Improving healthcare access and outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples living in rural and remote regions of Australia is the focus of a new delivery model being developed by a freshly formed research partnership.
Federal Minister for Indigenous Australians, The Hon Ken Wyatt AM MP, has launched the world’s first Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suicide intervention training program.
A University of Queensland researcher behind the world's first suicide intervention training program for Indigenous Australians, Associate Professor Maree Toombs, has been recognised with a LiFE Impact Award.
Improving the impact of high dementia rates on Indigenous Australians and communities is the focus of a University of Queensland-led telehealth project with a global track record of success.
Mental health disorders are four to seven times more common among Indigenous adults than other Australians, University of Queensland researchers have found.
Telehealth delivery of an Indigenous mental health program is being trialled by The University of Queensland, so care is not disrupted by coronavirus restrictions.
UQ’s Centre for Online Health (COH) has united its telehealth efforts to provide better health care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
