Physical activity

Jason Etheridge (JJ)
JJ was born in the Sydney Women's Hospital in 1972, and feels that having a combined background of Torres Strait Islander from his mother's side, and West Indian from his father's side, has given him a broader understanding of Indigenous lifestyles.
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The artwork displayed here is obtained from the Culcha Disc: Australian Indigenous Images Vol 1
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Publications: bibliographic materials
The links provided on this webpage relate primarily to publications for the Indigenous Australian population. In documents that address the general Australian population, links to Indigenous-specific chapters have been provided where possible.
Key references
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (2004) National Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey, 2002. Canberra:
Australian Bureau of Statistics
View report - Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Institute
of Health and Welfare (2005) Health risk factors. In
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:133-145
View section - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2004) Determinants
of health. In Australia's health 2004: the ninth biennial
health report of the Australian Institute of Health and
Welfare. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and
Welfare
View section - Beneforti M, Cunningham J (2002) Investigating indicators for measuring the health and social impact of sport and recreation programs in Indigenous communities. Darwin:
Australian Sports Commission and Cooperative Centre for
Aboriginal and Tropical Health
View report - Cairnduff S (2001) Sport and recreation for Indigenous youth in the Northern Territory: scoping research priorities for health and social outcomes. Darwin: Cooperative
Research Centre for Aboriginal and Tropical Health and Australian
Sports Commission
View report - Cunningham J, Beneforti M (2005) Investigating indicators
for measuring the health and social impact of sport and
recreation programs in Australian Indigenous communities
[short communication]. International Review for the
Sociology of Sport;40(1):89-98
View abstract - Garrard J, Lewis B, Keleher H, Tunny N, Burke L, et al.
(2004) Planning for health communities: reducing the
risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes through
healthier environments and lifestyles. Melbourne: Victorian
Government Department of Human Services
View report - Linacre S (2005) Australian social trends 2005.
Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics
View section - Marshall AL, Miller R (2004) Measuring physical activity in urban Indigenous Australians. Final report. Saint
Lucia: University of Queensland
View report - National Centre for Culture and Recreation Statistics,
Australian Bureau of Statistics (2004) Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander peoples: aspects of sport and recreation.
Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics
View report - National Health Performance Committee (2004) Determinants
of health. In National report on Health Sector Performance
Indicators 2003. Canberra: Australian Institute of
Health and Welfare
View section - Shilton TR, Brown WJ (2004) Physical activity among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport;7(1 (Supplement)):39-42
View abstract - Thompson SJ, Gifford SM, Thorpe L (2000) The social and cultural context of risk and prevention: food and physical activity in an urban Aboriginal community. Health Education
and Behavior;27(6):725-743
View abstract
Bibliography
If you have access to EndNote bibliographic software you may download our physical activity EndNote library containing references from the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet bibliographic database regarding various aspects of physical activity. If you use Netscape Navigator as your browser click the right mouse button and choose the 'save link as' option to save to your computer. If you use Internet Explorer you should choose the 'save target as' option.
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Alternatively you may wish to search through the HealthInfoNet bibliographic database for references about physical activity. Suggested search terms are 'physical', 'activity', 'active', 'sport', 'recreation', and/or 'exercise'.
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