Communication and cultural knowledge in Aboriginal health care: a review of two subprograms of the Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal and Tropical Health's Indigenous Health and Education Research program

The information and the three papers presented in this publication report on the review of the two subprograms Health Priorities and Communication of Health Information, and Cross-Cultural Education for Non-Aboriginal People conducted by the author during the first half of 1998. The papers are: Communication in Aboriginal health care: An overview; Communication in Aboriginal health care: where are the interpreters? and, Cultural education programs for service providers in Aboriginal health care. The review included a literature search, and discussions were held in three regions - Darwin, East Arnhem Land and Alice Springs - with a range of stakeholders, including Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people working in a variety of health care settings, and others with expertise in relevant areas.