This section provides recent reference details and - where available - links and abstracts for publications associated with respiratory disease in general 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
Thomson N, Burns J, McLoughlin N (2012)
The impact of health on the education of Indigenous children.
In: Beresford Q, Partington G, Gower G, eds. Reform and resistance in Aboriginal education: fully revised edition. Revised ed. Perth, WA: UWA Publishing: 202-234
The revised edition of Reform and resistance in Aboriginal education reflects on the challenges and achievements that have occurred for both teachers and students in this significant area of education since the book's original release in 2003. The chapter, The impact of health on the education of Indigenous children, reviews the specific health issues currently affecting Indigenous children, and how these issues impact on their education. The chapter provides a summary of key indicators of Indigenous health status.
Prevalent issues and indicators discussed include:
- infant mortality and birthweight status
- nutrition
- substance use
- anaemia
- ear disease and hearing loss
- infectious diseases
- eye conditions
- oral health
- injuries
- social and emotional wellbeing.
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 Institute of Health and Welfare (2011)
2009 adult vaccination survey: summary results.
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)
Contribution of chronic disease to the gap in mortality between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011)
Expenditure on health for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 2008–09: an analysis by remoteness and disease.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011)
Key indicators of progress for chronic disease and associated determinants: data report.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011)
Life expectancy and mortality of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011)
The health and welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: an overview 2011.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
This overview is a summary of Indigenous health and welfare at the national level. Topics covered include:
- demographic characteristics
- determinants of health and welfare: socioeconomic factors, housing, community capacity, behavioural factors, and social and emotional wellbeing
- health and functioning: disability, community functioning, and health conditions
- mortality and life expectancy of mothers and babies, children, young people and older people
- health care and support services, including health and welfare expenditure.
The report compares Indigenous statistics to the non-Indigenous statistics on the same health and welfare issues and provides time series data where available. It relates the picture of Indigenous health and welfare to the goals set by the Council of Australian Governments and the raft of measures under Closing the gap agreement aimed at reducing the health gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. For the first time, the report looks at the impact of chronic diseases on the life expectancy gap, currently estimated to be 12 years for men and 10 years for women. It shows that about 80% of the mortality gap can be attributed to chronic diseases, most significantly heart diseases (22%), diabetes (12%) and liver diseases (11%).
The report is accompanied by nine online papers on specific topics, available from the Indigenous observatory: Indigenous life expectancy and mortality, child safety, eye health, disability, access to health services, chronic disease and older people.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Binks MJ, Cheng AC, Smith-Vaughan H, Sloots T, Nissen M, Whiley D, McDonnell J, Leach AJ (2011)
Viral-bacterial co-infection in Australian Indigenous children with acute otitis media.
BMC Infectious Diseases; 11: 161
Retrieved 7 June 2011 from http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-11-161
Einsiedel L, Fernandes L, Spelman T, Steinfort D, Gotuzzo E (2011)
Bronchiectasis is associated with Human T-Lymphotropic Virus 1 infection in an Indigenous Australian population.
Clinical Infectious Diseases; 54(1): 43-50
Hull B, Dey A, Mahajan D, Menzies R, McIntyre PB (2011)
Immunisation coverage annual report, 2009.
Communicable Diseases Intelligence; 35(2): 132-148
Jacoby P, Carville KS, Hall G, Riley TV, Bowman J, Leach AJ, Lehmann D (2011)
Crowding and other strong predictors of upper respiratory tract carriage of otitis media-related bacteria in Australian Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children.
Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal; 30(6): 480-485
JowseyT, Yen L, Aspin C, Ward NJ, The SCIPPS Team (2011)
People I can call on: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander experiences of chronic illness. Community report. Serious and Continuing Illness Policy and Practice Study.
Canberra: Menzies Centre for Health Policy
O’Grady KF, Revell A, Maguire GP, Millonig R, Newman MA, Reid DW, Hill DC, Chang AB (2011)
Lung health care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Queenslanders: breathing easy is not so easy.
Australian Health Review; 35(4): 512-519
Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision (2011)
Report on government services 2011: Indigenous compendium.
Canberra: Productivity Commission
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
Westphal DW, Thomas DP, Johnston V (2011)
‘Healthy Starts Study’- helping to make Indigenous babies healthier.
The Chronicle; 20(1): 5-6
Yip TW (2011)
Pertussis outbreak in Central Australia 2010.
