2012
Australian Bureau of Statistics (2012)
Australian health survey: first results, 2011-12.
Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics
Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council (2012)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework: 2012 report.
Canberra: Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, Department of Health and Ageing
This is the fourth report under the auspice of the Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council to measure progress against the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework (HPF). The framework has become one of the key means of monitoring progress in Closing the gap between Indigenous and other Australians. It was reviewed and revised in 2011 and now includes 68 key measures (previously 71 measures) under the following tiers:
- Tier 1-Health status and outcomes: measures the prevalence of health conditions including disease or injury, human function, life expectancy, wellbeing and deaths.
- Tier 2-Determinants of health: measures of the determinants of health, including socioeconomic status, environmental factors and health behaviours.
- Tier 3-Health system performance: measures of the health system, including effectiveness, responsiveness, accessibility, continuity, capability and sustainability.
The aim of the report is to promote accountability, inform policy and research, and generate informed debate. The report includes an overview of current national policies and strategies, and data analysis for each of the three tiers.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
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
Boyle JA, Cunningham J, O'Dea K, Dunbar T, Norman RJ (2012)
Prevalence of polycystic ovary syndrome in a sample of Indigenous women in Darwin, Australia.
Medical Journal of Australia; 196(1): 62-66
Campbell SK, Lynch J, Esterman A, McDermott R (2012)
Pre-pregnancy predictors of diabetes in pregnancy among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in North Queensland, Australia.
Maternal and Child Health Journal; 16(6): 1284-1292
Firth W, Crook L, Lonesborough A, Thompson M, Worner F, Waminda Board (2012)
Waminda's wellbeing program.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal; 36(2): 20-23
National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (2012)
National guide to a preventive health assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: second edition.
South Melbourne: Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
The National guide to a preventive health assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: second edition provides an up-to-date, evidence-based national resource created to help all health professionals delivering primary health care to Indigenous people. The use of this guide may help to prevent disease, detect early and unrecognised disease, and promote health. This guide contains Indigenous-specific information on:
- lifestyle factors (including smoking, overweight/obesity, physical activity, and alcohol)
- health among specific populations (child health, adolescent health, and the health of older people)
- chronic conditions (cardiovascular health, rheumatic heart disease, respiratory health, kidney health, diabetes, and cancer)
- infections conditions (sexual health and bloodborne viruses)
- other health conditions (oral health, eye health, ear health, and mental health).
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
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
Shultz R (2012)
Prevalences of overweight and obesity among children in remote Aboriginal communities in central Australia.
Rural and Remote Health; 12: 1872
Retrieved 9 March 2012 from http://www.rrh.org.au/articles/showarticlenew.asp?ArticleID=1872
Spurrier NJ, Volkmer RE, Abdallah CA, Chong A (2012)
South Australian four-year-old Aboriginal children: residence and socioeconomic status influence weight.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 36(3): 285-290
Stewart JM, Sanson-Fisher RW, Eades S, Fitzgerald M (2012)
The risk status, screening history and health concerns of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people attending an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service.
Drug and Alcohol Review; 31(5): 617–624
Thomas D, Tilton E (2012)
Northern Territory research priorities roundtables.
Darwin: the Lowitja Institute
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
Upston B (2012)
Women and food.
Melbourne: Women's Health Victoria
Valery PC, Ibiebele T, Harris M, Green AC, Cotterill A, Moloney A, Sinha AK, Garvey G (2012)
Diet, physical activity, and obesity in school-aged Indigenous youths in northern Australia.
