This section provides recent reference details and - where available - links and abstracts for general publications associated with the cultural ways in relation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's health. References include journal articles, reports, theses, and other literature. To access our complete database please use our bibliography.
2013
McGuinness K, Leckning B (2013)
Bicultural practice in the Northern Territory children and families sector: practitioners’ reflections of working two-ways.
Darwin: Centre for Child Development and Education and Strong Aboriginal Families, Together, Menzies School of Health Research
This publication reports on a qualitative research project which aimed to describe how cultural models of service delivery are understood, and to identify key elements to inform the development of a two-way, bicultural practice framework for the children and families sector in the Northern Territory (NT).
While the research focused on practice in non-government organisations (NGOs) delivering services to children and families at risk of substance misuse, family violence, and mental health issues, the researchers anticipate that the findings in this report could lead to a sharper policy and practice focus on cultural safety in the broader Australian Indigenous context.
The study design included:
- a selective literature review
- interviews and focus groups with 74 participants (48% Aboriginal) from nine organisations delivering services in remote, regional and urban settings across both the Top End and Central Australia
- thematic analysis.
The report presents eight themes derived from the thematic analysis:
- two-way practice
- governance
- operational management
- recruitment and training
- cultural safety
- reflective practice
- quality assurance
- adapting systems.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Nguyen OK, Cairney S (2013)
Literature review of the interplay between education, employment, health and wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in remote areas: working towards an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander wellbeing framework.
Alice Springs, NT: Ninti One Limited
This literature review investigated present wellbeing frameworks at a global and local level that are relevant to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in remote Australia. Current government frameworks gather statistical data for policy analysis and program development. Progressively more frameworks are incorporating holistic measures of health, for example, cultural health, governance, and the impacts of colonisation.
The review highlights the need to establish a wellbeing framework that considers the strengths and resilience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people together with their worldviews, perspectives, and values. Cultural identity is vital combined with control, achievement, and inclusion at a wider level of society. Examples of successful projects are included in the review with recommendations for the development of a wellbeing framework.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Sajiv C (2013)
Cultural considerations when providing care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (ATSI) opting for conservative care.
Nephrology; Accepted article(http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nep.12080):
Wall S, Koori Growing Old Well Study Project Team (2013)
Working with older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Paddington, NSW: Benevolent Society
This briefing presents evidence from research to guide mainstream community aged care organisations and practitioners on working in a respectful and culturally sensitive manner with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Topics covered by the briefing include:
- history and culture
- relationships
- Elders
- carers
- health and wellbeing of older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- demographics and life expectancy
- intergenerational disadvantage and other factors contributing to the gap in life expectancy
- resilience
- dementia and Alzheimer's disease
- community care services for older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- access to community care services
- time
- communication
- person-centred care
- end of life.
The briefing includes a discussion guide to prompt readers to reflect on how the material in the briefing could be applied in practice. The briefing was prepared by Sharon Wall and the Koori growing old well study project team at Neuroscience Research Australia, in partnership with The Benevolent Society.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
2012
Behrendt L (2012)
Indigenous Australia for dummies.
Richmond, Vic: John Wiley
Beresford Q, Partington G, Gower G, eds. (2012)
Reform and resistance in Aboriginal education: fully revised edition.
Perth, WA: UWA Publishing
Berry SL, Crowe TP, Deane FP (2012)
Preliminary development and content validity of a measure of Australian Aboriginal cultural engagement.
Ethnicity & Health; 17(3): 325-336
Bidzinski T, Boustead G, Gleave R, Russo J, Scott S (2012)
A journey to cultural safety.
Australian Nursing Journal; 20(6): 43
Doyle K (2012)
Measuring cultural appropriateness of mental health services for Australian Aboriginal peoples in rural and remote Western Australia: a client/clinician's journey.
International Journal of Culture and Mental Health; 5(1): 40-53
Kruske S, Belton S, Wardaguga M, Narjic C (2012)
Growing up our way: the first year of life in remote Aboriginal Australia.
Qualitative Health Research; 22(6): 777-787
Lau P, Pyett P, Burchill M, Furler J, Tynan M, Kelaher M, Liaw S-T (2012)
Factors influencing access to urban general practices and primary health care by Aboriginal Australians - a qualitative study.
AlterNative; 8(1): 66-84
Robinson GW, Tyler WB, Silburn SR, Zubrick SR (2012)
Gender, culture and intervention: exploring differences between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children’s responses to an early intervention programme.
