Published resources
Journal articles
- General
- Adolescent health
- Cancer
- Cardiovascular disease
- Cultural aspects
- Disability
- Ear conditions
- Eye conditions
- Gastrointestinal
- HIV/AIDS
- Infant and child health
- Injury
- Mental health
- Oral health
- Physical environment
- Pneumococcal disease
- Pneumococcal meningitis
- Renal disease
- Respiratory disease
- Road safety
- Sexually transmitted infections
- Substance abuse
- Trachoma
- Women's health
- Other aspects
General
2004
Lower T, Durham G, Bow D, Larson A (2004)
Implementation of the Australian core public health functions in rural Western Australia.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health;28(5):418-425
2003
Lehmann L, Tennant M, Silva D, et al. (2003)
Benefits of swimming pools in two remote Aboriginal communities in Western Australia: intervention study.
British Medical Journal;327(7412):415-419
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Adolescent health
2005
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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Cancer
2005
Calver J, Wiltshire A, D'Arcy C, Holman J, Hunter E, et al. (2005)
Does health assessment improve health outcomes in Indigenous people?: an RCT with 13 years of follow-up.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health;29(2):107-111
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2004
Hall SE, Bulsara CE, Bulsara MK, et
al. (2004)
Treatment patterns for cancer in Western Australia: does being
Indigenous make a difference?
Medical Journal of Austalia;181(4):191-194
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2003
Laurvick CL, Semmens JB, Holman CD, Leung TC (2003)
Ovarian cancer in Western Australia (1982-98): incidence,
mortality and survival.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health;27(6):588-595
Cardiovascular disease
2004
Kejriwal NK, Tan JTH, Vasudevan A, Ong M, Newman MAJ, Alvarez JM (2004)
Follow-up of Australian Aboriginal patients following open-heart surgery in Western Australia.
Heart, Lung and Circulation;13(1):70-73
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Cultural aspects
2004
Davis B, McGrath N, Knight S, et al. (2004)
Aminina nud mulumuluna ("You gotta look after yourself"): evaluation of the use of traditional art in health promotion for Aboriginal people in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.
Australian Psychologist;39(2):107-113
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abstract
2003
Rouja PM, Dewailly E, Blanchet C, Bardi Community (2003)
Fat, fishing patterns, and health among the Bardi people of north Western Australia.
Lipids;38(4):399-405
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Disability
2005
Leonard H, Petterson B, De Klerk N, et al. (2005)
Association of sociodemographic characteristics of children with intellectual disability in Western Australia.
Social Science & Medicine;60(7):1499-1513
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abstract
2003
Leonard H, Petterson B, Bower C, Sanders R (2003)
Prevalence of intellectual disability in Western Australia.
Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology;17(1):58-67
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Ear conditions
2008
Lehmann D, Arumugaswamy A, Elsbury D, Finucane J, Stokes A, et al. (2008)
Kalgoorlie Otitis Media Research Project: rationale, methods, population characteristics and ethical considerations.
Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology;22(1):60-71
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2004
Jeffries-Stokes C (2004)
Aboriginal perspective on middle ear disease in the arid zone of Western Australia.
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health;40(5-6):258-264
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Eye conditions
2002
da Cruz L, Dadour I, McAllister I, Jackson A, Isaacs T (2002)
Seasonal variation in trachoma and bush flies in north-western
Australian Aboriginal communities.
Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology;30(2):80-83
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abstract
2001
Mak DB, Plant AJ (2001)
Trichiasis in Aboriginal people of the Kimberley region of Western Australia.
Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology;29(1):7-11
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Gastrointestinal
2005
Windsor HM, Abioye-Kuteyi EA, Leber
JM, Morrow SD, Bulsara MK, Marshall BJ (2005)
Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in Indigenous Western
Australians: comparison between urban and remote rural populations.
Medical Journal of Austalia;182(5):210-213
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Yau KKW, Lee AH, Gracey M (2005)
Multilevel modelling of hospitalisations for recurrent diarrhoeal disease in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal infants and young children in Western Australia.
Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology;19(2):165-172
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2004
Gracey M, Lee AH, Yau KK (2004)
Hospitalisation for gastroenteritis in Western Australia.
Archives of Disease in Childhood;89(8):768-772
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Lee AH, Flexman J, Wang K, Yau KK (2004)
Recurrent gastroenteritis among infants in Western Australia: a seven-year hospital-based cohort study.
Annals of Epidemiology;14(2):137-142
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abstract
2003
Gracey M, Cullinane J (2003)
Gastroenteritis and environmental health among Aboriginal infants and children in Western Australia.
