LEAP-Indigenous Trial: Learning through Everyday Activities with Parents for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander infants at risk of adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes

CIs: Benfer, Boyd, Ruben, Novak, Morgan, Whittingham, Geia, Elliott NHMRC-EU Horizon 2020-3 $500k, CHF/CPA $515k.

Design: SB multi-site RCT n=86 infants (Qld & WA).

Aims: Effectiveness of Indigenous peer delivered program to improve motor, cognitive, communication, growth & caregiver mental health.

New Knowledge: Novel RCT, through local Indigenous peer trainers, is a paradigm shift in culturally accessible service delivery for rural/remote communities.

Project members

Dr Katherine Benfer

NHMRC Early Career Fellow

Qld Cerebral Palsy Rehabilitation & Research Centre, Child Health Research Centre

Professor Roslyn Boyd

Scientific Director, Queensland Cerebral Palsy and Rehabilitation Research Centre

Child Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland

Professor Iona Novak

Head of Research, Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Institute

School of Medicine, The University of Sydney

Dr Cathy Morgan

Research Fellow

Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Institute

Dr Koa Whittingham

NHMRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, QCPRRC

Child Health Research Centre, University of Queensland

Professor Catherine Elliott

Chair of Allied Health, Child and Adolescent Health Service, School of Occupational Therapy and Social Work

Curtin University