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Box 1.21Things that work• The Jabba Jabba Indigenous Immunisation program, in Queensland’s SunshineCoast, was developed to provide culturally appropriate access for ‘hard to reach’sections of the Indigenous community and an entry point to mainstream healthservices (box 5.1.2).• The Keeping Kids Healthy Makes a Better World program has operated in fourcommunities in the NT: Mt Liebig, Titjikala, Nyirripi and Willowra. As well asimproving the nutrition of 0–5 year olds, the program has improved engagement inthe community, cultural awareness and family cohesion (box 5.1.2).• A team approach to child nutrition on Tiwi Islands (NT) started in 2006. A nutritionistworked with a multidisciplinary team, the crèche and local women to support thenutrition of children aged less than five years (box 5.1.2).Infant mortalityThe survival of infants in their first year of life is generally viewed as an indicatorof the general health and wellbeing of a population. While there has been a dramaticdecline in infant mortality rates in the past century for all Australians, the mortalityrate for Indigenous infants is still significantly higher than for infants in the rest ofthe population.Box 1.22KEY MESSAGE• Indigenous infant mortality rates in most of the states and territories for which dataare available have improved in recent years. Nevertheless, mortality rates forIndigenous infants in these jurisdictions remain two to three times as high as thosefor the total population of infants (figures 5.2.1 and 5.2.2).Box 1.23Things that work• The NSW Aboriginal Maternal and Infant Health Strategy, operating since 2001,improves access to culturally appropriate maternity services for Aboriginal mothers(box 5.2.2).• The ‘Mums and Babies’ project, operating since 2000, provides a collaborativemodel of antenatal and postnatal care for women at the Townsville Aboriginal andIslander Health Service (Queensland) (box 5.2.2).28 OVERCOMINGINDIGENOUSDISADVANTAGE 2007