Aboriginal mothers are incarcerated at alarming rates – and their mental and physical health suffers
Aboriginal women are the fastest growing prison population in Australia. They comprise around one-third of female prisoners in New South Wales, despite making up just 3% of the population. T... Read more
Please download, read and share a report compiling our coverage of the recent Lowitja Institute forum on knowledge translation success stories in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health... Read more
In a sterile, depersonalising remand environment designed to strip inmates of all individuality and ties to the familiar, the simple act of listening can be a profound connection to self. Th... Read more
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have held the solutions to Australia’s climate extremes for tens of thousands of years, and translating this knowledge into action has nev... Read more
With the Federal Government pledging $160 million to Indigenous-led research as part of a $1 billion commitment to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health in Tuesday’s budget, a f... Read more
A forum in Melbourne tomorrow hosted by Australia’s National Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Research, the Lowitja Institute, will showcase Aboriginal and Torres S... Read more
The Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet, an Internet resource that aims to provide a “one-stop shop” to inform practice and policy in Indigenous health, was recently recognised w... Read more