Journal of Obesity; 2012: 893508
Retrieved 28 March 2012 from http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jobes/2012/893508/abs/
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 (2011)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2010 report: New South Wales.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
This publication reports on indicators relevant to health status and health outcomes, determinants of health and health systems performance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in New South Wales. The report is based on the national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2010: detailed analyses report. Jurisdiction-specific and national comparisons are both presented.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2010 report: Northern Territory.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
This publication reports on indicators relevant to health status and health outcomes, determinants of health and health systems performance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in the Northern Territory. The report is based on the national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2010: detailed analyses report. Jurisdiction-specific and national comparisons are both presented.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2010 report: Queensland.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
This publication reports on indicators relevant to health status and health outcomes, determinants of health and health systems performance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in Queensland. The report is based on the national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2010: detailed analyses report. Jurisdiction-specific and national comparisons are both presented.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2010 report: South Australia.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
This publication reports on indicators relevant to health status and health outcomes, determinants of health and health systems performance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in South Australia. The report is based on the national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2010: detailed analyses report. Jurisdiction-specific and national comparisons are both presented.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2010 report: Victoria.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
This publication reports on indicators relevant to health status and health outcomes, determinants of health and health systems performance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in Victoria. The report is based on the national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2010: detailed analyses report. Jurisdiction-specific and national comparisons are both presented.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2010 report: Western Australia.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
This publication reports on indicators relevant to health status and health outcomes, determinants of health and health systems performance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in Western Australia. The report is based on the national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2010: detailed analyses report. Jurisdiction-specific and national comparisons are both presented.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011)
Headline indicators for children’s health, development and wellbeing 2011.
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
Cadilhac DA, Magnus A, Sheppard L, Cumming TB, Pearce DC, Carter R (2011)
The societal benefits of reducing six behavioural risk factors: an economic modelling study from Australia.
BMC Public Health; 11: 483
Retrieved 21 June 2011 from http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/11/483
Campbell D (2011)
Application of an integrated multidisciplinary economic welfare approach to improved wellbeing through Aboriginal caring for country.
Rangeland Journal; 33(4): 365-372
Kuipers K, McIntosh K, Paluch T, Oke L (2011)
Caring for country was associated with positive health outcomes for Indigenous people living in remote areas of Northern Australia.
Australian Occupational Therapy Journal; 58(1): 56-57
Nguyen AR, Ling J, Antoniou G, Sutherland LM, Cundy PJ, Gomes B (2011)
Slipped capital femoral epiphysis: rising rates with obesity and Aboriginality in South Australia.
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery; 93-B(10): 1416-1423
Norton L, Harrison JE, Pointer S, Lathlean T (2011)
Obesity and injury: a review of the literature.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Sayers S, Davison B, Fitz J, Singh G (2011)
Aboriginal birth cohort study–wave 3 selected results: the good news and the bad news.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal; 35(5): 23-24
South Australian Department Public Health and Clinical Systems Division (2011)
The Eat Well Be Active strategy for South Australia 2011-2016.
Adelaide: South Australian Department of Public Health
Wolfenden L, Hardy LL, Wiggers J, Milat AJ, Bell C, Sutherland R (2011)
Prevalence and socio-demographic associations of overweight and obesity among children attending child-care services in rural and regional Australia.
Nutrition & Dietetics; 68(1): 15–20
2008
Access Economics (2008)
The growing cost of obesity in 2008 : three years on.
Canberra: Access Economics
Australian Bureau of Statistics (2008)
Overweight and Obesity in Adults, Australia, 2004-05.
Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2008)
Australia's health 2008: the eleventh biennial health report of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australia's health 2008 was released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare as the eleventh 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.
Section 3.2 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 highlights that despite improvements in Indigenous death rates, the overall gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous rates appears to be widening with Indigenous Australians continuing to die at much younger ages. 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
Cunningham J, O'Dea K, Dunbar T, Maple-Brown L (2008)
Perceived weight versus body mass index among urban Aboriginal Australians: do perceptions and measurements match?.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 32(2): 135-138
Holman CDJ, Smith F (2008)
Implications of the obesity epidemic for the life expectancy of Australians report to the Public Health Advocacy Institute of Western Australia.
Retrieved 3 March 2011 from http://www.phaiwa.org.au/images/ObesityandLifeExpectancy.pdf
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
Reeve CA, De La Rue S, McBain KE (2008)
Indigenous lifescripts: a tool for modifying lifestyle risk factors for chronic disease.
Australian Family Physician; 37(9): 750-754
Sellers EA, Singh GR, Sayers SM (2008)
Large waist but low body mass index: the metabolic syndrome in Australian Aboriginal children.
The Journal of Pediatrics; 153(2): 222-227
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