2012
Anderson M, Bilney J, Bycroft N, Cockatoo-Collins D, Creighton G, Else J, Faulkner C, French J, Liddle T, Miller A, Miller J, Quinnell L, Stewart B, Sutton P, Thomas C, Trindall C, Wilson J, Malin M, Moller J (2012)
Closing the gap: support for Indigenous loss.
Australian Nursing Journal; 19(10): 24-27
Andrews JY, Kinner SA (2012)
Understanding drug-related mortality in released prisoners: a review of national coronial records.
BMC Public Health; 12: 270
Retrieved 4 April 2012 from http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-270
Australian Bureau of Statistics (2012)
Causes of death, Australia, 2010.
Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics
Australian Bureau of Statistics (2012)
Causes of death, Australia, 2010: Deaths of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.
Retrieved 20 March 2012 from http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/subscriber.nsf/log?openagent&3303.0_12%20deaths%20of%20aboriginal%20and%20torres%20strait%20islander%20australians.xls&3303.0&Data%20Cubes&0BC29ACBD5D3F0D5CA257A24001D97D6&0&2010&22.06.2012&Previous
Australian Bureau of Statistics (2012)
Deaths, Australia, 2011.
Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics
Australian Bureau of Statistics (2012)
Information paper: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander demographic statistics work program and release plans, Apr 2012.
Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet (2012)
Summary of Australian Indigenous health, 2011.
Perth, WA: Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2012)
Australia's health 2012.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2012)
Changes in life expectancy and disability in Australia 1998 to 2009.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2012)
Multiple causes of death: an analysis of all natural and selected chronic disease causes of death 1997–2007.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Calma T (2012)
Tom Calma speaks on mental health in communities [interview].
: Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association
Close the Gap Campaign Steering Committee (2012)
Shadow report 2012 : on Australian governments’ progress towards closing the gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
Melbourne: Oxfam Australia
This report presents the Close the Gap Campaign Steering Committee's assessment of the Australian Government's progress towards achieving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health equality under the Closing the gap strategy. The report is divided into two parts; the first assesses progress against the Council of Australian Government's Closing the gap targets and the implementation of the commitments in the Close the gap statement of intent. The second part of the report describes how the states and territories that are parties to the Close the gap statement of intent are implementing it in their jurisdictions.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
COAG Reform Council (2012)
Indigenous reform 2010-11: comparing performance across Australia.
Sydney: COAG Reform Council
This report presents progress against indicators in the National Indigenous reform agreement. The agreement sets out the policy framework and the six targets for commonwealth, state and territory governments to close the gap in Indigenous disadvantage in health, education and employment.
It is the role of The COAG Reform Council to assess and report on the performance of governments against the targets and performance indicators of the national agreement. This report only considers four targets of the six set out in the national agreement, including:
- close the life expectancy gap within a generation
- halve the gap in death rates for Indigenous children under five within a decade
- halve the gap for Indigenous students in reading, writing and numeracy within a decade
- halve the gap for Indigenous 20-24 year olds in Year 12 or equivalent attainment rates by 2020.
Recommendations from the Reform Council are included in this report.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Cotter PR, Condon JR, Barnes T, Anderson IPS, Smith LR, Cunningham T (2012)
Do Indigenous Australians age prematurely? The implications of life expectancy and health conditions of older Indigenous people for health and aged care policy.
Australian Health Review; 36(1): 68-74
De Leo D, Milner A, Sveticic J (2012)
Mental disorders and communication of intent to die in Indigenous suicide cases, Queensland, Australia.
Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior; 42(2): 136–146
Heffernan B, Iskandar D, Freemantle J (2012)
The history of Indigenous identification in Victorian health datasets, 1980–2011: initiatives and policies reported by key informants.
Melbourne: Lowitja Institute
LopesJ, Lindeman M, Taylor K, Grant L (2012)
Cross cultural education in suicide prevention: development of a training resource for use in Central Australian Indigenous communities.
Advances in Mental Health; 10(3):
New South Wales Centre for Epidemiology and Evidence (2012)
The health of Aboriginal people of NSW: report of the Chief Health Officer 2012.
Sydney: New South Wales Ministry of Health
Select Committee on Youth Suicides in the NT (2012)
Gone too soon: a report into youth suicide in the Northern Territory: committee report.
