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2007
- A Better Choice Queensland Health (2007) Healthy Food and Drink Supply Strategy for Queensland Health Facilities (A Better Choice) (2007) Brisbane: Queensland Health, Queensland Government
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View website: Queensland Health - Brewster D, Nelson C, Couzos S (2007) Failure to thrive. In: Couzos S, Murray R, eds. Aboriginal primary health care: an evidence-based approach . 3rd ed. South Melbourne: Oxford University Press:265-307
View chapter (PDF - 42KB)
View website: Central Australian Rural Practitioners Association - Department of Health, WA (2007) Healthy Options WA, Food and Nutrition Policy for WA Health Services and Facilities. Perth: Department of Health, WA
View report (PDF - 399KB)
View Operational Directive: Food and Nutrition Policy
View website: Department of Health WA - Gracey MS (2007) Nutrition-related disorders in Indigenous Australians: how things have changed. Medical Journal of Australia ;186(1):15-17
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 147KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia - Sayers S, Mackerras D,Halpin S, Singh G (2007) Growth outcomes for Australian Aboriginal children aged 11 years who were born with intrauterine growth retardation at term gestation. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology ;21(5):411-417
View abstract: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology
View website: Blackwell Synergy (Blackwell publishing)
2006
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (2006) Fairstore: a best practice guide for stores serving remote and Indigenous communities. Dickson, ACT: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
View report (PDF - 520KB)
View website: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission - Brewster DR (2006) Critical appraisal of the management of severe malnutrition: 4. 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) - Burns J, Thomson N (2006) Overweight and obesity - a major problem for Indigenous Australians. Retrieved from http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/html/html_bulletin/bull_64/brief_reports/bulletin_briefreports_burns.pdf
View article: HealthBulletin (HTML)
View article: HealthBulletin (PDF - 92KB) - Mackerras D (2006) Breastfeeding in Indigenous Australians. Nutrition and Dietetics ;63:5-7
View abstract: Nutrition and Dietetics
View website: Blackwell Synergy (Blackwell publishing) - National Rural Health Alliance (2006) Food security for Indigenous people in remote areas. Deakin, ACT: National Rural Health Alliance
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View website: National Rural Health Alliance - National Rural Health Alliance (2006) Providing fresh food in remote Indigenous communities [position paper]. Deakin West, ACT: National Rural Health Alliance
View report (PDF - 114KB)
View website: National Rural Health Alliance
2005
- 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. (ABS catalogue no. 4704.0) Canberra : Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and the Australian Bureau of Statistics
View report (PDF - 5.3MB - large file warning!)
View website: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare - NSW Centre for Overweight and Obesity, University of Sydney (2005) A literature review of the evidence for interventions to address overweight and obesity in adults and older Australians, with special reference to people living in rural and remote Australia and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.
Sydney: University of Sydney
View report (PDF - 351KB)
View website: NSW Centre for Overweight and Obesity
2004
- Zubrick SR, Lawrence DM, Silburn SR, Blair E, Milroy H, et al. (2004) The health of Aboriginal children and young people. (The Western Australian Aboriginal Child Health Survey, v. 1) Perth: Telethon Institute for Child Health Research
View report (PDF - 307KB)
View website: The Western Australian Aboriginal Child Health Survey
2003
- 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 - Leonard D (2003) FoodNorth: food for health in north Australia. Perth: North Australia Nutrition Group, Department of Health, Western Australia
View report (PDF - 1.9MB - large file warning)
View website: Population Health, Department of Health, Western Australia - Mackerras DEM, Reid A, Sayers SM, Singh GR, Bucens IK, et al. (2003) Growth and morbidity in children in the Aboriginal Birth Cohort Study: the urban-remote differential. Medical Journal of Australia ;178(2):56-60
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 163KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia - National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Council (2003) National strategic framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health: framework for action by governments. Canberra: National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Council
View report (PDF - 350KB)
View website: Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing - Pollard C, Lewis J, Woods L, Beurle D (2003) National Obesity Taskforce Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workshop, Adelaide , 10-11 September 2003: outcomes. Adelaide: National Obesity Taskforce
View report: National Obesity Taskforce (PDF - 100KB)
View website: Healthy Active - Smith RM, Smith PA (2003) An assessment of the composition and nutrient content of an Australian Aboriginal hunter-gatherer diet. Australian Aboriginal Studies;2:39-54
View abstract: Australian Aboriginal Studies
View website: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
2002
