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Posted: November 25, 2004
The 5th National Indigenous Environmental Health Conference was hosted by NSW Health for the enHealth Council and the National Indigenous Environmental Health Forum (NIEHF). The conference was held at Terrigal, Central Coast, NSW on 3 – 4 November 2004. The conference theme ‘Today, tomorrow – together’ followed from the previous conference (2002) ‘It’s in our […]

Posted: October 17, 2004
his review is also available as a downloadable PDF using Adobe Acrobat. Suggested citation:  O’Neill M, Kirov E, Thomson N (2004) A review of the literature on disability services for Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander peoples. Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin;4(4): Reviews 2. Retrieved [access date] from http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/html/html_bulletin//bull_44/reviews/oneill/reviews_oneill_1.htm   Acknowledgments Introduction Methodology Acknowledgments Particular thanks are extended to: […]

Posted: October 17, 2004
Preface Acknowledgments Introduction The context of Indigenous health Births and pregnancy outcome Mortality Hospitalisation Selected health conditions Disability Health risk factors Health expenditure Concluding comments Glossaries Endnotes References Abbreviations   This review is also available as a downloadable PDF using Adobe Acrobat. Suggested citation:  Thomson N, Burns J, Burrow S, Kirov E (2004) Overview of Indigenous […]

Posted: October 14, 2004
The following summary has been adapted from the 13 September 2004, University of Western Australia media release and David King’s article in The Australian, 15th September 2004. Dr Sandra Eades has become Australia’s first Aboriginal medical doctor to be awarded a Doctorate of philosophy for her investigation of the health of Aboriginal women and children […]

Posted: October 1, 2004
The following summary has been adapted from the 25 August 2004, University of Melbourne media release. The launch of the CDAMS Indigenous Health curriculum framework by former Governor-General, Sir William Deane and senior Indigenous health authority, Professor Lowitja O’Donoghue, was held on 27August 2004, at the Koorie Heritage Trust, Melbourne. The nationally agreed curriculum framework […]

Posted: September 9, 2004
The following summary has been adapted from the 24 August 2004 National Institute of Clinical Studies media release. The Cochrane Users Award was established by the National Institute of Clinical Studies (NICS), Australia’s national agency for helping close gaps between best available evidence and current clinical practice. Among winners in the second annual award were: […]

Posted: August 23, 2004
The following summary has been adapted from the Be Active Australia section of the National Public Health Partnership website. The draft Be Active Australia – a National Physical Activity for Health Action Plan (now renamed Active Australia: A Health Sector Framework for Action 2005 -2010) was released in April 2004 for consultation. Consultations took place […]

Posted: July 20, 2004
The Aboriginal Health 2004 Conference – the third in a series of biennial conferences held in Perth, Western Australia – was conducted 1 – 2 July. The 2004 conference theme – Partnerships for Better Health – recognises the importance of various groups working together to improve the health of Aboriginal people. Conference delegates from across […]

Posted: July 17, 2004
Hilary Bambrick View PDF Abstract Objectives To assess patterns of alcohol consumption in people with and without diabetes. Methods Location was a large Aboriginal community in southeast Queensland. Participants with diagnosed diabetes were identified through the hospital database (49 women, 38 men), and never-diagnosed participants recruited through random household sampling (62 women, 55 men). Alcohol […]

Posted: July 1, 2004
The following summary has been adapted from the 5 May 2004 Department of Health and Ageing media release Indigenous Australians continue to have a life expectancy approximately 20 years less than the community average. Regular health checks help reduce or prevent serious illness. The Australian Government has introduced a new Medicare funded health check for […]