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Remote pools boost Aboriginal child health

A comprehensive study into the impact of swimming pools in remote Aboriginal communities has found significant health and social benefits for children.

Little improvement in Aboriginal educational performance

The most comprehensive survey every undertaken of Aboriginal education has found little significant improvement in outcomes for children in more than 30 years

Report finds most programs ineffective for Aboriginal children

The largest survey ever undertaken of Aboriginal children and families has thrown new light on why most existing intervention programs are failing.

Pain of forced separation affecting a new generation

A new report has found that the long term effects of past government policies to forcibly separate Aboriginal children from their families are being felt

High stress burden takes toll on Aboriginal children

A landmark new report on the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal children

Early life influences on cardio-metabolic disease risk in aboriginal populations-what is the evidence? A systematic review

We systematically reviewed the published evidence for the developmental origins of health and disease hypothesis among aboriginal populations from Australia,...

Genetic Research and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians

Human genetic research promises to deliver a range of health benefits to the population. Here we consider how the different levels of Indigenous research...

Breastfeeding Duration and Residential Isolation amid Aboriginal Children in Western Australia

The objective of this study was to examine the factors that impact on breastfeeding duration among Western Australia Aboriginal children. We hypothesised...

Association between early bacterial carriage and otitis media in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children

Streptococcus pneumoniae (Pnc), nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) and Moraxella catarrhalis (Mcat) are the most important bacterial pathogens...