Publications
Publications about various aspects of adolescents health of Indigenous Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have been provided under the topics listed below.
General
2007
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2007)
Juvenile justice in Australia 2005-06.
Canberra : Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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2006
Silburn SR, Zubrick SR, De Majo JA, Shepherd C, Griffin JA, et al. (2006)
Strengthening the capacity of Aboriginal children, families and communities.
Perth: Curtin University of Technology and Telethon Institute for Child Health Research
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Slee P (2006)
Families at risk: the effects of chronic and multiple disadvantage.
Adelaide: Shannon Research Press
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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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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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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2005)
A picture of Australia's children.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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Blair EM, Zubrick SR, Cox AH, on behalf of the WAACHS Steering Committee (2005)
The Western Australian Aboriginal Child Health Survey: findings to date on adolescents.
Medical Journal of Australia;183(8):433-435
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Koori Human Services Unit (2005)
Aboriginal Services Plan key indicators 2003-04.
Melbourne: Koori Human Services Unit, Policy and Strategic Projects Division, Victorian Government
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National Public Health Partnership (2005)
The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Safety Promotion Strategy.
Canberra: National Public Health Partnership
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Queensland Health (2005)
Strategic policy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people's health 2005-2010, discussion paper.
Brisbane: State of Queensland, Queensland Health
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Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC) (2005)
Achieving stable and culturally strong out of home care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.
North Fitzroy, Vic: Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care
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Steering Committee for the Review of Commonwealth Service Provision (2005)
Overcoming Indigenous disadvantage: key indicators 2005: report.
Canberra: Productivity Commission
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2004
Borg T (2004)
Research priorities for Indigenous children and youth.
Northcote: Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care
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Couzos S (2004)
Practical measures that improve human rights: towards health equity for Aboriginal children.
Health Promotion Journal of Australia;15(3):186-192
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Freemantle J, Stanley F, Read A, de Klerk N (2004)
Patterns and trends in mortality of Western Australian infants, children and young people, 1980-2002.
Perth: Advisory Council on the Prevention of Deaths of Children and Young People
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National Public Health Partnership (2004)
Healthy children: strengthening promotion and prevention across Australia: development of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander component of the National Public Health Action Plan for Children, 2005-2008: a background paper.
Melbourne: National Public Health Partnership
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Statistical Information Management Committee 2004 (2004)
National summary of the 2001 and 2002 jurisdictional reports against the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance indicators.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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Zubrick SR, Lawrence DM, Silburn SR, et al. (2004)
The Western Australian Aboriginal Child Health Survey: the health of Aboriginal children and young people.
Perth: Telethon Institute for Child Health Research
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2003
National Rural Health Alliance (2003)
Child and adolescent health in rural and remote Australia [position paper].
Deakin West, ACT: National Rural Health Alliance
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Steering Committee for the Review of Commonwealth Service Provision (2003)
Overcoming Indigenous disadvantage: key indicators 2003.
Canberra: Productivity Commission
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Turner K, Sanders M (2007)
Family intervention in Indigenous communities: emergent issues in conducting outcome research.
Australasian Psychiatry;15(Supplement):s39-s43
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Health issues
Communicable diseases
2005
World Health Organization (2005)
The current evidence for the burden of Group A Streptococcal diseases.
Geneva: World Health Organization
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2004
Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme (2004)
Annual report of the Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme, 2003.
Communicable Diseases Intelligence;28(2):194-206
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Immunisation
2004
Menzies R, McIntyre P, Beard F (2004)
Vaccine preventable diseases and vaccination coverage in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Australia, 1999 to 2002.
Communicable Diseases Intelligence;28(2):127-159
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Diabetes
2004
McMahon SK, Haynes A, Ratnam N, Grant MT, Carne CL, et al. (2004)
Increase in type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents in Western
Australia.
