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ORIC Spotlight On - The housing half of holistic health

25 November 2020
Safety and Wellbeing
In the grassy scrub there is an old woman in a blue cardigan walking with a young child in a blue t-shirt towards some buildings.

Anyinginyi Health Aboriginal Corporation has contributed to a University of Queensland study of a major factor underlying many of the health issues facing Aboriginal people in and around Tennant Creek: inadequate housing.

When University of Queensland researchers proposed a partnership with Anyinginyi Health Aboriginal Corporation to collect evidence and explore the relationships between health and housing, Anyinginyi recognised the strength of the project’s links to its core business.

This research produced the Pilyii Papulu Purrukaj-ji report (good housing to prevent sickness). The report provides actionable and evidence-based recommendations and is a powerful case for investment in more housing and better maintenance.

Continue reading about Anyinginyi Health Aboriginal Corporation in this month’s Spotlight On from the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations (ORIC).