Indigenous Health Special Issue 2025: carving our path with spirit, strength and solidarity

Paul Saunders; Pat Dudgeon; Michelle Kennedy; Kelvin M. Kong; Jaquelyne T. Hughes; Odette Pearson

doi:10.5694/mja2.52693

Indigenous Health Special Issue 2025: carving our path with spirit, strength and solidarity

Paul Saunders, Pat Dudgeon, Michelle Kennedy, Kelvin M. Kong, Jaquelyne T. Hughes, Odette Pearson

College of Medicine and Public Health

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This Special Issue of the Medical Journal of Australia builds on the work undertaken with the Lowitja Institute — Australia's only Aboriginal Community Controlled Research Institute — for the inaugural issue in 2024. This publication has again been timed to coincide with NAIDOC week, whose 2025 theme “The next generation: strength, vision and legacy” aligns with the MJA's purpose, in this issue, to prioritise, platform, and celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leadership and excellence through health, clinical and academic dialogue. This editorial is a reflective piece by the Guest Editors, where we consider the vision and impact of this Special Issue.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	28-29
Number of pages	2
Journal	Medical Journal of Australia
Volume	223
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.52693
Publication status	Published - 7 Jul 2025

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
Indigenous health
population health
wellbeing
culture

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