Children & Society; Early View(http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1099-0860.2011.00424.x):
Taylor A (2012)
More than mobile: migration and mobility impacts from the ‘technologies of change’ for Aboriginal communities in the remote Northern Territory of Australia.
Mobilities; 7(2): 269-294
Wright S, Lloyd K, Suchet-Pearson S, Burarrwanga L, Matalena Tofa M, Bawaka Country (2012)
Telling stories in, through and with country: engaging with Indigenous and more-than-human methodologies at Bawaka, NE Australia.
Journal of Cultural Geography; 29(1): 39-60
2011
Bauman T, Macdonald G, eds. (2011)
Unsettling anthropology - the demands of native title on worn concepts and changing lives.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
Ansell S, Koenig J (2011)
CyberTracker: an integral management tool used by rangers in the Djelk Indigenous Protected Area, central Arnhem Land, Australia.
Ecological Management & Restoration; 12(1): 13–25
Australian Aboriginal Elders (2011)
To the people of Australia - elders statement on the Intervention.
Retrieved 28 February 2011 from http://indigenouspeoplesissues.com/attachments/article/9159/elders%20statement%20feb%2011009.pdf
Australian Human Rights Commission (2011)
Constitutional reform: creating a nation for all of us.
Sydney: Australian Human Rights Commission
Australian Office for the Arts (2011)
Review of Australian Government investment in the Indigenous broadcasting and media sector 2010.
Canberra: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Australia
Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (2011)
Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation submission to the Federal Budget 2011-12.
Sydney: Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation
Bainbridge R (2011)
Becoming empowered: a grounded theory study of Aboriginal women's agency.
Australasian Psychiatry; 19(Supplement 1): S26-S29
Byard RW (2011)
Indigenous communities and the forensic autopsy.
Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology; 7(2): 139-140
Calma T, Gooda M (2011)
The social and cultural determinants of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and the human rights-based approach of the close the gap campaign for Indigenous health equality.
In: Laverty M, Callaghan L, eds. Determining the future : a fair go & health for all. Ballan, Vic: Connor Court Publishing:
Close VA (2011)
An insight into cross cultural communication strategies in health.
Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Southern Queensland:
Dahlstrom V, Johnson A (2011)
Give us a break! A look at the myths and legends surrounding Aboriginal people and our lifestyles.
Canberra: Australian General Practice Training
Dockery AM (2011)
Traditional culture and the well-being of Indigenous Australians: an analysis of the 2008 NATSISS.
Perth: Centre for Labour Market Research, Curtin University of Technology
"Black engagement" Practical tips on how to engage with the Mt Isa Indigenous community (2011)
Duffy G, Woolley T, Ross S
This two-page colour pamphlet provides rural placement students and health practitioners with practical tips about how to engage respectfully with Indigenous patients and colleagues in Mount Isa, Queensland. The tips in the pamphlet include:
- do understand cultural time frames (Murri time) and be prepared to be flexible
- do wear appropriate clothing
- don't use inappropriate language (e.g. too much jargon or 'big words')
- don't speak down or be condescending
- don't make promises you can't keep.
The pamphlet was produced by the School of Medicine and Dentistry at James Cook University (JCU), in collaboration with the Mount Isa Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Reference Group (MIATSIRG). The aim of the MIATSIRG is to support JCU in delivering their services to Indigenous communities in a culturally appropriate manner, and to improve how JCU engages with Indigenous communities. Some of the general information in the pamphlet may be useful for health practitioners working in Indigenous settings outside of Mount Isa.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
El Sayed F, Soar J, Wang Z (2011)
Cultural matter in the development of an interactive multimedia self-paced educational health program for Aboriginal health workers.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal; 35(4): 7-13
Fels MH (2011)
'I succeeded once': the Aboriginal protectorate on the Mornington Peninsula, 1839–1840.
: Australian National University E Press
Gooda M (2011)
Our relationships in native title: starting the conversation: AIATSIS Native Title Conference: keynote address.
Paper presented at the AIATSIS Native Title Conference 2011. 1-3 June 2011, Brisbane
Guerin P, Guerin B, Tedmanson D, Clark Y (2011)
How can country, spirituality, music and arts contribute to Indigenous mental health and wellbeing?.
