Current topics

• Significant dates for cultural events for 2021
  15 January, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Cultural ways  Policies  States and Territories  Australian Capital Territory  National  New South Wales  Northern Territory  Queensland  South Australia  Tasmania  Victoria  Western Australia  

Journal articles (published elsewhere)

• Nutritional adequacy and the role of supplements in the diets of Indigenous Australian women during pregnancy
  22 February, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Health  Nutrition  Population  Remote  Women  Pregnancy  Research  States and Territories  New South Wales  
• Frequent avoidable admissions amongst Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people with chronic conditions in New South Wales, Australia: a historical cohort study
  22 February, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Health  Chronic conditions  Hospitalisation  Research  States and Territories  New South Wales  
• Virtual care for Indigenous populations in Canada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand: protocol for a scoping review
  22 February, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Health  Health services  Research  Services  States and Territories  National  
• Effectiveness of ear, nose and throat outreach programmes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: a systematic review
  22 February, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Health  Ear health  Population  Infants and young children  Research  Services  States and Territories  Northern Territory  Queensland  Western Australia  
• Systems integration to promote the mental health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children: protocol for a community-driven continuous quality improvement approach
  15 February, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Continuous quality improvement (CQI)  Health  Social and emotional wellbeing  Policies  Population  Adolescents  Infants and young children  Research  Services  States and Territories  New South Wales  Queensland  
• Cultural respect in midwifery service provision for Aboriginal women: longitudinal follow-up reveals the enduring legacy of targeted program initiatives
  15 February, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Cultural ways  Health  Health services  Population  Women  Pregnancy  Research  Services  States and Territories  Western Australia  Workforce  
• Community engagement approaches for Indigenous health research: recommendations based on an integrative review
  15 February, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Health  Population  Research  
• Choroidal thickness in Indigenous Australian children
  15 February, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Health  Eye health  Population  Infants and young children  Research  States and Territories  Queensland  
• Physical violence and violent threats reported by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with a disability: cross sectional evidence from a nationally representative survey
  8 February, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Disability  Health  Injury  Research  States and Territories  National  
• Cultural humility: a proposed model for a continuing professional development program
  8 February, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Cultural ways  Research  States and Territories  National  Workforce  
• An introduction to Aboriginal fishing cultures and legacies in seafood sustainability
  8 February, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Cultural ways  Environment  Caring for country  Environmental health  Health  Research  States and Territories  National  
• Support for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australian students’ wellbeing at school
  8 February, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Health  Social and emotional wellbeing  Population  Infants and young children  Research  Social determinants  Education  States and Territories  New South Wales  
• Health and wellness impacts of traditional physical activity experiences on Indigenous youth: a systematic review
  1 February, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Cultural ways  Health  Population  Adolescents  Infants and young children  Protective and risk factors  Physical activity  
• What Matters 2 Adults: a study protocol to develop a new preference-based wellbeing measure with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults (WM2Adults)
  1 February, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Cultural ways  Health  Social and emotional wellbeing  Research  States and Territories  National  
• Comparison of the genital microbiomes of pregnant Aboriginal and non-aboriginal women
  1 February, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Health  Population  Women  Pregnancy  Research  
• The incidence of sore throat and group A streptococcal pharyngitis in children at high risk of developing acute rheumatic fever: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  1 February, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Environment  Health  Cardiovascular health  Population  Infants and young children  Research  
• “Cultural security is an on-going journey…” exploring views from staff members on the quality and cultural security of services for Aboriginal families in Western Australia
