First Nations-led initiatives
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Description
The First Nations Pandemic Research Preparedness Network (FIRST) brings together diverse First Nations research expertise through an interest in pandemic preparedness.
FIRST advocates for overall health system strengthening in recognition of the overlap between pandemic risk and disadvantage.
FIRST enables and amplifys a First Nations perspective on research and preparedness for infectious disease emergencies through specific research projects, preparedness planning, advocacy and relationships with decision-making bodies.
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Related Publications
- “No one ever comes back and asks us how could we do it better”: findings from First Nations community panels about ways to keep First Nations peoples safe from COVID-19
- Aboriginal cultural support during COVID-19: a mixed-methods study in a local health district, New South Wales, Australia
- We cannot repeat history again: a call to action to centre Indigenous leadership as we prepare for the next pandemic
- Highlighting models of Indigenous leadership and self-governance for COVID-19 vaccination programmes
- Embedding Aboriginal cultural governance, capacity, perspectives and leadership into a local Public Health Unit Incident Command System during COVID-19 in New South Wales, Australia