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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

There should be more help out here! A qualitiative study of the needs of Aboriginal adolescents in rural Australia

  • Year: 2009
  • Author: Mohajer, N; Bessarab, D; Earnest, J
  • Journal Name: Rural and Remote Health
  • Journal Number: Vol.9, No.2
  • Country: Australia

Aboriginal adolescents living in or near rural towns have different social and cultural needs than Aboriginal adolescents living in large cities or remote areas. Identification of health needs by the community is an established principle of health promotion for improving community health. The objective of this study was to identify ....

Towards a design framework for remote Indigenous housing

  • Year: 2008
  • Author: Fien, John
  • Publisher: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
  • Published Location: Melbourne, Vic
  • ISBN: 1921201525
  • Country: Australia

This report contains a policy-orientated synthesis of the disparate contributions to remote Indigenous housing from the design, policy and public health literatures as grounded and tested in fieldwork in three sample communities in different parts of Australia. This integration of primary and secondary research is used to develop a ....

Towards a good education in very remote Australia: Is it just a case of moving the desks around?

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: Guenther, John and Bat, Melodie.
  • Journal Name: Australian Journal of Indigenous Education
  • Journal Number: Vol. 42 No. 2
  • Publisher: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit
  • Published Location: Brisbane Qld
  • ISBN: 1326-0111
  • Country: Australia

The education system, as it relates to very remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in Australia, faces challenges. While considerable resources have been applied to very remote schools, results in terms of enrolments, attendance and learning outcomes have changed little, despite the effort applied. The Cooperative Research Centr ....

Towards an index of relative Indigenous socioeconomic disadvantage

  • Year: 2000
  • Author: Gray, M C; Auld, A J
  • Journal Name: Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
  • Publisher: Australian National University
  • Published Location: Canberra, ACT
  • Country: Australia

This paper explores how a variety of indicators of socioeconomic status can be combined to form a composite index of relative socioeconomic disadvantage for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) regional council areas. Data from the 1991 and 1996 Census, augmented with administrative data from ATSIC are used to c ....

Town or country: which is best for Australia's Indigenous peoples?

  • Year: 2007
  • Author: Scrimgeour, David
  • Journal Name: Medical Journal of Australia
  • Journal Number: Vol.186, No.10
  • Country: Australia

Some commentators suggest that the poor health of Australia's Indigenous population is due to misguided ideology-driven policy that has forced people to live in remote communities, preventing them from benefiting from the mainstream economy. The evidence shows that the poor health status of Indigenous people is found in all areas where they ....

Training Australian general practitioners in rural public health: Impact, desirability and adaptability of hybrid problem-based learning

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: Gladman, Justin; Perkins, David
  • Journal Name: The Health Education Journal
  • Journal Number: 72.5
  • Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
  • Published Location: United States
  • ISBN: 00178969
  • Country: Australia

Australian rural general practitioners (GPs) require public health knowledge. This study explored the suitability of teaching complex public health issues related to Aboriginal health by way of a hybrid problem-based learning (PBL) model within an intensive training retreat for GP registrars, when numerous trainees have no PBL experience. A mixed ....

Two way learning and culturally appropriate mediation training in remote communities

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: Crawford, Will and Thwaites, Rohan.
  • Journal Name: Indigenous Law Bulletin
  • Journal Number: Vol. 8 Issue 4.
  • Publisher: University of New South Wales, Indigenous Law Centre
  • Published Location: Sydney, NSW
  • ISBN: 1328-5475
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Northern Territory

The potential benefits of training Indigenous people living in remote and regional communities in the skills of mediation, negotiation and facilitation has been recognised by a number of reports and discussion papers on alternative dispute resolution ('ADR') and Indigenous people.1 These benefits have been said to include a likely decrease in lon ....

