The Hospital Research Foundation Group Impact Report - Flipbook - Page 81
ABORIGINAL HEALTH
THANKS TO YOUR GIFTS,
you’re helping improve the health
outcomes of Aboriginal Australians.
Helping older populations
App for healthy babies
Thanks to your support, researcher Liane
Gilchrest is working to improve health
assessments for older Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander people.
A new app has been developed to support
mothers in Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander communities, to improve health
outcomes for both them and their babies.
The project, through the University of
Western Australia, will develop guidelines
to help healthcare workers conduct better
health and wellbeing checks for older
Called Growin’ Up Healthy Babies, the app was
created due to the concerning inequalities
Aboriginal populations.
These new guidelines will make sure
assessments are culturally respectful and
sensitive to past trauma, helping to improve
trust, care and health outcomes.
between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal
mothers and children.
Thanks to funding from The Hospital
Research Foundation Group, Professor Billie
Bonevski and team from Flinders University
have worked with Aboriginal women in SA to
develop the app and close this gap.
To help bridge the gap in healthcare, please consider
signing up for monthly donations via (08) 8244 1100
or www.HospitalResearch.org.au
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