Centering lived experience
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Mental Health and Wellbeing for Remote and Aboriginal Victorians project
This project expands allied health student placements for students who wish to partake in fulfilling training opportunities to provide beneficial wellbeing and mental health services to rural, isolated, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
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BigaagARri
A Citizen Science Project to co-create 'BigaagARri' a Preventive Experiential, Arts, Cultural Evidence (PEACE) model for implementing at-scale in primary care and community.
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NDIS Participant experiences with Allied Healthcare services during COVID-19
The University of Melbourne, in collaboration with the National Disability Insurance Agency with funding from the Melbourne Disability Institute, conducted a survey that aimed to investigate the experiences of NDIS participants, or their family members/carers, when accessing care during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Learning from QTPOC Voices: supporting positive experiences of mental healthcare
Led by researchers from the Centre for Youth Mental Health, School of Social and Political Sciences and Melbourne School of Population and Global Health in partnership with Orygen, Australian LGBTIQ Multicultural Council, Centre for Multicultural Youth, Drummond Street Services and Telethon: Kids Institute, this project talks with young queer and trans people of colour (QTPOC) and mental health practitioners to understand experiences accessing and providing professional mental health care.
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The Mental Health of Young African Australians
Young African Australians facing mental health issues need culturally appropriate support to fulfil their potential.
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ALIVE National Centre for Mental Health Research Translation
The National Academy of Lived Experience (ALIVE) has been established to improve health outcomes for Australians with mental illness and reduce the individual, social and economic inequities associated with current care. The focus of the centre is implementing co-designed mental health interventions across the whole lifespan in primary care settings, First Nations and people living with severe mental illness.