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (2002) Storecharter: a service charter for stores serving remote and Indigenous communities. Canberra: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
View website: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission - Northern Territory Government (2001)Northern Territory food and nutrition policy: action plan 2001-2006. Darwin: Northern Territory Government
View website: Northern Territory Government - Office of Aboriginal Health, Nutrition and Physical Activity Program, Department of Health (WA) (2001) Aboriginal food and nutrition policy for Western Australia. Perth: Office of Aboriginal Health, Department of Health (WA)
View website: Office of Aboriginal Health, Department of Health (WA)
2001
- National Public Health Partnership (2001) National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nutrition Strategy and Action Plan 2000-2010 and first phase activities 2000-2003. Canberra: National Public Health Partnership
View summary (PDF - 608KB)
View report (PDF - 744KB)
View website: National Public Health Partnership - National Public Health Partnership (2001)Eat well Australia: an agenda for action in public health nutrition, 2000–2010. Canberra : National Public Health Partnership
View summary: National Public Health Partnership (PDF - 620KB)
View report: National Public Health Partnership (PDF - 912KB)
View website: National Public Health Partnership, Australian Government - Paterson BA, McKinnon CP, Edmond KM (2001) A review of annual growth screening in Aboriginal schoolchildren in Australia. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health;37(1):18-23
View abstract: Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
View website: Blackwell Synergy (Blackwell publishing)
2000
- Gracey M (2000) Historical, cultural, political, and social influences on dietary patterns and nutrition in Australian Aboriginal children. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition;72(5 [Supp]):1361S-1367S
View abstract: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
View website: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition - Gracey M (2000)Infant feeding and weaning practices in an urbanizing traditional, hunter-gatherer society. Pediatrics ;106(5 [part 2]):1276-1277
View abstract: Pediatrics
View website: Pediatrics - Groos A, Leonard D, Gabriel R (2000) Breastfeeding and infant nutrition: what more is needed to meet our targets. Australian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics ;57(1):7-8
View website: Australian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics - National Health and Medical Research Council (2000) Nutrition in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: an information paper. Canberra : National Health and Medical Research Council
View report: National Health and Medical Research Council (PDF - 2.4MB - large file warning!)
View website: National Health and Medical Research Council - Riley M (2000) Nutritional health of Indigenous peoples: whose responsibility? [editorial]. Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition ;9(3):155-156
View abstract: Clinical Nutrition
View website: Blackwell Synergy (Blackwell publishing) - Smith RM, Smith PA, McKinnon M, Gracey M (2000)Birthweights and growth of infants in five Aboriginal communities. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 24(2):124-35
View abstract: HealthBulletin - Wang Z, Hoy W, McDonald S (2000)Body mass index in Aboriginal Australians in remote communities. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health ;24(6):570-575
View abstract: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
View website: Blackwell Synergy (Blackwell publishing)
Before 2000
- National Health and Medical Research Council (1999)Background information and a guide on nutrition-related diseases in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Canberra : National Health and Medical Research Council,
View abstract: HealthBulletin - Smith PA, Smith RM (1999) Diets in transition: hunter-gatherer to station diet and station diet to the self-select store diet. Human Ecology ;27(1):115-133
View abstract: Human Ecology
View website: SpringerLink - Taylor V (1999) Informing strategic directions for food and nutrition in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations: discussion paper. Canberra : Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care
View website: Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health - Engeler T, McDonald M, Miller M, Groos A, Black M, et al. (1998) Review of current interventions and identification of best practice currently used by community based Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island health service providers in promoting and supporting breastfeeding and appropriate infant nutrition. Canberra: Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services
View report (PDF - 483KB)
View website: Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing - Groos A, Engeler T, Miller M, McDonald M (1998) Stories and ideas from around Australia : giving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander babies the best start in life: supporting breastfeeding and good food choices for infants. Cairns: Department of Social and Preventative Medicine, Northern Clinical School, University of Queensland; Tropical Public Health Unit, Cairns; Apunipima Cape York Health Council
View abstract: HealthBulletin - Lee AJ (1996)The transition of Australian Aboriginal diet and meal patterns. World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics ;79:1-52
View website: World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics
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