Identifying the Service Requirements for Primary Sexual Assault Medical Care and Forensic Evidence Collection in a Remote First Nations Community

First Nations female sexual assault survivors in remote Northern Territory (NT) face significant barriers accessing place‐based medical care and forensic evidence collection, subsequently requiring evacuation to specialist services. Using decolonising Participatory Action Research methods, this study identified the workforce, training, and service requirements to establish First Nations‐led primary sexual assault medical care and forensic evidence collection in a remote Yolŋu community in the NT. Yolŋu Cultural Care Providers emerged as experts, with the relationships, languages and cultural knowledge to provide trauma‐informed primary care. Preliminary Forensic Kits were identified as an effective method for supervised evidence collection in remote NT First Nations communities. Significant investment and policy reform are required to enable Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations to establish primary models of sexual assault care, including the development of training programmes and resources that are co‐informed by Yolŋu and Western knowledge systems and delivered by Yolŋu on Country. This study contributes to growing evidence that First Nations‐led models can enhance the availability, accessibility, and acceptability of sexual assault medical care and forensic evidence collection in remote NT.