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Shadow report 2012: on Australian governments’ progress towards closing the gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians

22 February, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 1, January 2012 – March 2012  Closing the gap  Deaths  Health services  Policies  

Close the Gap Campaign Steering Committee (2012)
Shadow report 2012: on Australian governments’ progress towards closing the gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians
Melbourne: Oxfam Australia [Read more...]

Sad news, sorry business: guidelines for caring for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through death and dying

22 February, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 1, January 2012 – March 2012  Cultural ways  Palliative care  Queensland  Indigenous health workers  

Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health Branch Queensland Health (2011)
Sad news, sorry business: guidelines for caring for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through death and dying
Brisbane: Queensland Health [Read more...]

Healthy lifestyle programs for physical activity and nutrition

22 February, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 1, January 2012 – March 2012  Chronic conditions  Diabetes  Physical activity  

Closing the Gap Clearinghouse (2012)
Healthy lifestyle programs for physical activity and nutrition
Canberra: Closing the Gap Clearinghouse [Read more...]

Mental health, criminal justice and culture: some ways forward?

22 February, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 1, January 2012 – March 2012  Cultural ways  Deaths  Social and emotional wellbeing  Offenders  Protective and risk factors  Substance use  

Jones R, Day A (2011)
Mental health, criminal justice and culture: some ways forward?
Australasian Psychiatry; 19: (325-330) [Read more...]

Promoting fit bodies, healthy eating and physical activity among Indigenous Australian men: a study protocol

22 February, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 1, January 2012 – March 2012  Cultural ways  Health  Nutrition  Men  Protective and risk factors  Physical activity  Research  Social determinants  

Ricciardelli LA, Mellor D, McCabe MP, Mussap AJ, Hallford DJ, Tyler M (2012)
Promoting fit bodies, healthy eating and physical activity among Indigenous Australian men: a study protocol
BMC Public Health; 12: 28
Retrieved 11 January 2012 from http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2458-12-28.pdf [Read more...]

Listening to Indigenous health workers: helping to explain the disconnect between policy and practice in oral health role development in remote Australia

22 February, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 1, January 2012 – March 2012  Oral health  Policies  Remote  Indigenous health workers  

Walker D, Tennant M, Short SD (2011)
Listening to Indigenous health workers: helping to explain the disconnect between policy and practice in oral health role development in remote Australia
Health Education Journal; 70: (400-406) [Read more...]

Prevalence of polycystic ovary syndrome in a sample of Indigenous women in Darwin, Australia

22 February, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 1, January 2012 – March 2012  Diabetes  Sexual health  Urban  Women  Pregnancy  Protective and risk factors  Overweight and obesity  Northern Territory  

Boyle JA, Cunningham J, O’Dea K, Dunbar T, Norman RJ (2012)
Prevalence of polycystic ovary syndrome in a sample of Indigenous women in Darwin, Australia
Medical Journal of Australia; 196: (62-66) [Read more...]

Closing the gap – Prime Minister’s report 2012

15 February, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 1, January 2012 – March 2012  Closing the gap  Housing  Child protection  Chronic conditions  Infants and young children  Education  

Department of Families Housing Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (2012)
Closing the gap – Prime Minister’s report 2012
Canberra: Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs [Read more...]

The Koori kook up at Bellambi Neighbourhood Centre

15 February, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 1, January 2012 – March 2012  Health promotion  Nutrition  Protective and risk factors  New South Wales  Indigenous health workers  

Porter S, Donovan S, Henry M, Venables S, Cottom A (2011)
The Koori kook up at Bellambi Neighbourhood Centre
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal; 35: (8-9) [Read more...]

Culture versus gender how the mainstream criminal court system is still getting it wrong

15 February, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 1, January 2012 – March 2012  Cultural ways  Family violence  Justice  Offenders  Victoria  

Marchetti E (2011)
Culture versus gender how the mainstream criminal court system is still getting it wrong
Indigenous Law Bulletin; 7: (27-30) [Read more...]

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