Darwin: Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory
This report details the findings of an inquiry by the Select Committee on Youth Suicides in the Northern Territory into the high rate of youth suicide in the Northern Territory when compared with other Australian states and territories. Through public consultation and a review of government policies and funding, programs and services, and data collection and research, the inquiry found young Indigenous men are the highest risk group for suicide, while suicides by young Indigenous females was also an emerging trend. The inquiry explored the many factors associated with suicide and identified those factors shown to increase the risk of suicide among youths in the Northern Territory. In an effort to appropriately address youth suicide in the Northern Territory, the report identifies four areas for further action and makes 23 recommendations.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Shahidullah M (2012)
Response: ABS’s comments on ‘Estimating Indigenous life expectancy: pitfalls with consequences’.
Journal of Population Research; 29(3): 283-287
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
Temlett J (2012)
Homicide among Indigenous South Australians: a forty-year study (1969–2008).
Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine; 19(8): 445–447
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
Tighe J (2012)
Alive and kicking goals!: preliminary findings from a Kimberley suicide prevention program.
Advances in Mental Health; 10(3): 240 - 245
2010
Healey J, ed. (2010)
The health of Indigenous Australians.
Rozelle, NSW: Spinney Press
Australian Bureau of Statistics (2010)
Causes of death Australia, 2008.
Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics
Australian Bureau of Statistics (2010)
Deaths, Australia, 2009.
Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2010)
The health of Australia's prisoners 2009.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Caniglia F, Bourke P, Whiley AP (2010)
A scan of disadvantage in Queensland 2010: from analysis to innovation in place-based practice.
Brisbane: Uniting Care Centre for Social Justice
Drabsch T (2010)
Health, education & community indicators for NSW: statistical indicators 3/10.
Sydney: Parliament of New South Wales
Gee V (2010)
Perinatal, infant and maternal mortality in Western Australia: 5-year cohort of 2004-2008 births.
Perth: Department of Health, Western Australia
Living Black (2010)
Heavy toll [online video].
: Special Broadcasting Service, Living Black
This report by the SBS Indigenous affairs program, Living black, examines the incidence of Indigenous road fatalities in the Northern Territory, where Aboriginal people are far more likely to be killed and injured in road accidents than non-Indigenous Australians.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Policy and Intergovernment Relations Division (2010)
Aboriginal mortality in South Australia: a profile.
Adelaide: Department of Health, South Australia
Scott KJ (2010)
Some healing path: Ross Ingram Memorial Essay Competition.
Medical Journal of Australia; 192(12): 680-681
Thomson N, MacRae A, Burns J, Catto M, Debuyst O, Krom I, Midford R, Potter C, Ride K, Stumpers S, Urquhart B (2010)
Summary of Australian Indigenous health, 2010.
Perth, WA: Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
Threlfall TJ, Thompson JR (2010)
Cancer incidence and mortality in Western Australia, 2008.
Perth: Department of Health, Western Australia
Victorian Child Death Review Committee (2010)
Annual report of inquiries into the deaths of children known to Child Protection 2010.
Melbourne: Office of the Child Safety Commissioner, Victoria
Walter S, Centre for Aboriginal Health (2010)
Mortality and hospitalisation due to injury in the Aboriginal population of New South Wales.
Sydney: Department of Health, New South Wales
The report describes death and hospitalisation rates occurring as results of injury and poisoning among the Aboriginal population of New South Wales. Both injury and poisoning are the third biggest contributors to the burden of disease in Aboriginal Australia, and the main intention of this report is to identify subgroups of the population most at risk of injury and poisoning in order to develop informed and targeted prevention initiatives.
The report presents data on deaths based on the Australian Bureau of Statistics mortality data from 2000 to 2007, and a substantial analysis of hospitalisations arising from injury by external causes. In the comprehensive analysis of hospitalisations, a range of indicators are presented in order to describe more fully each group at risk for each injury mechanism. The report also presents a detailed discussion of the data sources, issues and methodology used in the report.
Key findings of the report include:
- In general, Aboriginal people were at higher risk of death and hospitalisation due to injury or poisoning compared to non-Aboriginal people across all types of injury mechanisms.
- The leading causes of hospitalisation were falls (24%), interpersonal violence (19%), transport accidents (12%), and self-harm (9%).
- The most frequent causes of death were self-harm (25%), transport accidents (21%), poisoning (18%) and homicide (11%).
- Interpersonal violence represented the greatest disparity in risk of death and hospitalisation with Aboriginal males being four times more likely and Aboriginal females being 12 times more likely to be hospitalised due to violence compared to the non-Aboriginal population.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Wright J (2010)
Linking census records to death registrations: research paper.
Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics
Zhang X, Dempsey K, Johnstone K, Guthridge S (2010)
Trends in the health of mothers and babies, Northern Territory: 1986-2005.
Darwin: Northern Territory Department of Health and Families
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