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Posted: December 6, 2005
The Aboriginal Health Promotion Conference: Taking Control: Our Health, Our Future, held in Fremantle, Western Australia from November 2-4, was organised by the WA Department of Health’s Office of Aboriginal Health and the Department of Health and Ageing. The 2005 conference sub-themes were: What works? Local and national programs which create healthy communities Working together […]

Posted: November 1, 2005
The following summary has been adapted from media releases and information provided by CATSIN, and eContent Management) The book In our own right: black Australian nurses’ stories was launched in Canberra by Steve Larkin, Principal of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS), on 28 September 2005. Invited guests included Dr […]

Posted: October 17, 2005
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 – […]

Posted: October 17, 2005
Hilary Bambrick View PDF Abstract Objective: To determine whether the body mass index (BMI) threshold defined for obesity (30kg/m2) adequately reflects risk in an Aboriginal community with a high rate of Type 2 diabetes. Methods: Data about five diabetes risk factors (age, BMI, waist circumference (WC), hypertension and family history) and fasting glucose (FG) were […]

Posted: October 10, 2005
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 – […]

Posted: October 3, 2005
The following summary has been adapted from information provided by the Office for Women’s Policy, Perth and a media release by Sheila McHale, Minister for Women’s Interests.) The Indigenous women’s report card 2005 was launched on 12 September 2005 at the Indigenous controlled health service, Derbarl Yerrigan, Perth, Western Australia. At the event Sheila McHale, […]

Posted: August 29, 2005
(The following summary has been adapted from media releases and information provided by the ABS, AIHW and ninemsn) The major report The health and welfare of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples 2005, has been jointly released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). The […]

Posted: August 15, 2005
The following summary has been adapted from a media release and information for the general public provided by the Department of Health and Ageing. The Commonwealth Government will be providing free hepatitis A vaccine from 1 November 2005 for all Indigenous children aged five years and under living in Queensland, the Northern Territory, Western Australia […]

Posted: July 19, 2005
The HealthInfoNet conducted a HealthInternet workshop on 4th May 2005 in our new location at the School of Indigenous Australian Studies, Kurongkurl Katitjin, Edith Cowan University, Mount Lawley, WA. Participants in the workshop included Indigenous primary health care and mental health students, from all around Australia, studying at the Centre for Aboriginal Studies at Curtin […]

Posted: July 19, 2005
The following summary has been adapted from media releases provided by the Minister for Health and Ageing, National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) and the ABC The Commonwealth Government has announced a new Medicare-funded annual health check for all Indigenous children from birth to 14 years of age. The new health check will be […]