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health;39(6):427-431
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Lee AH, Wang K, Gracey M, Yau KK (2003)
Factors affecting length of hospitalisation of infants and children for recurrent gastroenteritis in Western Australia.
Acta Paediatrica;92(7):843-847
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Wang K, Yau KK, Lee A, H. (2003)
Factors influencing hospitalisation of infants for recurrent gastroenteritis in Western Australia.
Methods of Information in Medicine;42(3):251-254
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abstract
2001
Brooke
CJ, Clair AN, Mikosza AS, Riley TV, Hampson DJ (2001)
Carriage of intestinal spirochaetes by humans: epidemiological
data from Western Australia.
Epidemiology and Infection;127(2):369-374
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HIV/AIDS
2007
Newman CE, Bonar M, Greville HS, Thompson SC, Bessarab D, et al. (2007)
Barriers and incentives to HIV treatment uptake among Aboriginal people in Western Australia.
AIDS;21(Suppl 1):S13-17
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Newman CE, Bonar M, Greville HS, Thompson SC, Bessarab D, et al. (2007)
'Everything is okay': the influence of neoliberal discourse on the reported experiences of Aboriginal people in Western Australia who are HIV-positive.
Culture, Health and Sexuality;9(6):571-584
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Infant and child health
2006
Freemantle CJ, Read AW, de Klerk NH, McAullay D, Anderson IP, et al. (2006)
Patterns, trends, and increasing disparities in mortality for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal infants born in Western Australia, 1980-2001: population database study.
Lancet;367(9524):1758-1766
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2005
Leonard H, Petterson B, De Klerk N, et al. (2005)
Association of sociodemographic characteristics of children with intellectual disability in Western Australia.
Social Science and Medicine;60(7):1499-1513
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2004
Bower C, Eades D, Payne J, D'Antoine H, Stanley F (2004)
Trends in neural tube defects in Western Australian in Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations.
Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology;18:277-280
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2003
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet (2003)
The Western Australian State Government action plan following the Inquiry into response by government agencies to complaints of family violence and child abuse in Aboriginal communities
Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin Vol 3 no.1 current topic 6.
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Injury
2002
Cercarelli L, Knuiman MW (2002)
Trends in road injury hospitalisation rates for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in Western Australia, 1971-97.
Injury Prevention;8(3):211-215
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Mental health
2002
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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Oral health
2005
Kruger E, Tennant M (2005)
Oral health workforce in rural and remote Western Australia: practice perceptions.
Australian Journal of Rural Health;13(5):321-326
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Physical environment
2004
Prout S (2004)
Deconstructing consultative frameworks: the case of staff housing provision in Burringah, Western Australia.
Australian Geographer;35(1):95-110
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2003
Lehmann L, Tennant M, Silva D, et al. (2003)
Benefits of swimming pools in two remote Aboriginal communities in Western Australia: intervention study.
British Medical Journal;327(7412):415-419
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2002
Ferguson-Hill S (2002)
Environmental policy for prevention of heat related illness
in Aboriginal children by female environmental health workers
in the Kimberley, Western Australia.
Journal of Rural and Remote Environmental Health;1(2):26-28
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Ferguson-Hill S (2002)
Management of heat related illness enhanced by climate change
and global warming in the North West Kimberley region of Western
Australia.
Journal of Rural and Remote Environmental Health;1(1):13-18
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Pneumococcal disease
2007
Giele C, Moore H, Baley K, Harrison C, Murphy D, et al. (2007)
Has the seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine had an impact on invasive pneumococcal disease in Western Australia?
Vaccine;25(13):2379-2384
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Pneumococcal meningitis
2004
King BA, Richmond P (2004)
Pneumococcal meningitis in Western Australian children: epidemiology, microbiology and outcome.
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health;40(11):611-615
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King BA, Richmond P (2004)
Pneumococcal meningitis: clinical course and resource use in Western Australian children.
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health;40(11):606-610
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Renal disease
2003
Kan GW, Thomas MA, Heath CH (2003)
A 12-month review of peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis
in Western Australia: is empiric vancomycin still indicated
for some patients?
Peritoneal Dialysis International;23(5):465-468
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Respiratory disease
2002
Verheijden MW, Ton A, James AL, Wood M, Musk AW (2002)
Respiratory morbidity and lung function in two Aboriginal communities in Western Australia.
Respirology;7(3):247-252
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Road safety
2000
Cercarelli R, Ryan AG, Knuiman MW, Donovan RJ (2000)
Road safety issues in remote Aboriginal communities in Western Australia.
