丁香园AV

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Admin co-leads: Stuart Peacock and Lindsay Hedden

The policies and systems that govern human life have a direct impact on our health. In this research challenge area, we look at how policy, governing systems, and their implementations affect health in different communities, with particular interest in the disproportionate impact on Indigenous populations and marginalized people. Through academic research and an applied approach that engages stakeholders at all levels of our health care system, we aim to improve overall population health, and close the care gap between different communities.

Our two key focus areas are Indigenous health governance, and implementation science. We strongly believe in addressing health inequity, and in ensuring that evidence-based policy functions not just in theory, but in practice. We work closely with Indigenous communities, in a sincere partnership that aims to close social and economic gaps and advance Indigenous self-support. Responding to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommendations, we assess the long-term impacts of colonization on Indigenous communities, including disparities in education, infrastructure, and political economy, developing an understanding of how systems shape lives, and in turn impact health. We analyse complex systems in terms of community impact, with the aim to challenge systemic inequity, and address the problems systems founded on colonization necessarily inherit. We are led by the community, to ensure a patient-oriented approach to evidence-based care.

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