Health services

The publications provided in the following sub-sections are ordered by year (most recent first).

Service delivery

Western Australia: Indigenous specific

Department of Indigenous Affairs (2005)
Services to Indigenous people in the Shire of Derby - mapping and gap analysis.
Perth: Department of Indigenous Affairs
View report (PDF - 712KB)
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View appendix 3 (PDF - 0.90MB - large file warning!)
View appendix 4 (PDF - 0.85MB - large file warning!)

Department of Indigenous Affairs (2004)
Services to Indigenous people in the Shire of Wiluna - mapping and gap analysis.
Perth: Department of Indigenous Affairs
View report (PDF - 592KB)
View attachment 1 (PDF - 96KB)
View attachment 2 (PDF - 632KB)
View attachment 3 (PDF - 348KB)
View attachment 4 (PDF - 24KB)
View map (PDF - 484KB)

Department of Indigenous Affairs (2003)
Services to Indigenous people in the town of Port Hedland - mapping and gap analysis.
Perth: Department of Indigenous Affairs
View report (PDF - 656KB)
View attachment 1 (PDF - 84KB)
View attachment 2 (PDF - 792KB)
View attachment 3 (PDF - 1.07MB - large file warning!)
View attachment 4-9 (PDF - 144KB)
View attachment 10 (PDF - 1.11MB - large file warning!)

Department of Indigenous Affairs (2002)
Services to discrete Indigenous communities in Western Australia.
Perth: Department of Indigenous Affairs
View report (PDF - 240KB)

Laugharne J, Glennen M, Austin J (2002)
The 'Maga Barndi' mental health service for Aboriginal people in Western Australia.
Australasian Psychiatry;10(1):13-18
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Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, Government of Western Australia (2000)
Agreement for the provision of essential services to Indigenous communities in Western Australia.
Perth: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission
View report (PDF - 188KB)

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Other: Indigenous specific

Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care (2001)
Better health care: studies in the successful delivery of primary health care services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.
Canberra: Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care
View report (PDF - 1.05MB - large file warning!)

Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care (2001)
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander coordinated care trials - national evaluation.
Canberra: Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care
View summary (PDF - 533KB)
View volume 1 download information (HTML)
View volume 2 download information (HTML)

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Programs and projects

Western Australia: Indigenous specific

Office of Aboriginal Health (nd)
A best practice model for health promotion programs in Aboriginal communities: based on the Formative Evaluation of the Kuwinyuwardu Aboriginal Resource Unit Gascoyne Healthy Lifestyle Program written by Royden James Howie [brochure].
Perth: Office of Aboriginal Health, Department of Health
View brochure (PDF - 457KB)

Office of Aboriginal Health (2005)
WA Aboriginal sexual and reproductive health
Perth: Office of Aboriginal Health
View presentation - Link not available

Office of Aboriginal Health (n.d.)
Aboriginal family futures program.
Perth: Office of Aboriginal Health
Link not available

Public Health Association of Australia (n.d.)
The project - Jalaris kids future club
Western Australia: Public Health Association of Australia
View summary (HTML)

Bonar M, Greville HS, Thompson SC (2004)
Just gettin' on with my life without thinkin' about it: the experiences of Aboriginal people in Western Australia who are HIV positive.
Perth: Health Department of Western Australia
Chapter 5 of the report contains recommendations for Indigenous HIV issues.
View summary (HTML)
View report (PDF - 520KB)

Howie RJ (2004)
Formative evaluation of the Kuwinyuwardu Aboriginal Resource Unit Gascoyne Healthy Lifestyle Program.
Subiaco, Western Australia: School of Population Health, University of Western Australia
Link not available

Office of Aboriginal Health (2002)
Building solid families program.
Perth: Department of Health
View summary (PDF - 35KB)

Wallace M, Lower T, Pickett R (2001)
Process evaluation of an on-site water testing program in remote Aboriginal communities in Western Australia.
International Journal of Environmental Health Research;11(4):305-320
View abstract HTML)
View paper (PDF - 172KB)

Office of Aboriginal Health (1998)
Recommended policy programs for preventing suicide and suicidal behaviour among Aboriginal youth in Western Australia.
Perth: Office of Aboriginal Health
View report (PDF - 301KB)

Walley C, Sullivan D (1998)
The Western Australian Aboriginal smoking project.
Health Promotion Journal of Australia;8(1):55-58
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Batt AC (1994)
Compilation of a collection development policy for Marr Mooditj, the Aboriginal Health Worker Education Program in Perth, WA: a case study of the application of general principles.
Perth: Curtin University of Technology
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Western Australia: general

Department of Health Western Australia
BreastScreen WA.
Perth: Department of Health Western Australia
View program website

Department of Health Western Australia
QuitWA.
Perth: Department of Health Western Australia
View program website

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Other: Indigenous specific

Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (2003)
Review of the Australian Government's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care Program.
Canberra: Department of Health and Ageing
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Guidelines

Western Australia: Indigenous specific

Eades SJ, Read, AW, Bibbulung Gnarneep Team (1999)
The Bibbulung Gnarneep Project: practical implementation of guidelines on ethics in Indigenous health research.
Medical Journal of Australia; 170(9): 433-436
View HealthInfoNet abstract

Office of Aboriginal Health (2000)
A best practice model for health promotion programs in Aboriginal communities.
Perth: Department of Health Western Australia
View document (PDF - 460KB)

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Western Australia: general

Communicable Disease Control Directorate (2008)
Meningococcal disease - GP guidelines.
Perth: Department of Health
View guidelines (PDF - 58KB)

Department of Health (2007)
Non-salaried medical practitioners medical indemnity - questions and answers.
Perth: Government of Western Australia
View guidelines (PDF - 185KB)

Department of Health (2007)
Protocol for non-occupational post-exposure prophylaxis (NPEP) to prevent HIV in Western Australia.
Perth: Government of Western Australia
View information (HTML)
View guidelines (PDF - 310KB)

Home and Community Care Western Australia (2005)
The home and community care (HACC) manual.
Perth: Department of Health
View guidelines (PDF - 311KB)

Injury Preventin Branch (2005)
Prevention and primary health care framework for falls in older people: stay on your feet WA 2004–2007.
Perth: Department of Health
View guidelines (PDF - 292KB)

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Other: Indigenous specific

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.
Alice Springs: Central Australian Rural Practitioners Association
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Couzos S, Murray R (2003)
Aboriginal primary health care: an evidence-based approach.
South Melbourne: Oxford University Press
View HealthInfoNet abstract

Top End Division of General Practice (2003)
Tropical health in the Top End - an introduction for health practitioners.
Darwin: Top End Division of General Practice
View guidelines (PDF - 1.47MB - large file warning!)

Territory Health Services (2002)
The public health bush book.
Darwin: Territory Health Services
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Last updated: 21 October, 2008