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2007

Brimblecombe J (2007)
Poverty underlies poor nutrition.
Chronicle;10(1):16-17
View article: Department of Health and Community Services, NT (PDF - 1.9MB - large file warning!)
View website: Department of Health and Community Services, NT

Colbey A, Edwards C (2007)
Yirrkala active cooking.
The Chronicle;10(4):28
View article: The Chronicle (PDF - 10.6MB - large file warning!)
View website: Chronic Diseases Network

Fred Hollows Foundation Indigenous Program (2007)
Community consultation on home micronutrient supplementation 'Sprinkles' for Indigenous children in the Northern Territory.
Darwin: Fred Hollows Foundation
View report (PDF - 1.1MB - large file warning!)
View website: Fred Hollows Foundation

Kwan K, Combs B, Mak D, Giele C, Ferguson C, et al. (2007)
Epidemiology of notifiable sexually transmitted infections and blood-borne viruses in Western Australia 2006.
Perth: Communicable Disease Control Directorate, Department of Health, Western Australia
View report (HTML)
View website: Department of Health, Western Australia

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2006

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2006)
Australia's health 2006: the tenth biennial health report of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View report (HTML)
View section 4.5: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples (PDF - 526KB)
View website: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Brewster DR (2006)
Critical appraisal of the management of severe malnutrition: Implications for Aboriginal child health in northern Australia.
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
;42(10):594-595
View abstract: Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
View website: Blackwell Synergy (Blackwell Publishing)

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2005

Angeles G (2005)
Fish traps: a significant part of our health and wellbeing: winning essay Dr Ross Ingram memorial essay prize.
Medical Journal of Australia;182(10):541-543
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 581KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia

Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2005)
The health and welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples 2005
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and the Australian Bureau of Statistics
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View article: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (PDF - 5.3MB - large file warning!)
View website: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2005)
The health and welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples 2005: summary booklet.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and the Australian Bureau of Statistics
View article: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (PDF - 759 KB)
View website: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Edwards C (2005)
The Indigenous content of Australian nutrition and dietetics degrees.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal; 29(4):11-14
View website: Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal

McCabe M, Ricciardelli L, Mellor D, Ball K (2005)
Media influences on body image and disordered eating among Indigenous adolescent Australians.
Adolescence;40(157):115-127
View abstract: HealthBulletin

Pyper W (2005)
Plants for people: Aboriginal sustainable business enterprises.
Ecos;123:22-25
View article: Ecos Magazine (PDF - 1.1MB - large file warning!)
View website: Ecos Magazine

Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC) (2005)
Footprints to where we are: a resource manual for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children's services.
North Fitzroy, Vic: Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care
View article: Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (PDF - 4.5MB - large file warning!)
View website: Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care

Steering Committee for the Review of Commonwealth Service Provision (2005)
Overcoming Indigenous disadvantage: key indicators 2005: report.
Canberra: Productivity Commission
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View article: Productivity Commission (HTML)
View article: Productivity Commission (PDF - 2.6MB - large file warning!)
View website: Productivity Commission

Wahlqvist ML (2005)
Diversification in Indigenous and ethnic food culture.
Forum Nutrition;57:52-61
View abstract: PubMed
View website: National Center for Biotechnology Information

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2004

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2004)
Australia's health 2004: the ninth biennial health report of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (AIHW catalogue no. 8903.0)
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View report: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
(PDF - 326KB)
View website: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Draper G, Codde JP (2004)
Our state of health 2004: an overview of the health of the people of Western Australia.
Perth: Health Information Centre, Department of Health, Western Australia
View article: Department of Health (PDF - 633KB)
View website: Department of Health, WA

Edwards C (2004)
Birth to elders: nutrition for life: Pika Wiya Health Service.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal;28(6):22-23
View website: Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal

Edwards C (2004)
The Indigenous content of Australian nutrition and dietetic degrees.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal;28(4):10-13
View website: Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal

Martin P, Ryan B (2004)
Natural-series radionuclides in traditional Aboriginal foods in tropical northern Australia: a review.
Scientific World Journal;26(4):77-95
View abstract: Scientific World Journal
View website: Scientific World Journal

