Frequently asked questions
- What are the main references about Indigenous health?
(June 2007)
The main references suggested here are arranged under the following topics:
- Health overviews
- Health policy
- Information from health surveys
- Population statistics
- Birth statistics
- Death statistics
- Hospital statistics
For references about specific health conditions and other aspects of health view the key references section on the corresponding web pages of the HealthInfoNet website (view health page index).
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What are the main references about Indigenous health?
- 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
View report
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2006) Australia's
health 2006: the tenth biennial health report of the Australian
Institute of Health and Welfare. Canberra: Australian Institute
of Health and Welfare
View Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians sub-section
- Couzos S, Murray R, eds. (2003) Aboriginal primary health
care: an evidence-based approach. Second edition. South Melbourne:
Oxford University Press
View HealthInfoNet abstract
- 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
View report
- Thomson N, ed. (2003) The health of Indigenous Australians.
South Melbourne: Oxford University Press
View HealthInfoNet abstract
- Thomson N, Burns J, Hardy A, Krom I, Stumpers S (2007) Overview
of Australian Indigenous health status 2007. Retrieved [access date]
from http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/html/html_overviews/overviews_our_index.htm
View HealthInfoNet overview
- Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council (2006) Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2006 report.
Canberra: Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council
View report
- Australian National Audit Office (2002) The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health program follow-up audit. Canberra:
Australian National Audit Office
View report
- House of Representatives Standing Committee on Family and Community
Affairs (2000) Health is life. Report on the inquiry into
Indigenous health. Canberra: The Parliament of the Commonwealth
of Australia
View report
- National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Council
(2003) National Strategic Framework for Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Health: framework for action by governments.
Canberra: National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
Council
View report
- Steering Committee for the Review of Commonwealth Service Provision (2007) Framework for reporting on Indigenous disadvantage: report on consultations 2006. Melbourne: Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision
View report
- Steering Committee for the Review of Commonwealth Service Provision
(2005) Overcoming Indigenous disadvantage: key indicators 2005: report. Canberra: Productivity Commission
View report
- Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision
(2005) Report on Government services 2005: Indigenous compendium.
Melbourne: Productivity Commission
View report
Information from health surveys
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (2006) National Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey: Australia, 2004-05.
Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics
View report
- 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 (2002) National Health Survey: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander results, Australia. Main features. Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics
View report
- Zubrick SR, Lawrence DM, Silburn SR, Blair E, Milroy H, Wilkes
T, Eades S, D'Antoine H, Read AW, Ishiguchi P, Doyle S (2004)
The health of Aboriginal children and young people. (The Western Australian Aboriginal Child Health Survey, v. 1) Perth: Telethon
Institute for Child Health Research
View report
- Zubrick SR, Silburn SR, Lawrence DM, Mitrou FG, Dalby RB, Blair EM, Griffin J, Milroy H, De Majo JA, Cox A, J. L (2005) The social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal children and young people. (The Western Australian Aboriginal Child Health Survey, v. 2) Perth: Telethon Institute for Child Health Research
and Curtin University of Technology
View report
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (2004) Experimental estimates and projections, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.
Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics
View report
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (2002) Population distribution,
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, 2001.
Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics
View report
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (2006) Births Australia,
2005. Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics
View report
- Laws PJ, Grayson N, Sullivan EA (2006) Australia's mothers
and babies 2004. Canberra: National Perinatal Statistics
Unit, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
View report
- Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Institute of Health
and Welfare (2005) Mortality. 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:147-178
View report
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (2007) Causes of death Australia,
2005. Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics
View report
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (2006) Deaths Australia, 2005. Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics
View report
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2006) Australian
hospital statistics 2004-05. (AIHW catalogue no. HSE 41)
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
View report
- Access Economics (2004) Indigenous health workforce needs.
Canberra, ACT: Australian Medical Association
View report
- Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council (2002) Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander health workforce national strategic
framework. Canberra: Australian Health Ministers' Advisory
Council
View report
- Australian Medical Association (2004) Healing hands: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workforce requirements. (AMA discussion paper 2004: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health)
Kingston, ACT: Australian Medical Association
View report
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (2002) Census of population
and housing. Selected social and housing characteristics. Australia
2001. Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics
View report
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (2002) Housing and infrastructure
in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, Australia
2001. Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
View report
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2005) Indigenous
housing needs 2005: a multi-measure needs model. Canberra:
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
View report
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2005) Expenditures
on health for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, 2001-02.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
View report
- Commonwealth Grants Commission (2001) Health. In: Report
on Indigenous funding, 2001: Volume 1. Canberra: Commonwealth
Grants Commission:104-145.
View report
- Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination (2005) Budget 2005: Indigenous affairs [kit]. Canberra: Department of Immigration
and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
View report
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research Agenda Working
Group (2002) The NHMRC Road Map: a strategic framework for
improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health through
research. Canberra: National Health and Medical Research
Council
View report
- National Health and Medical Research Council (2003) Values
and ethics: guidelines for ethical conduct in Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander health research. Canberra: National Health
and Medical Research Council
View report
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