This section provides recent reference details and - where available - links and abstracts for general publications associated with cancer among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. References include journal articles, reports, theses, and other literature. To access our complete database please use our bibliography.
2012
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet (2012)
Summary of Australian Indigenous health, 2011.
Perth, WA: Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
Miller J, Knott VE, Wilson C, Roder D (2012)
A review of community engagement in cancer control studies among Indigenous people of Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the USA.
European Journal of Cancer Care; Early view(http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2354.2012.01325.x):
Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision (2012)
Report on government services 2012: Indigenous compendium.
Canberra: Productivity Commission
This report draws on the Report on government services 2012 to present data specific to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population. It reports on the delivery of mainstream services to Indigenous people including services for:
- early childhood, education and training
- justice
- emergency management
- health
- community services
- housing and homelessness.
Performance reporting focuses on the degree to which objective for a service is met. The report details the objective (outcomes) for each services stated and the performance indicators measuring the achievement of each objective.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Thomson N, MacRae A, Brankovich J, Burns J, Catto M, Gray C, Levitan L, Maling C, Potter C, Ride K, Stumpers S, Urquhart B (2012)
Overview of Australian Indigenous health status, 2011.
Perth, WA: Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
2011
Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council (2011)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework: 2010 report.
Canberra: Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, Department of Health and Ageing
This is the third report developed under the auspice of the Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council to measure progress against the National strategic framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health as well as the more recent measures introduced under Closing the gap national partnerships.
The performance framework reports on the three tiers of health:
- health status and outcomes: this includes measures of prevalence of disease or injury, human function, life expectancy and wellbeing
- measures of the health determinants: this includes socioeconomic status, environmental factors and health behaviours
- health system performance: this includes effectiveness, responsiveness, accessibility and sustainability.
Major findings of the report include:
- a significant decline in Indigenous deaths due to avoidable causes
- narrowing of the mortality gap
- reduction in infant mortality
- chronic diseases are a continuing concern, contributing to two thirds of the health gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians
- there were slight reductions in literacy and numeracy gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students
- risky behaviours, such as smoking and lack of physical activity, were continuing concerns among Indigenous people
- access to, and utilisation of medical services is less than expected given higher levels of illness
- access to medical services is more difficult in remote than non-remote areas.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Cancer Australia (2011)
Lung cancer in Australia: an overview.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2010: detailed analyses.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011)
Cancer in adolescents and young adults in Australia.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Stumpers S, Thomson N, Brankovich J, Burns J, Catto M, Gray C, Maling C, Potter C, Ride K, Urquhart B (2011)
Overview of the health of Indigenous people in Western Australia 2011.
Perth, WA: Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
Thompson SC, Shahid S, Greville HS, Bessarab D (2011)
“A whispered sort of stuff”: a community report on research around Aboriginal people’s beliefs about cancer and experiences of cancer care in Western Australia.
Perth, WA: Cancer Council Western Australia
This report details information about a research project conducted on Aboriginal people's beliefs about cancer, and experiences of cancer care in Western Australia. The report includes information on what the research was about, how the research was conducted, what was found as a result of the research project and what recommendations have been made based on the research findings. The report also outlines how the research has been disseminated, and the associated outcomes that have been achieved since the project's completion.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
White KJ, Roydhouse JK, D'Abrew NK, Katris P, O'Connor M, Emery L (2011)
Unmet psychological and practical needs of patients with cancer in rural and remote areas of Western Australia.
Rural and Remote Health; 11: 1784
Retrieved 17 August 2011 from http://www.rrh.org.au/publishedarticles/article_print_1784.pdf
Willis EM, Dwyer J, Owada K, Couzner L, King D, Wainer J (2011)
Indigenous women’s expectations of clinical care during treatment for a gynaecological cancer: rural and remote differences in expectations.
Australian Health Review; 35(1): 99-103
2010
Australian Bureau of Statistics (2010)
The health and welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, 2010.
Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre (2010)
Ovarian cancer in Australia: an overview, 2010.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2010)
Australia's health 2010: the twelfth biennial report of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australia's health 2010 was released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare as the twelfth edition of its biennial national health report. The report shows that Australia is one of the healthiest nations in the world, with most Australians generally have good health and access to a range of good health care services, but Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples continue to have much poorer health than the general population.
Health information about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is included in various sections of the report but particularly in chapter 5.1 which compiles information about demographic profiles, health status, disability rates and service use. The section highlights that Indigenous Australians are continuing to die at much younger ages than non-Indigenous Australians. Indigenous Australians also continue to have a greater disease burden, higher rates of disability and a lower quality of life than other Australians. The section concludes with information on behaviours and health risk factors that shape the health status of Indigenous peoples such as tobacco use, alcohol misuse, illicit drug use, and housing conditions.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Baade PD, Aitken JF, Ferguson M, Gardiner RA, Chambers SK (2010)
Diagnostic and treatment pathways for men with prostate cancer in Queensland: investigating spatial and demographic inequalities.
BMC Cancer; 10: 452
Retrieved from http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2407-10-452.pdf
Cancer survivor (2010)
My journey through breast cancer.
The Chronicle; 17(2): 24
Christou EM, Damian DL, Thompson JF (2010)
Regressing metastatic melanoma and vitiligo-like depigmentation in an Indigenous Australian [letters].
Medical Journal of Australia; 192(3): 171
Croager EJ, Eades T, Pratt IS, Slevin T (2010)
Impact of a short, culturally relevant training course on cancer knowledge and confidence in Western Australia's Aboriginal health professionals.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 34(s1): S76-S79
Griffiths K, Zhang X, Condon J (2010)
Cancer outcomes for Indigenous Australians (COFIA): heatlh system performance and outcomes for Indigenous Australians with cancer: a national study.
The Chronicle; 17(2): 17
Luke C, Price T, Roder D (2010)
Epidemiology of cancer of the liver and intrahepatic bile ducts in an Australian population.
Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention; 11(6): 1479-1485
Miller J, Knott V, Wilson C, Cunningham J, Condon J, Roder D, Bowden J, Chong A, Doherty T, Griffiths K, McNamara C, Miller C (2010)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cancer control research project.
Canberra: Cancer Australia
Moore SP, O’Rourke PK, Mallitt K-A, Garvey G, Green AC, Coory MD, Valery PC (2010)
Cancer incidence and mortality in Indigenous Australians in Queensland, 1997–2006.
Medical Journal of Australia; 193(10): 590-593
Threlfall TJ, Thompson JR (2010)
Cancer incidence and mortality in Western Australia, 2008.
Perth: Department of Health, Western Australia
Victorian Department of Health (2010)
Men's health and wellbeing strategy 2010–2014.
Melbourne: Department of Health, Victoria
Women’s Health Goulburn North East (2010)
Exposed: a literature review of the issues of women's cancers in Australian Aboriginal communities.
Wangaratta, Vic: Women’s Health Goulburn North East
2009
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre (2009)
Breast cancer in Australia: an overview, 2009.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2009)
BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2005-2006.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Baade P, Turrell G, Aitken J (2009)
Geographical inequalities in colorectal cancer survival: possible implications for Indigenous people.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal; 33(6): 9,14
Carter SM, Hookera LC, Daveya HM (2009)
Writing social determinants into and out of cancer control: an assessment of policy practice.
Social Science & Medicine; 68(8)
Retrieved 23 February 2009 from http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VBF-4VP5700-1&_user=1385697&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000052520&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=1385697&md5=ef4752fc5a8d5170c5260b420b664014
Condon JR, Rumbold AR, Thorn JC, O'Brien MM, Davy MJ, Zardawi I (2009)
A cluster of vulvar cancer and vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia in young Australian Indigenous women.
Cancer Causes and Control; 20(1): 67-74
Croft C (2009)
Chronic conditions prevention and management strategy 2010-2020.