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2003

Al-Yaman F, Sargeant H, Bryant M (2003)
Australia's young people: their health and well-being 2003.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
View report (PDF - 8.6MB - large file warning!)
View website: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2003)
The health and welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples 2003.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and the Australian Bureau of Statistics
View report (PDF - 4.8MB - large file warning)
View website: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and the Australian Bureau of Statistics

Brewster D (2003)
Failure to thrive. In: Couzos S, Murray R, eds.Aboriginal primary health care: an evidence-based approach. 2nd ed.
South Melbourne: Oxford University Press:162-192
View report (PDF - 4.2MB - large file warning!)
View website: Central Australian Rural Practitioners Association Inc

Burns J, Irvine J (2003)
Nutrition and growth. In: Thomson N, ed.
The health of Indigenous Australians.
South Melbourne: Oxford University Press:75-92
View website: Oxford University Press

Hill R, Baird A (2003)
Kuku-Yalanji rainforest Aboriginal people and carbohydrate resource management in the wet tropics of Queensland, Australia.
Human Ecology;31(1):27-52
View website: Human Ecology

Lamb J (2003)
The raw and the cooked: a study of the effects of cooking on three Aboriginal plant foods from Queensland.
Unpublished Bachelor of Arts (Honours) thesis, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland
View website: Australian Archaeological Association Inc.
View website: University of Queensland

Priestly JR (2003)
Growing stronger together: cross-cultural nutrition partnerships in the Northern Territory 1974-2000.
Unpublished Masters of Arts (Honors) thesis, University of Western Sydney,
Sydney, New South Wales
View abstract: Australian Digital Theses Program
View website: University of Western Sydney

Rouja PM, Dewailly E, Blanchet C, Bardi Community (2003)
Fat, fishing patterns, and health among the Bardi people of north Western Australia.
Lipids;38(4):399-405
View abstract: Lipids
View website: SpringerLink

Steering Committee for the Review of Commonwealth Service Provision (2003)
Overcoming Indigenous disadvantage: key indicators 2003: overview.
Canberra: Productivity Commission
View report (HTML)
View report (PDF - 1.3MB - large file warning!)
View website: Productivity Commission

Steering Committee for the Review of Commonwealth Service Provision (2003)
Overcoming Indigenous disadvantage: key indicators 2003: report.
Canberra: Productivity Commission
View report (HTML)
View report (PDF - 984KB)
View website: Productivity Commission

Thomson N, ed. (2003)
The health of Indigenous Australians.
South Melbourne: Oxford University Press
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View website: Oxford University Press

Thomson N, Ali M (2003)
Births, deaths, and hospitalisation.In: Thomson N, ed. The health of Indigenous Australians.
South Melbourne: Oxford University Press:44-74
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View website: Oxford University Press

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2002

Australian Bureau of Statistics (2002)
National Health Survey: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander results, Australia 2001. (ABS catalogue no. 4715.0)
Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics
View report (PDF - 271KB)
View website: Australian Bureau of Statistics

Furnass B, ed. (2002)
Good grub: food for healthy people and a healthy planet.
Canberra: Nature and Society Forum
View article: Nature and Society Forum
View website: Nature and Society Forum

Isaacs J (2002)
Bush food: Aboriginal food & herbal medicine.
Sydney: New Holland
View book information: Doongal
View website: New Holland publishers

Kuracca Consultancy, Food Standards Australia New Zealand (2002)
Report on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander consultation.
Dickson, ACT: Kuracca Consultancy
View report (PDF - 212KB)
View website: Kuracca Consultancy

Leonard D, McDermott R, O’Dea K, Rowley KG, Pensio P, et al. (2002 )
Obesity, diabetes and associated cardiovascular risk factors among Torres Strait Islander people.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health;26(2):144-149
View abstract: PubMed
View website: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Ring IT, Brown N (2002)
Indigenous health: chronically inadequate responses to damning statistics.
Medical Journal of Australia;177(11/12):629-631
View article: Medical Journal of Australia
View website: Medical Journal of Australia

Shannon C (2002)
Acculturation: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nutrition.
Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition;11(Suppl):S576-S578
View abstract: HealthBulletin

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