Just released: Summary of Australian Indigenous health 2011

The Summary of Australian Indigenous health status 2011 has been released and is now freely available from the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet website. It provides a plain language summary of the most recent indicators of the health of Indigenous people.

The Summary includes Indigenous-specific information on:

• population
• births
• deaths
• common health problems
• health risk and protective factors.

The Summary has been prepared by the HealthInfoNet as part of its effort to help 'close the gap' by providing the evidence base to inform practice and policy in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health. The Summary aims to make this information available to all people, including those without a specialised knowledge of the health field. The HealthInfoNet makes relevant high quality knowledge and information readily accessible to policy makers, health service providers, program managers, clinicians, researchers and the general community.

Contacts

Spokesperson:

Professor Neil Thomson
Director
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
Ph: (08) 9370 6062
Email: n.thomson@ecu.edu.au

Media contact:

Tara Hoyne
Development & Marketing Manager
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
Ph: (08) 9370 6109
Email: t.hoyne@ecu.edu.au

Links

• View publication: Summary of Australian Indigenous health 2011