ArticleBMC health services research2025
The Marurra-U Partnership: providing a hybrid, multidisciplinary, wraparound model of care for Aboriginal children living with complex needs in the remote Fitzroy Valley, Australia.
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- Family-centred, therapeutic camps for Aboriginal children with complex neurodevelopmental needs and early life trauma in remote Australia: a qualitative study of the Marurra-U family camp.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2026Article
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introductionAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have knowledge and strengths to promote health and wellbeing in their communities. There is a need to understand how multidisciplinary models of care and partnerships between Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisations and health service providers can improve outcomes for children with complex needs. The aim of this study is to describe the development, characteristics, and implementation of the Marurra-U Partnership, which is a hybrid (telecare and in-person), multidisciplinary, wraparound model of care for children with complex neurodevelopmental needs and their families in the Fitzroy Valley, Kimberley Region, Western Australia.
methodsThis study is part of a broader research program that used an Aboriginal Participatory Action Research approach. In-depth interviews were conducted with eleven staff involved in designing and implementing the Marurra-U Partnership. Data were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis.
resultsFive themes were constructed relevant to the aim of the study: 1) responding to the need for multidisciplinary, wraparound services for Aboriginal children with complex needs in the Kimberley; 2) strengths, resilience, and future directions of the partnership; 3) principles and characteristics of the model of care; 4) climate change, environmental factors and geographic remoteness as consistent challenges to implementation of the model of care; and 5) shared recognition of the importance of genuine community partnership and leadership to implement models of care like Marurra-U. DISCUSSION: The Marurra-U Partnership, between an Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisation and a non-government organisation that provide neurodevelopmental services, has developed a model of care for delivering wraparound, trauma-informed, multi-disciplinary developmental health and capacity-building services. It offers insights for supporting Aboriginal children with complex neurodevelopmental needs and their families in remote Australia.
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