Young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are being discouraged from seeking medical help due to public assumptions that sexually transmissible infections (STIs) are the result of sexual abuse.
Working with communities to improve food security among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children will be the focus of a significant University of Queensland study.
A holistic Hepatitis C treatment program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people would improve their healthcare and prognosis, joint research with The University of Queensland has found.
A partnership between The University of Queensland and the Institute for Urban Indigenous Health (IUIH) has led to an award-wining program designed to address Indigenous health disadvantage.
Mental health disorders are four to seven times more common among Indigenous adults than other Australians, University of Queensland researchers have found.
New research shows Indigenous children are three times more likely to be admitted to Australian intensive care units (ICUs) with life-threatening infections than non-Indigenous children.