Unhealthy encounters : legacies and challenges for the health status of settler and Aboriginal communities

  • Year: 2002
  • Author: Wilkinson, D
  • Publisher: Hawke Institute, University of South Australia
  • Published Location: Magill, SA
  • Country: Australia

The author outlines the differences that exist in the health status of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, aiming to provide a clear picture of differences in health status now, and over time. Next he presents data on use of health services by Aboriginal Australians, showing quite marked differences from use by non- Aborigin ....

Vaccine preventable diseases and vaccination coverage in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Australia, 2003 to 2006

  • Year: 2008
  • Author: Turnour, C; McIntyre, P; Menzies, R; Chiu, C
  • Journal Name: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report
  • Journal Number: Vol. 32 Suppl, No. 2008 Jun
  • Country: Australia

Vaccination coverage data provide evidence of successful program delivery and highlight some areas for improvement. For universally funded vaccines in children, coverage is similar in Indigenous and non- Indigenous children by 24 months of age. However, delayed vaccination is more common in Indigenous children, with 6%-8% fewer chi ....

Victorian Government Aboriginal affairs report 2013

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: Office of Aboriginal Affairs Victoria
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Mildura and Latrobe

The content of the 2013 Report continues the emphasis on evaluation and reporting  against the identified targets and measures in the six VAAF Strategic Action Areas.  In addition, it also provides insights into recent changes to simplify contracting  arrangements between Victorian Government departments and ....

We can like research-- in Koori hands: a community report on Onemda Vichealth Koori Health Unit's research workshops in 2007

  • Year: 2008
  • Author: Russ, Peter
  • Publisher: Onemda VicHealth Koori Health Unit, University of Melbourne
  • Published Location: Parkville, Vic
  • ISBN: 9780734039828
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Victoria

Onemda ran four Koori community workshops at Victorian regional centres in 2007: Echuca, Melbourne, Geelong and Bairnsdale. This report provides the background to the workshops and their goals, and documents the participants' views on Koori health research and barriers to Koori community-controlled research. It also includes six wo ....

Wellbeing of Nywaigi traditional owners: the contribution of country to wellbeing and the role of natural resource management

  • Year: 2005
  • Author: Greiner G (CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, Davies Laboratory Townsville); Larson S (CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, Davies Laboratory Townsville); Herr A (CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, Davies Laboratory Townsville); Bligh V (CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, Davi
  • Publisher: CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Queensland

AB: This report presents the findings of a research project conducted as collaboration and liaison between a regional NRM group (the Burdekin Dry Tropics Board), a research provider (CSIRO) and a Traditional Owner group (the Nywaigi Traditional owners, represented by the Girringun Aboriginal Corporation and the Nywaigi Land Corpora ....

Western Australia Department of Aboriginal Affairs Annual Report 2013

  • Year: 2013
  • Publisher: Western Australia Department of Aboriginal Affairs
  • Published Location: Perth, Western Australia
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Western Australia

Annual report of the Western Australia Department of Aboriginal Affairs. Outlines agency performance for the year 2012-13, reports on operations of Aboriginal heritage, Aboriginal land, accountable government and community development. Report Locationhttp://www.daa.wa.gov.au/Documents/ReportsPublications/AnnualReports/2012-13/DAA_AnnualReport_2 ....

What Health Services within Rural Communities Tell Us about Aboriginal People and Aboriginal Health

  • Year: 2010
  • Author: Fredericks, Bronwyn
  • Journal Name: Rural Society
  • Journal Number: Vol. 20, No. 1
  • Country: Australia

There is a growing body of literature within social and cultural geography that explores notions of place, space, culture, race and identity. When health services in rural communities are explored using these notions, it can lead to multiple ways of understanding the cultural meanings inscribed within health services and how they c ....

What is Indigenous Australia in 2013?

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: Elizabeth Dori Tunstall
  • Publisher: The Conversation Media Group
  • Country: Australia

This is an Arts and Culture foundation essay by Elizabeth Dori Tunstall on the subject of Indigenous Australia.  Report Locationhttp://researchbank.swinburne.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/swin:35468?queryType=vitalDismax&query=What+is+Indigenous+Australia+in+2013%3F&y=-214&x=-918 ....

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