Australasian Psychiatry; 19(Supplement 1): S38-S41
Indigenous Peoples Issues & Resources (2011)
Indigenous resistance Down-Under: Gurindji fight the Intervention - two part video report.
: Indigenous Peoples Issues & Resources
Kickett M (2011)
What makes a successful Aboriginal person resilient?.
Paper presented at the Deadly approaches to staying healthy : innovative & practical chronic disease workshops for health professionals working with Aboriginal people. 13 March 2011, Perth, WA
Kiraly M, Humphreys C (2011)
"It is the story of all of us" : learning from Aboriginal communities about supporting family connection.
Melbourne: Office of the Child Safety Commissioner, Victoria
This report explores issues faced by Aboriginal families who are involved in kinship care in Victoria. (Kinship care is a type of care provided to children by members of their own family or friendship network when they are unable to live with their parents.)
The report identifies seven key pointers to good practice in Aboriginal kinship care. These are:
- Keep children safe
- Improve Aboriginal kinship care assessment and support
- Increase financial and non-financial support to caregivers of Aboriginal children
- Through Aboriginal services, support children's relationships and contact with a wide range of family members
- Develop cultural awareness in non-Aboriginal workers and caregivers
- Recognise that all of the above measures may work together to build a greater pool of suitable Aboriginal kinship care arrangements
- Continue to support and work towards reconciliation in the Australian community.
The report draws heavily on interviews with Aboriginal families, children and services. It was produced as part of the Family links: kinship care and family contact research project conducted by the University of Melbourne with help from the office of Victoria's Child Safety Commissioner.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Law Council of Australia (2011)
Constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians : discussion paper.
Canberra: Law Council of Australia
Léger L, Ward M, Andrews M, Richardson D, Stewart J, McKemey M, Robinson J (2011)
Kakadu: vulnerability to climate change impacts: a report to the Australian Government Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency.
Canberra: Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Australia
Lindeman MA, Taylor KA, Reid JB (2011)
Changing the thinking about priorities in Indigenous health research.
Australian Journal of Rural Health; 19(5): 275
Martin D, Bauman T, Neale J (2011)
Challenges for Australian native title anthropology: practice beyond the proof of connection.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
McConvell P, Bowern C (2011)
The prehistory and internal relationships of Australian languages.
Language and Linguistics Compass; 5(1): 19-32
McNamara KE, Westoby R (2011)
Solastalgia and the gendered nature of climate change: an example from Erub Island, Torres Strait.
EcoHealth; 8(2): 233-236
Mitchell J (2011)
In good faith? Governing Indigenous Australia through God, charity and empire, 1825-1855.
Canberra: ANU E Press
National Congress of Australia's First Peoples (2011)
National Congress report 2011.
Strawberry Hills, NSW: National Congress of Australia's First Peoples
National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples (2011)
National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples members' survey report.
Sydney: National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples
Reid JB, Taylor K (2011)
Indigenous mind: a framework for culturally safe Indigenous health research and practice.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal; 35(4): 4-6
Roth L (2011)
Indigenous disadvantage: can strengthening cultural attachment help to close the gap?.
Sydney: NSW Parliamentary Library Research Service
Smallwood G (2011)
Human rights and first Australians' well-being.
Doctor of Philosophy thesis, James Cook University: Townsville, Qld
Smykowsky A, Williams A (2011)
Improving communication with Indigenous people.
Australian Nursing Journal; 19(3): 28
Taylor J, Edwards J, Champion S, Cheers S, Chong A, Cummins R, Cheers B (2011)
Towards a conceptual understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community and community functioning.
Community Development Journal; 47(1): 94-110
Taylor J (2011)
Postcolonial transformation of the Australian Indigenous population.
Geographical Research; 49(3): 286–300
Thomas M, Neale M, eds. (2011)
Exploring the legacy of the 1948 Arnhem Land expedition.
Canberra: Australian National University E Press
Victorian Equal Opportunity & Human Rights Commission (2011)
Talking rights - consulting with Victoria’s Indigenous community about the right to self-determination and the charter.
Melbourne: Victorian Equal Opportunity & Human Rights Commission
Weir JK (2011)
Karajarri: a West Kimberley experience in managing native title.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
Whop LJ (2011)
“You’re not like other black people”: Reflections — Ross Ingram Memorial Essay Competition.
Medical Journal of Australia; 195(5): 292-293
You Me Unity (2011)
A national conversation about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander constitutional recognition: discussion paper.
