Respiratory disease
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The following links provide quick access to services and information related to respiratory disease. Links to Indigenous organisations throughout Australia have been provided where possible. If you know of a link that should be included here, or if you find any broken links please contact us. For information relating to a range of other links in Indigenous health, view the HealthInfoNet links page. » Links
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Indigenous controlled health services
- Aboriginal and Islander Community Health Service Brisbane Limited (QLD)
- Aboriginal 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)
- Apunipima Cape York Health Council (QLD)
- Australian Indigenous Doctor's Association Inc (ACT)
- Bega Garnbirringu Health Service (WA)
- 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 Program Services (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)
- North Coast Aboriginal Corporation for Community Health (NCACCH) (QLD)
- 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 Government agencies
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) (ACT)
- Australian Government - Access to information and services (ACT)
- 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)
- Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation (NSW)
- Department of Families and Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (ACT)
- Department of Health and Ageing (DHA) (ACT) see also Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (ACT)
- Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (ACT) see also Office of the Registrar of Aboriginal Corporations (ACT)
- Government Services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (ACT)
- HealthInsite (ACT)
- Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (ACT)
- Indigenous Affairs Minister (ACT)
- Indigenous Portal
- Medicare Australia
- Ministerial Council for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs
- Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination (ACT)
- Office of the Registrar of Aboriginal Corporations (ACT)
- Torres Strait Regional Authority (QLD)
State and Territory government agencies
Australian Capital Territory
- ACT Department of Health
- Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, Chief Minister's Department
New South Wales
- Asthma New South Wales
- Cooperative Research Centre for Asthma (CRC)
- Department of Aboriginal Affairs (DAA)
- NSW Aboriginal InfoNet
- 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
Queensland
- Asthma Queensland
- Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy
- Queensland Health see also Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Unit
South Australia
- Asthma South Australia
- Department of Health see also Department info on South Australian Aboriginal Health Partnership (PDF - 1.28MB - large file warning!)
Tasmania
- Asthma Tasmania
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Office of Aboriginal Affairs, Department of Premier and Cabinet
Victoria
Western Australia
- Asthma and Allergy Research Institute Genetics Unit
- Asthma Western Australia
- Office of Aboriginal Health
- Respiratory Health Network
- Western Australian Indigenous Health Promotion Network
Northern Territory
- Asthma Northern Territory
- Chronic Diseases Network (NT)
- Department of Health and Community Services see also Department info on Aboriginal Public Health Strategy
- Department of Local Government, Housing and Sport
Research bodies, agencies and institutes
Australian
- Aboriginal Health Council of WA (AHCWA)
- Asthma Research Online
- Australian Centre for Asthma Monitoring
- Australian Lung Foundation (national)
- Australian & New Zealand Society of Respiratory Science
- Australian Respiratory Council
- Australian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy
- Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health and Nutrition (ACITHN): Indigenous Health Program - University of Queensland
- 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
- Cape York Institute for Policy and Leadership (QLD)
- Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR) - Australian National University
- Centre for Remote Health - Flinders University of South Australian and Charles Darwin University
- Combined Universities Centre for Rural Health - Curtin University of Technology, Edith Cowan University, University of Western Australia
- Curtin Indigenous Research Centre (CIRC) - Curtin University of Technology
- 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 Resources Web - University of Western Sydney
- 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 Asthma Council Australia
- National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
- Onemda VicHealth Koori Health Unit - University of Melbourne
- Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (RCIADIC) Research Register - AIATSIS - Currently under development
- Research Centre for Injury Studies - Flinders University of South Australia includes National Injury Surveillance Unit
- Umulliko Indigenous Higher Education Centre - University of Newcastle
- Woolcock Institute of Medical Research
International
- All Allergy Net
- American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI)
- American Lung Association (ALA)
- American Thoracic Society (ATS)
- Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA)
- Asthma and Respiratory Foundation of New Zealand
- British Thoracic Society
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- European Respiratory Society
- Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA)
- MEDLINE plus - Respiratory Diseases
- National Asthma Council - Asthma facts
Journals
Australian
- Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal
- Australian Family Physician (AFP) - Journal of the RAC
- Australian Health Review - Journal of the Australian Healthcare Association (AHA)
- Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin
- Australian Journal of Rural Health
- Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
- Communicable Diseases Intelligence - publication of the AIDS/Communicable Diseases Branch, Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care and the Communicable Diseases Network of Australia and New Zealand
- Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health ENews - A regular electronic newsletter for the CRCAH
- Healthview - publication of the Health Department of Western Australia
- Health Matters Newsletter - publication of the Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (OATSIH)
- INFOKOORI - index of articles published in the Koori Mail and elsewhere
- New Doctor - Journal of the Doctors' Reform Society of Australia
- Northern Territory Disease Control Bulletin
- NSW Public Health Bulletin - NSW Health publication
- Rural and Remote Health - The International Electronic Journal of Rural and Remote Health Research, Education, Practice and Policy
- The Chronicle - Chronic Disease Bulletin
- The Journal of the Australian Institute of Environmental Health
- The Medical Journal of Australia
- Northern Territory Communicable Diseases Bulletin
- Vascular Health Matters Bulletin
- VicHealth Letter - VicHealth publication
International
- European Respiratory Journal
- International Journal of Infectious Diseases
- International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
- Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
- Lancet Infectious Diseases
- Promotion and Education: International Journal for Health Promotion and Education - Journal of the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE)
- Respirology
- World Health Organization - Online Information Sources
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
- Indigenous Resource Unit - John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland
- Indigenous Services - State Library of South Australia
- National Library of Australia see also Mura Gadi: A new pathway to Internet resources
- 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
Professional associations and societies
- 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)
- 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
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Last updated: 30 June 2007
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