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WAACHS was the largest and most comprehensive survey ever undertaken into the health, wellbeing & development of WA Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander kids

Methodological issues and implications for interventions to support young Aboriginal people's adaptation are discussed.

Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) occur at very high rates among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

In Australia, rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is almost exclusively restricted to Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander people with children being...

The burden of mental health problems among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children is a major public health problem in Australia.

Globally, ARF and RHD cause more than a quarter of a million deaths and substantial disability each year.

There is a lack of data on the out-of-hospital burden of acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI) in developed countries.

We begin to bridge this knowledge gap by assessing evidence on social gradients in indigenous health in Australia.

We sought to provide insights by examining socio-economic disparities in physical health outcomes among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in WA.

This study sought to determine the social and emotional impact of maternal loss on Aboriginal children and young people using data from the Western...