Canberra: You Me Unity
2010
Arabena K (2010)
Post-normal reconciliation – using science to reframe the reconciliation agenda.
Edwards JA (2010)
Apologizing for the past for a better future: collective apologies in the United States, Australia, and Canada.
Southern Communication Journal; 75(1): 57-75
Fredericks B (2010)
We’ve had the Redfern Park speech and the apology: what’s next?.
Outskirts: feminisms along the edge; 23(November):
Muir S (2010)
The new representative body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: just one step.
Australian Indigenous Law Review; 14(1): 86-97
National Faculty of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, Bartoo JW[artist] (2010)
Interpretative guide of the RACGP standards for general practices (3rd edition) for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health services.
Melbourne: Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
Phipps P, Slater L (2010)
Indigenous cultural festivals: evaluating impact on community health and wellbeing.
Melbourne: Globalism Research Centre, RMIT University
Pickering M (2010)
Where are the stories?.
The Public Historian; 32(1): 79–95
The Apology to the Stolen Generations (revised) [factsheet] (2010)
Reconciliation Australia
This factsheet on the national apology to the Stolen Generations answers the following questions:
1. Who are the Stolen Generations?
2. How do we know their stories are true?
3. Why was it important to apologise to the Stolen Generations?
4. Why did Australians of today apologise for something they were not responsible for?
5. What does the apology mean to me as a non-Indigenous Australian?
6. Why should we apologise when many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are better off because they were removed from bad circumstances?
7. Has the apology led to claims for compensation from members of the Stolen Generations?
8. What has the Government done for members of the Stolen Generations since the apology?
9. Why was the word 'sorry' important as part of the apology?
10. Does the apology mean that reconciliation has been achieved?
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Robbins J (2010)
A nation within? Indigenous peoples, representation and sovereignty in Australia.
Ethnicities; 10(2): 257-274
Roberts A (2010)
Aboriginal women’s fishing in New South Wales: a thematic history.
Sydney: Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW
van den Berg R (2010)
Cultural safety in health for Aboriginal people: will it work in Australia? Ross Ingram Memorial essay competition.
Medical Journal of Australia; 193(3): 136-137
Victorian Statewide Emergency Program (2010)
Improving the patient experience for aboriginal people in the emergency department.
Melbourne: Victorian Department of Health
2009
Rehoboth Torres Strait Islander Symposium, ed. (2009)
Zenadth Kes: I, Torres Strait Islander.
Thursday Island: Rehoboth Torres Strait Islander Symposium
This journal is written by Torres Strait Islanders for Torres Strait Islanders. The contributing authors are writing about themselves by revealing how they present themselves, acknowledging intellectual heritage and the inherent strength of Torres Strait Islander society. It acknowledges that for many Torres Strait islanders, they have had to suppress their cultural selves and by particpating in this 'Wakanwyan' was a self-demonstration of knowledge and ways of knowing they knew they possessed, but had to go home to it in order to feel it. This journey is about re-constructing self; being open; bringing the unconscious part of the mind and identity and relationships into the conscious; sharpening dulled instincts; of handing self over to a higher power. Of becoming aware of being Awake.
This journal covers the following topics
- Rehoboth - the meaning of the word for Torres Straits
- Reflections on the thematic topics covered in the Wayanwyan
- Torres Strait Cultural Worldview- Values and Ethics: 'Muruygawmal Muykupal Pathmukmik'
- Building bridges between contrasting mindsets
- Policy imagination: The possibilities of synthesis for Ecohealth practitioners
- After Mabo, what?
- Initial insights into a Torres Strait Islander perspective of Indigenous education
- In Our Own Words: The making of Malaytown Stories
- The Challenges of Indigenous Qualitative Research within a Mainstream Australian Academic Context: A Torres Strait Islander Perspective
- Maintenance and survival of traditional customs in contemporary society focusing on child rearing practices of Torres Strait Islanders
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healing Foundation Development Team (2009)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healing Foundation Development Team discussion paper.
Canberra: Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Altman JC (2009)
Developing a national Indigenous policy framework that recognises needs, rights and legacies and delivers results.
Canberra: Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
Australian Human Rights Commission (2009)
Chapter 6: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social justice.