The Northern Territory Disease Control Bulletin; 18(3): 1-7
2010
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2010)
Asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and other respiratory diseases in Australia.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Einarsdóttir K, Preen DB, Sanfilippo FM, Reeve R, Emery JD, D'Arcy C, Holman J (2010)
Mortality in Western Australian seniors with chronic respiratory diseases: a cohort study.
BMC Public Health; 10: 385
Retrieved from http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2458-10-385.pdf
Gordon R (2010)
Factors that contribute to chronic disease in Aboriginal people.
Sydney: NSW Department of Health
Hocking S, Draper G, Somerford P, XiaoJ, Weeramanthri T (2010)
The Western Australian Chief Health Officer’s report 2010.
Perth, WA: Western Australian Department of Health
Johnston V, Walker N, Thomas DP, Glover M, Chang AB, Bullen C, Morris P, Brown N, Vander Hoorn S, Borland R, Segan C, Trenholme A, Mason T, Fenton D, Ellis K (2010)
The study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of a family-centred tobacco control program about environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) to reduce respiratory illness in Indigenous infants.
BMC Public Health; (10): 114
Retrieved from http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2458-10-114.pdf
Johnston V, Walker N, Thomas DP, Glover M, Chang AB, Bullen C, Morris P, Brown N, Vander Hoorn S, Borland R, Segan C, Trenholme A, Mason T, Fenton D, Ellis K (2010)
The study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of a family-centred tobacco control program about environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) to reduce respiratory illness in Indigenous infants.
BMC Public Health; 10: 114
Retrieved 7 March 2010 from http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2458-10-114.pdf
Moore HC, Jacoby P, Taylor A, Harnett G, Bowman J, Riley TV, Reuter K, Smith DW, Lehmann D (2010)
The interaction between respiratory viruses and pathogenic bacteria in the upper respiratory tract of asymptomatic Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children.
Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal; 29(6): 540-545
O'Grady K-AF, Chang AB (2010)
Lower respiratory infections in Australian Indigenous children.
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health; 46(9): 461-465
O'Grady KA, Lee KJ, Carlin JB, Torzillo PJ, Chang AB, Mulholland EK, Lambert SB, Andrews RM (2010)
Increased risk of hospitalization for acute lower respiratory tract infection among Australian Indigenous infants 5-23 months of age following pneumococcal vaccination: a cohort study.
Clinical Infectious Diseases; 50(7): 970-978
O’Grady K-AF, Torzillo PJ, Chang AB (2010)
Hospitalisation of Indigenous children in the Northern Territory for lower respiratory illness in the first year of life.
Medical Journal of Australia; 192(10): 586-590
O’Grady KF, Revell A, Maguire G, Millonig R, Newman M, Reid D, Hill DC, Chang AB (2010)
Lung health services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Queensland.
Brisbane: Queensland Health
This publication reports on a project conducted by the Queensland Statewide Respiratory Clinical Network which addressed the limited information relating to lung health among Indigenous people in Queensland and the availability of health services and resources to prevent, intervene and control chronic lung disease. The project consisted of; literature reviews, the analysis of morbidity and mortality data, a survey of health service providers and interviews with hospital health professionals, Aboriginal community controlled health organisations and other key stakeholders.
The project found that Indigenous people from Queensland experience significant disadvantage and the health services available do not meet needs, the identification of Indigenous people is poor, the health workforce does not have adequate Indigenous representation, health services are under-resourced and culturally appropriate services are limited in many areas of Queensland. The recommendations generated from the project apply to a broad range of stakeholders.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Pierce R, Antic R, Chang A, Howard M, James A, Maguire G, Matthiesson A, Musk B, Roseby R, Simpson G, Torzillo P (2010)
Respiratory and sleep health in Indigenous Australians.
Sydney: Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand
This report details the burden of respiratory and sleep symptoms in Indigenous Australians for the purpose of identifying and making recommendations on healthcare goals and strategies to improve respiratory health among this group. The report describes the prevalence, mortality and morbidity of acute and chronic respiratory disease and sleep disorders in Indigenous Australians and discusses specific disease issues. The report also investigates existing health service resources and includes case studies of Indigenous patients with respiratory and sleep health problems.
To conclude, the paper presents a strategic framework for respiratory and sleep health care, a summary of the major issues relating to respiratory and sleep health and offers recommendations on how to reduce premature deaths and morbidity of chronic respiratory disease in Indigenous Australians. The report was commissioned by the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand, the Australasian Sleep Association and the Australian Lung Foundation.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Queensland Health (2010)
Making tracks toward closing the gap in health outcomes for Indigenous Queenslanders by 2033.
