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Building resilience in remote Aboriginal students
The innovative study by researchers at Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) is part of a program in partnership with five NT secondary/middle schools which sought to evaluate the implementation of Skills for Life.
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Study highlights dimensions of resilience among remote Aboriginal middle school students
More than 1000 students and teachers from remote Northern Territory (NT) schools have assisted in implementing the Skills for Life resilience program with results now published in the highly regarded multidisciplinary journal PLOS ONE.
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AIMhi mental health app now available for smart phones
The AIMhi Stay Strong app is a colourful, user-friendly digital mental health tool developed by Menzies with Australian First Nations people.
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National Suicide Prevention Trial - two new programs announced
New programs have been announced as part of a National Suicide Prevention Trial underway in the Northern Territory.
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Media release | Mental Health Week
New resource to promote mental health and wellbeing in Indigenous communities featured during Mental Health Week
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Fifth wave of research to roll out across the Top End
Australia’s largest and longest running study of Aboriginal people, the Aboriginal Birth Cohort Study (ABC), has commenced its fifth wave of data collection.
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Tackling smoking in remote communities
The development of Yarning about Smoking is a collaboration between the Health Department’s Remote Alcohol and Other Drugs Workforce Program in Primary Health Care and the Menzies School of Health Research
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NTG Media Release | Tackling smoking in remote communities
The development of Yarning about Smoking is a collaboration between the Health Department’s Remote Alcohol and Other Drugs Workforce Program in Primary Health Care and the Menzies School of Health Research. The resource can be used and accessed by people all across the Health Department as well as the NGO sector to provide assessments and intervention with people who are smoking.
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Mental health app reaches out to Indigenous Australians
A pioneering iPad app which visually represents an individual’s strengths and weakness is hoping to significantly improve Indigenous mental health; one of the nation’s fastest growing health problems.
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New app to improve Indigenous mental health featured on World Mental Health Day
An innovative iPad app based on tools developed by Indigenous people for Indigenous people is hoping to address one of the nation’s fastest growing health problems.
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World Mental Health Day 2011