In: Australian Human Rights Commission annual report 2008-2009. Sydney: Australian Human Rights Commission:
The Australian Human Rights Commission Annual Report 2008-09 includes a chapter titled 'Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social justice'. This chapter provides information under the follow topic headings:
- statement from the Commissioner;
- monitoring and reporting;
- research and policy;
- education and promotion;
- legislative development;
- international activities; and
- speeches.
The chapter offers an overview of significant events, policies, reports and developments in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social justice affairs during 2008 and 2009.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Australian Human Rights Commission (2009)
Our future in our hands: creating a sustainable National Representative Body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Canberra: Australian Human Rights Commission
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2009)
Juvenile justice in Australia 2007-08.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Calma T (2009)
A human rights based approach to social and emotional wellbeing.
Australasian Psychiatry; 17(S1): S15 - S19
Dockery AM (2009)
Culture and wellbeing: the case of Indigenous Australians.
Perth: Centre for Labour Market Research
Feeney M (2009)
Reclaiming the Spirit of Well Being: promising healing practices for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Canberra: The Australian Child & Adolescent Trauma, Loss & Grief Network
Howe A (2009)
R V Wunungmurra: 'culture' as usual in the courts.
The Australian Feminist Law Journal; 30: 1-7
Indigenous Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management Case Study Project (2009)
Solid work you mob are doing: case studies in Indigenous dispute resolution & conflict management in Australia.
Canberra: National Alternative Dispute Resolution Advisory Council
Mooney G (2009)
Health and homelands: good value for money?.
Melville, WA: GavinMooney.com Health Economics
This report examines the feasibility of, and method for, conducting a study of the costs and benefits of homeland living for Indigenous peoples in Australia. The report also examines the evidence currently available in relation to these benefits and costs. The study found that there is strong evidence on the health benefits for Indigenous Australians living on their homeland. Evidence on the costs associated with homeland living was varied, but the author argues that this should not support the current government policies which threaten the present homeland movement. The report recommends that an interim moratorium on policy action for the homelands takes place until further research is undertaken.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (2009)
Submission from the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation: towards a national primary health care strategy: fulfilling Aboriginal peoples aspirations to close the gap.
Canberra: National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation
Ranzijn R, McConnochie K, Nolan W (2009)
Psychology and Indigenous Australians: foundations of cultural competence.
South Yarra, Vic: Palgrave Macmillan
This book provides information on the psychological impact of colonisation on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It begins by looking at the nature of culture, how colonisation has affected Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and the role of psychology. It finishes by describing how practitioners can work effectively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Abstract adapted from Psychology and Indigenous Australians
Snowdon W (2009)
Health, homelands and creativity [speech].
Retrieved from http://www.health.gov.au/internet/ministers/publishing.nsf/Content/sp-yr09-ws-wssp080809.htm?OpenDocument&yr=2009&mth=08
Sunrise Health Service (2009)
Sunrise Health Service annual report 2008/09.
Katherine, NT: Sunrise Health Service
Sveiby K-E (2009)
Aboriginal principles for sustainable development as told in traditional law stories.
Sustainable Development; 17(6): 341-356
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) (2009)
UNESCO world report: investing in cultural diversity and intercultural dialogue.
Paris: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Watson V (2009)
From the ‘quiet revolution’ to ‘crisis’ in Australian Indigenous affairs.
Cultural Studies Review; 15(1): 88-109
2008
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner (2008)
Native title report 2007.
Sydney: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
This report, released annually by the HREOC through the Office of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, reports on the operation of the Native Title Act 1993 and its effect on the exercise and enjoyment of human rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
This year's native title report discusses recent amendments to Native Title law and policy in Australia and how these changes affect the land rights of Indigenous Australians. Four native title cases which document the issues arising from the interpretation of the Native Title Act by the common law are discussed. The report results in 25 recommendations.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Doing the right thing: protocols for working with Indigenous arts (2008)
Australia Council for the Arts
The Australian Council for the Arts has released a fully revised second edition of its protocol guides to help Australians better understand the use of Indigenous cultural material. Doing the right thing: protocols for working with Indigenous arts cover Indigenous Australian media arts, music arts, performing arts, visual arts and writing. The guides are also created to help Indigenous artists know how to best protect their work and their culture.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Central Land Council (2008)
Central Land Council submission to NT Government: outstation policy discussion paper.
Alice Springs: Central Land Council
Coram S (2008)
'Mainstreaming' Indigenous inequality as disadvantage and the silencing of 'race' in Australian social, educational and vocational training policy.
