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A good healthy breakfast is not just a vital foundation for a productive day but can lay the groundwork for a community to pull together to overhaul its health.

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Nationwide review looking at effective mental health strategies for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

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Telethon Institute awarded two national Centres of Research Excellence

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A new report from Perth's The Kids for Child Health Research has found a strong link between childhood ear infections and exposure to tobacco smoke.

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The COAG commitment to invest in young Aboriginal children will produce immediate and real community benefits.

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High rates of recurrent infection are a major risk to the health of Aboriginal children and are comparable to those of third world countries.

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Many of the mental health issues that women develop earlier in life are chronic at the time of conception, during pregnancy and at birth

Research

The high burden of infectious disease and associated antimicrobial use likely contribute to the emergence of antimicrobial resistance in remote Australian Aboriginal communities. We aimed to develop and apply context-specific tools to audit antimicrobial use in the remote primary healthcare setting.

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The emerging literature on desistance (and recovery from addictions) has focused on key life-course transitions that can be characterised as the need for jobs (meaningful activities), friends (transitioning to pro-social) and houses (a home free from threat). The term ‘recovery capital’ is used to characterise personal, social and community resources an individual can draw upon to support their recovery, partly bridging agentic (personal) and structural (community) factors.

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The disparity between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal infant removals needs to be seen as a priority requiring urgent action to prevent further intergenerational trauma