Overview
Safe Koori Kids is major study being undertaken by The George Institute for International Health and the University of Wollongong in collaboration with Yooroang Garang: School of Indigenous Health Studies, at the University of Sydney.
The study aims to increase our understanding of the relationship between injury, socio-economic disadvantage and resilience in Indigenous communities.
Injury is a leading cause of Indigenous mortality in Australia but little is known about the impact of injury on Indigenous children and youth, particularly those living in urban areas.
Research outcomes will be used to develop culturally acceptable and effective intervention strategies targeting children and youth.
The study will be undertaken in Campbelltown between 2006 and 2008.
It will involve the development of an injury prevention intervention targeting Indigenous children and families in urban environments. There have been few interventions undertaken in this area in the past.