Australian Critical Race and Whiteness Studies Association e-journal; 4(1)
Retrieved 2008 from http://www.acrawsa.org.au/ejournalFiles/Volume%204,%20Number%201,%202008/StellaCoram.pdf
Medical Deans Indigenous health project critical reflection tool (2008)
Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand
The Critcial Refelction Tool (CRT) is a document aimed at assisting Indigenous health curriculum development. The CRT is designed to be used as a practical management tool for faculties and schools that have responsibility for Indigenous health across the organisation.
The CRT can support medical schools implement, monitor and sustain a nationally agreed Indigenous health curriculum framework and to adopt initiatives related to Indigenous student recruitment, retention and support.
The CRT was developed by the Medical Deans Indigenous Health Project Staff with the assistance of a Working Party made up of Indigenous and non-Indigenous academics and Australian Indigenous Doctors' Association (AIDA) representatives.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Pilkington D (2008)
A long way alright.
: Radio National
This radio segment from Radio National features writer Doris Pilkington, author of Follow the Rabbit Proof Fence, a story inspired by her mother's journey to return to her Western Desert home after being taken away from her family. Doris Pilkington has gone on to write a sequel this story, titled Under the Wintamarra Tree, which recounts her personal story, beginning with her birth under a tree on a pastoral station in the Western Desert.
Doris was interviewed while she was in Sydney to receive the Red Ochre Award which honours outstanding contributions by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the arts.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
SBS TV Station (2008)
First Australians series [7 DVDs].
: TV series recorded for Edith Cowan University under Part VA of the Copyright Act 1968 by Edith Cowan Library
First Australians is a seven-episode documentary series that chronicles the history of contemporary Australia, from the perspective of its first people. The content is largely drawn from archival documents and interpretations from historians and members and leaders of Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities.
The series begins in 1788 in Sydney, with the arrival of the First Fleet and ends in 1993 with Eddie Koiki Mabo's legal challenge for Indigenous land rights.
The documentary is part of a larger project that includes a book, a community outreach program and a comprehensive and interactive website featuring over 200 mini-documentaries.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Shannon C, Panaretto K, Doumany J, Canuto C, Coyle M (2008)
Australian Indigenous Health Report 2008.
Brisbane: University of Queensland
Sims M, Saggers S, Hutchins T, Guilfoyle A, Targowska A, Jackiewicz S (2008)
Indigenous child care: leading the way.
Australian Journal of Early Childhood; 33(1): 56-60
2007
Anderson I, Baum F, Bentley M, eds. (2007)
Beyond bandaids: papers from the Social Determinants of Aboriginal Health Workshop, Adelaide, July 2004.
Darwin: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health
Carson B, Dunbar T, Chenhall RD, Bailie R, eds. (2007)
Social determinants of Indigenous health.
Crows Nest, NSW: Allen and Unwin
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner (2007)
Native title report 2006.
Sydney: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
The report examines the Government's economic reform agenda on Indigenous communal land, specifically the 99-year lease scheme that aims to provide home ownership opportunities on Indigenous land. It contains a national survey of Indigenous land owners, the findings of which indicate that although custodial responsibilities and land care were their first priority, nearly all respondents strongly supported economic development.
The report also makes a number of recommendations aimed at improving economic development opportunities for Indigenous people. It includes five case studies that document a range of Australian agreements and enterprises aimed at stimulating economic development on Indigenous land.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Belfrage M (2007)
Why 'culturally safe' health care?.
Medical Journal of Australia; 186(10): 537-538
Calma T (2007)
Indigenous health: real solutions for a chronic problem - social and emotional wellbeing.
Retrieved 28 August from http://www.hreoc.gov.au/about/media/speeches/social_justice/2007/social_and_emotional_health.html
Calma T (2007)
What's the score? A survey of cultural diversity and racism in Australian sport.
Canberra: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
Department of the Environment and Water Resources (2007)
Growing up strong: the first ten years of Indigenous Protected Areas in Australia.
Canberra: Department of the Environment and Water Resources
This publication presents a snapshot of the Indigenous Protected Area program on its tenth anniversary and aims to share with the wider community the important contributions Indigenous Protected Areas make to the environment and culture of the nation.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Esler DM, Johnston F, Thomas D (2007)
The acceptability of a depression screening tool in an urban, Aboriginal community-controlled health service.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 31(3): 259-263
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