Supporting the health and wellbeing of Indigenous youth in out-of-home care
This project aims to apply a strengths-based approach to identify the wellbeing of First Nations young people (aged 12–17) in out-of-home care and co-design culturally grounded programs that support and improve their wellbeing. The project is being conducted in collaboration with services that provide out-of-home care to First Nations young people across 2 Australian jurisdictions.
Funding
The project is funded by an NHMRC–CIHR Healthy Cities Implementation Science Grant and is being conducted in collaboration with our Canadian colleagues.
Artwork
The Health and Wellbeing of Indigenous Youth in Out-of-Home Care artwork was created by Craig Carson - Wakka Wakka, Cobble Cobble.
The story represents our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children walking in and out of home care system hopefully resting under the bottle tree as they find their way back home to their communities, the outside layer made up of thatching shows the strength of the children finding their way.