Strength-based cultural care improves health outcomes for Aboriginal mothers and babies

Credit: Murdoch University Bridgette Kelly and Trish Ratajczak from Murdoch University’s Ngangk Yira Institute for Change are passionate about changing this, with both addressing these gaps in their Accelerated Master’s by Research theses. Kelly, a proud Kamilaroi woman, and Ratajczak, a proud Palawa Trawlwoolway woman, have years of experience in the perinatal health space, and hope their research inspires other Aboriginal people to enter university and reclaim their rights to culturally safe health care. In Ratajczak’s thesis, the Baby Coming You Ready (BCYR) program, a model of care designed to overcome communication barriers between Aboriginal women and their health care Read More