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The Lowitja Institute has outlined a new plan for national cultural safety training standards in health care that will improve health and safety of Indigenous peoples in Australia.
Digital technologies are transforming health care for all Australians, and this includes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Electronic health interventions (eHealth) can involve features such as telehealth, instant messaging and mobile apps that support health care.
Despite the recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health in medical curricula by the Australian Medical Council (AMC), there remains a significant gap in the effective application and practice of this knowledge to transform health systems.
On the eve of the Indigenous Health Special Issue of the Medical Journal of Australia, in partnership with the Lowitja Institute, Professor Kelvin Kong was a guest on the MJA podcast to discuss his work with ear disease, the importance of representation and cultural safety, and his optimism for the future of Indigenous health care.
Poche Centre Director Professor James Ward says universities need to provide support for Indigenous researchers and increase the number of Indigenous PhD candidates. InSight+ spoke to Professor James Ward about the centre’s innovative successes in supporting Indigenous academic pathways.
The Lowitja Journal is a community-controlled international health and wellbeing journal that aims to uphold First Nations rights to self-determination within research practice.
The Medical Journal of Australia and the Lowitja Institute partner to address the exclusion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders from decision making in medical publishing.
The first regional World Health Summit took place in Melbourne earlier this year, bringing together participants from around the world to explore the intersection of Indigenous knowledge, climate change and planetary health.
Indigenous students in some outback Australian communities are thriving in an educational environment where local culture is respected.
