Indigenous children have poor oral health compared to Australian kids overall. Our research shows involving local Aboriginal people in designing and providing services can make a difference.
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Last week’s attempted removal of a newborn Māori baby from his family highlights the issue that indigenous children are much more likely to be taken into state care, in New Zealand and other countries.
American support of the formula industry comes at the cost of the health and lives of Black and brown babies, at home and abroad.
While school sores – or impetigo – is a treatable condition, if left untreated it can lead to much more serious illness such as kidney and heart disease.
New research shows that having a child in foster care is often harmful to a mother’s mental and physical health.
High Indigenous mortality rates mean Indigenous children may observe the death of relatives and experience grieving more often than the general population.
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Assistant Professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba
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PhD Candidate, University of Canberra
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Adjunct Professor, Australian National University
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Team Lead, Healthy Skin and Acute Rheumatic Fever Prevention, The Kids Research Institute Australia
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Research Assistant in Pharmacy, University of Canberra, University of Canberra
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Medical Science Research Fellow, University of Canberra
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Second Century Chair Professor of Law, Author of Ruin Their Crops on the Ground and Skimmed: Breastfeeding, Race, and Injustice, Southwestern Law School
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Professor of Pharmacy, University of Tasmania
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Associate professor, University of Canberra
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Adjunct Professor, Stout Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington and Auckland University of Technology, Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University
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Senior research fellow, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, Indigenous Studies, UNSW ; Macquarie University
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Research Associate, University of Sydney