Ngarruwan Ngadju conducts high impact research in response to the health and wellbeing needs and priorities of First Peoples and advances Indigenous research methodologies.
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)
- A place based model for Aboriginal community-led solution
- Evaluation of the Coomaditchie Ngaramura project – ‘See the Way’
- Evaluation of the Aboriginal Cultural Support Program
- Evidence for action to improve the health of urban Aboriginal children and adolescents: the SEARCH study NSW
- First Response: Integrating trauma-informed care
- Preventing falls in older Aboriginal people: The ironbark trial
- Review of the Integrated Team Care PHN program in South Eastern NSW project
- Systemic entrapment project
- Systematic responses project
- Healthy Housing for Aboriginal Families project
- National Injury Prevention Strategy project
- 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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