The 2008-2030 National Indigenous Health Equality Targets: suggestions for transforming potential into sustainable health improvements for Indigenous Australians (peer reviewed)

Awofeso, N (2010)
The 2008-2030 National Indigenous Health Equality Targets: suggestions for transforming potential into sustainable health improvements for Indigenous Australians. Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin 10(2). Retrieved [access date] from http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/the-2008-2030-national-indigenous-health-equality-targets-suggestions-for-transforming-potential-into-sustainable-health-improvements-for-indigenous-australians/
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A review of the social and emotional wellbeing of Indigenous Australian peoples – considerations, challenges and opportunities (peer reviewed)

Garvey D (2008)
A review of the social and emotional wellbeing of Indigenous Australian peoples – considerations, challenges and opportunities. Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin 8(4). Retrieved [access date] from http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/a-review-of-the-social-and-emotional-wellbeing-of-indigenous-australian-peoples-considerations-challenges-and-opportunities/ Continue reading

Cultural respect and related concepts: a brief summary of the literature

Neil Thomson

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Shortcomings in the way that the health care system addresses the needs of Australia’s Indigenous peoples have been recognised for many years… The Australian cultural respect framework [has] benefited not only from the earlier work undertaken in Western Australia on cultural security, but also related developments in other countries – particularly the concepts of cultural safety in New Zealand and cultural competence in the United States. It is important, therefore, to provide a general review of cultural respect and related concepts… View review (PDF – 115KB)

Suggested citation: Thomson N (2005) Cultural respect and related concepts: a brief summary of the literature. Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin;5(4): Review 1. Retrieved [access date] from http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/html/html_bulletin/bull_54/reviews/bulletin_reviews_thomson.pdf

Cultural respect and related concepts: a brief summary of the literature

Neil Thomson

Extract from introduction

Shortcomings in the way that the health care system addresses the needs of Australia’s Indigenous peoples have been recognised for many years… The Australian cultural respect framework [has] benefited not only from the earlier work undertaken in Western Australia on cultural security, but also related developments in other countries – particularly the concepts of cultural safety in New Zealand and cultural competence in the United States. It is important, therefore, to provide a general review of cultural respect and related concepts… View review