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Article History

Received: 18 October 2023

Accepted: 13 September 2024

First Online: 28 September 2024

Declarations

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: This project was conducted in compliance with the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research 2007 (Updated 2008), The Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research 2018, and Ethical conduct in research with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities: Guidelines for researchers and stakeholders 2018.

: This study has received ethics approvals from eight Australian human research ethics committees listed in the table below, which cover all 22 study sites. Informed consent for service participation was sought from each Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service at institutional level, from authorised representatives and the board. The names of the boards cannot be revealed to preserve anonymity of the participating services. As this study used routinely collected data a waiver of individual informed consent was granted by all ethics committees: New South Wales (NSW):The Aboriginal Health & Medical Research Council of NSW Ethics Committee (1217/16). Northern Territory (NT):Central Australian Human Research Ethics Committee (CA-17-2842), Human Research Ethics Committee of Northern Territory Department of Health and Menzies School of Health Research (2017-2737). Queensland (Qld):Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service Human Research Ethics Committee (17/QCQ/9), Far North Queensland Human Research Ethics Committee (17/QCH/45-1143). South Australia (SA):The Aboriginal Health Research Ethics Committee, South Australia (04-16-694). Victoria (Vic) :St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne Human Research Ethics Committee (LRR 036/17). Western Australia:Western Australian Aboriginal Health Ethics Committee (project 779)

: The authors have none to declare.