Multidisciplinary co-design of innovative, client-centred models for Indigenous mental health services in South East Queensland

Project aims
(a) analyse the interpersonal, institutional, community and system-based factors that
influence Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' mental health service access and utilisation, and
(b) identify innovative, feasible, and culturally-safe models of care that improve Indigenous peoples’ timely access to mental health services across the health care system in South East Queensland.

QCMHR’s Mental Health Services Research Stream led analyses of national linked data to explore equity of access to and use of mental health services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations.

Publications

Factors associated with Medicare mental health service use by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults and children in an urban area: A case study from Southeast Queensland. https://doi.org/10.1177/00048674261476557

Disparities in the use of Medicare-subsidised telehealth mental health services by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians in Southeast Queensland. https://doi.org/10.1177/00048674261470271

Patterns in the access, utilisation and budget allocation of National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) psychosocial support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with mental health needs: a case study from South East Queensland. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-025-13634-4  

Socio-spatial inequalities in accessibility of Indigenous community-controlled mental health services in South East Queensland, Australia. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12942-025-00415-9

This Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) funded research project was led by The University of Queensland ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous Futures in collaboration with the Institute for Urban Indigenous Health and the Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research.