The Care for kids’ ears: strong hearing strong start website was developed by the Australian Government to increase awareness of ear disease and hearing loss among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Cornish D (2011) Deaf to Indigenous children’s needs Policy; 27: (20-22)
Bailie RS, Stevens M, McDonald EL (2011) The impact of housing improvement and socio-environmental factors on common childhood illnesses: a cohort study in Indigenous Australian communities Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health; Online First: http://dx.doi.org/10 Retrieved 21 June 2011 from http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech.2011.134874
Binks MJ, Cheng AC, Smith-Vaughan H, Sloots T, Nissen M, Whiley D, McDonnell J, Leach AJ (2011) Viral-bacterial co-infection in Australian Indigenous children with acute otitis media BMC Infectious Diseases; 11: 161 Retrieved 7 June 2011 from http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-11-161
Sayers S, Mott S, Singh G (2011) Fetal growth restriction and 18-year growth and nutritional status: Aboriginal birth cohort 1987-2007 American Journal of Human Biology; 23: (417-419)
Libesman T (2011) Cultural care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out of home care Melbourne: Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011) Dental health of Indigenous children in the Northern Territory: findings from the Closing the gap program Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association (AIDA) has a new website for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary school students which encourages them to consider a career in medicine or health.
The NACCHO National symposium for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ear and hearing health was held 19-21st October 2010 in Sydney.
Wolfenden L, Hardy LL, Wiggers J, Milat AJ, Bell C, Sutherland R (2011) Prevalence and socio-demographic associations of overweight and obesity among children attending child-care services in rural and regional Australia Nutrition & Dietetics; 68: (15–20)
