Aboriginal entertainer Jimmy Little awarded for health promotion work
One of Australia’s top Aboriginal entertainers, singer-songwriter Jimmy Little, has been awarded for his contributions to improving Indigenous health.
One of Australia’s top Aboriginal entertainers, singer-songwriter Jimmy Little, has been awarded for his contributions to improving Indigenous health.
The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) announced a commitment of $4.6 billion for Indigenous issues at its meeting in Canberra on 29 November 2008.
Kingsley JY, Townsend M, Phillips R, Aldous D (2008) “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. Health and Place;15(1):291-299
Jassar P, Sibtain A, Marco D, Jose J, Hunter G (2008) Infection rates after tympanostomy tube insertion, comparing Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children in the Northern Territory, Australia: a retrospective, comparative study. Journal of Laryngology and Otology;1-5
Kruger E, Smith K, Atkinson D, Tennant M (2008) The oral health status and treatment needs of Indigenous adults in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Australian Journal of Rural Health;16(5):283-289
Aithal S, Yonovitz A, Aithal V (2008) Perceptual consequences of conductive hearing loss: speech perception in Indigenous students learning English as a ‘school’ language. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Audiology;30(1):1-18
Strange A, Johnson A, Ryan B-J, Yonovitz A (2008) The stigma of wearing hearing aids in an adolescent Aboriginal population. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Audiology;30(1):19-37
Dr Noel Hayman was the winner of the 14thDeadlys Awards for Outstanding achievement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health.
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
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health website has been developed by The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP), in collaboration with Beyondblue: the national depression initiative.
