Progress

The Victorian Aboriginal Child Mortality Study, 1988-2008 commenced in 2008 will be undertaken over a period of five years. 

The research will be conducted at the Onemda VicHealth Koori Health Unit at the University of Melbourne in collaboration with the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO), and with the guidance of a team of investigators from Onemda, the Department of Human Services, the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, the Victorian Institue of Forensic Medicine, The Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, and VACCHO.

Progress:

2008:

Australian Research Council Discovery Grant Awarded.

2009:

Consultation and negotiation with data custodians.

Submission of applications for ethics approval to conduct phase one of the study.

First meeting of the Investiagtors group.

Launch of the publication: An Overview of Statutory and Administrative Datasets: Describing the Health of Victoria's Aboriginal Infants, Children and Young People

Launch of this website.