Research

Title of the Research Project:

System-level integration to promote the mental health of Indigenous children:  A community-driven mixed methods approach – NHMRC Project:  GNT 1164251

Brief description of project: 

In partnership with Gurriny Yealamucka Health Services and Deadly Inspiring Youth Doing Good (DIYDG), Cairns, the community-driven project works towards developing a spectrum of effective, community-based services and supports, to help Indigenous children and youth to function better at home, in school and their community, and throughout life. It entails conceptualising, co-designing, implementing, and evaluating the effectiveness of systems integration to promote the mental health and wellbeing of Indigenous school-aged children (5-18 years).

Grant Agency:

National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

Co-Researchers: (including organisation)

Central Queensland University

Prof Janya McCalman

Tina McDonald

Ruth Fagan

Gurriny Yealamucka Health Services Aboriginal Corporation

Mandy Edwards

Anita Lee Hong

Youth Wellbeing Research Officer

 Apunipima Cape York Health Council

Prof Yvonne Cadet James

 DIYDG

Merrissa Nona

Ethics Approval:

CQU 0000021644

Start year:

June 2019

End year:

June 2024

Keywords:

Youth, wellbeing, service systems, mental health,

Title of the Research Project:

Innovating physical literacy in early childhood through the co-design of the MobMoves program

Brief description of project: 

The University of Queensland in partnership with Gurriny Yealmucka Health Services have co-designed MobMoves, a program aimed at developing socioemotional learning in children and young peoples through physical activity. Co-designed with the Yarrabah community this program enhances the wellbeing of Yarrabah’s children and young peoples through a physical activity program embedded with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing. This co-designed program includes components that increase the development of both physical activity and physical literacy, whilst simultaneously targeting socioemotional learning.

Grant Agency:

Co-Researchers: (including organisation)

Gurriny Yealamucka Health Services Aboriginal Corporation

Ms Anita Lee Hong

 The University of Queensland

Ms Emily Hall

Dr Keane Wheeler

Professor John Cairney

Professor Murray Phillips

Ethics Approval:

UQ 2021/HE000624

Start year:

February 2022

End year:

June 2027

Keywords:

Socioemotional learning, Wellbeing, Physical literacy, movement-based learning, child development

Title of the Research Project:

Emerging Priorities – Yarrabah Counts, Data Solutions (GO-3133)

Brief description of project:

Yarrabah Counts is based on the procurement of a health informatics resource to enhance Gurriny’s data system capacity and ability to meet the social determinant goals in Tier 2 and Tier 3 of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Performance Framework.

Grant Agency:

Australian Government Department of Health

Co-Researchers: (including organisation)

Gurriny Yealamucka Health Services Aboriginal Corporation

Nige Hacker

Dr Jason King

Anita Lee Hong

Dr Peter Roach

 Australian National University

Dr Jess Moore

Dr Michael Purcell

Dr Anushka Vidanage

Assoc Prof Johanna Weaver

Prof Graham Williams

Ethics Approval:

AIATSIS EO331-20220419

Start year:

2019

End year:

2023

Keywords:

health informatics, localised data, social and cultural indicators