Original articles (peer reviewed)

• The potential impact of mainstreaming government services and water on the food security of a regional Indigenous community: insights from a focus group
  9 July, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Social determinants  

Reviews (peer reviewed)

• No articles available.

Brief reports

• No articles available.

Current topics

• National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health plan discussion paper released; consultation dates set
  30 September, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Policies  
• Lisa Briggs announced as new CEO of NACCHO
  5 September, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Health  
• Winners of the National NAIDOC Awards
  16 July, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Health  

Journal articles

• Syphilis epidemiology and public health interventions in Western Australia from 1991 to 2009
  26 September, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Health services  Infectious conditions  Sexual health  Health promotion  Remote  Western Australia  
• Addressing cardiovascular inequalities among Indigenous Australians
  26 September, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Cardiovascular health  Health services  Policies  
• Appropriate health promotion for Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities: crucial for closing the gap
  26 September, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Cultural ways  Health promotion  Tobacco use  
• Estimating the magnitude of potentially avoidable hospitalisations of Indigenous children in the Australian Capital Territory: some methodological challenges
  26 September, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Health services  Injury  Hospitalisation  Infants and young children  Australian Capital Territory  
• Estimating Indigenous life expectancy: pitfalls with consequences
  19 September, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Births  Closing the gap  Deaths  Health measurement  Research  
• South Australian four-year-old Aboriginal children: residence and socioeconomic status influence weight
  19 September, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Infants and young children  Protective and risk factors  Overweight and obesity  South Australia  
• The Aboriginal Medical Service Redfern – improving access to primary care for over 40 years
  19 September, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Closing the gap  Cultural ways  Health services  Health promotion  Urban  New South Wales  
• Strategic approaches to enhanced health service delivery for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with chronic illness: a qualitative study
  19 September, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Cultural ways  Cardiovascular health  Diabetes  Health services  Respiratory health  Urban  Australian Capital Territory  New South Wales  
• Reducing the health disparities of Indigenous Australians: time to change focus
  12 September, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Health services  Social issues  Western Australia  Workforce  
• Can we count? Enumerating births in two remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory
  12 September, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Births  Closing the gap  Health measurement  Population  Infants and young children  Remote  Rural  Northern Territory  
• The experiences of remote and rural Aboriginal Health Workers and Registered Nurses who undertook a postgraduate diabetes course to improve the health of Indigenous Australians
  12 September, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Diabetes  Remote  Rural  New South Wales  Workforce  Indigenous health workers  
• How can we do things differently in Aboriginal health? The same challenges seen through new eyes
  12 September, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Closing the gap  Health  Policies  New South Wales  
• Food scarcity, not economic constraint limits consumption in a rural Aboriginal community
  5 September, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Nutrition  Remote  Rural  Protective and risk factors  Social determinants  Northern Territory  South Australia  Western Australia  
• Aboriginal Health Workers experience multilevel barriers to quitting smoking: a qualitative study
  5 September, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Cultural ways  Physical environment  Health promotion  Policies  Tobacco use  Social issues  Workforce  Indigenous health workers  
• Indigenous adolescent mental health: what is the role of primary health care?
  5 September, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Health services  Social and emotional wellbeing  Adolescents  Infants and young children  Protective and risk factors  Substance use  Services  
• Mortality after admission for acute myocardial infarction in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in New South Wales, Australia: a multilevel data linkage study
  5 September, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Deaths  Cardiovascular health  Hospitalisation  New South Wales  
• The benefits of a tailor-made pilot primary health-care course for Indigenous high school students in remote Queensland
  29 August, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Cultural ways  Social and emotional wellbeing  Health promotion  Adolescents  Young adults  Remote  Education  Queensland  Workforce  Employment  
• Effective nutrition education for Aboriginal Australians: lessons from a diabetes cooking course
  29 August, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Diabetes  Health promotion  Nutrition  Urban  New South Wales  
• Closing the gap: support for Indigenous loss
  29 August, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Cultural ways  Deaths  Social and emotional wellbeing  South Australia  Workforce  Indigenous health workers  
• Gambling, housing conditions, community contexts and child health in remote Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory, Australia
  29 August, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Environmental health  Housing  Ear health  Infectious conditions  Infants and young children  Remote  Research  Social issues  Northern Territory  
• Aboriginal health workers at Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service caring for the needs of Aboriginal people in the new ACT prison and the needs of their families
  22 August, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Cultural ways  Offender health  Australian Capital Territory  Indigenous health workers  
• A risky business? Health and physical activity from the perspectives of urban Australian Indigenous young people
  22 August, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Health promotion  Nutrition  Adolescents  Young adults  Urban  Protective and risk factors  Physical activity  Substance use  Alcohol use  Tobacco use  
• Acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis community screen of large Top End community 21-29 February
  22 August, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Health services  Infectious conditions  Kidney health  Skin infections  Remote  Rural  Northern Territory  
• Mental health of Australian Aboriginal women during pregnancy: identifying the gaps
  22 August, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Cultural ways  Social and emotional wellbeing  Women  Pregnancy  
• Closing the gap on diabetes – a social determinants of health perspective
  15 August, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Closing the gap  Diabetes  Policies  Social determinants  Indigenous health workers  
• Reducing disease burden and health inequalities arising from chronic disease among Indigenous children: an early childhood caries intervention