Medical Journal of Australia;180(9):459-461
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Ear health
2006
Burrow S, Thomson N (2006)
Summary of Indigenous health: ear disease and hearing loss.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal;30(1):10-12
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Oral health
Jamieson LM, Armfield JM, Roberts-Thomson KF (2006)
Oral health inequalities among Indigenous and non-Indigenous children in the Northern Territory of Australia.
Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology;34(4):267-276
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Sexual health
2007
Larkins SL, Page RP, Panaretto KS, Scott R, Mitchell MR, et al. (2007)
Attitudes and behaviours of young Indigenous people in Townsville concerning relationships, sex and contraception: the 'U Mob Yarn Up' project.
Medical Journal of Australia;186(10):513-518
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2006
Arabena K (2006)
Preachers, policies and power: the reproductive health of adolescent Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia.
Health Promotion Journal of Australia;17(2):85-90
2005
Mikhailovich K, Arabena K (2005)
Evaluating an Indigenous sexual health peer education project.
Health Promotion Journal of Australia;16(3):189-193
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Molloy R, Greet B, Knight K (2005)
Don't let your community get bitten. Ask for a snake.
Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin;5(1): Brief report 1
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Alcohol and drugs
2008
Lee KS, Conigrave KM, Clough AR, Wallace C, Silins E, et al. (2008)
Evaluation of a community-driven preventive youth initiative in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia.
Drug and Alcohol Review; 27(1):75-82
View abstract: Informaworld
View website: Drug and Alcohol Review
2006
Delahunty B, Putt J (2006)
Good practice framework: policing illicit drugs in rural and remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
(Monograph series no. 15a) s.l.: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies and Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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View website: Australian Institute of Criminology
Delahunty B, Putt J (2006)
The policing implications of cannabis, amphetamine and other illicit drug use in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
(Monograph series no.15) s.l.: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies and Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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View website: Australian Institute of Criminology
2005
Franks C (2005)
Gallinyalla: a town of substance?: alcohol, tobacco, medicines and other drug use in the Port Lincoln community.
Port Lincoln, SA: Port Lincoln Aboriginal Health Service Inc.
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2004
Butt J (2004)
Independent evaluation of the Get Real Challenge: issues facing Indigenous youth who misuse volatile substances, and outcomes of a program targeting these issues.
Brisbane: Aboriginal and Islander Community Health Service Brisbane & Brisbane City Council
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Disability
2005
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner (2005)
Indigenous young people with cognitive disabilities and Australian juvenile justice systems.
Sydney: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
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Education
2006
Community Services and Health Industry Skills Council (2006)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participation in vocational education and training.
Sydney: Community Services and Health Industry Skills Council
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Zubrick SR, Silburn SR, de Maio JA, Shepherd C, Griffin JA, et al. (2006)
The Western Australian Aboriginal Child Health Survey: improving the educational experiences of Aboriginal children and young people.
Perth: Curtin University of Technology and Telethon Institute of Child Health Research
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View website: Institute of Child Health Research
2004
Arthur WS, Hughes JP, McGrath V, Wasaga E (2004)
Careers and aspirations: young Torres Strait Islanders.
Canberra: Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
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Family violence and child abuse
2007
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2007)
Child protection Australia 2005-06. (AIHW catalogue no. CWS 28)
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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2006
Aboriginal Child Sexual Assault Taskforce (2006)
Breaking the silence: creating the future: addressing child sexual assault in Aboriginal communities in NSW.
Sydney: NSW Attorney General's Department
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner (2006)
Ending family violence and abuse in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities: key issues: an overview paper of research and findings by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, 2001-2006.
Canberra: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner
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View website: Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Australian Institute of Criminology (2006)
Child protection and Indigenous status.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2006)
Child protection Australia 2004-05.
(AIHW catalogue no. CWS 26) Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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Memmott P, Chambers C, Go-Sam C, Thomson L (2006)
Good practice in Indigenous family violence prevention: designing and evaluating successful programs. (Issues paper 11)
Sydney: Australian Domestic & Family Violence Clearinghouse
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2005
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2005)
Child protection Australia 2003-04.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC) (2005)
Through young black eyes: a guide for Indigenous community leaders to respond to family violence and child abuse.
