Topics: Western Australia

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

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)

Improving the accuracy of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal disease notification rates using data linkage.

30 July, 2008 | Posted in Vol 8 No 3  Sexual health  Western Australia  

Mak DB, Watkins RE (2008)
Improving the accuracy of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal disease notification rates using data linkage.
BMC Health Services Research;8:Article 118

Beyond policy and planning and into practice: getting sexual health on the agenda in Aboriginal communities in Western Australia.

14 July, 2008 | Posted in Vol 8 No 3  Sexual health  Western Australia  

Thompson SC, Greville HS, Param R (2008)
Beyond policy and planning and into practice: getting sexual health on the agenda in Aboriginal communities in Western Australia.
Australia and New Zealand Health Policy;5(3):28

Delivering improvements in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child and maternal health

10 July, 2008 | Posted in Vol 8 No 3  Births  Children  Women  Pregnancy  Western Australia  

Hayward C, Scrine C, Venz T, Smith M (2008)
Delivering improvements in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child and maternal health.
Perth: Telethon Institute of Child Research and Rio Tinto Child Health Partnership

The effect of passive smoking on the risk of otitis media in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children in the Kalgoorlie-Boulder region of Western Australia

8 July, 2008 | Posted in Vol 8 No 3  Ear health  Tobacco use  Western Australia  

Jacoby PA, Coates HL, Arumugaswamy A, Elsbury D, Stokes A, et al. (2008)
The effect of passive smoking on the risk of otitis media in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children in the Kalgoorlie-Boulder region of Western Australia.
Medical Journal of Australia;188(10):599-603

Effect of swimming pools on antibiotic use and clinic attendance for infections in two Aboriginal communities in Western Australia.

4 July, 2008 | Posted in Vol 8 No 3  Ear health  Children  Western Australia  

Silva D, Lehmann D, Tennant M, Jacoby P, Wright H, et al. (2008)
Effect of swimming pools on antibiotic use and clinic attendance for infections in two Aboriginal communities in Western Australia.
Medical Journal of Australia;188(10):594-598

Indigenous perinatal mental health resources

15 April, 2008 | Posted in Vol 8 No 2  Births  Cultural ways  Women  Social and emotional wellbeing  Western Australia  

WA Perinatal Mental Health Unit (2007)
Indigenous perinatal mental health resources
Subiaco, WA: WA Perinatal Mental Health Unit, Women and Newborn Health Service, Department of Health

The reach and efficacy of ear health programs in primary school children in the Goldfields South East Health region

1 April, 2008 | Posted in Vol 8 No 2  Ear health  Western Australia  

Doyle JE (2007)
The reach and efficacy of ear health programs in primary school children in the Goldfields South East Health region.