Accident Analysis and Prevention;32(6):845-848
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Sexually transmitted infections
2007
Wright MR, Dance PR, Thompson SC, Giele CM (2007)
Fulfilling prophecy?: sexually transmitted infections and HIV in Indigenous people in Western Australia.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal;31(1):16-21
View website: Australian and Islander Health Worker Journal
2005
Wright MR, Giele CM, Dance PR, Thompson SC (2005)
Fulfilling prophecy? Sexually transmitted infections and HIV
in Indigenous people in Western Australia.
Medical Journal of Australia;183(3):124-128
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2004
Mak DB, Johnson GH, Marshall LJ, Mein
JK (2004)
Control of genital chlamydial infection in the Kimberley region
of Western Australia [letter].
Medical Journal of Australia;180(1):45
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2003
Mak DB, Marshall LJ (2003)
Gonorrhoea, chlamydia and syphilis incidence in the Kimberley.
Communicable Diseases Intelligence;27(3):370-372
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Substance abuse
2001
Hulse GK, Robertson SI, Tait RJ (2001)
Adolescent emergency department presentations with alcohol or other drug-related problems in Perth, Western Australia.
Addiction;96(7):1059-1067
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Trachoma
2007
Kain S, Morgan W, Riley D, Dorizzi K, Hogarth G, et al. (2007)
Prevalence of trachoma in school children of remote Western Australian communities between 1992 and 2003.
Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology;35(2):119-123
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Women's health
2004
Binns C, Gilchrist D, Gracey M, Zhang M, Scott J, Lee A (2004)
Factors associated with the initiation of breast-feeding by Aboriginal mothers in Perth.
Public Health Nutrition;7(7):857-861
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Other aspects
2005
Wood FM, Fowler BV, McAullay D, Jones JR (2005)
Major burns: incidence, treatment and outcomes in Aboriginal
and non-Aboriginal people in Western Australia. [letter]
Medical Journal of Australia;182(3):138
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2004
Bower C, Eades D, Payne J, D'Antoine H, Stanley F (2004)
Trends in neural tube defects in Western Australian in Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations.
Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology;18(4):277-280
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abstract
2003
Carey M, Bower C, Mylvaganam A, Rouse I (2003)
Talipes equinovarus in Western Australia.
Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology;17(2):187-194
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abstract
Mak DB, Platt EM, Heath CH (2003)
Leprosy transmission in the Kimberley, Western Australia:
still a reality in 21st-century Australia [letter].
Medical Journal of Australia;179(8):452
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2002
Bennett JA, Palmer LJ, Musk AW, Erber WN (2002)
Gene frequencies of human platelet antigens 1-5 in Indigenous Australians in Western Australia.
Transfusion Medicine;12(3):199-203
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Rossi E, Chin CYB, Beilby JP, Waso HFJ, Warnich L (2002)
Variegate porphyria in Western Australian Aboriginal patients.
Internal Medicine Journal;32(9-10):445-450
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Reports
- General
- Chronic disease
- Cultural aspects
- Drugs and alcohol
- Education
- Family violence
- Hepatitis C
- HIV/AIDS
- Infant, child, and adolescent health
- Physical environment
- Renal Health
- Road safety
- Sexually transmitted infections
- Women's health
- Other aspects
General
2008
Department of Health and Ageing (2008)
National strategic framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health 2003-2013: Australian Government implementation plan 2007-2013.
Canberra: Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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2007
Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (2007)
Success stories in Indigenous health: a showcase of successful Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health projects.
Sydney: Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation
View HealthInfoNet current topic
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Yorgum Aboriginal Family Counselling Service, WA
View information: Healing past hurts
Family Planning Western Australia, Sexual Health Services, WA
View information: Mooditj: sexual health and positive life skills
Jalaris Aboriginal Corporation, WA
View information: Nutrition: at the heart of good health
View website: Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation
Health Reform Implementation Taskforce (2007)
Western Australian Aboriginal primary care resource kit.
Perth: Government of Western Australia, Department of Health
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View website: Western Australian Department of Health
2006
Department of Indigenous Affairs (WA) (2006)
Annual report 2005/06.
Perth: Government of Western Australia
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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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Australian Bureau of Statistics (2006)
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey: Australia, 2004-05.
Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2006)
Australia's health 2006: the tenth biennial health report of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (AIHW Catalogue no. AUS 73) Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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View section 4.5: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples (PDF - 526KB)
View website: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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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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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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View website: AIHW
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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HealthInfoNet current topic
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Department of Indigenous Affairs (WA) (2005)
Annual report 2004/05.
