Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child wellbeing includes a range of inter-related domains – safety, health, culture and connections, mental health and emotional wellbeing, home and environment, learning and skills, empowerment and economic wellbeing.
SNAICC – National Voice for our Children (SNAICC) undertook collaborative research in partnership with two Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community controlled organisations (ACCOs) that provide early childhood education and care (ECEC) services: (i) Palm Island Community Company (PICC); and (ii) Nikinpa Aboriginal Child and Family Centre (managed through Muloobinba Aboriginal Corporation). The research was supported by the Lowitja Institute operating in partnership with the Indigenous Health Equity Unit at the University of Melbourne under the First 1000 Days Australia initiative.
Authors: Emma Brathwaite and Christine Horn with contributions from Kerry Arabena, John
Burton, Tilini Gunatillake, Emma Beckett, Rachel Atkinson and Morgen Smith