Topics: Substance use

Jumping the hurdles for smoking cessation in pregnant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in Australia

23 November, 2011 | Posted in Vol 11 No 4, October 2011 – December 2011  Women  Pregnancy  Tobacco use  

Gould GS, McEwen A, Munn J (2011) Jumping the hurdles for smoking cessation in pregnant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in Australia Journal of Smoking Cessation; 6: (33-36)


Indigenous social worker from WA acknowledged for remarkable contributions

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

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


More Indigenous Australians accessing targeted health services

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).


Stronger futures in the Northern Territory: report on consultations

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

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

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

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)


Ord Valley Aboriginal Health Service’s fetal alcohol spectrum disorders program: Big steps, solid outcome

Bridge P (2011) Ord Valley Aboriginal Health Service’s fetal alcohol spectrum disorders program: Big steps, solid outcome. Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin 11 (4). Retrieved [access date] from http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/ ord-valley-aboriginal-health-service’s-fetal-alcohol-spectrum-disorders-program-big-steps-solid-outcome


Maternal smoking during pregnancy among Aboriginal women in New South Wales is linked to social gradient

Thrift AP, Nancarrow H, Bauman AE (2011) Maternal smoking during pregnancy among Aboriginal women in New South Wales is linked to social gradient Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 35: (337-342)


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