  28 January, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Cultural ways  Health  Health services  Population  Family  Research  Services  States and Territories  Western Australia  Workforce  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers  
• The role of the oral microbiota in chronic non-communicable disease and its relevance to the Indigenous health gap in Australia
  28 January, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Health  Chronic conditions  Oral health  Research  States and Territories  National  
• Outcomes reported for Australian First Nation populations for the Influenza A(H1N1) 2009 pandemic and lessons for future infectious disease emergencies: a systematic review
  28 January, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Health  Infectious conditions  Disease control  Infectious other  Research  States and Territories  National  
• Applying a social exclusion framework to explore the relationship between Sudden Unexpected Deaths in Infancy (SUDI) and social vulnerability
  28 January, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Deaths  Health  Population  Family  Infants and young children  Research  Social determinants  States and Territories  Queensland  
• School-based prevention in very remote settings: a feasibility trial of methods and measures for the evaluation of a social emotional learning Program for Indigenous students in remote Northern Australia
  18 January, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Health  Social and emotional wellbeing  Population  Adolescents  Remote  Research  Services  States and Territories  Northern Territory  
• Maitjara Wangkanyi: insights from an ethnographic study of food practices of households in remote Australian Aboriginal communities
  18 January, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Health  Nutrition  Population  Remote  Research  States and Territories  South Australia  
• Transitioning to Aboriginal community control of primary health care: the process and strategies of one community-controlled health organisation in Queensland
  18 January, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Health  Health services  Research  States and Territories  Queensland  Workforce  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers  
• Intersectionality: social marginalisation and self-reported health status in young people
  18 January, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Health  Health measurement  Population  Adolescents  Research  Social determinants  Social issues  States and Territories  New South Wales  
• Dichotic listening is associated with phonological awareness in Australian Aboriginal children with otitis media: a remote community-based study
  11 January, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Health  Ear health  Population  Infants and young children  Remote  Research  States and Territories  Northern Territory  
• Risk of discharge against medical advice among hospital inpatients with a history of opioid agonist therapy in New South Wales, Australia: A cohort study and nested crossover-cohort analysis
  11 January, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Health  Hospitalisation  Protective and risk factors  Substance use  Research  States and Territories  New South Wales  
• Response of salivary microbiota to caries preventive treatment in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
  11 January, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Oral health  Population  Infants and young children  Research  Services  States and Territories  Queensland  
• Could health information systems enhance the quality of Aboriginal health promotion? A retrospective audit of Aboriginal health programs in the Northern Territory of Australia
  11 January, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Health  Health promotion  Research  States and Territories  Northern Territory  
• Elevating the uses of storytelling approaches within Indigenous health research: a critical and participatory scoping review protocol involving Indigenous people and settlers
  11 January, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Cultural ways  Health  Research  States and Territories  National  
• A scoping review about social and emotional wellbeing programs and services targeting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people in Australia: understanding the principles guiding promising practice
  11 January, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Health  Social and emotional wellbeing  Population  Adolescents  Young adults  Research  Services  States and Territories  National  
• Spatial and temporal variations in cervical cancer screening participation among Indigenous and non-Indigenous women, Queensland, Australia, 2008-2017
  11 January, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Health  Cancer  Health measurement  Population  Women  Research  States and Territories  Queensland  
• Clonidine for pain-related distress in Aboriginal children on a penicillin regimen to prevent recurrence of rheumatic fever
  11 January, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Health  Cardiovascular health  Population  Infants and young children  Remote  Research  States and Territories  Northern Territory  

