About this web resource
The need for better information for practice and policy
The very poor health status of Australia’s Indigenous peoples was acknowledged in 2000 by the then Commonwealth Minister for Health as Australia’s ‘singular most spectacular failure as a nation’. The Minister went on to emphasise the necessity of quality information to inform practice and policy development.
The Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet aims to contribute to improving the health status of Indigenous Australians by systematically collecting and expanding the knowledge base necessary to inform policy and practice. This is done by developing and making available a comprehensive knowledge resource through the Internet to assist the development, implementation and monitoring of policies, strategies and programs.
Our web resource
Our expanding, dynamic web resource makes published, unpublished and specially-developed material about Indigenous health freely accessible to policy makers, service providers, researchers, students and the general community.
The resource includes detailed overviews of specific health topics, authoritative background material about specific conditions, regularly updated overviews and summaries of Indigenous health status, and brief answers to 'frequently asked questions'. These are complemented by useful information related to specific health areas. This information includes relevant policies and strategies, case studies, details of recent published and other resources, preventive and clinical guidelines, selected and general bibliographic information, and details of organisations involved in the specific area.
By informing people involved in the area of Indigenous health, it should enhance their knowledge and skills, and improve their practice and/or policy work. For students and the general community, the knowledge accessible via our resource will improve their understanding of Indigenous health and related areas.
Our yarning places
We also encourage and support information-sharing among practitioners, policy-makers and others working to improve Indigenous health. Our ‘yarning places’ (electronic networks) allow people with common interests and purposes to share information, knowledge and experience, even when they live in different States, Territories and regions, come from different sectors (such as health, education and justice) and work for different organisations. More... »
This web site contains PDF documents that require the most current version of Adobe Reader to view. To download click on the icon below.
