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Military and Emergency Services Health Australia (MESHA) is a profit-for-purpose research, training and programs centre that supports the mental health and wellbeing of current and former Australian military members, emergency service personnel and their families. We conduct co-designed and impact-driven research in priority areas of unmet need, and embed lived experience in the design and delivery of our training and programs to ensure authentic and sustainable wellbeing outcomes for our service communities.Â
Our Research
Promoting positive mental health in early career emergency services volunteers
Year Commenced April 2020
Accumulative stress response in female emergency service first responders
Year Commenced February 2018
After the Fires: Supporting the Ongoing Wellbeing and Resilience of Australia’s First Responders Following the 2019-20 Bushfires
Year Commenced June 2020
An evaluation of the use of service dogs as a treatment adjunct for PTSD
Year Commenced 2016
Art therapy for Defence and Emergency Service with Post Traumatic Stress (PTS)
Year Commenced February 2018
Latest News
New partnership delivers Australian-first for defence families
MESHA is thrilled to announce an exciting new partnership with Flinders University, to further strengthen our support of service personnel and their families.
Veterans honour Nancy Wake with historic ride
Army veteran and reservist Liz Wheeler is about to embark on a 400km, nine-day cycling journey in France, retracing the same historic route undertaken by Nancy Wake, one of World War II’s most highly decorated women.
Service men unite for ANZAC Day
The best of Australia’s emergency services and Australian Defence Force will face off once again at Adelaide Oval as this year’s curtain raiser to the AFL’s ANZAC commemorative round.
