Topics: Health services

Enhancing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people’s resilience to blood-borne and sexually transmitted infections: findings from a community-based participatory research project

25 February, 2010 | Posted in Vol 10 No 1, January 2010 - March 2010  Health services  Research  Sexual health  

Mooney-Somers J, Erick W, Scott R, Akee A, Kaldor J, et al. (2009)
Enhancing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people’s resilience to blood-borne and sexually transmitted infections: findings from a community-based participatory research project.
Health Promotion Journal of Australia;20(3):195-201

Indigenous Health Workers gain national voice

2 February, 2010 | Posted in Vol 10 No 1, January 2010 - March 2010  Health services  Health workers  

The formation of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers Association has been formally acknowledged by the Minister for Indigenous Health, Warren Snowden, in Ceduna, South Australia.

The new “Indigenous health” incentive payment: issues and challenges

28 January, 2010 | Posted in Vol 10 No 1, January 2010 - March 2010  Health services  Policy  

Couzos S, Thiele DD (2009)
The new “Indigenous health” incentive payment: issues and challenges.
Medical Journal of Australia;192:1-4

RHD Australia: a national approach to rheumatic heart disease prevention and management

25 January, 2010 | Posted in Vol 10 No 1, January 2010 - March 2010  Cardiovascular disease  Health services  Social issues  

The Federal Government has announced that it will spend $2.5 million to help combat rheumatic heart disease (RHD) and acute rheumatic fever (ARF), through the establishment of RHDAustralia, a new centre dedicated to prevention and management of the disease.

Improving coordination of care for Aboriginal people with mental health, alcohol and drug use problems: progress report on an ongoing collaborative action research project

21 January, 2010 | Posted in Vol 10 No 1, January 2010 - March 2010  Health services  Alcohol misuse  Illicit drug use  Research  Social and emotional wellbeing  

Kowanko I, de Crespigny C, Murray H, Ah Kit J, Prideaux C, et al. (2009)
Improving coordination of care for Aboriginal people with mental health, alcohol and drug use problems: progress report on an ongoing collaborative action research project.
Australian Journal of Primary Health;15(4):341-347

Closing the accountability gap: the first step towards better Indigenous health

18 January, 2010 | Posted in Vol 10 No 1, January 2010 - March 2010  Health services  Policy  

Hudson S (2009)
Closing the accountability gap: the first step towards better Indigenous health.
Sydney: Centre for Independent Studies

Racial disparities in health care - emergency department management of minor head injury

11 January, 2010 | Posted in Vol 10 No 1, January 2010 - March 2010  Health services  Injury  

Brown R, Furyk J (2009)
Racial disparities in health care - emergency department management of minor head injury.
International Journal of Emergency Medicine;2(3):161-166

Cardiovascular disease risk management for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in primary health care settings: findings from the Kanyini Audit

19 November, 2009 | Posted in Vol 9 No 4, October 2009 - December 2009  Cardiovascular disease  Health services  

Peiris DP, Patel AA, Cass A, Howard MP, Tchan ML, et al. (2009)
Cardiovascular disease risk management for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in primary health care settings: findings from the Kanyini Audit.
Medical Journal of Australia;191(6):304-309

A cost-based equity weight for use in the economic evaluation of primary health care interventions: case study of the Australian Indigenous population

29 October, 2009 | Posted in Vol 9 No 4, October 2009 - December 2009  Health services  Policy  

Ong KS, Kelaher M, Anderson I, Carter R (2009)
A cost-based equity weight for use in the economic evaluation of primary health care interventions: case study of the Australian Indigenous population.
International Journal for Equity in Health;8(34)

Factors that influence participation in self-management of wound care in three Indigenous communities in Western Australia: clients’ perspectives

1 October, 2009 | Posted in Vol 9 No 4, October 2009 - December 2009  Health services  

Eades A (2008)
Factors that influence participation in self-management of wound care in three Indigenous communities in Western Australia: clients’ perspectives.
Unpublished Masters of Nursing thesis, Murdoch University, Perth, WA