Brisbane: Queensland Health
Queensland Health (2010)
The health of Queenslanders 2010. Third report of the Chief Health Officer Queensland.
Brisbane: Queensland Health
Senanayake SN (2010)
Australia’s health 2010: an overview of infectious diseases [editorial].
Medical Journal of Australia; 193(5): 256-257
2009
Cancer Council Northern Territory (2009)
Health risks of passive smoking: position statement.
The Chronicle; 14(3): 18-20
Chang AB, Chang CC, O'Grady K, Torzillo PJ (2009)
Lower respiratory tract infections.
Pediatric Clinics of North America; 56(6): 1303-1321
Green D, Jackson S, Morrison J (2009)
Risks from climate change to Indigenous communities in the tropical north of Australia.
Canberra: Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency
Howard M (2009)
Healthy breathing and heart: stage 2: final report for the National Rural Primary Health Projects Initiative.
Darwin: Charles Darwin University
Roe Y, McDermott RA (2009)
Effect of swimming pools on antibiotic use and clinic attendance for infections in two Aboriginal communities in Western Australia (letter).
Medical Journal of Australia; 190(10): 602
Sayers S, Singh G, Mott S, McDonnell J, Hoy W (2009)
Relationships between birthweight and biomarkers of chronic disease in childhood: Aboriginal Birth Cohort Study 1987–2001.
Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology; 23(6): 548-556
Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (2009)
The health of Aboriginal Victorians, 2009.
Melbourne: Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation
Webby R, Nagy C, Krause V (2009)
Childhood immunisation coverage and timeliness in the NT.
Northern Territory Disease Control Bulletin; 16(2): 12-15
2008
Australian Lung Foundation (2008)
Northern Centre for Lung and Sleep Health: a proposal for a dedicated respiratory service in the Northern Territory.
Darwin: Australian Lung Foundation
Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre (2008)
Bushfire smoke and public health.
Melbourne: Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre
Chang AB, Torzillo PJ (2008)
Respiratory infection (including Bronchiectasis).
In: Couzos S, Murray R, eds. Aboriginal primary health care: an evidence-based approach. 3rd ed. South Melbourne: Oxford University Press: 355-385
Clucas DB, Carville KS, Connors C, Currie B, Carapetis J, Andrews R (2008)
Disease burden and health-care clinic attendances for young children in remote Aboriginal communities of northern Australia.
Bulletin of the World Health Organization; 86(4): 275-281
Einsiedel L, Fernandes LA, Woodman RJ (2008)
Racial disparities in infection-related mortality at Alice Springs Hospital, Central Australia, 2000-2005.
Medical Journal of Australia; 188(10): 568-571
Hanigan IC, Johnston FH, Morgan GG (2008)
Vegetation fire smoke, Indigenous status and cardio-respiratory hospital admissions in Darwin, Australia, 1996-2005: a time-series study.
Environmental Health; 7(42): 12
Musk AW, James AL, Palmer LJ, Ryan GF, Lake F, Golledge CL, De Klerk NH (2008)
Respiratory infections and lung function in an Australian Aboriginal community.
Respirology; 13(2): 257-262
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
PricewaterhouseCoopers (2008)
The Walgan Tilly Project: chronic care for Aboriginal people final report.
Sydney: NSW Health
Silva D, Lehmann D, Tennant M, Jacoby P, Wright H, Stanley FJ (2008)
Effect of swimming pools on antibiotic use and clinic attendance for infections in two Aboriginal communities in Western Australia.
Medical Journal of Australia; 188(10): 594-598
Closing the Gap newsletter: special edition on immunisation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (2008)
South Australian Communicable Disease Control Branch ~ Immunisation Section
Telethon Institute for Child Health Research (2008)
Pools are cool!.
Under the Microscope; 2008(2): 6
Tikoft E (2008)
Aboriginal health status: a Central Australian respiratory perspective smoking and COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease).
The Chronicle; 11(6): 15
Webby R (2008)
Pertussis program for new parents.
The Northern Territory Disease Control Bulletin; 15(4): 20-22
Western Australian Department of Health (2008)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease model of care.
