Eye health
Life before the drought
(1999)
Julie Weekes
Acrylic on archer paper
This artwork is provided by the Edith Cowan University Art Collection.
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The painting:
Basically the painting tells the viewer that life is controlled by the change of the environment. This change has taken place within thousands of years, yet man within an eye blink can cause the same change in the land for the sake of development.
The artist:
My mother is fifth generation Australian of European descent and my father a Torres Strait Islander. I grew up knowing I was an Islander but had no knowledge of my family or culture.
Publications: general
References and links (when available) for general publications about the eye health of Indigenous peoples are provided below. Included are journal articles, reports, theses, and other literature.
Publications
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- Specific topics
- Key references
- Bibliography
- Conference presentations
General
2007
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2007)
A guide to Australian eye health data.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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report (PDF - 431KB)
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Durkin SR, Tan EWH, Casson RJ, Selva D, Newland HS (2007)
Central corneal thickness among Aboriginal people attending eye clinics in remote South Australia.
Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology;35(8):728 - 732
View abstract: Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
View website: Blackwell Synergy
Taylor H, Keeffe J, Shemesh T (2007)
National Indigenous Eye Health Survey, project overview.
East Melbourne: Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne
View report (PDF - 352KB)
View website: Centre for Eye Research Australia
2006
Australian Bureau of Statistics (2006)
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
Survey: Australia, 2004-05.
Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics
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abstract: HealthBulletin
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report (PDF - 1.7MB - large file warning!)
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state and territory details
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Australian Bureau of Statistics
Laforest C, Durkin S, Selva D, Casson R, Newland H (2006)
Aboriginal versus non-Aboriginal ophthalmic disease: admission characteristics at the Royal Adelaide Hospital.
Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology;34(4):324-328
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abstract: Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
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website: Blackwell Synergy (Blackwell Publishing)
Schlenther G, Tahhan N, Stretton S, Layland B (2006)
Aboriginal eyecare: a review of services in NSW.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal;30(3):7-8
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Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal
Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Health, Statistical Information Management Committee (2006)
National summary of the 2003 and 2004 jurisdictional reports
against the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance
indicators.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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abstract: HealthBulletin
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report
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website: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
2005
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Institute of
Health and Welfare (2005)
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
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abstract: HealthBulletin
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report (PDF - 5.2MB - large file warning!)
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Australian Bureau of Statistics
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Jones JN, Smith L, Briscoe G (2005)
The National Trachoma and Eye Health History Project: an Aboriginal
perspective.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal;29(6):11-12
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Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal
Murray RB, Metcalf SM, Lewis PM, Mein JK, McAllister IL (2005)
Sustaining remote-area programs: retinal camera use by Aboriginal
health workers and nurses in a Kimberley partnership.
Medical Journal of Australia;182(10):520-523
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paper: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
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paper: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF)
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Medical Journal of Australia
Reddy V (2005)
Epidemiology and treatment of eye disease:
Cape York Regional Eye Health Programme (1999-2004).
Unpublished
Master of Public Health thesis, University of Queensland,
Brisbane
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thesis (PDF - 552KB)
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thesis (Word doc - 1.02MB - large file warning!)
2004
Department of Health and Ageing (2004)
Australian government response to the review of the implementation
of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Eye
Health Program.
Canberra: Department of Health and Ageing
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report
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Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Kaplan-Myrth N (2004)
Political visions: blindness prevention as a case study
of community-government relations in Aboriginal health.
(Discussion paper No 10)
Melbourne: VicHealth Koori Health Research and Community Development
Unit
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abstract: HealthBulletin
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report (PDF - 168KB)
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website: VicHealth Koori Health Research and Community Development
Unit
Layland B, Holden B, Evans K, Bailey S (2004)
ICEE/AHMRC NSW Aboriginal Eye and Visioncare Program, Australia
[project report].
Rural and Remote Health;4 (online):247. Retrieved
from http://rrh.deakin.edu.au
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abstract: HealthBulletin
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article
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website: Rural and Remote Health
Taylor V, Ewald D, Liddle H, Warchivker I (2004)
Review of the implementation of the National Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander Eye Health Program.
Canberra: Centre for Remote Health
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abstract: HealthBulletin
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report
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Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Yohendran J (2004)
Review of Australian Indigenous eye health research published in the last decade [letter to the editor].
Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology;32(4):450-451
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abstract: Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
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website: Blackwell Synergy (Blackwell Publishing)
2003
Burns J, Thomson N (2003)
Eye health.
In: Thomson N, ed. The health of Indigenous Australians.
South Melbourne: Oxford University Press:273-289
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website: Oxford University Press
Central Australian Rural Practitioners Association (2003)
CARPA standard treatment manual: a clinic manual for primary
health care practitioners in remote and rural communities
in Central and Northern Australia.
4th ed. Alice Springs: Central Australian Rural Practitioners
Association
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eye conditions section (PDF - 102KB)
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manual
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website: Central Australian Rural Practitioners Association
2002
Madden AC, Simmons D, McCarty CA, Khan MA, Taylor HR (2002)
Eye health in rural Australia.
Clinical and experimental ophthalmology;30:316-321
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abstract: Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology (HTML)
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website: Blackwell Synergy (Blackwell Publishing)
2001
Office
for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (2001)
Specialist eye health guidelines for use in Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander populations: cataract, diabetic
retinopathy and trachoma.
Canberra: Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care
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abstract: HealthBulletin
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report
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website: Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Prior to 2001
Thomson
N, Paterson B (1998)
Eye health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Reviews,
Number 1.
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Clearinghouse,
Perth
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report
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website: Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
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