Corporate Body

The Lowitja Institute Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health CRC (2014 - )

From
2014
Website
https://www.lowitja.org.au/licrc

Summary

The Lowitja Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health CRC was established in 2014, its predecessor was the CRC for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (2010 - 2014). According to its website "The Lowitja Institute CRC brings together the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health sector, government health agencies and research institutions to ensure that research conducted into Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health is controlled by and benefits Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people." (The Lowitja Institute, 19 September 2018). Work is focused on three areas: Community capability and social determinants of health, needs and opportunities for a workforce to address Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and health policy and systems.

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Timeline

 1997 - 2003 CRC for Aboriginal and Tropical Health
       1997 - 2003 CRC for Aboriginal and Tropical Health
       2003 - 2009 CRC for Aboriginal Health
             2010 - 2014 Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
                   2014 - The Lowitja Institute Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health CRC

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Published resources

Books

  • Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Changing the narrative in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research : four cooperative research centres and the Lowitja Institute : the story so far (Carlton South, Victoria: The Lowitja Institute, 2017). Details

Resource Sections

  • 'The Lowitja Institute Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health CRC', in The Lowitja Institute Australia's National Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Research, The Lowitja Institute, 19 September 2018, https://www.lowitja.org.au/licrc. Details

Elizabeth Daniels

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