Perth, WA: Health Networks, Western Australian Department of Health
Zhao Y, Connors C, Wright J, Guthridge S, Bailie R (2008)
Estimating chronic disease prevalence among the remote Aboriginal population of the Northern Territory using multiple data sources.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 32(4): 307-313
Zurynski Y, Elliott EJ (2008)
Australian paediatric surveillance unit annual report, 2006.
Communicable Diseases Intelligence; 32(1): 52-56
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
Australian Lung Foundation (2007)
Respiratory infectious disease burden in Australia: edition 1.
Lutwyche (QLD): Australian Lung Foundation
Freemantle J, Officer K, McAullay D, Anderson I (2007)
Australian Indigenous health: within an international context.
Darwin: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health
This report provides an analysis of Australian Indigenous health information within an international Indigenous context. It particularly focuses on the Aboriginal peoples of Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the USA. The report considers published peer-reviewed and government accounts of health outcomes, and also includes selected case studies outlining successful Indigenous programs.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Johnston FH, Bailie RS, Pilotto LS, CH (2007)
Ambient biomass smoke and cardio-respiratory hospital admissions in Darwin, Australia.
BMC Public Health; 7
Retrieved from http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2458-7-240.pdf PDF (284KB)
Leach AJ, Morris PS (2007)
The burden and outcome of respiratory tract infection in Australian and Aboriginal children.
Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal; 26(10 (supplement)): S4-S7
Moore H, Burgner D, Carville K, Jacoby P, Richmond P, Lehmann D (2007)
Diverging trends for lower respiratory infections in non-Aboriginal and Aboriginal children.
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health; 43(6): 451-457
Oxfam Australia (2007)
Close the gap: solutions to the Indigenous health crisis facing Australia.
Fitzroy, Vic.: Oxfam Australia
This report analyses national information published by the National Aboriginal Controlled Community Health Organisation, that highlights the ongoing legacy of colonisation for Aboriginal peoples of Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States of America (USA). It reports on the disparities that exist for life expectancy in these four countries between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
2006
Australian Bureau of Statistics (2006)
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey: Australia, 2004-05.
Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics
This summary of results from the 2004-05 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey provides information about health status, health actions, and lifestyle factors, of Indigenous peoples. There are comparisons with the 1995 and 2001 National Health Surveys and the 2002 National Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Social Survey.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2006)
Australia's health 2006: the tenth biennial health report of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare recently released Australia's health 2006, the tenth edition of its biennial national health report. The report shows that Australians generally have good health and access to a range of good health care services, but Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have much poorer health than the general population. Indigenous Australians also have higher rates of unemployment, poorer educational outcomes, and lower levels of home ownership. Section 4.5 of the report compiles health information on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Information about the demographic profile, health status, disability rates, and service use is provided. The section concludes with information on behaviours that shape the health status of Indigenous peoples such as tobacco use, alcohol misuse, illicit drug use, and housing conditions.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2006)
Chronic diseases and associated risk factors in Australia, 2006.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Bucens IK, Reid A, Sayers SM (2006)
Risk factors for reduced lung function in Australian Aboriginal children.
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health; 42(7): 452-457
Chang AB, Torzillo PJ, Boyce NC, White AV, Stewart PM, Wheaton GR, Purdie DM, Wakerman J, Valery PC (2006)
Zinc and vitamin A supplementation in Indigenous Australian children hospitalised with lower respiratory tract infection: a randomised controlled trial.
Medical Journal of Australia; 184(3): 107-112
Joseph T, Menzies R, McIntyre P (2006)
Vaccination for our mob.
Sydney: National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, Department of Health and Ageing
O'Connor G (2006)
Chronic disease among the Indigenous population of central Australia [letter to the editor].
Preventing Chronic Disease; 3(2)
Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2006/apr/05_0205.htm
Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (2006)
National Strategic Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health: progress against jurisdictional implementation plans, report to the Australian Health Minister's Conference, 1 July 2005 until 30 June 2006.
Canberra: Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
Page A, Tobias M, Glover J, Wright C, Hetzel D, Fisher E (2006)
Australian and New Zealand atlas of avoidable mortality.
Adelaide: Public Health Information Development Unit, The University of Adelaide and Ministry of Health, New Zealand
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
Thomas DP, Condon JR, Anderson IP, Li SQ, Halpin S, Cunningham J, Guthridge SL (2006)
Long-term trends in Indigenous deaths from chronic diseases in the Northern Territory: a foot on the brake, a foot on the accelerator.
Medical Journal of Australia; 185(3): 145-149
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