Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin » Vol 8 No 4, October 2008 – December 2008 http://healthbulletin.org.au A peer-reviewed electronic journal from the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 Overweight and obesity – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: a snapshot, 2004-05 http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/overweight-and-obesity-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-people-a-snapshot-2004-05/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/overweight-and-obesity-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-people-a-snapshot-2004-05/#comments Wed, 24 Dec 2008 01:20:50 +0000 admin http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/overweight-and-obesity-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-people-a-snapshot-2004-05/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/overweight-and-obesity-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-people-a-snapshot-2004-05/feed/ 0 Review of illicit drug use among Indigenous peoples http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/review-of-illicit-drug-use-among-indigenous-peoples/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/review-of-illicit-drug-use-among-indigenous-peoples/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:28:24 +0000 Leah http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/review-of-illicit-drug-use-among-indigenous-peoples/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/review-of-illicit-drug-use-among-indigenous-peoples/feed/ 0 Les Malezer wins the 2008 Human Rights Medal http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/les-malezer-wins-the-2008-human-rights-medal/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/les-malezer-wins-the-2008-human-rights-medal/#comments Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:59:30 +0000 Christine http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/les-malezer-wins-the-2008-human-rights-medal/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/les-malezer-wins-the-2008-human-rights-medal/feed/ 0 Indigenous family violence and sexual abuse: Considering pathways forward http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/indigenous-family-violence-and-sexual-abuse-considering-pathways-forward/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/indigenous-family-violence-and-sexual-abuse-considering-pathways-forward/#comments Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:01:26 +0000 Leah http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/indigenous-family-violence-and-sexual-abuse-considering-pathways-forward/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/indigenous-family-violence-and-sexual-abuse-considering-pathways-forward/feed/ 0 Implementation of Indigenous mental health training in Victoria http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/implementation-of-indigenous-mental-health-training-in-victoria/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/implementation-of-indigenous-mental-health-training-in-victoria/#comments Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:58:36 +0000 Leah http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/implementation-of-indigenous-mental-health-training-in-victoria/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/implementation-of-indigenous-mental-health-training-in-victoria/feed/ 0 Aboriginal blood-borne virus scoping project literature review http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/aboriginal-blood-borne-virus-scoping-project-literature-review/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/aboriginal-blood-borne-virus-scoping-project-literature-review/#comments Tue, 09 Dec 2008 08:02:41 +0000 Jane http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/aboriginal-blood-borne-virus-scoping-project-literature-review/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/aboriginal-blood-borne-virus-scoping-project-literature-review/feed/ 0 Review of first phase of the petrol sniffing strategy http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/review-of-first-phase-of-the-petrol-sniffing-strategy/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/review-of-first-phase-of-the-petrol-sniffing-strategy/#comments Tue, 09 Dec 2008 07:52:00 +0000 Jane http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/review-of-first-phase-of-the-petrol-sniffing-strategy/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/review-of-first-phase-of-the-petrol-sniffing-strategy/feed/ 0 Aboriginal entertainer Jimmy Little awarded for health promotion work http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/aboriginal-entertainer-jimmy-little-awarded-for-health-promotion-work/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/aboriginal-entertainer-jimmy-little-awarded-for-health-promotion-work/#comments Tue, 09 Dec 2008 07:19:16 +0000 Kathy http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/aboriginal-entertainer-jimmy-little-awarded-for-health-promotion-work/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/aboriginal-entertainer-jimmy-little-awarded-for-health-promotion-work/feed/ 0 Council of Australian Governments promise $4.6 billion for Indigenous issues http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/council-of-australian-governments-promise-46-billion-for-indigenous-issues/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/council-of-australian-governments-promise-46-billion-for-indigenous-issues/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:44:05 +0000 Kathy http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/council-of-australian-governments-promise-46-billion-for-indigenous-issues/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/council-of-australian-governments-promise-46-billion-for-indigenous-issues/feed/ 0 AMA report card 2008: Ending the cycle of vulnerability: the health of Indigenous children http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/ama-report-card-2008-ending-the-cycle-of-vulnerability-the-health-of-indigenous-children/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/ama-report-card-2008-ending-the-cycle-of-vulnerability-the-health-of-indigenous-children/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:48:29 +0000 admin http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/ama-report-card-2008-ending-the-cycle-of-vulnerability-the-health-of-indigenous-children/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/ama-report-card-2008-ending-the-cycle-of-vulnerability-the-health-of-indigenous-children/feed/ 0 Absence of alcohol withdrawal syndrome in a remote Indigenous community http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/absence-of-alcohol-withdrawal-syndrome-in-a-remote-indigenous-community/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/absence-of-alcohol-withdrawal-syndrome-in-a-remote-indigenous-community/#comments Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:46:23 +0000 Leah http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/absence-of-alcohol-withdrawal-syndrome-in-a-remote-indigenous-community/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/absence-of-alcohol-withdrawal-syndrome-in-a-remote-indigenous-community/feed/ 0 Effect of smoking among Indigenous and non-Indigenous mothers on preterm birth and full-term low birthweight http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/effect-of-smoking-among-indigenous-and-non-indigenous-mothers-on-preterm-birth-and-full-term-low-birthweight/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/effect-of-smoking-among-indigenous-and-non-indigenous-mothers-on-preterm-birth-and-full-term-low-birthweight/#comments Mon, 17 Nov 2008 06:47:49 +0000 Leah http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/effect-of-smoking-among-indigenous-and-non-indigenous-mothers-on-preterm-birth-and-full-term-low-birthweight/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/effect-of-smoking-among-indigenous-and-non-indigenous-mothers-on-preterm-birth-and-full-term-low-birthweight/feed/ 0 The roles of socioeconomic status and Aboriginality in birth outcomes at an urban hospital http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/the-roles-of-socioeconomic-status-and-aboriginality-in-birth-outcomes-at-an-urban-hospital/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/the-roles-of-socioeconomic-status-and-aboriginality-in-birth-outcomes-at-an-urban-hospital/#comments Mon, 17 Nov 2008 06:47:42 +0000 Leah http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/the-roles-of-socioeconomic-status-and-aboriginality-in-birth-outcomes-at-an-urban-hospital/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/the-roles-of-socioeconomic-status-and-aboriginality-in-birth-outcomes-at-an-urban-hospital/feed/ 0 “If the land is healthy … it makes the people healthy”: the relationship between caring for country and health for the Yorta Yorta Nation, Boonwurrung and Bangerang Tribes http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/if-the-land-is-healthy-it-makes-the-people-healthy-the-relationship-between-caring-for-country-and-health-for-the-yorta-yorta-nation-boonwurrung-and-bangerang-tribes/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/if-the-land-is-healthy-it-makes-the-people-healthy-the-relationship-between-caring-for-country-and-health-for-the-yorta-yorta-nation-boonwurrung-and-bangerang-tribes/#comments Mon, 17 Nov 2008 06:47:34 +0000 Leah http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/if-the-land-is-healthy-it-makes-the-people-healthy-the-relationship-between-caring-for-country-and-health-for-the-yorta-yorta-nation-boonwurrung-and-bangerang-tribes/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/if-the-land-is-healthy-it-makes-the-people-healthy-the-relationship-between-caring-for-country-and-health-for-the-yorta-yorta-nation-boonwurrung-and-bangerang-tribes/feed/ 0 Infection rates after tympanostomy tube insertion, comparing Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children in the Northern Territory, Australia: a retrospective, comparative study http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/infection-rates-after-tympanostomy-tube-insertion-comparing-aboriginal-and-non-aboriginal-children-in-the-northern-territory-australia-a-retrospective-comparative-study-2/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/infection-rates-after-tympanostomy-tube-insertion-comparing-aboriginal-and-non-aboriginal-children-in-the-northern-territory-australia-a-retrospective-comparative-study-2/#comments Mon, 17 Nov 2008 06:47:26 +0000 Leah http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/infection-rates-after-tympanostomy-tube-insertion-comparing-aboriginal-and-non-aboriginal-children-in-the-northern-territory-australia-a-retrospective-comparative-study-2/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/infection-rates-after-tympanostomy-tube-insertion-comparing-aboriginal-and-non-aboriginal-children-in-the-northern-territory-australia-a-retrospective-comparative-study-2/feed/ 0 Patrick Dodson wins the 2008 Sydney Peace Prize http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/patrick-dodson-wins-the-2008-sydney-peace-prize/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/patrick-dodson-wins-the-2008-sydney-peace-prize/#comments Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:49:50 +0000 admin http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/patrick-dodson-wins-the-2008-sydney-peace-prize/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/patrick-dodson-wins-the-2008-sydney-peace-prize/feed/ 0 Aboriginal people travelling well: issues of safety, transport and health http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/aboriginal-people-travelling-well-issues-of-safety-transport-and-health/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/aboriginal-people-travelling-well-issues-of-safety-transport-and-health/#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:00:57 +0000 admin http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/aboriginal-people-travelling-well-issues-of-safety-transport-and-health/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/aboriginal-people-travelling-well-issues-of-safety-transport-and-health/feed/ 0 Quarterly report on key indicators in Queensland’s discrete Indigenous communities: April–June 2008 http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/quarterly-report-on-key-indicators-in-queensland%e2%80%99s-discrete-indigenous-communities-april-%e2%80%93-june-2008/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/quarterly-report-on-key-indicators-in-queensland%e2%80%99s-discrete-indigenous-communities-april-%e2%80%93-june-2008/#comments Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:36:33 +0000 admin http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/quarterly-report-on-key-indicators-in-queensland%e2%80%99s-discrete-indigenous-communities-april-%e2%80%93-june-2008/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/quarterly-report-on-key-indicators-in-queensland%e2%80%99s-discrete-indigenous-communities-april-%e2%80%93-june-2008/feed/ 0 Northern Territory Emergency Response report of the NTER Review Board http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/northern-teritory-emergency-response-report-of-the-nter-review-board-october-2008/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/northern-teritory-emergency-response-report-of-the-nter-review-board-october-2008/#comments Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:13:21 +0000 admin http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/northern-teritory-emergency-response-report-of-the-nter-review-board-october-2008/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/northern-teritory-emergency-response-report-of-the-nter-review-board-october-2008/feed/ 0 Increasing community participation in an Aboriginal health service