Perth: Government of Western Australia
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View website: Department of Indigenous Affairs
Department of Indigenous Affairs (2005)
Overcoming Indigenous disadvantage in Western Australia.
Perth: Western Australian Department of Indigenous Affairs
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Department of Indigenous Affairs (2005)
Service provision to Aboriginal people in the town of Derby - West Kimberley.
Perth: Department of Indigenous Affairs, Government of Western Australia
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Department of Indigenous Affairs (2005)
WA Government reconciliation handbook 2005.
Perth: Department of Indigenous Affairs, Government of Western Australia
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Draper G, Unwin E, Serafino S, Somerford P, Price S (2005)
Health measures 2005:a report on the health of the people of Western Australia. (Epidemiology occasional paper 27)
Perth: Department of Health, Government of Western Australia
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Department of Health and Ageing (2005)
National strategic framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health 2003-2013: Australian Government implementation plan 2003-2008.
Canberra: Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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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. (The Western Australian Aboriginal Child Health Survey, v. 2)
Perth: Telethon Institute for Child Health Research and Curtin University of Technology
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2004
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (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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report (PDF - 962KB)
Draper G, Codde JP (2004)
Our State of Health 2004. An overview of the health of
the people of Western Australia.
Perth: Department of Health Western Australia
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report (PDF - 636KB)
Health Reform Committee WADoH (2004)
A healthy future for Western Australians: report of the Health Reform Committee.
Perth: Western Australia Department of Health
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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, Blair E, Milroy H, et al. (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
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2002
Gee V, O’Neill MT (2002)
Perinatal, infant and maternal mortality in Western Australia,
1996-1998.
Perth: Department of Health Western Australia
Contains information relating to Aboriginal mothers and babies.
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report (PDF - 368KB)
Office of Aboriginal Health (2002)
Nyoongar health plan.
Perth: Office of Aboriginal Health, Department of Health
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Office of Aboriginal Health (2002)
Western Australian framework agreement on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health.
Perth: Health Department of Western Australia
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2001
Watson J, Ejueyitsi VB, Codde JP (2001)
A comparative overview of Aboriginal health in Western Australia.
Perth: Department of Health
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2000
Health Department of Western Australia (2000)
Western Australian Aboriginal Health Strategy: a strategic
approach to improving the health of Aboriginal people in Western
Australia.
Perth: Health Department of Western Australia
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report (PDF - 215KB)
Chronic disease
2007
Hoy W, Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan S, Smith J, Sharma S (2007)
Western Australian Chronic Disease Outreach Program: Broome Regional Aboriginal Medical Service, final report.
Brisbane: Centre for Chronic Disease, University of Queensland and Kidney Disease Research and Prevention
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2006
Hoy W, Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan S, Smith J, Sharma S (2006)
Western Australian Chronic Disease Outreach Program: Bega Garnbirringu Health Service, final report.
Brisbane: Centre for Chronic Disease, University of Queensland and Kidney Disease Research and Prevention
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Cultural aspects
2005
Cramer J (2005)
Sounding the alarm: remote area nurses and Aboriginals at risk.
Perth: UWA Press
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Department of Indigenous Affairs (2005)
Consulting citizens: engaging with Aboriginal Western
Australians.
Perth: Department of Indigenous Affairs
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Drugs and alcohol
2008
Department of Indigenous Affairs (WA) (2008)
WA State Government response to the Hope report.
Perth: Government of Western Australia
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View website: Department of Indigenous Affairs
2005
Drug and Alcohol Office (2005)
Strong spirit, strong mind: Western Australian Aboriginal Alcohol and Other Drugs Plan 2005-2009.
Perth: Drug and Alcohol Office, Government of Western Australia
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2003
Department of Health (2003)
Putting people first: agency drug and alcohol plan 2003-2005.
Perth: Department of Health
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Education
2006
Zubrick SR, Silburn SR, de Maio JA, Shepherd C, Griffin JA,
et al. (2006)
Improving the educational experiences of Aboriginal children
and young people. (The Western Australian Aboriginal
Child Health Survey, v. 3)
Perth: Curtin University of Technology and Telethon Institute
of Child Health Research
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report
Family violence
2002
Gordon S, Hallahan K, Henry D (2002)
Putting the picture together, inquiry into response by government
agencies to complaints of family violence and child abuse
in Aboriginal communities.
Perth: Department of Premier and Cabinet
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report (PDF - 4.0MB - large file warning!)
Government of Western Australia (2002)
Putting people first: the Western Australian State Government's
action plan for addressing family violence and child abuse
in Aboriginal communities.
Perth: Government of Western Australia
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report (PDF - 1.2MB - large file warning!)
