Topics: Women

Working with Indigenous survivors of sexual assault

15 July, 2008 | Posted in Vol 8 No 3  Family violence  Injury  Women  Social and emotional wellbeing  

Cox D (2008)
Working with Indigenous survivors of sexual assault. (ACSSA Wrap no.5)
Melbourne: Australian Centre for the Study of Sexual Assault


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


Inhalant abuse flipcharts

1 July, 2008 | Posted in Vol 8 No 3  Substance use  Inhalant misuse  Male health  Women  

Cairney S, Fitz J (2008)
When men and boys sniff [flip chart].
Darwin: Menzies School of Health Research and Niblock Publishing
Cairney S, Fitz J (2008)
When girls and women sniff [flip chart].
Darwin: Menzies School of Health Research and Niblock Publishing


Pregnancy characteristics of women giving birth to children with fetal alcohol syndrome in Far North Queensland

27 June, 2008 | Posted in Vol 8 No 2  Substance use  Alcohol misuse  Women  Pregnancy  Queensland  

Coyne KL, De Costa CM, Heazlewood RJ, Newman HC (2008)
Pregnancy characteristics of women giving birth to children with fetal alcohol syndrome in Far North Queensland.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology;48(3):240-247


Breast and cervical cancer in Indigenous women: overcoming barriers to early detection

22 May, 2008 | Posted in Vol 8 No 2  Cancer  Women  

Reath J, Carey M (2008)
Breast and cervical cancer in Indigenous women: overcoming barriers to early detection.
Australian Family Physician;37(3):178-182


Indigenous perinatal mental health resources

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