  15 August, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Oral health  Health promotion  Infants and young children  South Australia  
• The interplay between diet and emerging allergy: what can we learn from Indigenous Australians?
  15 August, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Respiratory health  Nutrition  
• A contemporary snapshot of two issues upon which the RCIADIC report commented: youth justice and the over-incarceration of Aboriginal young people, and alcohol-related offences and offending
  15 August, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Deaths  Justice  Policies  Adolescents  Young adults  Offender health  Alcohol use  Northern Territory  
• The Lililwan Project: study protocol for a population-based active case ascertainment study of the prevalence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) in remote Australian Aboriginal communities
  8 August, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Infants and young children  Remote  Rural  Protective and risk factors  Alcohol use  Research  Western Australia  
• Culture, context and therapeutic processes: delivering a parent-child intervention in a remote Aboriginal community
  8 August, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Cultural ways  Social and emotional wellbeing  Family  Infants and young children  Remote  Rural  Northern Territory  
• Chronic condition self-management: working in partnership toward appropriate models for age and culturally diverse clients
  8 August, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Chronic conditions  Respiratory health  Health promotion  Adolescents  Infants and young children  
• Planning, implementing, and evaluating a program to address the oral health needs of Aboriginal children in Port Augusta, Australia
  1 August, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Cultural ways  Health services  Oral health  Health promotion  Infants and young children  South Australia  
• Voices from the bush: remote area nurses prioritise hazards that contribute to violence in their workplace
  1 August, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Remote  Rural  Workforce  Indigenous health workers  
• Treating Indigenous Australians with alcohol/drug problems: assessing quality of life
  1 August, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Substance use  Alcohol use  Illicit drug use  Volatile substance use  Northern Territory  
• Increased mortality among Indigenous persons during and after release from prison in New South Wales
  1 August, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Deaths  Cardiovascular health  Injury  Social and emotional wellbeing  Offender health  Substance use  New South Wales  
• Estimates of cancer incidence, mortality and survival in Aboriginal people from NSW, Australia
  25 July, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Cancer  New South Wales  
• Current knowledge about HTLV-1 in Central Australia: proceedings from the first workshop on HTLV-1 in Central Australia
  25 July, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Infectious conditions  Disease control  Remote  Protective and risk factors  Northern Territory  
• “I know it’s bad for me and yet I do it”: exploring the factors that perpetuate smoking in Aboriginal health workers – a qualitative study
  25 July, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Health promotion  Tobacco use  South Australia  Workforce  Indigenous health workers  
• Alive and kicking goals!: preliminary findings from a Kimberley suicide prevention program
  25 July, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Deaths  Injury  Social and emotional wellbeing  Health promotion  Adolescents  Young adults  Men  Western Australia  
• If you can’t comply with dialysis, how do you expect me to trust you with transplantation? Australian nephrologists’ views on Indigenous Australians’ ‘non-compliance’ and their suitability for kidney transplantation
  18 July, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Health services  Kidney health  
• The risk status, screening history and health concerns of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people attending an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service
  18 July, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Cancer  Cardiovascular health  Chronic conditions  Diabetes  Health services  Health promotion  Urban  Protective and risk factors  Overweight and obesity  Alcohol use  Tobacco use  Western Australia  
• Breast screening and breast cancer survival in Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander women of Australia
  18 July, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Deaths  Cancer  Women  
• Living with aphasia: three Indigenous Australian stories
  11 July, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Disability  Cardiovascular health  Men  Urban  Western Australia  
• Socio-demographic factors and psychological distress in Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian adults aged 18-64 years: analysis of national survey data
  11 July, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Social and emotional wellbeing  Social determinants  
• The Dampier Peninsula Prevention Project: working with a group of remote Australian Aboriginal communities to address alcohol and drug use
  11 July, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Health promotion  Remote  Alcohol use  Illicit drug use  Volatile substance use  Research  Western Australia  
• Universal for whom? Evaluating an urban Aboriginal population’s access to a mainstream universal health home visiting program
  11 July, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Health services  Health promotion  Infants and young children  New South Wales  
• Rapid point-of-care tests for HIV and sexually transmissible infection control in remote Australia: can they improve Aboriginal people’s and Torres Strait Islanders’ health?
  4 July, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Health services  HIV/AIDS  Sexual health  Remote  Rural  
• Do Indigenous Australians age prematurely? The implications of life expectancy and health conditions of older Indigenous people for health and aged care policy
  4 July, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Deaths  Health services  Palliative care  Policies  Older people  
• Evaluation of a culturally adapted training in Indigenous mental health and wellbeing for the alcohol and other drug workforce
  4 July, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Social and emotional wellbeing  Substance use  New South Wales  Western Australia  Workforce  
• Dietary glycemic index and glycemic load among Indigenous and non-Indigenous children aged 10–12 years
  4 July, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Nutrition  Infants and young children  New South Wales  
• Social and emotional outcomes of Australian children from Indigenous and culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
  2 July, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Social and emotional wellbeing  Family  Infants and young children  Social determinants  
• A bibliometric analysis of research on Indigenous health in Australia, 1972–2008
  2 July, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Health  Research  
• Ear disease in Indigenous Australians: a literature review
  2 July, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Closing the gap  Ear health  Health promotion  Policies  Protective and risk factors  Social determinants  
• Preliminary development and content validity of a measure of Australian Aboriginal cultural engagement
  2 July, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Cultural ways  Caring for country  Health measurement  Substance use  Research  New South Wales  