2000
Blagg H, Ray D, Murray R, Macarthy E (2000)
Crisis intervention in Aboriginal family violence: strategies
and models for Western Australia.
Perth: Crime Research Centre, University of Western Australia
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Hepatitis C
2006
Atthowe J, Giele C, Kwan K, Mak D, Trainor M (2006)
The epidemiology of notifiable sexually transmitted infections and blood-borne viruses in Western Australia 1995 - 2004.
Perth: Department of Health, Western Australia
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Communicable Disease Control Directorate (2006)
Western Australian hepatitis C Action Plan 2006-2008.
Perth: Department of Health
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HIV/AIDS
2006
Atthowe J, Giele C, Kwan K, Mak D, Trainor M (2006)
The epidemiology of notifiable sexually transmitted infections and blood-borne viruses in Western Australia 1995 - 2004.
Perth: Department of Health, Western Australia
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Communicable Disease Control Directorate (2006)
Western Australian HIV/AIDS Action Plan 2006-2008.
Perth: Department of Health
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2005
Sexual Health and Blood-borne Virus Program (2005)
Western Australian Aboriginal sexual health strategy 2005-2008.
Perth: Department of Health
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View website: Department of Health, WA
2004
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
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report (PDF - 520KB)
Infant, child, and adolescent health
2007
Laws P, Abeywardana S, Walker J, Sullivan EA (2007)
Australia's mothers and babies 2005 (AIHW catalogue no. PER 40)
Canberra: National Perinatal Statistics Unit, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
View report (PDF - 453KB)
View website: AIHW National Perinatal Statistics Unit
Leeds K, Gourley M, Laws P, Zhang J, Al-Yaman F, et al. (2007)
Indigenous mothers and their babies, Australia 2001-2004. (AIHW catalogue no. PER 38)
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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View website: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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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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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report (PDF - 915KB)
Zubrick SR, Silburn SR, de Maio JA, Shepherd C, Griffin JA,
et al. (2006)
Improving the educational experiences of Aboriginal children
and young people.
(The Western Australian Aboriginal Child Health Survey, v.
3) Perth: Curtin University of Technology and Telethon Institute
of Child Health Research
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2005
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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2004
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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Zubrick SR, Lawrence DM, Silburn SR, Blair E, Milroy H, et
al. (2004)
The health of Aboriginal children and young people.
Perth: Telethon Institute for Child Health Research
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2002
Gee V, O’Neill MT (2002)
Perinatal, infant and maternal mortality in Western Australia,
1996-1998.
Perth: Department of Health Western Australia
Contains information relating to Aboriginal maothers and babies.
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report (PDF - 384KB)
Physical environment
2006
Department of Housing and Works, Equal Opportunity Commission (2006)
Aboriginal housing: joint statement.
Perth: Department of Housing and Works and Equal Opportunity Commission
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2005
Environmental Health Needs Coordinating Committee (2005)
Environmental health needs of Indigenous communities in Western Australia: the 2004 survey and its findings.
Perth: Government of Western Australia
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2004
Ellender G, Wilkerson A (2004)
Western Australian Aboriginal Housing and Infrastructure
Council strategic plan 2003/04-2006/07.
Perth: Western Australian Aboriginal Housing and Infrastructure
Council
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report (PDF - 424KB)
Equal Opportunity Commission, Government
of Western Australia (2004)
Finding a place: report of the inquiry into the existence
of discriminatory practices in relation to the provision of
public housing and related services to Aboriginal People in
Western Australia.
Perth: Equal Opportunity Commission
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report (PDF - 5.1MB - large file warning!)
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cover (PDF - 728KB)
Roberts C, Burgess L (2004)
National family homelessness project: a longitudinal research project on Aboriginal homelessness in Perth Western Australia.
Canberra: Centrecare for the Department of Family and Community Services
View report (PDF - 914KB)
2003
Jardine-Orr A, McGrath N, Spring F, Anda M (2003)
Indigenous housing and governance: case studies from remote communities in WA and NT.
Perth: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
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report (PDF - 332KB)
2002
Aboriginal Housing and Infrastructure Unit, Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander Commission (2002)
An agreement for the provision of housing and infrastructure
for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Western
Australia July 2002 - June 2007.
Perth: Aboriginal Housing and Infrastructure, Department of
Housing and Works, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission
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report (PDF - 132KB)
Office of Aboriginal Health (2002)
The Aboriginal environmental health program in Western Australia - successful solutions to difficult problems.
Perth: Health Department of Western Australia
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report (PDF - 2.9MB - large file warning!)