Melbourne: Secretariat National Aboriginal and Islander Health
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View website: Secretariat of National Aboriginal Child Care (SNAICC)
2004
Department of Child Safety (2004)
Chapter 7: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Issues. In: A blueprint for implementing the recommendations of the January 2004 Crime and Misconduct Commission report 'protecting children: an inquiry into abuse of children in foster care'.
Brisbane: Department of Child Safety, Queensland Government:167-183
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Poelina A, Perdrisat I (2004)
A report of the Derby/West Kimberley project: working with adolescents to prevent domestic violence.
Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia
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Tomison AM (2004)
Current issues in child protection policy and practice: informing the NT Department of Health and Community Services child protection review. Darwin: Department of Health and Community Services
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Nutrition and growth
2003
Mackerras DEM, Reid A, Sayers SM, Singh GR, Bucens IK, Flynn KA (2003)
Growth and morbidity in children in the Aboriginal Birth Cohort Study: the urban–remote differential.
Medical Journal of Australia;178(2):56-60
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National Health and Medical Research Council, Binns C, Davidson G (2003)
Dietary guidelines for children and adolescents in Australia, incorporating infant feeding guidelines for health workers.
Canberra: National Health and Medical Research Council
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Smith D, Mununggurr L, Bamundurruwuy D, Edmond K, Wunungmurra P, Nyomba H (2003)
How children grow: Indigenous and health professional perceptions.
Casuarina: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal and Tropical Health
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Social and emotional wellbeing (including mental health)
2007
Burack J, Blidner A, Flores H, Fitch T (2007)
Constructions and deconstructions of risk, resilience and wellbeing: a model for understanding the development of Aboriginal adolescents.
Australasian Psychiatry;15(Supplement):s18-s23
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2006
Zubrick SR, Lawrence D, de Maio J, Biddle N (2006)
Testing the reliability of a measure of Aboriginal children's mental health: an analysis based on the Western Australian Aboriginal Child Health Survey.
Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics
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2005
Australian Infant, Child, Adolescent and Family Mental Health Association (2005)
Submission to the Select Committee on Mental Health.
AICAFMHA
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McCabe M, Ricciardelli L, Mellor D, Ball K (2005)
Media influences on body image and disordered eating among Indigenous
adolescent Australians.
Adolescence;40(157):115-127
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Tsey K, Whiteside M, Daly S, Deemal A, Gibson T, et al. (2005)
Adapting the 'family wellbeing' empowerment program to the needs
of remote Indigenous school children.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health;29(2):112-116
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Zubrick SR, Silburn SR, Lawrence DM, Mitrou FG, Dalby RB, et al. (2005)
The social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal children and young people.
Perth: Telethon Institute for Child Health Research and Curtin University of Technology
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Zubrick SR, Silburn SR, Lawrence DM, Mitrou FG, Dalby RB, et al. (2005)
The social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal children and young people: summary booklet.
Perth: Telethon Institute for Child Health Research and Curtin University of Technology
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2004
Mellor D, McCabe M, Ricciardelli L, Ball K (2004)
Body image and body dissatisfaction among Indigenous Australian
adolescents.
Body Image;1(3):289-297
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Murphy L, Kordyl P, Thorne M (2004)
Appreciative inquiry: a method for measuring the impact of a project
on the well-being of an Indigenous community.
Health Promotion Journal of Australia;15(3):211-214
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HPJA abstract
2003
Dobson I, Darling K (2003)
Aboriginal youth mental health partnership project: evaluation report.
Port Adelaide: Department of Human Services Mental Health Unit & Aboriginal Services Division
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Kids Help Line (2003)
Towards a talking circle: a review of concerns of callers from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds.
Red Hill: Kids Help Line
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