The Chronicle; 15(4): 31
Janakiraman R, Thomas ME (2009)
Does HPV play a role in the outcome of head and neck cancer among Indigenous patients.
ANZ Journal of Surgery; 79(s1): A66
Janda M, DiSipio T, Hurst C, Cella D, Newman B (2009)
The Queensland cancer risk study: general population norms for the functional assessment of cancer therapy-general (FACT-G).
Psycho-Oncology; 18(6): 606-614
Martin JH, Coory MD, Valery PC, Green AC (2009)
Association of diabetes with survival among cohorts of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians with cancer.
Cancer Causes and Control; 20(3): 355-360
Roder D, Currow D (2009)
Cancer in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia.
Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention; 10(5): 729-733
Stumpers S, Thomson N (2009)
Review of cancer among Indigenous peoples.
Retrieved from http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/chronic-conditions/cancer/reviews/our-review
2008
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australasian Association of Cancer Registries (2008)
Cancer in Australia: an overview, 2008.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2008)
Indicators for chronic diseases and their determinants: 2008.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Boffa J (2008)
Cancer care for Indigenous Australians: the great divide [editorial].
Medical Journal of Australia; 188(10): 560-561
Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health (2008)
Chronic conditions program.
Canberra: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health
Cunningham J, Rumbold AR, Zhang X, Condon JR (2008)
Incidence, aetiology, and outcomes of cancer in Indigenous peoples in Australia.
Lancet Oncology; 9(6): 585-595
Luke C, Koczwara B, Karapetis C, Pittman K, Price T, Kotasek D, Beckman K, Brown MP, Roder D (2008)
Exploring the epidemiological characteristics of cancers of unknown primary site in an Australian population: implications for research and clinical care.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 32(4): 383-389
Murdoch S (2008)
Think pink! Stop breast cancer.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal; 32(6): 14-16
Newman C, Butow P, Knight R, McMillan K, Treloar C, Kippax S (2008)
Cancer and Aboriginal people in Australia: a review of the literature.
Critical Public Health; 18(1): 65-75
Newman C, Treloar C, Brener L, Ellard J, O'Connell D, Butow P, Supramaniam R, Dillon A (2008)
Aboriginal patterns of cancer care: a five-year study in New South Wales.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal; 32(3): 6-7
Population Health Division (NSW) (2008)
The health of the people of New South Wales – report of the Chief Health Officer, data book – Aboriginal peoples.
Sydney: NSW Department of Health
2007
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2007)
Rural, regional and remote health: a study on mortality (2nd edition).
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Cancer Council of New South Wales (2007)
No transport no treatment: community transport to health services in NSW.
Sydney: Cancer Council of New South Wales
Condon J (2007)
Submission to Senate Community Affairs Reference Committee inquiry into services and treatment options for persons with cancer.
Casuarina: Menzies School of Health Research
Hoy W, Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan S, Smith J, Sharma S (2007)
Western Australian chronic disease outreach program: Broome Regional Aboriginal Medical Service final report.
Brisbane: Centre for Chronic Disease, University of Queensland and Kidney Disease Research and Prevention
2006
Hoy W, Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan S, Smith J, Sharma S (2006)
Western Australian Chronic Disease Outreach Program: Bega Garnbirringu Health Service, final report.
Brisbane: Centre for Chronic Disease, University of Queensland and Kidney Disease Research and Prevention
National Breast Cancer Centre (2006)
Breast cancer: knowledge to support women in your communities: training workshop for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers, summary report.
Camperdown, NSW: National Breast Cancer Centre
Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, Statistical Information Management Committee (2006)
National summary of the 2003 and 2004 jurisdictional reports against the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance indicators.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
This report is the second national summary of 56 health performance indicators for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The indicators have been developed to monitor whether the health of Indigenous people is improving, and to highlight problem areas and priorities. Although information is given for separate states and territories, the relatively poor quality of current Indigenous health data makes comprehensive comparisons impossible.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Telethon Institute for Child Health Research (2006)
Annual report 2006.
Perth: Telethon Institute for Child Health Research
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