Topics: Health

Dr Noel Hayman wins Deadlys Award

10 October, 2008 | Posted in Vol 8 No 4  Health  

 

Dr Noel Hayman was the winner of the 14thDeadlys Awards for Outstanding achievement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health.                     

Don’t be Buntha, Hep C - Don’t let it be

3 October, 2008 | Posted in Vol 8 No 4  Hepatitis C  

Hepatitis C Council of South Australia (2008)
Don’t be Buntha, Hep C - Don’t let it be [CD]
Hackney, South Australia: Hepatitis C Council of South Australia

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples at higher risk of invasive meningococcal disease in NSW

1 October, 2008 | Posted in Vol 8 No 4  Communicable diseases  Children  New South Wales  

Massey P, Durrheim D (2008)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples at higher risk of invasive meningococcal disease in NSW.
NSW Public Health Bulletin;19(5-6):100-103

Injury of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people due to transport, 2001-02 to 2005-06

1 October, 2008 | Posted in Vol 8 No 4  Injury  Northern Territory  Queensland  South Australia  Western Australia  

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Harrison JE, Berry JG (2008)
Injury of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people due to transport, 2001-02 to 2005-06 (AIHW Catalogue no. INJCAT 120)
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

What do we know about 7vpcv coverage in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children? A 2007 update

1 October, 2008 | Posted in Vol 8 No 4  Communicable diseases  Children  

Hull BP, Deeks S, Menzies R, McIntyre PB (2008)
What do we know about 7vpcv coverage in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children? A 2007 update.
Communicable Diseases Intelligence;32(2):257-260

Identifying psychosocial mediators of health amongst Indigenous Australians for the Heart Health Project

1 October, 2008 | Posted in Vol 8 No 4  Cardiovascular disease  Social issues  Victoria  

Reilly RE, Doyle J, Bretherton D, Rowley KG, Harvey JL, et al. (2008)
Identifying psychosocial mediators of health amongst Indigenous Australians for the Heart Health Project.
Ethnicity and Health;13(4):351-373

National Aboriginal lupus workshop proceedings

1 October, 2008 | Posted in Vol 8 No 4  Health  Research  

The Coalition for Research to Improve Aboriginal Health (CRIAH) in partnership with the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing held the National Aboriginal lupus workshop in February 2007 in response to Aboriginal community concern about lupus and its debilitating effects on individuals, families and communities.

Fitzroy Valley liquor restriction report: an evaluation of the effects of a six month restriction on take-away alcohol relating to measureable health and social benefits and community perceptions and behaviours

3 September, 2008 | Posted in Vol 8 No 3  Substance use  Alcohol misuse  Western Australia  

Henderson-Yates L, Wagner S, Parker H, Yates D. (2008)
Fitzroy Valley liquor restriction report: an evaluation of the effects of a six month restriction on take-away alcohol relating to measurable health and social benefits and community perceptions and behaviours.
Perth: Drug and Alcohol Office (WA)

Quarterly report on key indicators in Queensland’s discrete Indigenous communities: January-March 2008

3 September, 2008 | Posted in Vol 8 No 3  Injury  Alcohol misuse  Hospitalisation  Queensland  

Queensland Government (2008)
Quarterly report on key indicators in Queensland’s discrete Indigenous communities: January-March 2008
Brisbane: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships

The heart of the matter - learning the process of rheumatic heart disease education [DVD]

3 September, 2008 | Posted in Vol 8 No 3  Cultural ways  Cardiovascular disease  Remote  

Mitchell A, Shreeve P (nd)
The heart of the matter - Learning the process of rheumatic heart disease education [DVD].
Parap, NT: Aboriginal Resource and Development Services Inc.