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Humility, inquisitiveness, and openness: key attributes for meaningful engagement with Nyoongar peopleThe rebuilding of trust requires the development of meaningful relationships in order to break down the barriers so as to increase access and develop culturally secure responses by services
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The relationship between central and peripheral oxytocin concentrations: A systematic review and meta-analysis protocolSystematic review and meta-analysis will synthesize evidence to determine if there is an association between central and peripheral oxytocin concentrations
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Djinangingy kaartdijin: Seeing and understanding our ways of workingThis chapter describes the challenges experienced by Aboriginal people in their efforts to negotiate Australian society
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A systematic review: Identifying the prevalence rates of psychiatric disorder in Australia's Indigenous populationsA systematic review: Identifying the prevalence rates of psychiatric disorder in Australia's Indigenous populations.
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Justice capital: A model for reconciling structural and agentic determinants of desistanceThe emerging literature on desistance (and recovery from addictions) has focused on key life-course transitions that can be characterised as the need for jobs (meaningful activities), friends (transitioning to pro-social) and houses (a home free from threat). The term ‘recovery capital’ is used to characterise personal, social and community resources an individual can draw upon to support their recovery, partly bridging agentic (personal) and structural (community) factors.
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“Ngany Kamam, I Speak Truly”: First-Person Accounts of Aboriginal Youth Voices in Mental Health Service ReformAboriginal young people are experts in their own experience and are best placed to identify the solutions to their mental health and wellbeing needs. Given that Aboriginal young people experience high rates of mental health concerns and are less likely than non-Indigenous young people to access mental health services, co-design and evaluation of appropriate mental health care is a priority.
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and child sexual abuse in institutional settingsThe Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse commissioned The Kids Research Institute Australia to collaborate on a report
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Associations between school absence and academic achievement: Do socioeconomics matter?School attendance should therefore be a priority for all schools, and not just those with high rates of absence or low average achievement.
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Making a difference: Engaging both hearts and minds in research practiceThis paper discusses the findings and the research process undertaken thus far for the Looking Forward Aboriginal Mental Health Project.
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Weaving the narratives of relationship in community participatory researchThe Looking Forward Project is the story of our work with the Nyoongar community working together with mental health and drug and alcohol service providers...