Reports and publications

• Improving access to urban and regional early childhood services
  24 September, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Closing the gap  Infants and young children  Urban  Services  Education  Social issues  
• 2012 Indigenous expenditure report
  19 September, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Closing the gap  Housing  Health services  Policies  Infants and young children  Social determinants  
• Addressing fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in Australia
  10 September, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Pregnancy  Alcohol use  
• Potentially avoidable hospitalisations in Australia: causes for hospitalisations and primary health care interventions
  3 September, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Diabetes  Oral health  Respiratory health  Hospitalisation  Policies  
• The West Australian Indigenous storybook: celebrating and sharing good news stories: the Perth and Peel Regions edition
  3 September, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Cultural ways  Cancer  Health services  Social and emotional wellbeing  Health promotion  Women  Education  Social issues  Western Australia  
• Indigenous family violence primary prevention framework
  13 August, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Family violence  Policies  Victoria  
• Why are special services needed to address Indigenous homelessness?
  6 August, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Policies  Services  Social issues  
• Hear our voices: community consultations for the development of an empowerment, healing and leadership program for Aboriginal people living in the Kimberley, Western Australia: final research report
  30 July, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Cultural ways  Injury  Social and emotional wellbeing  Remote  Rural  Western Australia  
• Disability 2010–11: comparing performance across Australia
  30 July, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Disability  Policies  Services  
• Men’s places: literature review
  16 July, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Cultural ways  Family violence  Social and emotional wellbeing  Family  Men  
• Theorising survival: Indigenous women and social and emotional wellbeing
  9 July, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Cultural ways  Social and emotional wellbeing  Women  Social issues  Workforce  
• Indigenous reform 2010-11: comparing performance across Australia
  4 July, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Closing the gap  Deaths  Health measurement  Infants and young children  Education  
• National opioid pharmacotherapy statistics annual data collection: 2011 report
  2 July, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Health services  Illicit drug use  Research  
• The health of Australia’s males: a focus on five population groups
  2 July, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Health services  Policies  Men  

Resources

• Yarning about hep C
  17 September, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Hepatitis C  Health promotion  Victoria  
• Love your liver: living well with hepatitis C
  10 September, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Hepatitis C  Health promotion  Young adults  Victoria  
• Nothin deadly about a sore throat: be smart protect your heart
  20 August, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Cardiovascular health  Health promotion  Young adults  
• Stay strong and healthy – it’s worth it: campaign materials
  20 August, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Social and emotional wellbeing  Health promotion  Nutrition  Women  Pregnancy  Alcohol use  Illicit drug use  Tobacco use  Volatile substance use  New South Wales  
• Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander sexually transmissible infections pamphlet series and poster
  13 August, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Hepatitis  HIV/AIDS  Sexual health  Health promotion  Queensland  
• What is acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease?
  13 August, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Cardiovascular health  Health promotion  
• Look after your brain: a guide to dementia for Aboriginal people
  6 August, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Dementia  Health promotion  Older people  
• Utju Eyes – Areyonga School 2012 [video]
  6 August, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Environmental health  Eye health  Health promotion  Remote  Rural  
• Indigenous worker wellbeing resource
  30 July, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Alcohol use  Illicit drug use  Volatile substance use  Workforce  
• Choosin’ right with sex, grog and drugs
  23 July, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Sexual health  Health promotion  Adolescents  Alcohol use  Illicit drug use  Northern Territory  
• Clean faces, strong eyes influencing knowledge, attitudes and practice with health promotion and social marketing
  23 July, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Eye health  Health promotion  Remote  Rural  
• Staying strong stories : stories from Aboriginal people about what keeps them strong
  18 July, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Social and emotional wellbeing  Health promotion  
• Pop Arthur
  11 July, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Palliative care  Older people  
• Yumukirli man
  2 July, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Social and emotional wellbeing  Health promotion  Alcohol use  Illicit drug use  

Conference presentations

• Lowitja Institute 2012 national conference on continuous quality improvement (CQI)
  2 July, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Health  Policies  

Theses

• Telling another story: looking for ways of working in partnership with Indigenous Australian people seeking help for alcohol and other drug problems from mainstream services
  9 July, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Cultural ways  Health services  Social and emotional wellbeing  Alcohol use  Illicit drug use  
• Developing an oral health literacy intervention for Aboriginal adults in a regional community
  2 July, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Oral health  Health promotion  Urban  South Australia  

Websites

• Blow away the smokes
  2 July, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 3, July 2012 - September 2012  Tobacco use