Topics: Protective and risk factors

Trachoma

16 November, 2011 | Posted in Vol 11 No 4, October 2011 – December 2011  Eye conditions  Infectious conditions  Protective and risk factors  

Maher L, Taylor HR, Barton J (2011) Trachoma NSW Public Health Bulletin; 22: (209)

Indigenous social worker from WA acknowledged for remarkable contributions

14 November, 2011 | Posted in Vol 11 No 4, October 2011 – December 2011  Family violence  Alcohol use  Social issues  Western Australia  

Associate Professor Dawn Bessarab from the Aboriginal Health and Education Unit, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, has won a 2011 Social Worker of the Year award.

Restrictions reap rewards

2 November, 2011 | Posted in Vol 11 No 4, October 2011 – December 2011  Remote  Rural  Alcohol use  Social issues  Western Australia  

Duncan B (2011) Restrictions reap rewards Of Substance; 9: (18-21)

More Indigenous Australians accessing targeted health services

26 October, 2011 | Posted in Vol 11 No 4, October 2011 – December 2011  Health services  Social and emotional wellbeing  Policies  Substance use  

There was a significant increase in the use of services targeted at Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in 2009-10 compared with the previous year, according to a report released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).

A pilot study of Aboriginal health promotion from an ecological perspective

26 October, 2011 | Posted in Vol 11 No 4, October 2011 – December 2011  Health promotion  Nutrition  Physical activity  Victoria  

Reilly RE, Cincotta M, Doyle J, Firebrace BR, Cargo M, van den Tol G, Morgan-Bulled D, Rowley KG (2011) A pilot study of Aboriginal health promotion from an ecological perspective BMC Public Health; 11: 749 Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-749

Stronger futures in the Northern Territory: report on consultations

26 October, 2011 | Posted in Vol 11 No 4, October 2011 – December 2011  Closing the gap  Environmental health  Health services  Injury  Policies  Alcohol use  Social issues  Northern Territory  

Department of Families Housing Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (2011) Stronger futures in the Northern Territory: report on consultations Canberra: Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health services report 2009–10: OATSIH Services Reporting-key results

26 October, 2011 | Posted in Vol 11 No 4, October 2011 – December 2011  Health services  Social and emotional wellbeing  Policies  Substance use  

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health services report 2009–10: OATSIH Services Reporting-key results Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Cardiovascular risk among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal smoking male prisoners: inequalities compared to the wider community

19 October, 2011 | Posted in Vol 11 No 4, October 2011 – December 2011  Cardiovascular disease  Men  Offenders  Protective and risk factors  Tobacco use  Research  

Richmond RL, Wilhelm KA, Indig D, Butler TG, Archer VA, Wodak AD (2011) Cardiovascular risk among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal smoking male prisoners: inequalities compared to the wider community BMC Public Health; 11: 783 Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-783

Estimating cancer incidence in Indigenous Australians

12 October, 2011 | Posted in Vol 11 No 4, October 2011 – December 2011  Cancer  Respiratory disease  Tobacco use  

Zhang X, Condon JR, Rumbold AR, Cunningham J, Roder DM (2011) Estimating cancer incidence in Indigenous Australians Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 35: (477-485)

Slipped capital femoral epiphysis: rising rates with obesity and Aboriginality in South Australia

12 October, 2011 | Posted in Vol 11 No 4, October 2011 – December 2011  Growth  Adolescents  Overweight and obesity  South Australia  

Nguyen AR, Ling J, Antoniou G, Sutherland LM, Cundy PJ, Gomes B (2011) Slipped capital femoral epiphysis: rising rates with obesity and Aboriginality in South Australia Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery; 93-B: (1416-1423)

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