HOT NORTH promotes a number of activities that promote the improvement of health outcomes across the tropical north of Australia. The first three years of funding has provided for the establishment of 97 pilot/translation projects and funded individual fellowships, scholarships, and Indigenous Development and Training Awards for researchers and health professionals. The funded researchers have formed collaborations…
Implementation of online training modules in paediatric Aboriginal lung health
Improved proficiency in delivering culturally appropriate paediatric Aboriginal lung health care will benefit children and ...
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Innovative ways to improve STI testing among young people living in remote areas of the Northern Territory: behavioural insights (“nudges”)
Australia has made notable progress in the management of sexually transmissible infections (STIs) in recent ...
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Evaluation framework for community rehabilitation services in remote Northern Australia
This project will aim to develop a standardised evaluation framework for community rehabilitation services in ...
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Who’s steering the ship? A case comparison of the governance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers across Northern Australia
Aims: The overarching aim of this project is to extend and enhance work already conducted ...
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Evaluating the impact of policy change for the prevention of malaria after splenectomy and characterizing the hidden splenic parasite burden in patients undergoing splenectomy in Papua, Indonesia
This fellowship aims to: 1) evaluate the effectiveness of new policy by following hospital patients ...
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Characterising Group A Streptococcus (Strep A) colonisation in children with a high risk of skin and throat infections
Remote living Indigenous Australian children have the highest recorded rates of skin sores in the ...
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