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Norma Benger Chidanpee
Norma Benger Chidanpee
When babies are born in the dry season this is also the time of the birth of the dragonfly, which hums and buzzes around the air excited about the birth of the new season.
The grandmothers catch the dragonflies to test babies' hearing, making them buzz near the babies' ears. When a baby responds we know that they have good hearing....
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Indigenous controlled health services
- Aboriginal and Islander Community Health Service Brisbane Limited (QLD)
- Aborginal Health and Medical Research Council (NSW)
- Aboriginal Health Council of South Australia (SA)
- Aboriginal Health Council of Western Australia (AHCWA) (WA)
- Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance (AMSANT) (NT)
- Aboriginal Sobriety Group Inc. (ASG) (SA)
- Anyinginyi Congress Aboriginal Medical Service (NT)
- Apunipima Cape York Health Council (QLD)
- Australian Indigenous Doctor's Association Inc (ACT)
- Bega Garnbirringu Health Service (WA)
- Booroongen Djugun Aboriginal Corporation - trading as Booroongen Djugun College (NSW)
- Broome Regional Aboriginal Medical Service (WA)
- Central Australian Aboriginal Congress (NT)
- Congress Alukura (NT)
- Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses (CATSIN) (QLD)
- Council for Aboriginal Alcohol Programs (CAAPS) (NT)
- Danila Dilba Health Service (NT)
- Derbarl Yerrigan Health Service (WA - view HealthBulletin website review)
- Derby Aboriginal Health Service (WA)
- Goondir Aboriginal Corp for Health Services (QLD)
- Illawarra Aboriginal Medical Service (IAMS) (NSW) - Currently under development
- Jirntangku Miyrta Katherine West Health Board (NT)
- Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council Inc (KAMSC) (WA)
- National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) (national)
- Ngaanyatjarra Health Service (NHS) (NT)
- Nganampa Health Council (SA)
- Ngwala Willumbong Co-operative Ltd (VIC)
- North Coast Aboriginal Corporation for Community Health (NCACCH) (QLD)
- Nunkuwarrin Yunti - Working together (SA)
- Ord Valley Aboriginal Health Service (WA)
- Pika Wiya Health Service (SA)
- Port Lincoln Aboriginal Health Service (SA - view HealthBulletin website review)
- Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council (QAIHC) (QLD)
- Townsville Aboriginal and Islanders Health Service (QLD)
- Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) (VIC)
- Victorian Aboriginal Health Service (VIC)
- Walgett Aboriginal Medical Service Co-operative (WAMS) (NSW)
- Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service (ACT)
- Wuchopperen Health Service (QLD)
- Yura Yungi Aboriginal Medical Service (WA)
Other health sites
- Aboriginal Disability Network (NSW)
- Aboriginal Health Provider Network (SA)
- Australian Indigenous Health Promotion Knowledge Network (NSW)
- Central Australian and Barkly Aboriginal Health Workers Association(NT - maintained by the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet)
- Central Australian Rural Practitioner's Association (CARPA) (NT)
- Collaborative Centre for Aboriginal Health Promotion (NSW) - Currently unavailable
- Cuz Congress (CAAC - NT)
- Independent Living Centre: Ochre Shores (QLD)
- Koori Health Unit (VIC)
- MedicineAu - Aboriginal Health Au (NSW)
- Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker Education Program (QATSIHWEPAC)
- Vibe Australia (NSW)
Government agencies
- Commonwealth government agencies
- State and Territory health and Indigenous affairs agencies
- Local government agencies
Commonwealth government agencies
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) (ACT)
- Australian Government - Access to information and services (ACT)
- Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS) (NSW)
- Australian Department of Human Services
- Australian Hearing
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) (ACT)
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) (ACT)
- Australian Government - Indigenous Employment Policy (ACT)
- Department of Families and Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Minister's Indigenous Affairs website (ACT)
- Department of Health and Ageing (DHA) (ACT) see also Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (ACT)
- HealthInsite (ACT)
- Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (ACT)
- Indigenous Coordination Centres
- Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination (ACT)
State and Territory health and Indigenous affairs agencies
Australian Capital Territory
New South Wales
- Department of Aboriginal Affairs (DAA)
- NSW Government's Community Builders - use "Aboriginal' or 'Indigenous' search terms to locate relevant information
- NSW Health see also Department info on Aboriginal health concerns
Northern Territory
Queensland
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships
- Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy
- Queensland Health see also Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Unit
South Australia
Tasmania
- Department of Health and Human Services see also Department info on Aboriginal Health Unit
- Office of Aboriginal Affairs, Department of Premier and Cabinet
Victoria
Western Australia
- Department of Health Western Australia see also Office of Aboriginal Health and Health Services Directory: Aboriginal health
- Department of Indigenous Affairs
Local government agencies
Research bodies and institutes
- Australasian Cochrane Centre - The Cochrane Collaboration
- Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet - Edith Cowan University
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies see also AIATSIS Research
- Centre for Remote Health - Flinders University of South Australian and Charles Darwin University
- Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health - Charles Darwin University
- Department of Rural Health, Broken Hill - University of Sydney
- Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre
- Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action (FAIRA)
- Indigenous College of Education and Research - University of South Australia
- Indigenous Communities Environmental Health - University of Western Sydney
- Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit - University of Queensland
- Menzies School of Health Research - Menzies Foundation, Northern Territory Government, University of Sydney
- Mount Isa Centre for Rural and Remote Health - James Cook University
- National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
- VicHealth Koori Health Research and Community Development Unit - University of Melbourne
- Communicare - computerised patient healthcare system
- National Divisions of General Practice
- Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
Rural health resources
- School of Rural Health - Monash University
- Central Australian Rural Practitioners Association (CARPA)
- National Rural Health Alliance
- Rural Doctor's Association (NSW)
Rural health training units
Professional associations
- Australian Health Promotion Association
- Australian Indigenous Doctor's Association Inc
- Australian Indigenous Health Promotion Knowledge Network (AIHPKN)
- Australian Medical Association (AMA)
- Australian Tinnitus Association (NSW Ltd)
- Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses
- Council of Remote Area Nurses of Australia (CRANA)
- Doctors' Reform Society of Australia.