Policies and administration
2006
Law Reform Commission of Western Australia (2006)
Aboriginal customary laws: discussion paper overview.
Perth: Law Reform Commission of Western Australia
View report (PDF - 348KB)
2005
Department of Indigenous Affairs (2005)
WA Government reconciliation handbook 2005.
Perth: Department of Indigenous Affairs, Government of Western Australia
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Department of Indigenous Affairs (2005)
Services to Indigenous people in the Shire of Derby -
mapping and gap analysis.
Perth: Department of Indigenous Affairs
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report (PDF - 712KB)
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appendix 1(PDF - 1.0MB - large file warning!)
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appendix 2 (PDF - 0.24MB - large file warning!)
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appendix 4 (PDF - 0.09MB - large file warning!)
2004
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (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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Department of Indigenous Affairs (2004)
Framework agreement between the Mulga Mallee Regional
Council, the Department of Indigenous Affairs, and the City
of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.
Perth: Department of Indigenous Affairs
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report (PDF - 112KB)
Department of Indigenous Affairs (2004)
Services to Indigenous people in the Shire of Wiluna - mapping and gap analysis.
Perth: Department of Indigenous Affairs
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report (PDF - 592KB)
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attachment 1 (PDF - 96KB)
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attachment 2 (PDF - 632KB)
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attachment 3 (PDF - 348KB)
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attachment 4 (PDF - 24KB)
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map (PDF - 484KB)
2003
Department of Indigenous Affairs (2003)
Services to Indigenous people in the town of Port Hedland
- mapping and gap analysis.
Perth: Department of Indigenous Affairs
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report (PDF - 656KB)
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attachment 1 (PDF - 84KB)
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Renal Health
2006
Rivalland P (2006)
'It's more than machines and medicine: they should understand there's a Yanangu way': Yanangu providing their own kidney dialysis services as Indigenous people from the Western Desert, Central Australia: summary report.
Casuarina, NT: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health
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View website: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health
Road safety
2005
Aboriginal Road User Taskforce (2005)
Aboriginal road safety stakeholder. Implementation manual.
Perth: Road Safety Council
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abstract
Sexually transmitted infections
2006
Atthowe J, Giele C, Kwan K, Mak D, Trainor M (2006)
The epidemiology of notifiable sexually transmitted infections and blood-borne viruses in Western Australia 1995 - 2004.
Perth: Department of Health, Western Australia
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Communicable Disease Control Directorate (2006)
Western Australian sexually transmitted infections Action Plan 2006-2008.
Perth: Department of Health
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2005
Sexual Health and Blood-borne Virus Program (2005)
Western Australian Aboriginal sexual health strategy 2005-2008.
Perth: Department of Health
View report (PDF - 346KB)
View website: Department of Health, WA
Women's health
2007
Laws P, Abeywardana S, Walker J, Sullivan EA (2007)
Australia's mothers and babies 2005 (AIHW catalogue no. PER 40)
Canberra: National Perinatal Statistics Unit, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
View report (PDF - 453KB)
View website: AIHW National Perinatal Statistics Unit
Leeds K, Gourley M, Laws P, Zhang J, Al-Yaman F, et al. (2007)
Indigenous mothers and their babies, Australia 2001-2004. (AIHW catalogue no. PER 38)
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
View report (PDF - 519KB)
View website: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
2006
Gee V, Godman K (2006)
Perinatal statistics in Western Australia, 2004: twenty-second annual report of the Western Australian Midwives' Notification System. (Statistical series no. 75)
Perth: Department of Health, Western Australia
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2005
Office for Women's Policy, Department for Community Development
(2005)
Indigenous women's report card 2005.
Perth: Office for Women's Policy
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report (PDF - 2.1MB - large file warning!)
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2003
BreastScreen WA (2003)
BreastScreen WA 1999-2000 statistical report.
Perth: BreastScreen WA
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summary (PDF - 112KB)
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report (PDF - 468KB)
Other aspects
2006
Hobbs MS, Krazlan K, Ridout S, Mai Q, Knuiman M, et al. (2006)
Mortality and morbidity in prisoners after release from prison in Western Australia, 1995-2003. (Research and Public Policy Series no. 71)
Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology
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Law Reform Commission of Western Australia (2006)
Aboriginal customary laws: final report
Perth: Law Reform Commission of Western Australia
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Law Reform Commission of Western Australia (2006)
Aboriginal customary laws: discussion paper overview
Perth: Law Reform Commission of Western Australia
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2005
Cramer J (2005)
Sounding the alarm: remote area nurses and Aboriginals at risk.
