Brief reports

Posted: October 4, 2011
Bridge P (2011) Ord Valley Aboriginal Health Service’s fetal alcohol spectrum disorders program: Big steps, solid outcome. Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin 11 (4). Retrieved [access date] from http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/ord-valley-aboriginal-health-service’s-fetal-alcohol-spectrum-disorders-program-big-steps-solid-outcome

Posted: December 1, 2010
Carroll E, Davis JS (2010) Incomplete hepatitis B Screening prevents an adequate public health response in Aboriginal communities. Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin 10 (4). Retrieved [access date] from http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/incomplete-hepatitis-b-screening-prevents-an-adequate-public-health-response-in-aboriginal-communities

Posted: October 12, 2009
Kowanko I, Stewart T, Power C, Fraser R, Love I, Bromley T (2009) An Aboriginal family and community healing program in metropolitan Adelaide: description and evaluation. Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin 10 (3). Retrieved [access date] from http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/an-aboriginal-family-and-community-healing-program-in-metropolitan-adelaide-description-and-evaluation/

Posted: October 17, 2006
Jane Burns and Neil Thomson Abstract The worldwide ‘epidemic’ of obesity includes Australia, particularly Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Levels of overweight and obesity are similar for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people, but, importantly, the proportion of obese Indigenous people is considerably higher than that of obese non-Indigenous people. The difference in levels of obesity […]

Posted: January 10, 2006
Dein Vindigni Reproduced with permission from Massage Australia and the author. All rights reserved. For reprint information contact Massage Australia, email:info@massageaustralia.com.au   Small steps towards a better future. Sports Massage. An opportunity for addressing pain, disability and other major causes of morbidity and mortality in the Aboriginal community. ‘You white people keep telling us Aboriginals […]

Posted: January 10, 2005
Rachel Molloy, MSIA; Bev Greet, VACCHO; Ken Knight, MAHS Suggested citation: Molloy R, Greet B, Knight K (2005) Don’t let your community get bitten. Ask for a snake. Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin;5(1): Brief report 1. Retrieved [access date] from http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/html/html_bulletin/bull_51/brief_reports/bulletin_brief_reports_snake.htm On 28 March 2004 Mildura celebrated the launch of Australia’s first ever Indigenous friendly socially marketed […]

Posted: April 10, 2003
Beryl Meiklejohn, Judy Ann Wollin, Yvonne Lorraine Cadet-James View PDF Abstract The number of Indigenous registered nurses (RNs) in Australia is disproportionately small when compared with the population numbers. Strategies to increase recruitment, retention and successful completion of the Bachelor of Nursing (BN) at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) have included: strong collaboration at School, […]

Posted: January 10, 2003
The following summary was organised by project staff and members of the Say No to Smokes Advisory Committee and is reproduced with the permission of Project Coordinator in 2002, Leanne Woods. Suggested citation: Say No To Smokes Advisory Committee (2003, 16 January) Say no to smokes project. Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin, 3(1), Brief report 1. Retrieved […]

Posted: October 10, 2002
Suggested citation: Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (2002, 1 October) The RACGP Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Project. Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin, 2(4), Brief report 2. Retrieved [access date] from http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/html/html_bulletin/bull_24/bulletin_brief_reports_cervical.htm The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Project is about supporting general practitioners (GPs) to improve […]

Posted: October 10, 2002
Suggested citation: Leahy J (2002, 1 October) ‘Quick meals for Kooris’. Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin, 2(4), Brief report 1. Retrieved [access date] from http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/html/html_bulletin/bull_24/bulletin_brief_reports_meals.htm ‘Quick meals for Kooris’ is a ‘hands-on’ cooking program that was designed to assist urban Aboriginal people to cook healthy meals for the family. It is delivered in two three-hour sessions and […]