Australian Indigenous

This section of the Bulletin highlights recently released Indigenous specific resources. If you are aware of any new resources that would be appropriate for inclusion in this section please contact us.

Sexually transmitted infections and blood borne infections manual: early detection and treatment of sexually transmissible infections and blood borne infections

Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of NSW (2006)
Early detection and treatment of STIs and BBIs: a manual for improving access to early detection and treatment of STIs and BBIs within Aboriginal communities in NSW.
Sydney: Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of NSW

Sexually transmissible infections (STIs) and blood borne infections (BBIs) are a significant health problem in New South Wales. Early detection and treatment programs are recognised as an important component of STI and BBI strategies and have led to reductions in rates in some communities across Australia. This manual provides a framework for the planning, delivery and evaluation of early detection and treatment programs for STIs and BBIs within Aboriginal community settings. The manual is also a practical tool that can be used in a range of clinical settings which include Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services, specialist sexual health services, General Practice settings and other services which deliver sexual health programs.

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• For further information:
• View website: Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of NSW (AH & MRC)
• Contact details:
  • Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of NSW, PO Box 1565 Strawberry Hills, NSW, 2012, ph: (02) 9212 4777, fax: (02) 9212 7211, email: ahmrc@ahmrc.org.au

Talkin' up good air: Australian Indigenous tobacco control resource kit

Kruger K, McMillan N, Russ P, Smallwood H (2007)
Talkin' up good air: Australian Indigenous tobacco control resource kit. [kit]
Melbourne: Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Tobacco Control (CEITC)

This resource kit provides information, ideas, activities, success stories, and reference materials on tobacco control for Indigenous Australian communities. It aims to assist health professionals, in particular Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers, to become community leaders in the area of tobacco control and to raise the importance of tobacco control in Indigenous communities. The kit also encourages community action and aims to build community ownership in tobacco control by supporting community-initiated and controlled action.

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• For further information:
  View website: Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Tobacco Control (CEITC)
• Contact details:
  • Copies of the resource kit can be ordered via email: ceitc-info@unimelb.edu.au . Alternatively you can download sections of the resource kit by clicking on the following link: View Information page

Last updated: 1 October, 2007