http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/increasing-community-participation-in-an-aboriginal-health-service/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/increasing-community-participation-in-an-aboriginal-health-service/#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:37:42 +0000 Leah http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/increasing-community-participation-in-an-aboriginal-health-service/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/increasing-community-participation-in-an-aboriginal-health-service/feed/ 0 The oral health status and treatment needs of Indigenous adults in the Kimberley region of Western Australia http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/the-oral-health-status-and-treatment-needs-of-indigenous-adults-in-the-kimberley-region-of-western-australia/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/the-oral-health-status-and-treatment-needs-of-indigenous-adults-in-the-kimberley-region-of-western-australia/#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:37:34 +0000 Leah http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/the-oral-health-status-and-treatment-needs-of-indigenous-adults-in-the-kimberley-region-of-western-australia/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/the-oral-health-status-and-treatment-needs-of-indigenous-adults-in-the-kimberley-region-of-western-australia/feed/ 0 Perceptual consequences of conductive hearing loss: speech perception in Indigenous students learning English as a ‘school’ language http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/perceptual-consequences-of-conductive-hearing-loss-speech-perception-in-indigenous-students-learning-english-as-a-school-language/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/perceptual-consequences-of-conductive-hearing-loss-speech-perception-in-indigenous-students-learning-english-as-a-school-language/#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:37:24 +0000 Leah http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/perceptual-consequences-of-conductive-hearing-loss-speech-perception-in-indigenous-students-learning-english-as-a-school-language/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/perceptual-consequences-of-conductive-hearing-loss-speech-perception-in-indigenous-students-learning-english-as-a-school-language/feed/ 0 The stigma of wearing hearing aids in an adolescent Aboriginal population http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/the-stigma-of-wearing-hearing-aids-in-an-adolescent-aboriginal-population/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/the-stigma-of-wearing-hearing-aids-in-an-adolescent-aboriginal-population/#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:37:16 +0000 Leah http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/the-stigma-of-wearing-hearing-aids-in-an-adolescent-aboriginal-population/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/the-stigma-of-wearing-hearing-aids-in-an-adolescent-aboriginal-population/feed/ 0 Dr Noel Hayman wins Deadlys Award http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/dr-noel-hayman-wins-deadlys-award/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/dr-noel-hayman-wins-deadlys-award/#comments Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:24:56 +0000 admin http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/dr-noel-hayman-wins-deadlys-award/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/dr-noel-hayman-wins-deadlys-award/feed/ 0 How is Aboriginal health policy implemented? http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/how-is-aboriginal-health-policy-implemented/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/how-is-aboriginal-health-policy-implemented/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:28:32 +0000 Jane http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/how-is-aboriginal-health-policy-implemented/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/how-is-aboriginal-health-policy-implemented/feed/ 0 Don’t be Buntha, Hep C – Don’t let it be http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/dont-be-buntha-hep-c-dont-let-it-be/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/dont-be-buntha-hep-c-dont-let-it-be/#comments Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:17:39 +0000 Jane http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/dont-be-buntha-hep-c-dont-let-it-be/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/dont-be-buntha-hep-c-dont-let-it-be/feed/ 0 Australian Indigenous Mental Health http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/australian-indigenous-mental-health/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/australian-indigenous-mental-health/#comments Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:26:48 +0000 Jane http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/australian-indigenous-mental-health/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/australian-indigenous-mental-health/feed/ 0 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples at higher risk of invasive meningococcal disease in NSW http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-peoples-at-higher-risk-of-invasive-meningococcal-disease-in-nsw/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-peoples-at-higher-risk-of-invasive-meningococcal-disease-in-nsw/#comments Wed, 01 Oct 2008 06:47:43 +0000 Leah http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-peoples-at-higher-risk-of-invasive-meningococcal-disease-in-nsw/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-peoples-at-higher-risk-of-invasive-meningococcal-disease-in-nsw/feed/ 0 Responding to health impacts of climate change in the Australian desert http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/responding-to-health-impacts-of-climate-change-in-the-australian-desert/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/responding-to-health-impacts-of-climate-change-in-the-australian-desert/#comments Wed, 01 Oct 2008 06:47:31 +0000 Leah http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/responding-to-health-impacts-of-climate-change-in-the-australian-desert/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/responding-to-health-impacts-of-climate-change-in-the-australian-desert/feed/ 0 Minister for Health and Ageing outlines the Rudd Government’s plans to ‘Close the gap’ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/minister-for-health-and-ageing-outlines-the-rudd-governments-plans-to-close-the-gap/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/minister-for-health-and-ageing-outlines-the-rudd-governments-plans-to-close-the-gap/#comments Wed, 01 Oct 2008 06:47:18 +0000 Jane http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/minister-for-health-and-ageing-outlines-the-rudd-governments-plans-to-close-the-gap/ http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/minister-for-health-and-ageing-outlines-the-rudd-governments-plans-to-close-the-gap/feed/ 0