Men’s places: literature review

Arney F, Westby M (2012)
Men’s places: literature review
Darwin: The Centre for Child Development and Education, Menzies School of Health Research

This literature review examined the prevention of and response to family violence, and focused on the engagement of Indigenous men in remote communities. This report included information on:

• engagement
• barriers to engaging men
• service paradigms
• social exclusion
• changing the orientation of services to engage and support men
• exploring the potential role of a men’s space.

The report highlighted the:

• need to work with Indigenous men
• limitations of mainstream law and order approaches to family violence
• lack of an evidence base for community-based approaches to family violence
• need to use models which represent men’s attitudes to violence, health, service delivery and changes to behavior.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

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Living with aphasia: three Indigenous Australian stories

Armstrong E, Hersh D, Hayward C, Fraser J, Brown M (2012)
Living with aphasia: three Indigenous Australian stories
International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology; 14: (271-280) [Read more...]

Socio-demographic factors and psychological distress in Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian adults aged 18-64 years: analysis of national survey data

Cunningham J, Paradies YC (2012)
Socio-demographic factors and psychological distress in Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian adults aged 18-64 years: analysis of national survey data
BMC Public Health; 12: 95
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The Dampier Peninsula Prevention Project: working with a group of remote Australian Aboriginal communities to address alcohol and drug use

Lee L, Midford R, Malone S (2012)
The Dampier Peninsula Prevention Project: working with a group of remote Australian Aboriginal communities to address alcohol and drug use
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Universal for whom? Evaluating an urban Aboriginal population’s access to a mainstream universal health home visiting program

Widdup J, Comino EJ, Webster V, Knight J (2012)
Universal for whom? Evaluating an urban Aboriginal population’s access to a mainstream universal health home visiting program
Australian Health Review; 36: (27-33) [Read more...]

Pop Arthur

Inception Strategies (2012)
Pop Arthur
Adelaide: Inception Strategies

This comic was produced as part of the National Indigenous palliative care project, and aims to assist Indigenous families and clients in both understanding what is meant by, and highlighting the importance of, advance care planning. [Read more...]

The potential impact of mainstreaming government services and water on the food security of a regional Indigenous community: insights from a focus group

Willis E¹, Pearce M² and Thallon A³ (2012)
The potential impact of mainstreaming government services and water on the food security of a regional Indigenous community: insights from a focus group. Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin 12(3). Retrieved [access date] from http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/the-potential-impact-of-mainstreaming-government-services-and-water-on-the-food-security-of-a-regional-indigenous-community-insights-from-a-focus-group/
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Telling another story: looking for ways of working in partnership with Indigenous Australian people seeking help for alcohol and other drug problems from mainstream services

Hine Moana A (2011)
Telling another story: looking for ways of working in partnership with Indigenous Australian people seeking help for alcohol and other drug problems from mainstream services
Unpublished Masters in Counselling thesis, Victoria University: Melbourne [Read more...]

Theorising survival: Indigenous women and social and emotional wellbeing

Baker J (2012)
Theorising survival: Indigenous women and social and emotional wellbeing
Maleny, QLD: e-Content Management [Read more...]

Rapid point-of-care tests for HIV and sexually transmissible infection control in remote Australia: can they improve Aboriginal people’s and Torres Strait Islanders’ health?

Ward J, Guy R, Huang R, Knox J, Couzos S, Scrimgeour D, Moore L, Leahy T, Hunt J, Donovan B, Kaldor JM (2012)
Rapid point-of-care tests for HIV and sexually transmissible infection control in remote Australia: can they improve Aboriginal people’s and Torres Strait Islanders’ health?
Sexual Health; 9: (109-112) [Read more...]