Reports and publications (published elsewhere)

• Hearing the voices of Aboriginal people in child welfare
  22 February, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Health  Population  Family  Infants and young children  Services  New South Wales  
• Something stronger: truth-telling on hurt and loss, strength and healing, from First Nations people with disability
  22 February, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Disability  Health  Social and emotional wellbeing  Research  States and Territories  Australian Capital Territory  National  New South Wales  Northern Territory  Queensland  South Australia  Tasmania  Victoria  Western Australia  
• Advance care yarning: decision making for end of life for Aboriginal people in lutruwita/ Tasmania
  15 February, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Cultural ways  Health promotion  Palliative care  Services  Tasmania  
• Return of Cultural Heritage project 2018-2020
  9 February, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Cultural ways  Social determinants  States and Territories  Australian Capital Territory  National  New South Wales  Northern Territory  Queensland  South Australia  Tasmania  Victoria  Western Australia  
• Antenatal care use and outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers and their babies 2016-2017
  8 February, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Population  Infants and young children  Women  Pregnancy  Research  States and Territories  Australian Capital Territory  National  New South Wales  Northern Territory  Queensland  South Australia  Tasmania  Victoria  Western Australia  
• Gunbalanya-Kakadu disease cluster investigation: final report
  1 February, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Environmental health  Health  Cancer  Northern Territory  
• Collaboration across professions: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioners
  19 January, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Cultural ways  Health promotion  Services  States and Territories  Australian Capital Territory  National  New South Wales  Northern Territory  Queensland  South Australia  Tasmania  Victoria  Western Australia  Workforce  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers  
• ‘We are Strong. We are Resilient. But we are Tired’ – voices from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Lived Experience Centre Yarning Circles report
  19 January, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Social and emotional wellbeing  States and Territories  Australian Capital Territory  National  New South Wales  Northern Territory  Queensland  South Australia  Tasmania  Victoria  Western Australia  
• Support for a constitutionally enshrined First Nations Voice to Parliament: evidence from opinion research since 2017
  14 January, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Policies  States and Territories  Australian Capital Territory  National  New South Wales  Northern Territory  Queensland  South Australia  Tasmania  Victoria  Western Australia  
• Pilyii papulu purrukaj-ji (good housing to prevent sickness): a study of housing, crowding and hygiene-related infectious diseases in the Barkly Region, Northern Territory
  14 January, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Environment  Environmental health  Physical environment  Housing  Health  Eye health  Infectious conditions  Skin infections  Respiratory health  Remote  Northern Territory  
• 2020 annual update on the implementation of the Roadmap to Close the Gap for Vision
  14 January, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Environmental health  Eye health  Health services  Services  States and Territories  Australian Capital Territory  National  New South Wales  Northern Territory  Queensland  South Australia  Tasmania  Victoria  Western Australia  

Resources (published elsewhere)

• The ASH [Aboriginal Sexual Health] podcast
  22 February, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Health  Health services  Sexual health  Health promotion  Services  States and Territories  Australian Capital Territory  National  New South Wales  Northern Territory  Queensland  South Australia  Tasmania  Victoria  Western Australia  
• Key facts about bush tobacco
  15 February, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Health promotion  Protective and risk factors  Substance use  Tobacco use  States and Territories  Australian Capital Territory  National  New South Wales  Northern Territory  Queensland  South Australia  Tasmania  Victoria  Western Australia  
• Second hand smoke campaign
  1 February, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Health  Health promotion  Population  Family  Protective and risk factors  Substance use  Tobacco use  Western Australia  
• Demystifying sexual health – Luke, young Aboriginal man
  1 February, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Health  Infectious conditions  Sexual health  Health promotion  Population  Young adults  Men  Services  New South Wales  
• What is birthing on country and why is it crucial for Aboriginal women? [podcast]
  25 January, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Cultural ways  Health services  Health promotion  Population  Remote  Women  Pregnancy  Northern Territory  
• Tackling Indigenous Smoking: respect your health – respect your culture – be smoke free
  25 January, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Health  Health promotion  Substance use  Tobacco use  Western Australia  
• Learning guide for allied health professionals 2020
  25 January, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Palliative care  States and Territories  Australian Capital Territory  National  New South Wales  Northern Territory  Queensland  South Australia  Tasmania  Victoria  Western Australia  Workforce  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers  
• How to write SMART activity outcomes
  14 January, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Health  Protective and risk factors  Substance use  Tobacco use  States and Territories  Australian Capital Territory  National  New South Wales  Northern Territory  Queensland  South Australia  Tasmania  Victoria  Western Australia  
• Peta’s Yarn
  14 January, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Cultural ways  Family violence  Health  Injury  Population  Women  Western Australia  
• Support available from Aboriginal health liaison workers [podcast]
  14 January, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Cultural ways  Health  Health promotion  Palliative care  Victoria  Workforce  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers  
• #swab4mob
  14 January, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Health  Health services  Infectious conditions  Infectious other  Respiratory health  Health promotion  Services  New South Wales  

Theses (published elsewhere)

• “Becoming a better teacher” exploring the cultural competence of non-Aboriginal teachers in a northern Australian boarding school
  15 February, 2021 | Posted in Vol 21 No 1, January 2021 – March 2021  Cultural ways  Population  Infants and young children  Remote  Social determinants  Education  Northern Territory