Perth: UWA Press
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Crime Research Centre (2005)
Crime and justice statistics for Western Australia: 2003.
Nedlands: The University of Western Australia
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report (PDF - 4.6MB - large file warning!)
2004
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
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2003
Loh N, Ferrante A (2003)
Aboriginal involvement in the Western Australian criminal
justice system: a statistical review, 2001.
Perth: Crime Research Centre
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report (PDF - 204KB)
2002
Department of Health Western Australia (2002)
Healthy lifestyles. A strategic framework for the primary prevention of diabetes and cardiovascular disease in Western Australia 2002-2007.
Perth: Western Australian Government
Contains information on strategies for diabetes in the Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations.
View report (PDF - 284KB)
Theses
- General - births, deaths, hospitalisation
- Disability
- Ear conditions
- Growth and nutrition
- HIV/AIDS
- Infant, child, and adolescent health
- Mental health
- Physical environment
- Policies and administration
- Renal disease
- Other aspects
General - births, deaths, hospitalisation
Smith P (1997)
Aboriginal mortality in Western Australia 1985-89 and
1990-94.
Unpublished 5th year medical student public health project,
University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia
Raymond M (1996)
Aboriginal mortality in Western Australia 1983-1988: the
influence of region, sex and year of death.
Unpublished Master of Public Health thesis, University of
Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia
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Disability
O'Neill M (1994)
Disability, Aboriginality and service provision in Western
Australia [abstract].
Unpublished Master of Arts [Public Policy], Murdoch University,
Perth, Western Australia
Ear conditions
Clapin M (1992)
Observations of fluctuations in hearing thresholds and
middle ear function in 6 to 10 year old children of Aboriginal
and Caucasian descent in the Eastern Goldfields region of
Western Australia.
Unpublished Master of Audiology thesis, University of Queensland,
Brisbane, Queensland
View abstract
Growth and nutrition
Atkinson D (1993)
Growth in Aboriginal children in Western Australia in
the 1980s: geographic and seasonal variation, and the relationship
between impaired growth and hospital morbidity.
Unpublished Master of Public Health thesis, University of
Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia
View abstract
HIV/AIDS
Giele C (2004)
The epidemiology of HIV infection in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal
Western Australians, 1983-2002.
Unpublished Master of Public Health dissertation, University
of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia
View abstract
Infant, child, and adolescent health
Freemantle CJ (2003)
Indicators of infant and childhood mortality for Indigenous
and non-Indigenous infants and children born in Western Australia
from 1980 to 1997 inclusive.
Unpublished PhD, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western
Australia
Mahony A (2003)
The health status of Perth Aboriginal children in early
childhood in the 1990s: the Bibbulung Gnarneep health profile
study.
Unpublished PhD, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western
Australia
Mental health
Corrigan B, Haak S, Ward D, Whittaker K (1996)
A retrospective follow-up study of attempted suicide in
Western Australia.
Unpublished 5th Year Medical Student Public Health Project,
University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia
Physical environment
Wallace MJ (2001)
Process evaluation of an on-site water testing program
in remote Aboriginal communities in Western Australia.
Unpublished Master of Public Health, Curtin University of
Technology, Perth, Western Australia
Policies and administration
Cordell D (1995)
The career structure of Aboriginal health workers with
the Health Department of Western Australia: a policy analysis
and critique.
Unpublished Master of Public Health, University of Western
Australia, Perth, Western Australia
Renal disease
Yellachich D, Futtermenger J, Khoo J, Burton J (1995)
Quality of life in rural Aboriginal people undergoing
renal dialysis in Perth.
Unpublished Fifth year medical student project, University
of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia
Other aspects
Hawley G (2002)
A phenomenological study of the health-care related spiritual
needs of multicultural Western Australia.
Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia
Smith NG (2002)
The role and practice of Aboriginal health workers in
the Great Southern and South West regions of Western Australia.
Unpublished Master of Arts, Curtin University of Technology,
Perth, Western Australia
Vicary DA (2002)
Engagement and intervention for non-Aboriginal therapists
working with Western Australian Aboriginal people.
Unpublished Doctor of Philosophy, Curtin University of Technology,
Perth, Western Australia
Brennan R (1997)
Descriptive epidemiology of pneumococcal disease in WA.
Unpublished Master of Public Health thesis, University of
Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia
Conference proceedings
- Cancer
- HIV/AIDS
- Infant, child, and adolescent health
- Other aspects
- Physical environment
- Renal disease
- Road safety
- Sexually transmitted infections
- Substance abuse
Cancer
Laurvick CL, Semmens JB, Leung YC, Hammond IG, McCartney
AJ (2002)
Ovarian cancer in Western Australia, 1982-98: A population-based
review of the trends and outcomes.
Paper presented at the Symposium on Health Data Linkage 20
- 21 March 2002, Sydney
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paper (PDF - 272KB)
HIV/AIDS
Giele C, Dowse G (2003)
The epidemiology of HIV infection in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal
Western Australians, 1983-2002.
Paper presented at the 15th Annual Australasian Society for
HIV Medicine Conference: global crisis: local action 22-25
October 2003, Cairns
Infant, child, and adolescent health
Enhancing Indigenous Capacity: Building a Sustainable Future: a national symposium on workforce development in Indigenous maternal and child health (2007)
8 - 9 May 2007, Perth, Western Australia
View HealthInfoNet abstract
View report (PDF -1.3MB - large file warning!) includes conference presentations
Imagining Childhood: Children, Culture and Community Symposium (2005)
20-22 September 2005, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
View HealthInfoNet abstract
Larson A (2001)
Looking, listening and learning from young people through
photographs: a photovoice project with young Aboriginal people
in Carnarvon, Western Australia [online paper].
Paper presented at the 6th National Rural Health Conference:
Good health, good country: from conception to completion Canberra
Other aspects
The Aboriginal Health Promotion Conference (2005)
Introducing the Western Australian Indigenous Health Promotion Network
View current topic: HealthBulletin
Markham R (2002)
Strong families: a collaborative case management initiative
in Western Australia.
Paper presented at the Crime Prevention Conference 12-13 September
2002, Sydney
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paper (PDF - 64KB)
Physical environment
Roberts C, Burgess L (2003)
The Perth Aboriginal family homelessness study.
Parity;16(2):36-37
enHealth Council (2000)
Indigenous environmental health: report of the Second
National Workshop, 20-21 May 1999, Broome, Western Australia.
Canberra: Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care
Sexually transmitted infections
Coffin J (2001)
Good news stories: Aboriginal sexual health workers in
rural and remote WA.
Paper presented at the 6th National Rural Health Conference:
Good Health- Good Country: from conception to comletion Canberra
Key references
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (2004) Births 2003.
Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics
View report - Australian Bureau of Statistics (2004) Deaths Australia,
2003. (ABS catalogue no. 3302.0) Canberra: Australian
Bureau of Statistics
View report - Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Institute
of Health and Welfare (2005) Health and welfare of Australia's
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples 2005.
(ABS catalogue no. 4704.0) Canberra: Australian Institute
of Health and Welfare and the Australian Bureau of Statistics
View report - Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Institute
of Health and Welfare (2003) The health and welfare
of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
2003. (ABS catalogue no. 4704.0) Canberra: Australian
Institute of Health and Welfare and the Australian Bureau
of Statistics
View report - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2004) National
summary of the 2001 and 2002 jurisdictional reports against
the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance
indicators. (AIHW catalogue no. IHW12) Canberra: Australian
Institute of Health and Welfare
View report - Draper G, Codde JP (2004) Our State of health 2004: An overview of the health of the people of Western Australia. Perth: Health Information Centre, Department of Health Western Australia
View report - Epidemiology Branch, Department of Health (2004) Population health in perspective in Western Australia. (Epidemiology
occasional paper no. 26) Perth: Department of Health, Western
Australia
View report - 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
View report - Gordon S, Hallahan K, Henry D (2002) Putting the
picture together, inquiry into response by government agencies
to complaints of family violence and child abuse in Aboriginal
communities. Perth: Department of Premier and Cabinet
View report - Health Department of Western Australia (2000) Western
Australian Aboriginal Health Strategy: a strategic approach
to improving the health of Aboriginal people in Western
Australia [overview]. Perth: Aboriginal Health Division,
Health Department of Western Australia
View report - Laws PJ, Sullivan EA (2004) Australia's mothers and
babies 2002. (AIHW catalogue no. PER 28) Canberra:
National Perinatal Statistics Unit, Australian Institute
of Health and Welfare
View report - Leeds K, Gourley M, Laws P, Zhang J, Al-Yaman F, et al. (2007) Indigenous mothers and their babies, Australia 2001-2004. (AIHW catalogue no. PER 38) Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
View report - Western Australian State Government (2002) Putting people first: the Western Australian State Government's action plan for addressing family violence and child abuse in Aboriginal communities. Perth: Western Australian
State Government
View report - Zubrick SR, Lawrence DM, Silburn SR, et al. (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 download information - Zubrick SR, Silburn SR, Lawrence DM, et al. (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
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