Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin

Australia’s Aboriginal population and mental health

christine — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:15:30 +0000

Parker R (2010)
Australia’s Aboriginal population and mental health.
Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease;198(1):1-83 (more…)

Single-dose azithromycin versus seven days of amoxycillin in the treatment of acute otitis media in Aboriginal children (AATAAC): a double blind, randomised controlled trial

christine — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:15:20 +0000

Morris PS, Gadil G, McCallum GB, Wilson CA, Smith-Vaughan HC, et al. (2010)
Single-dose azithromycin versus seven days of amoxycillin in the treatment of acute otitis media in Aboriginal children (AATAAC): a double blind, randomised controlled trial.
Medical Journal of Australia;192(1):24-29 (more…)

Birthweight and natural deaths in a remote Australian Aboriginal community

christine — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:15:07 +0000

Hoy WE, Nicol JL (2010)
Birthweight and natural deaths in a remote Australian Aboriginal community.
Medical Journal of Australia;192(1):14-19 (more…)

“Echo Clusters” - Are they a unique phenomenon of Indigenous attempted and completed suicide?

christine — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:14:55 +0000

Hanssens L (2010)
“Echo Clusters” - Are they a unique phenomenon of Indigenous attempted and completed suicide?
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal;34(1):17-26 (more…)

Maslow’s hierarchy and social and emotional wellbeing

christine — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:42:20 +0000

Gorman D (2010)
Maslow’s hierarchy and social and emotional wellbeing.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal;34(1):27-29 (more…)

Assessing quality of diabetes care and its variation in Aboriginal community health centres in Australia

christine — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:41:36 +0000

Si D, Bailie R, Dowden M, Kennedy C, Cox R, et al. (2010)
Assessing quality of diabetes care and its variation in Aboriginal community health centres in Australia.
Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews;(Early View):10.1002/dmrr.1062 (more…)

Strong Souls: development and validation of a culturally appropriate tool for assessment of social and emotional well-being in Indigenous youth

christine — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:41:17 +0000

Thomas A, Cairney S, Gunthorpe W, Paradies Y, Sayers S (2010)
Strong Souls: development and validation of a culturally appropriate tool for assessment of social and emotional well-being in Indigenous youth.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry;44(1):40-48 (more…)

Psychological and cognitive assessment of Indigenous Australians

christine — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:40:10 +0000

Dingwall KM, Cairney S (2010)
Psychological and cognitive assessment of Indigenous Australians.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry;44(1):20-30 (more…)

The new Lowitja Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Research launched

Alison — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:30:09 +0000

The new Lowitja Institute, launched in February 2010, will focus on Indigenous health research and will host the Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health (CRCATSIH). (more…)

Melioidosis in the Northern Territory

christine — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:34:32 +0000

Currie B (2009)
Melioidosis in the Northern Territory.
The Northern Territory Disease Control Bulletin;16(4):12-14 (more…)

Are the processes recommended by the NHMRC for improving Cardiac Rehabilitation (CR) for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people being implemented?: an assessment of CR Services across Western Australia

christine — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:33:19 +0000

Thompson SC, DiGiacomo ML, Smith JS, Taylor KP, Dimer L, et al. (2009)
Are the processes recommended by the NHMRC for improving Cardiac Rehabilitation (CR) for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people being implemented?: an assessment of CR Services across Western Australia.
Australia and New Zealand Health Policy;6(29) (more…)

Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy-treated bone and joint infections in a tropical setting

christine — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:32:32 +0000

White HA, Davis JS, Kittler P, Currie BJ (2009)
Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy-treated bone and joint infections in a tropical setting.
Internal Medicine Journal;Accepted Article:1-25 (more…)

Enhancing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people’s resilience to blood-borne and sexually transmitted infections: findings from a community-based participatory research project

christine — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:31:01 +0000

Mooney-Somers J, Erick W, Scott R, Akee A, Kaldor J, et al. (2009)
Enhancing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people’s resilience to blood-borne and sexually transmitted infections: findings from a community-based participatory research project.
Health Promotion Journal of Australia;20(3):195-201 (more…)

‘Radical hope’ and rain: climate change and the mental health of Indigenous residents of northern Australia

christine — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:29:32 +0000

Hunter E (2009)
‘Radical hope’ and rain: climate change and the mental health of Indigenous residents of northern Australia.
Australasian Psychiatry;17(6):445-452 (more…)

Service activity reporting: Bringing Them Home and Link Up counsellors 2007-08

Ineke — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:46:36 +0000

Department of Health and Ageing (2009)
Service activity reporting: Bringing Them Home and Link Up counsellors 2007-08
Canberra: Australian Government

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander carers: caring for our people

Ineke — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:36:19 +0000

National Respite for Carers Program (2009)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander carers: caring for our people
Canberra: National Respite for Carers Program (more…)

Developing a web resource for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers

christine — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:10:49 +0000

Weston A (2009)
Developing a web resource for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers.
The Chronicle;15(4):32 (more…)

Didgeridoo playing and singing to support asthma management in Aboriginal Australians

christine — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:40:01 +0000

Eley R, Gorman D (2010)
Didgeridoo playing and singing to support asthma management in Aboriginal Australians.
The Journal of Rural Health;26(1):100-104 (more…)

An assessment of climate change impacts and adaptation for the Torres Strait Islands, Australia

christine — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:39:48 +0000

Green D, Alexander L, Mclnnes K, Church J, Nicholls N, et al. (2009)
An assessment of climate change impacts and adaptation for the Torres Strait Islands, Australia.
Climatic Change (more…)

Protecting our mob from the pandemic: deployment of an Indigenous-led specialist mobile flu clinic team in response to an emerging public health threat (H1N1 09 swine flu)

christine — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:38:57 +0000

Hunter KB, Carter J, Kewley C (2009)
Protecting our mob from the pandemic: deployment of an Indigenous-led specialist mobile flu clinic team in response to an emerging public health threat (H1N1 09 swine flu).
Aboriginal and Health Worker Journal;33(6):30-33 (more…)

Building bridges: learning from the experts: building bridges to implement successful life promotion and suicide prevention expertise across Aboriginal communities

Ineke — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:59:29 +0000

Centre for Rural & Remote Mental Health Queensland (2009)
Building bridges: learning from the experts: building bridges to implement successful life promotion and suicide prevention expertise across Aboriginal communities.
Cairns, QLD: Centre for Rural & Remote Mental Health Queensland (more…)

We don’t shoot our wounded: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander victims of family violence access to justice and access to services in the ACT

olivier1 — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:49:20 +0000

ACT Victims of Crime Coordinator (2009)
We don’t shoot our wounded: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander victims of family violence access to justice and access to services in the ACT.
Canberra: ACT Government (more…)

Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre Aboriginal knowledge and intellectual property protocol: community guide

kathy — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:34:06 +0000

Orr M, Kenny P, Gorey IN, Mir A, Cox E, Wilson J. (2009)
Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre Aboriginal knowledge and intellectual property protocol: community guide
Alice Springs: Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre (more…)

Dental caries risk indicators among Australian Aboriginal young adults

christine — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:17:09 +0000

Jamieson LM, Roberts-Thomson K, Sayers S (2010)
Dental caries risk indicators among Australian Aboriginal young adults.
Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology;(Early View):1-9 (more…)

Prime Minister Rudd delivers his second Closing the Gap statement to Parliament

Jane — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:18:00 +0000

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd delivered his second Closing the Gap statement to Parliament on 11 February 2010. He defended the present Government’s record on reducing Indigenous disadvantage. (more…)

Failure to vaccinate or failure of vaccine? Effectiveness of the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine program in Indigenous adults in the Northern Territory of Australia

christine — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:23:36 +0000

Moberley S, Krause V, Cook H, Mulholland K, Carapetis J, et al. (2010)
Failure to vaccinate or failure of vaccine? Effectiveness of the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine program in Indigenous adults in the Northern Territory of Australia.
Vaccine;(Article in Press) (more…)

The influence of Indigenous food procurement techniques on populations of cyanobacteria in pre-European Australia: a potential small-scale water amelioration tool

christine — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:23:24 +0000

Sadgrove NJ (2010)
The influence of Indigenous food procurement techniques on populations of cyanobacteria in pre-European Australia: a potential small-scale water amelioration tool.
EcoHealth;Online first(DOI: 10.1007/s10393-010-0276-3):1-14 (more…)

Pneumonia risk stratification in tropical Australia: does the SMART-COP score apply?

christine — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:23:10 +0000

Davis JS, Cross GB, Charles PGP, Currie BJ, Anstey NM, et al. (2010)
Pneumonia risk stratification in tropical Australia: does the SMART-COP score apply?
Medical Journal of Australia;192(3):133-136 (more…)

Risk indicators for severe impaired oral health among indigenous Australian young adults

christine — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:22:27 +0000

Jamieson LM, Roberts-Thomson KF, Sayers SM (2010)
Risk indicators for severe impaired oral health among indigenous Australian young adults.
BMC Oral Health;10(1) (more…)

Glomerulonephritis and managing the risks of chronic renal disease

christine — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:59:19 +0000

Singh GR (2009)
Glomerulonephritis and managing the risks of chronic renal disease.
Pediatric Clinics of North America;56(6):1363-1382 (more…)