The Hospital Research Foundation Group Impact Report - Flipbook - Page 78
INDIGENOUS HEALTH
Improving Indigenous health
Closing the gap for Indigenous Australians’
health is an essential priority area.
With your help, we can improve the delivery of services
to remote areas, ensure care and spaces are culturally-sensitive,
and enhance research into Indigenous health.
YOUR IMPACT IN 2023:
Helping manage a tuberculosis outbreak
in the APY lands by purchasing a portable
chest x-ray machine
Implementing a mental health resource
for Indigenous patients undergoing
cardiac surgery
Supporting Indigenous new mothers
through an online health tool
Investigating autoimmune and statinrelated muscle disease affecting Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander patients
Developing a roadmap to improve mental
health services for Indigenous communities
Designing a diet and lifestyle intervention to
reduce diabetes in Aboriginal communities
Delivering culturally-sensitive antenatal
ultrasound training to GPs, nurses and
midwives in remote areas
Helping to deliver an adolescent
vaccination program in remote areas
Improving our understanding of gestational
diabetes in Indigenous women
Researching diabetes inequalities and care
in Indigenous Australians.
Central & Regional Local
Health Networks
Indigenous mental health
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people continue to
experience adverse mental health and wellbeing outcomes.
A new project by Dr Tina Brodie aims to develop a roadmap to improve
mental health and wellbeing for these communities, by bringing
together key agencies to better respond to their specific needs.
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