Cancer
Links
The following links provide access to the range of general information about cancer available on the Internet. Links to information specific to Indigenous peoples have been provided where possible. For a more comprehensive list of links related to Indigenous health generally, view the series of HealthInfoNet links webpages. » Links
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Indigenous cancer services
- NSW Cancer Council - Aboriginal Health Services
- Breast Cancer Foundation - Indigenous services (WA)
- Quit SA - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Smoking
Indigenous controlled health services
- Aboriginal and Islander Community Health Service Brisbane Limited (QLD)
- Aboriginal Health Council of South Australia (SA)
- Aboriginal Health Council of Western Australia (AHCWA) (WA)
- Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance (AMSANT) (NT)
- Apunipima Cape York Health Council (QLD)
- Bega Garnbirringu Health Service (WA)
- Booroongen Djugun Aboriginal Corporation (NSW) - Currently under development
- Broome Regional Aboriginal Medical Service (WA)
- Central Australian Aboriginal Congress (NT)
- Congress Alukura (NT)
- Danila Dilba Health Service (NT)
- Derbarl Yerrigan Health Service (WA - view HealthBulletin website review)
- Derby Aboriginal Health Service Council (WA)
- Illawarra Aboriginal Medical Service (IAMS) (NSW)
- Jirntangku Miyrta Katherine West Health Board (NT)
- Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council Inc (KAMSC) (WA)
- National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) (national)
- Nganampa Health Council (SA)
- Ngwala Willumbong Co-operative Ltd (VIC)
- Nunkuwarrin Yunti (SA)
- Ord Valley Aboriginal Health Service (WA)
- Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council (QAIHC) (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)
Government agencies
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) (ACT)
- Australian Government - Access to information and services (ACT)
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) (ACT)
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare - Indigenous
- Chronic Diseases Network (CDN) (NT)
- Department of Health and Ageing (DHA) (ACT) see also Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (ACT)
- HealthInsite (ACT)
Universities, research centres, and related bodies
- Batchelor Institute (NT)
- Menzies School of Health Research (NT)
- University of Melbourne (VIC)
- University of Queensland (QLD)
- University of Sydney (NSW)
Journals
- Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal
- Acta Oncologica
- Association for Australian Rural Nurses Newsletter
- Austral-Asian Journal of Cancer (AAJC)
- Australian Family Physician (AFP) - Journal of the RACGP
- Australian Health Review - Journal of the Australian Healthcare Association (AHA)
- Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin
- Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
- Breast Cancer Research
- British Journal of Cancer
- Cancer Forum
- Cancer Research
- Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health ENews - A regular electronic newsletter for the CRCAH
- Current Problems in Cancer
- Healthview - publication of the Health Department of Western Australia
- Health Matters Newsletter - publication of the Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (OATSIH)
- Health Promotion Journal of Australia
- International Journal of Cancer
- Medical Journal of Australia (MJA)
- Northern Territory Disease Control Bulletin
- Rural and Remote Health - The International Electronic Journal of Rural and Remote Health Research, Education, Practice and Policy
- The Chronicle
- World Health Organization - Online Information Sources
Non-government organisations
- Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria
- Anti-Cancer Foundation of South Australia
- Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS) (NSW)
- Australian Medical Association (AMA)
- Breast Cancer Network Australia
- Cancer Council ACT
- Cancer Council of Tasmania
- Cancer Council of the Northern Territory
- Cancer Foundation of Western Australia
- CanTeen
- Central Australian and Barkly Aboriginal Health Workers Association (CABAHWA)
- Central Australian Rural Practitioners Association (CARPA)
- Community Services and Health Industry Skills Council (Skills Council) - provides information on projects of relevance to Indigenous health:
- Health-wa.net
- Leukaemia Foundation
- Mirrijini Pty Ltd - supplier of PBS medicines and clinical pharmacist advisory service for remote Aboriginal health services
- National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO)
- National Breast Cancer Centre
- New South Wales Cancer Council
- Queensland Cancer Fund
- The Fred Hollows Foundation (NSW)
Resources
- National Foundation of Cancer Research (NFCR)
- Cancer Learning (Cancer Australia)
Other organisations and health sites
Professional associations and societies
- American Cancer Society
- Australian Health Promotion Association
- Australian Indigenous Doctor's Association Inc (View HealthBulletin website review)
- Australian Indigenous Health Promotion Knowledge Network (AIHPKN) (View HealthBulletin website review)
- Australian Medical Association (AMA)
- CancerHelp UK
- Cancer Research Foundation of America (CRFA)
- Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses
- Council of Remote Area Nurses of Australia (CRANA)
- Doctors' Reform Society of Australia
- European Cancer Prevention Organisation
- International Union Against Cancer (UICC)
- National Cancer Institute
- National Childhood Cancer Foundation (NCCF)
- 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
- Women's Cancer Network (WCN)
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Last updated: 13 August 2008
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