"I want to see them thrive!": exploring health service research priorities for young Aboriginal children growing up in Alice Springs - a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT: To better understand the specific influences of early life on the long-term health and well-being of local Aboriginal children in Alice Springs, high-quality local longitudinal data is required. The Central Australian Aboriginal Congress and the Murdoch Children's Research Institute are exploring the feasibility of establishing a cohort study to fill this gap. A nested qualitative study was conducted to identify priority issues that can be translated into research questions answerable through the proposed cohort study. Semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions (FGDs) were conducted with a range of key community stakeholders, parents and caregivers of young Aboriginal children from Alice Springs in the Northern Territory between 2020 and 2021. Two Aboriginal and two non-Aborigi

SUBMITTER: Lloyd-Johnsen C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10868103 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature