Recent articles

Some reflections on the quality of administrative data for Indigenous Australians: the importance of knowing something about the unknown(s)

Hunter BH, Ayyar A (2009)
Some reflections on the quality of administrative data for Indigenous Australians: the importance of knowing something about the unknown(s). (CAEPR Working Paper Series No. 51/2009)
Canberra: Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research


Australia’s Aboriginal population and mental health

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


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

11 March, 2010 | Posted in Vol 10 No 1, January 2010 - March 2010  Ear health  Children  

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


Birthweight and natural deaths in a remote Australian Aboriginal community

11 March, 2010 | Posted in Vol 10 No 1, January 2010 - March 2010  Births  Deaths  Remote  

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


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

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


Maslow’s hierarchy and social and emotional wellbeing

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


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

4 March, 2010 | Posted in Vol 10 No 1, January 2010 - March 2010  Diabetes  Services  

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


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

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


Psychological and cognitive assessment of Indigenous Australians

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


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

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).