- National Coalition or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Workers Association Inc (NCATSISWA)
- Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA)
- Royal Australasian College of Physicians
- Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)
- Tasmanian GP Atlas - Rural General Practice Online
Other non-government sites
Australia
- Australian Medical Association (AMA)
- Central Australian and Barkly Aboriginal Health Workers Association (CABAHWA)
- Central Australian Rural Practitioners Association (CARPA) (NT)
- Community Services and Health Industry Skills Council (Skills Council) - provides information on projects of relevance to Indigenous health:
- Deafness Forum of Australia
- Ear Science Institute Australia
- Health-wa.net
- Mirrijini Pty Ltd - supplier of PBS medicines and clinical pharmacist advisory service for remote Aboriginal health services
- National relay service
- Our Community
- Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC)
- The Fred Hollows Foundation (NSW)
International
- Acoustical Society of America
- Alexander Graham Bell Association of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
- National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders
- The Oticon Foundation
- QUOTA International
Journals and newsletters - health
Australia
- Aboriginal Islander Healthworker Journal
- Australian and New Zealand Journal of Audiology
- Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
- Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin
- Gwalwa-Gai (Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health)
- Health Matters Newsletter
- Medical Journal of Australia
International
- Access Audiology
- Acta Oto- Laryngologica - Currently unavailable
- Clinical Otolaryngology
- Ear Nose & Throat Journal
- Ear and Hearing
- The Hearing Journal
- The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
Libraries and databases
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages - The World Wide Web Virtual Library
- Aboriginal Studies Electronic Data Archive - AIATSIS
- Aboriginal Studies WWW Virtual Library - The World Wide Web Virtual Library
- Indigenous Library Services - State Library of Queensland, Cairns
- National Library of Australia
- Rural Health Research Register - School of rural health, Monash University
Medical search engines
- Medical World Search - to search major medical sites
- Medscape
- PubMed - to search MEDLINE and other related databases
Links - communication and learning
Education
- Aboriginal Education, Training and Services Directorate - Education Department of Western Australia
- Aboriginal Education Enfield, South Australia
- Aboriginal Health Worker and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker National Competency Standards and Qualifications Review - Community Services and Health Training Australia (CSHTA) has been contracted to develop new national qualifications for Aboriginal Health Workers and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers.
- Aboriginal Independent Community Schools (WA)
- Cape York Institute for Policy and Leadership (QLD)
- Dhinawun Consultancy
- Djeetgun Kurnai Women's Aboriginal Corporation
- Koorie Education (VIC - Department of Education)
- National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Website (NATSIEW) (currently unavailable)
- New South Wales Department of School Education, Aboriginal Education Policy
- Population Health Project - conducted by Community Services and Health Training Australia (CSHTA)
- Roebourne Primary School
- Victorian Aboriginal Education Association
- Warrit Ngulu Australian Indigenous Studies - Open Learning Agency
- Yuruga Enterprises
Universities and other tertiary institutions
- Australian National University (ACT)
- Batchelor Institute (NT)
- Booroongen Djugun College
- Charles Darwin University (NT)
- Combined Universities Centre for Rural Health (WA)
- Charles Sturt University (NSW)
- Curtin University of Technology (WA)
- Deakin University (VIC)
- Edith Cowan University (WA)
- Indigenous College of Education and Research -University of South Australia
- James Cook University (QLD)
- Monash University (VIC)
- Murdoch University (WA)
- Waardong Programme - Murdoch University
- Swinburne University of Technology (VIC)
- University of Adelaide (SA)
- University of Melbourne (VIC)
- University of Newcastle (NSW)
- Wollotuka - School of Aboriginal Studies
- Umulliko Indigenous Higher Education Centre
- University of New South Wales (NSW)
- University of Queensland (QLD)
- Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health and Nutrition (ACITHN): Indigenous Health Program
- Centre for Primary Health Care - Currently unavailable
- Indigenous Health Cultural Exchange Group
- University of South Australia (SA)
- University of Southern Queensland
- Kumbari/Ngurpai Lag - Higher Education Centre
- University of Sydney (NSW)
- University of Tasmania
- Riawunna - Centre for Aboriginal Education
- University of Wollongong (NSW),
- University of Western Australia (WA)
Government agencies
- Australian Hearing
- The learning place (hearing impairment), Education Queensland Disability Services Support Unit (DSSU)
Other communication and learning sites
- Bilby publishing (resources for sign language)
- CRC for cochlear and hearing aid innovation
- Dynamic Hearing Pty Ltd
- HearWorks Pty Ltd
- SignPlanet.net (resources for sign language)
- SignSwap (resources for sign language)
- Telethon Speech & Hearing
- Acoustical Society of America
International
Journals and newsletters - communication and learning
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Last updated: 21 August 2008
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