Centre for Health Equity Training Research and Evaluation (CHETRE)

Our streams

CHETRE’s work is structured across three streams:

• The Decision Support stream assesses the impacts of environmental, social, economic and policy change (proposals) on health and health equity. The findings are framed in policy-relevant briefings and communications. Grounded in its international reputation in health impact assessment (HIA), the team supports local partners, other CPHCE research hubs, state, national and global health development through training and assessment.
• The Locational Disadvantage stream engages with residents and groups in communities and neighbourhoods in our South Western Sydney service area. This is an area that experiences poorer health and other disadvantages due to complex social and economic challenges. This stream focuses on community development and partnership approaches to empower communities and consumers in order to promote resilience and more equitable health. The stream benefits from a long activist history and connections to the ACOSS-UNSW Poverty and Inequality Partnership.
• The Indigenous Health stream builds on nearly twenty years of close connections with the Tharawal Aboriginal Corporation and the Aboriginal community in South Western Sydney. At the request of the community, and integrated in its Aboriginal-controlled governance structures, CHETRE has undertaken a unique longitudinal cohort study of the health of Aboriginal babies since the early 2000s through the Gudaga program (‘Gudaga’ is Tharawal for ‘healthy baby’). Work within this stream also extends into the social determinants of Indigenous health, health promotion and Health in All Policies for Indigenous equity. We currently partner with local and national colleagues to develop data sovereignty protocols that should govern the mantra ‘no research on us without us’.