Changing the narrative in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research
This report outlines the journey and the successes of the Lowitja Institute and the CRCs, and showcases how their cumulative efforts have pioneered a new way of conducting health research in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
Discussion paper
Prison to work - employment service offer 2018 - 2021: consultation paper
This consultation paper outlines initiatives to assist Indigenous prisoners to access the support they need on their release.