Research

Ngarruwan Ngadju conducts high impact research in response to the health and wellbeing needs and priorities of First Peoples and advances Indigenous research methodologies.

Current research

Our research covers a wide range of health topics reflecting our interest in understanding how the social and cultural determinants impact on the health and wellbeing of First Peoples.

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Past research projects (by year)

  • Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations evaluation project (Phase 2)
  • Caring for Community: Ngaimpe Aboriginal Corporation “The Glen”
  • Embedding training and capacity building for Indigenous higher degree research students into the UOW research environment
  • Re-Focus: The efficacy and appropriateness of Focus Group Discussions for health research in Aboriginal contexts
  • School Kids Aboriginal Mentoring Program (SKAMP)
  • Understanding burn injuries in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children: Treatment, access to services and outcomes (The Coolamon Study)
  • Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations evaluation project
  • Tackling Indigenous Smoking evaluation project
  • Caring for Community project
  • Preventing unintentional injury to Aboriginal children and young people in NSW
  • Social marketing research to prevent unintentional injury to Aboriginal children and young people
  • Aboriginal Chronic Disease Care Pathways project
  • National Indigenous Research and Knowledges Network
  • Illawarra Aboriginal Medical Service (IAMS) Safe Homes Safe Kids Program Evaluation
  • Noah’s Shoalhaven Kids Together Program Evaluation

UN Sustainable Development Goals

The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), provide a shared global framework of development priorities. The Ngarruwan Ngadju centre is actively working toward meeting these goals in their research projects.

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Infographic of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals