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This section provides recent reference details and - where available - links and abstracts for general publications associated with the cultural ways in relation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's health. References include journal articles, reports, theses, and other literature. To access our complete database please use our bibliography.

2017

Anderson P, Tilton E (2017)

Bringing Them Home 20 years on: an action plan for healing.

Canberra: Healing Foundation

In 1997, the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Bringing them home (BTH) report was made public. The report was a significant milestone for the Stolen Generations members, their families, and the broader Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community. The Healing Foundation commissioned this review to coincide with the 20th anniversary of BTH, taking place on Friday 26 May 2017.

This review provides three actions to help Stolen Generations members reach some peace, and to meet their continuing and emerging needs, along with the needs of their families.

This review is intended to mark the start of a conversation led by Stolen Generations members to inform the continuing process of acknowledging and making reparation for past policies.

Healing Foundation abstract

Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council (2017)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2017 report.

Canberra: Department of the Prime Minster and Cabinet

This is the sixth report against the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework (HPF). The HPF monitors progress in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health outcomes, health system performance and the broader determinants of health. This report includes updates for all administrative data collections and also the ABS National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social survey results for 2014-15. The health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is improving for a number of measures, although there remain many areas where further concerted effort will be needed to achieve improvements in health outcomes. Data quality limitations and the small size of many estimates affect the ability to effectively monitor Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and the performance of the health system.

The 2017 HPF report is supported by detailed analyses including dynamic data displays with interactive charts and online tables published by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.

Abstract adapted from Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet (2017)

Overview of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health status 2016.

Retrieved 3/3/2017 from http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/health-facts/overviews

This report provides a comprehensive overview of the most recent indicators of the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Information focuses on:

  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations
  • the context of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
  • various measures of population health status
  • selected health conditions
  • health risk and protective factors.

Two new sections are featured in this edition of the Overview. With the 20th anniversary of the Bringing them home report a section has been dedicated to Healing which highlights the contribution of healing workers and organisations to supporting people, families and communities impacted by the Stolen Generations. Environmental health with its important link to the social determinants of health is also included for the first time in the Overview 2016.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet (2017)

Summary of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, 2016.

Retrieved 6 July 2017 from http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/health-facts/summary

12/7/17 not added in the past to bulletin

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS), Central Desert Native Title Services (CDNTS) (2017)

Keeping the Desert Story Alive: community report.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)

This community report is about the Keeping the Desert Story Alive project carried out by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies and Central Desert Native Title Services in the Kiwirrkurra community in Western Australia. This report provides an update of the project following the first workshop held at Kiwirrkurra in April 2017. The pilot project is about finding ways to return Kiwirrkurra material to the community, record new stories and develop strong rules about keeping community stories safe.

Abstract adapted from Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies and Central Desert Native Title Services

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2017)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework.

Retrieved 30 May 2017 from http://www.aihw.gov.au/indigenous-data/health-performance-framework/

Bhatti MAH, Troy J (2017)

When size doesn’t count: a comparative account of language endangerment in Australia and Pakistan.

ab-Original: Journal of Indigenous Studies and First Nations and First Peoples' Cultures; 1(1): 132-144

Dudgeon P, Bray A (2017)

Indigenous healing practices in Australia.

Women & Therapy; Latest articles(https://doi.org/10.1080/02703149.2017.1324191):

Geerlings LRC, Thompson CL, Bouma R, Hawkins R (2017)

Cultural competence in clinical psychology training: a qualitative investigation of student and academic experiences.

Australian Psychologist; Early view(http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ap.12291):

Laverty M, McDermott DR, Calma T (2017)

Embedding cultural safety in Australia’s main health care standards.

Medical Journal of Australia; 207(1): 15-16

Lee VS (2017)

Political determinants and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women: don't leave your integrity at the political gate.

Journal of Public Health Policy; First Online(http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41271-017-0075-y): 1-7

MacLean S, Ritte R, Thorpe A, Ewen S, Arabena K (2017)

Health and wellbeing outcomes of programs for Indigenous Australians that include strategies to enable the expression of cultural identities: a systematic review.

Australian Journal of Primary Health; Online early(https://doi.org/10.1071/PY16061):

Maguire G (2017)

The NT 'Intervention' led to some changes in Indigenous health, but the social cost may not have been worth it.

Retrieved 26 June 2017 from https://theconversation.com/the-nt-intervention-led-to-some-changes-in-indigenous-health-but-the-social-cost-may-not-have-been-worth-it-78833#republish

Martin F (2017)

Compensation for extinguishment of native title: Griffiths v Northern Territory represents a major step forward for native title holders.

Indigenous Law Bulletin; 8(27): 8-11

McPhail-Bell K, Appo N, Haymes A, Bond C, Brough M, Fredericks B (2017)

Deadly Choices empowering Indigenous Australians through social networking sites.

Health Promotion International; Advance Articles(https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/dax014): 1-11

Queensland Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships (2017)

Cultural Heritage Duty of Care Guidelines review: issues paper.

Brisbane: Queensland Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships

Schiff R (2017)

Whose responsibility for dismantling racism? A brief rejoinder to Niyi Afoweso’s article ‘Racism: a major impediment to optimal Indigenous health and health care in Australia’.

Australian Indigenous Health Bulletin; 17(2): April 2017-June 2017

Retrieved 24 April 2017 from http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/whose-responsibility-for-dismantling-racism-a-brief-rejoinder-to-niyi-afowesos-article-racism-a-major-impediment-to-optimal-indigenous-health-and-health-care-in-australia/

Schultz R, Cairney S (2017)

Caring for country and the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.

Medical Journal of Australia; 207(1): 8-10

Schutze H, JPulver L, Harris M (2017)

What factors contribute to the continued low rates of Indigenous status identification in urban general practice? - A mixed-methods multiple site case study.

BMC Health Services Research; 17: 95

Retrieved 31 January 2017 from http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2017-6

Smith K, Gilchrist L (2017)

Well-being of older Aboriginal Australians: the importance of 'keeping spirit strong'.

Australasian Journal on Ageing; 36(2): 112-113

Tjina Maala Centre (2017)

Tjina Maala activity book.

Perth: Ability Centre

The Tjina Maala activity book is filled with a variety of activities including a maze, dot-to-dot puzzle, word sleuth, Wangkatha (aka Wongi) hand gestures, colouring in and a quiz. This resource celebrates Aboriginal culture, language and nature which features native animals such Kangaroos, Witchetty Grubs and Honey Ants.

The resource was developed as part of the Pika Wiya Kuthupa project (Wongi 'not sick, different one') which aims to investigate the needs of Aboriginal families caring for a child with a disability in the Goldfields region of Western Australia (WA). The resource was produced by the Tjina Maala Centre (part of the Ability Centre).

Tjina Maala Centre

TRACS WA (2017)

Delivering health care for Aboriginal people in a person-centred way.

: TRACS WA

This resource is designed to support the delivery of health care for Aboriginal people in a person centred way within the health care system. The full 1.5 hour audiovisual resource is available for viewing in three 30 minute videos. The TRACS Western Australian team are working with partners within the Aboriginal Health Strategy team to further edit the video content to facilitate learning across the key topics explored including:

  • communication
  • cultural protocols
  • kinship
  • men's and women's business
  • hospital experiences
  • rural and remote
  • health services, systems and funding
  • resilience.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

Waran E, Zubair MY, O'Connor N (2017)

The gap reversed: a review of site of death in the Top End.

Medical Journal of Australia; 207(1): 39

Zubrzycki J, Shipp R, Jones V (2017)

Knowing, being, and doing: Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal collaboration in cancer services.

Qualitative Health Research; Online First(http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049732316686750): 1-14

2016

Shellam T, Nugent M, Konishi S, Cadzow A, eds. (2016)

Brokers and boundaries: colonial exploration in Indigenous territory.

Canberra: ANU Press

Sanders W, ed. (2016)

Engaging Indigenous economy: debating diverse approaches.

Canberra: Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research

Megan D, Langton M, eds. (2016)

It's our country: Indigenous arguments for meaningful constitutional recognition and reform.

Carlton, Vic: Melbourne University Publishing

Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council’s National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Standing Committee (2016)

Cultural Respect Framework 2016-2026 for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health.

Canberra: Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council

This framework is a renewal of the Cultural respect framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health 2004-2009.

The framework has six domains and subsequent focus areas:

  • whole-of-organisation approach and commitment
  • communication
  • workforce development and training
  • consumer participation and engagement
  • stakeholder partnerships and collaboration
  • data, planning, research and evaluation.

This framework was developed for the Australian Health Ministers & Advisory Council by the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Standing Committee and should be used in the government health sector, health departments and hospital and primary health care settings to guide strategies to improve culturally respectful services.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

Bolt R (2016)

Identity questions.

Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal; Jan/Dec 2016(40): 23-24

Butcher T, Judd B (2016)

The Aboriginal football ethic.

Griffith Review; 53(July 2016):

Centre for Cultural Competence Australia (2016)

Imagine a culturally competent Australia.

Mosman, NSW: Centre for Cultural Competence Australia

Colles SL, Belton S, Brimblecombe J (2016)

Insights into nutritionists' practices and experiences in remote Australian Aboriginal communities.

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 40(S1): S7–S13

Cresp R, Clarke K, McAuley KE, McAullay D, Moylan CA, Peter S, Chaney GMI, Cook A, Edmond KM (2016)

Effectiveness of the Koorliny Moort out-of-hospital health care program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in Western Australia.

Medical Journal of Australia; 204(5): 197e1-197e7

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (2016)

Communicating with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander audiences.

Canberra: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

Drummond A, Cox L (2016)

Indigenous history, health, wellness and culture within nursing curriculum.

Australian Nursing and Midwifery Journal; 23(8): 35

Gould GS, Bittoun R, Clarke M (2016)

Guidance for culturally competent approaches to smoking cessation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander pregnant women.

Nicotine & Tobacco Research; 18(1): 104-105

Grant S (2016)

The Australian dream: blood, history and becoming.

Retrieved 19-25 November from https://www.quarterlyessay.com.au/essay/2016/11/the-australian-dream

Judd B, Butcher T (2016)

Beyond equality: the place of Aboriginal culture in the Australian game of football.

Australian Aboriginal Studies; 2016(1): 68-84

Klugman M, Phillips G (2016)

The land we play on.

Griffith Review; 53(July 2016):

Marel C, MacLean S, Midford R (2016)

Review of volatile substance use among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

: Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet

McCabe MP, Mellor D, Ricciardelli LA, Mussap AJ, Hallford DJ (2016)

Ecological model of Australian Indigenous men’s health.

American Journal of Men's Health; 10(6): N63-N70

Mendes P, Saunders B, Baidawi S (2016)

Indigenous care leavers in Victoria: final report.

Melbourne: Monash University

This report presents the findings of a 14 month exploratory study of Indigenous care leavers in Victoria. The study aimed to examine current leaving care and post-care systems available to Indigenous care leavers, paying particular attention to relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous agencies, and differences in their approach to service delivery. Additionally, the project investigated the backgrounds and experiences of Indigenous care leavers, including their access to leaving care and post-care services. Finally, the study sought to identify programs or strategies that would assist Indigenous care leavers, in order to inform future policy and practice responses.

Abstract from authors

Munro-Harrison E, Trounson J, Ironfield N (2016)

A culturally safe education engagement model for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men in prison.

Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal; 40(Jan/Dec 2016): 34-35

Noongarpedia (2016)

Noongarpedia.

Retrieved 2016 from https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Noongarpedia

Rice ES, Haynes E, Royce P, Thompson SC (2016)

Social media and digital technology use among Indigenous young people in Australia: a literature review.

International Journal for Equity in Health; 15: 81

Retrieved 25 May 2016 from http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12939-016-0366-0

Shephard M, O’Brien C, Burgoyne A, Croft J, Garlett T, Barancek K, Halls H, McAteer B, Motta L, Shephard A (2016)

Review of the cultural safety of a national Indigenous point-of-care testing program for diabetes management.

Australian Journal of Primary Health; 22(4): 368-374

Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision (2016)

Overcoming Indigenous disadvantage: key indicators 2016 report.

Canberra: Productivity Commission

This report measures the wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. It is the seventh report in a series commissioned by all Australian governments, designed to measure progress in overcoming the disadvantage faced by many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. The report is produced by the Steering Committee, commissioned by the Council of Australia Governments (COAG), in consultation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. The Steering Committee is advised by a working group made up of representatives from all Australian governments, the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples, the Australian Bureau of Statistics and the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.

The report measures progress in relation to COAG Closing the Gap targets and against 52 indicators. Progress is measured across a range of areas including governance, leadership and culture, early childhood, education, health, home and safe and supportive communities. The report also includes case studies on things that work to improve outcomes.

The information in this report can help inform the design of policies.

Abstract adapted from Productivity Commission

Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision (2016)

Overcoming Indigenous disadvantage: key indicators 2016: overview.

Canberra: Productivity Commission

This report provides an overview of the full report on overcoming Indigenous disadvantage. The report measures the wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. It is the seventh report in a series commissioned by all Australian governments, designed to measure progress in overcoming the disadvantage faced by many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. The report is produced by the Steering Committee, commissioned by the Council of Australia Governments (COAG), in consultation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. The Steering Committee is advised by a working group made up of representatives from all Australian governments, the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples, the Australian Bureau of Statistics and the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.

The report measures progress in relation to COAG Closing the Gap targets and against 52 indicators. Progress is measured across a range of areas including governance, leadership and culture, early childhood, education, health, home and safe and supportive communities. The report also includes case studies on things that work to improve outcomes.

The information in this report can help inform the design of policies.

Abstract adapted from Productivity Commission

University of Tasmania (2016)

Aboriginal Tasmania Story Map.

Retrieved 2016 from http://utas-spatial.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapTour/index.html?appid=5cc2337c499047f9a8210089958937e9

Wright M, Lin A, O’Connell M (2016)

Humility, inquisitiveness, and openness: key attributes for meaningful engagement with Nyoongar people.

Advances in Mental Health; 14(2): 82-95

2015

McGrath A, Jebb MA, eds. (2015)

Long history, deep time.

Canberra: ANU Press and Aboriginal History

Abbott E, Allen L, Biddle N, Crawford H (2015)

The Aboriginal population of NSW in 2015: policy options and challenges.

Sydney: NSW Aboriginal Affairs

Aboriginal Affairs NSW (2015)

Mapu yaan gurri, mapu marrunggirr – healing our way.

Sydney: NSW Government

This report highlights the issues raised from the Healing forum held in New South Wales (NSW) in July 2014. The Healing forum brought together more than 200 delegates, representing 68 organisations, as well as Aboriginal leaders, to share experience and understanding of trauma and healing in NSW Aboriginal communities.

The discussions from the forum were focused around four themes outlined in this report:

  • Aboriginal perspectives on healing
  • Why healing is needed?- issues that impact on healing
  • strategies that support healing
  • the role for government in healing.

Abstract adapted Aboriginal Affairs NSW

Aboriginal Health & Medical Research Council (2015)

Aboriginal communities improving Aboriginal health: an evidence review on the contribution of Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services to improving Aboriginal health.

Sydney: Aboriginal Health & Medical Research Council

This review addresses the gap in evidence about the diverse ways in which Aboriginal community controlled health services (ACCHS) contribute to improving the health of Aboriginal peoples. In summary, there are important gaps in the evidence base, including a lack of studies on the ACCHS primary health care model as a whole and its impacts in some health areas. However, the evidence that is available provides a solid foundation supporting the roles and contributions of ACCHSs. Consideration of this evidence is vital to ensure programs and policies are appropriate and effective in improving the health of Aboriginal peoples.

Abstract adapted from Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of NSW

Culture, cancer, caring: inspiring stories for our mob (2015)

Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of NSW

This booklet highlights the activities of Aboriginal Health Workers, Aboriginal community controlled health services and mainstream health services to reduce the impact of cancer in Aboriginal communities in New South Wales. The stories feature innovative and locally designed programs that emphasise the importance and effectiveness of culturally appropriate cancer support and screening services for Aboriginal people. It includes the experiences of Aboriginal people in developing these initiatives, as well as some practical solutions for Aboriginal people, health professionals and organisations wanting to improve or set up cancer support services within their own community.

Abstract adapted from Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of NSW

Cultural safety factsheet (2015)

Australian Indigenous Doctors' Association

This cultural safety factsheet is for doctors and medical students involved with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander medical profession. It is also for patients as it outlines practical and achievable actions that can strengthen cultural safety, with a focus on:

  • What cultural safety is?
  • Why cultural safety is important?
  • How cultural safety can be strengthened?
  • AIDA's role in cultural safety
  • where to learn more about cultural safety.

The factsheet is a basic source of information that links to various other AIDA resources, related to pursuing cultural safety in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workforce.

Abstract adapted from Australian Indigenous Doctors' Association (AIDA)

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2015)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework 2014 report: New South Wales.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2015)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework 2014 report: Northern Territory.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2015)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework 2014 report: Queensland.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2015)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework 2014 report: South Australia.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2015)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework 2014 report: Victoria.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Bracknell C (2015)

Kooral Dwonk-katitjiny (listening to the past): Aboriginal language, songs and history in south-western Australia.

Aboriginal History; 38(2014): 1-18

Calogeras C, Carne B, Denny B, Lovett D, Ah-Kee D, Wilson J, Giles K, Wright L, Gilby M, Torres P, Lui S, Schnierer S (2015)

Facilitation of the FRDC Indigenous Reference Group to progress RD&E outcomes: final report.

Canberra: Fisheries Research and Development Corporation

Cancer Council Victoria (2015)

Cancer Council Victoria's innovate reconciliation action plan.

Melbourne: Cancer Council Victoria

Carlson B, Frazer R (2015)

'It's like going to a cemetery and lighting a candle': Aboriginal Australians, sorry business and social media.

AlterNative; 11(3): 211-224

Central Australian Aboriginal Alcohol Programmes Unit (2015)

A place of health, hope and healing: Submission to the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory ‘Ice’ Select Committee.

Darwin: Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory

Cinelli RL, Peralta LR (2015)

'Achievement, pride and inspiration': outcomes for volunteer role models in a community outreach program in remote Aboriginal communities.

Rural and Remote Health; 15: 3482

Retrieved 16 October 2015 from http://www.rrh.org.au/articles/showarticlenew.asp?ArticleID=3482

Halacas C, Adams K (2015)

Keeping our mob healthy in and out of prison: exploring prison health in Victoria to improve quality, culturally appropriate health care for Aboriginal people.

Collingwood, Vic: Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation

This report provides information on the Keeping our mob healthy in and out of prison: exploring prison health in Victoria to improve quality, culturally appropriate health care for Aboriginal people research project.

The project aimed to explore ways to improve continuity of care for Aboriginal people in Victorian prisons, and identify ways to improve relationships and partnerships with Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHOs) and prison health services.

Some key recommendations from the report include:

  • increase involvement of Aboriginal Health Workers during prisoner arrival
  • increase opportunities for prison health workers to develop rapport with Koori prisoners
  • offer placement opportunities in prison health services for training Aboriginal health professionals
  • develop a transition health model for Aboriginal prisoners to improve continuity of care.

The report was produced by the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation with funding from the Justice Health Unit and the Koori Justice Unit within the Victorian Government Department of Justice.

Abstract adapted from the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation Incorporated

Hamacher DW (2015)

Identifying seasonal stars in Kaurna astronomical traditions.

Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage; 18(1): 39-52

Indigenous Allied Health Australia (2015)

Cultural responsiveness in action: an IAHA framework.

Canberra: Indigenous Allied Health Australia

Kite E, Davy C (2015)

Using Indigenist and Indigenous methodologies to connect to deeper understandings of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' quality of life.

Health Promotion Journal of Australia; 26(3): 191-194

NSW Aboriginal Affairs (2015)

OCHRE approach to evaluation.

Sydney: NSW Aboriginal Affairs

NSW Aboriginal Affairs (2015)

OCHRE: two years on.

Sydney: NSW Aboriginal Affairs

Rule J, Rice E (2015)

Bringing them home: scorecard report 2015.

Canberra: National Sorry Day Committee

This report outlines the current status of the 54 recommendations made by the Bringing them home (BTH) report, written in 1997.

The BTH report documented the grief and loss experienced by the Stolen Generations; its recommendations were designed to ensure that there was a clear pathway for making reparations, and that the removals policies would not be repeated.

This report includes recent research and consultation on current issues of concern to Stolen Generations, and recommendations on how the existing BTH recommendations can be implemented in full, in the current environment.

Abstract adapted from the National Sorry Day Committee

Saberi M, Hong B, Li J, Chen E, Shafiei S (2015)

Indigenous population dot map of Australia.

Retrieved 2015 from http://monash.edu/research/city-science/indigenous_australia/

Smith S, Fortnum D, Ludlow M, Mathew T, Toy L (2015)

Challenges in methods and availability of transport for dialysis patients.

Renal Society of Australasia Journal; 11(3): 118-124

Stasiuk G, Robertson F, Woods I, Fasolo D, McMullan J, Murray L (2015)

Synergies: Walking Together - Belonging to Country (Djena Koorliny Danjoo Boodjar-ang).

: Murdoch University

Stronach M, Maxwell H, Taylor T (2015)

'Sistas' and aunties: sport, physical activity, and Indigenous Australian women.

Annals of Leisure Research; Latest articles(http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/11745398.2015.1051067):

Tilbury C (2015)

Moving to Prevention research report: intensive family support services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.

Melbourne: Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care

Townsend SM (2015)

My journey from suit to skin.

Medical Journal of Australia; 203(9): 375-376

Watt K, Abbott P, Reath J (2015)

Cultural competency training of GP registrars - exploring the views of GP supervisors.

International Journal for Equity in Health; 14(1): 89

Retrieved 6 October 2015 from http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12939-015-0226-3

2014

Abbott P, Reath J, Gordon E, Dave D, Harnden C, Hu W, Kozianski E, Carriage C (2014)

General Practitioner Supervisor assessment and teaching of Registrars consulting with Aboriginal patients - is cultural competence adequately considered?.

BMC Medical Education; 14: 167

Retrieved 13 August 2014 from http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6920-14-167

Adams Y, Drew N, Walker R (2014)

Principles of practice in mental health assessment with Aboriginal Australians.

In: Dudgeon P, Milroy H, Walker R, eds. Working together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health and wellbeing principles and practice. 2nd edition ed. Canberra: Department of The Prime Minister and Cabinet: 271-288 (chapter 16)

This book chapter provides information on concepts and history of assessment and testing in the context of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social and emotional wellbeing and mental health.

Various assessment tools and measures that have been validated and proved appropriate for particular Aboriginal populations including youth, women and older people, are described.

This chapter is a part of the Working together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health and wellbeing principles and practice book.

Abstract adapted from the Telethon Kids Institute

Australia Council for the Arts (2014)

A culturally ambitious nation: strategic plan 2014 to 2019.

Surry Hills, Sydney: Australia Council for the Arts

Aboriginal Australia map (2014)

Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

The Aboriginal Australia map represents research carried out for the Encyclopedia of Aboriginal Australia. The research method was to use the published resources available between 1988 and 1994. The map was then created as a graphic illustration. It indicates only the general location of larger groupings of people, which may include smaller groups such as clans, dialects or individual languages in a group.

The Aboriginal Australia map does not claim to be definitive and is not the only source of information about language and social groups.

The map is a large-scale printed product available for sale in two formats small and large.

Abstract adapted from Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

Bower M, Rogers A (2014)

Banatjarl girls culture camp 2012: evaluation report.

Sydney: Fred Hollows Foundation

Cameron L (2014)

Bangawarra naa.

Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Newcastle: Newcastle, NSW

Chapman R, Martin C, Smith T (2014)

Evaluation of staff cultural awareness before and after attending cultural awareness training in an Australian emergency department.

International Emergency Nursing; 22(4): 179–184

Commission for Children and Young People (2014)

Koorie kids: growing strong in their culture: October 2014 update.

Melbourne: Commission for Children and Young People

Dudgeon P, Cox A, Walker R, Scrine C, Kelly K, Blurton D, Boladeras J, Bracknell C, Brennan T, Butorac A, Charles A, Collard L, Duffin W, Grogan G, Hams K, Hansen C, Holland C, Ingram D, Mascall C, Mia T, Miller D, McGuire V, Murray B, McGrady G, Peckham M, Riley B, Ryder A, Swift S, Taylor N (2014)

Voices of the Peoples: the National Empowerment Project: national summary report 2014: promoting cultural, social and emotional wellbeing to strengthen Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

Perth, WA: National Empowerment Project, University of Western Australia

The National empowerment project (NEP) is an Aboriginal led research collaboration that worked with eight Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities across Australia since 2012. Utilising participatory action research, the NEP team engaged with communities to give people a voice to describe and address the challenges to social and emotional wellbeing, and to begin to look at ways to address these issues on an individual, family and community-wide level.

This report describes the research undertaken with the eight communities and is structured as follows:

  • chapter one sets out the governance, community selection process, operations, and process of the NEP
  • chapter two describes the findings from the research and draws out the main themes
  • chapter three summarises and makes recommendations from the outcomes of the project.

The NEP project makes a significant contribution to the emerging evidence-base required to develop a universal health promotion strategy to promote social and emotional wellbeing and mental health and a primary prevention strategy to reduce psychological distress and suicide in Aboriginal communities.

Abstract adapted from authors National empowerment project report

Dudgeon P, Rickwood D, Garvey D, Gridley H (2014)

A history of Indigenous psychology.

In: Dudgeon P, Milroy H, Walker R, eds. Working together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health and wellbeing principles and practice. 2nd edition ed. Canberra: Department of The Prime Minister and Cabinet: 39-54 (chapter 3)

Green D, Minchin L (2014)

Living on climate-changed country: Indigenous health, well-being and climate change in remote Australian communities.

EcoHealth; 11(2): 263-272

Healing Foundation (2014)

Mapu Yaan Gurri, Mapu Marrunggirr: Healing Our Way.

Canberra: Healing Foundation

Heffernan E, Andersen K, McEntyre E, Kinner S (2014)

Mental disorder and cognitive disability in the criminal justice system.

In: Dudgeon P, Milroy H, Walker R, eds. Working together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health and wellbeing principles and practice. 2nd edition ed. Canberra: Department of The Prime Minister and Cabinet: 165-178 (chapter 10)

Kowal E, Gallacher L, Macciocca I, Sahhar M (2014)

Genetic counseling for Indigenous Australians: an exploratory study from the perspective of genetic health professionals.

Journal of Genetic Counseling; Early view(http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10897-014-9782-8):

Mackay Regional Council (2014)

Mackay Regional Council’s reconciliation action plan 2014 - 2016.

Mackay: Mackay Regional Council

Marmion D, Obata K, Troy J (2014)

Community, identity, wellbeing : the report of the second national Indigenous languages survey.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

Marriott R, Ferguson-Hill S (2014)

Perinatal and infant mental health and wellbeing.

In: Dudgeon P, Milroy H, Walker R, eds. Working together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health and wellbeing principles and practice. 2nd edition ed. Canberra: Department of The Prime Minister and Cabinet: 337-353 (chapter 19)

McKendrick J, Thorpe M (2014)

The impact of forced internal migration on Australian aboriginal people.

Grief Matters; 17(3): 90-95

Molloy L, Grootjans J (2014)

The ideas of Frantz Fanon and culturally safe practices for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia.

Issues in Mental Health Nursing; 35(3): 207-211

NSW Aboriginal Affairs (2014)

OCHRE: one year on.

Sydney: NSW Aboriginal Affairs

Parker R, Balaratnasingam S, Roy M, Huntley J, Mageean A (2014)

Intellectual disability in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

In: Dudgeon P, Milroy H, Walker R, eds. Working together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health and wellbeing principles and practice. 2nd edition ed. Canberra: Department of The Prime Minister and Cabinet: 307-334 (chapter 18)

Parker S, McKinnon L, Kruske S (2014)

'Choice, culture and confidence': Key findings from the 2012 having a baby in Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander survey.

BMC Health Services Research; 14(http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-14-196): 196

Retrieved 1 May 2014 from http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-14-196

Public Record Office Victoria (2014)

walata tyamateetj: a guide to government records about Aboriginal people in Victoria.

Melbourne: Public Record Office Victoria

This guidebook aims to improve access to government records about Aboriginal people, families, communities and culture and is a detailed listing of Aboriginal public records held in Victoria.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

Rochecouste J, Oliver R, Bennell D (2014)

Is there cultural safety in Australian universities?.

International Journal of Higher Education; 3(2): 153-166

Sinclair C, Williams G, Knight A, Auret K (2014)

A public health approach to promoting advance care planning to Aboriginal people in regional communities.

Australian Journal of Rural Health; 22(1): 23-28

Walker R, Schultz C, Sonn C (2014)

Cultural competence - transforming policy, services, programs and practice.

In: Dudgeon P, Milroy H, Walker R, eds. Working together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health and wellbeing principles and practice. 2nd edition ed. Canberra: Department of The Prime Minister and Cabinet: 195-220 (chapter 12)

Wilkes E, Gray D, Casey W, Stearne A, Dadd L (2014)

Harmful substance use and mental health.

In: Dudgeon P, Milroy H, Walker R, eds. Working together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health and wellbeing principles and practice. 2nd edition ed. Canberra: Department of The Prime Minister and Cabinet: 125-146 (chapter 8)

This chapter, from the 2nd edition of Working together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health and wellbeing principles and practice, provides information about harmful substance use and mental health among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

The chapter explores a range of issues, including:

  • current substance use and related harms
  • social and emotional wellbeing and comorbidity
  • social determinants of mental health and substance use.

Four key issues of concern are discussed within the chapter, which are:

  • What are the problems?
  • What are the underlying issues?
  • What is, and can be done, to address harmful substance use among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people?
  • What else needs to be done?

Working together is intended for staff and students and all health practitioners working in areas that support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health and wellbeing.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

Zander KK, Dunnet DR, Brown C, Campion O, Daniels C, Daniels G, Nelson E, Blitner G, Carson D (2014)

Indigenous cultural and natural resources management and mobility in Arnhem land, northern Australia.

Human Ecology; 42(3): 443-453

Zubrick SR, Holland C, Kelly K, Calma T, Walker R (2014)

The evolving policy context in mental health and wellbeing.

In: Dudgeon P, Milroy H, Walker R, eds. Working together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health and wellbeing principles and practice. 2nd edition ed. Canberra: Department of The Prime Minister and Cabinet: 69-90 (chapter 5)

Zubrick SR, Shepherd CCJ, Dudgeon P, Gee G, Paradies Y, Scrine C, Walker R (2014)

Social determinants of social and emotional wellbeing.

In: Dudgeon P, Milroy H, Walker R, eds. Working together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health and wellbeing principles and practice. 2nd edition ed. Canberra: Department of The Prime Minister and Cabinet: 93-112 (chapter 6)

2013

Cultural safety for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander doctors, medical students and patients (2013)

Australian Indigenous Doctors' Association

This paper identifies the Australian Indigenous Doctors' Association (AIDA)'s position on cultural safety in the general practice, for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander doctors, medical students and patients.

AIDA's position is that cultural safety must be strengthened through:

  • individual and organisational leadership
  • genuine organisational partnerships
  • the ongoing accumulation of knowledge
  • effective accountability mechanisms.

With these, AIDA affirms the following principles:

  • AIDA's key assessment role in the medical profession
  • all doctors must provide leadership
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community controlled health organisations play a central role in culturally safe health services
  • all approaches to strengthening cultural safety must be consistent with the United Nations' Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

Bamblett L (2013)

Our stories are our survival.

First edition ed. Canberra: Aboriginal Studies Press

Berry SL (2013)

Culture in treatment for Aboriginal Australian men in New South Wales residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation services.

Doctor of Psychology (Clinical) thesis, University of Wollongong: Wollongong

Booth J, Nelson A (2013)

Sharing stories: using narratives to illustrate the role of critical reflection in practice with First Australians.

Occupational Therapy International; 20(3): 114–123

Commission for Children and Young People (2013)

Koorie kids: growing strong in their culture.

Melbourne: Commission for Children and Young People

Dockery AM (2013)

Cultural dimensions of Indigenous participation in vocational education and training: new perspectives.

Adelaide: National Centre for Vocational Education Research

Dwyer AL (2013)

The brain painting: “the snake eating away the life of your memory”.

Medical Journal of Australia; 198(5): 287

This resource was developed to assist health promotion activities in the area of dementia in Aboriginal communities in Western Australia.

The painting depicts the brain and 'the snake eating away the life of your memory' to represent dementia.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

Kasat P (2013)

Community arts and cultural development: a powerful tool for social transformation.

Masters by Research thesis, Murdoch University: Perth

Kenny PA (2013)

Indigenous dual diagnosis capability: measuring policy effectiveness through a cultural proficiency lens.

Masters thesis, University of Melbourne: Melbourne

Kingsley J, Townsend M, Henderson-Wilson C, Bolam B (2013)

Developing an exploratory framework linking Australian Aboriginal peoples' connection to country and concepts of wellbeing.

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; 10(2): 678-698

LIME good practice case studies: volume two (2013)

Leaders in Indigenous Medical Education

This second volume of practical case studies from The Leaders in Indigenous Medical Education (LIME) Network offers an approach to good practice in health promotion and education among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers. The case studies are the lived experiences of health workers from international First Nations, as well as Australian First Nations.

Broadly, the case studies cover:

  • curriculum design
  • teaching and learning
  • community engagement
  • recruitment and retention.

As an appendix to this volume, a process for good practice case study assessment is included, for use in health practices.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

McGuinness K, Leckning B (2013)

Bicultural practice in the Northern Territory children and families sector: practitioners' reflections of working two-ways.

Darwin: Centre for Child Development and Education and Strong Aboriginal Families, Together, Menzies School of Health Research

This publication reports on a qualitative research project which aimed to describe how cultural models of service delivery are understood, and to identify key elements to inform the development of a two-way, bicultural practice framework for the children and families sector in the Northern Territory (NT).

While the research focused on practice in non-government organisations (NGOs) delivering services to children and families at risk of substance misuse, family violence, and mental health issues, the researchers anticipate that the findings in this report could lead to a sharper policy and practice focus on cultural safety in the broader Australian Indigenous context.

The study design included:

  • a selective literature review
  • interviews and focus groups with 74 participants (48% Aboriginal) from nine organisations delivering services in remote, regional and urban settings across both the Top End and Central Australia
  • thematic analysis.

The report presents eight themes derived from the thematic analysis:

  • two-way practice
  • governance
  • operational management
  • recruitment and training
  • cultural safety
  • reflective practice
  • quality assurance
  • adapting systems.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

Mental Health Commission of New South Wales (2013)

Yarning honestly about Aboriginal mental health in NSW.

Gladesville, NSW: Mental Health Commission of New South Wales

National Congress of Australia's First Peoples (2013)

National Congress report 2013.

Strawberry Hills, NSW: National Congress of Australia's First Peoples

Newman CE, Gray R, Brener L, Jackson LC, Johnson P, Saunders V, Harris M, Butow P, Treloar C (2013)

One size fits all? The discursive framing of cultural difference in health professional accounts of providing cancer care to Aboriginal people.

Ethnicity & Health; 18(4): 433-447

This paper identifies recurrent patterns of 'discursive framing' in interviews with health care professionals. It highlighted the reliance of familiar narratives about cancer care services that may not be culturally suited to Indigenous people affected by cancer.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjar Yankunytjatjara Women’s Council Aboriginal Corporation (2013)

Traditional healers of Central Australia : Ngangkari.

Broome, WA: Magabala Books

This book contains unique stories and imagery and primary source material from the Ngangkari; senior Aboriginal people authorised to speak publicly about Anangu (Western Desert language speaking Aboriginal people) culture and practices. It is accurate, authorised information about their work, written in their own words.

The practice of traditional healing is still very much a part of contemporary Aboriginal society. The Ngangkari currently employed at Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjar Yankunytjatjara Women's Council Aboriginal Corporation deliver treatments to people across a tri-state region of about 350,000 square km, in more than 25 communities in South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory. Ngangkari work collaboratively with hospitals and health professionals even beyond this region, working hand in hand with western medical practitioners.

Abstract adapted from Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjar Yankunytjatjara Women’s Council Aboriginal Corporation

Nguyen OK, Cairney S (2013)

Literature review of the interplay between education, employment, health and wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in remote areas: working towards an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander wellbeing framework.

Alice Springs, NT: Ninti One Limited

This literature review investigated present wellbeing frameworks at a global and local level that are relevant to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in remote Australia. Current government frameworks gather statistical data for policy analysis and program development. Progressively more frameworks are incorporating holistic measures of health, for example, cultural health, governance, and the impacts of colonisation.

The review highlights the need to establish a wellbeing framework that considers the strengths and resilience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people together with their worldviews, perspectives, and values. Cultural identity is vital combined with control, achievement, and inclusion at a wider level of society. Examples of successful projects are included in the review with recommendations for the development of a wellbeing framework.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

The Walmajarri seasons calendar (2013)

Nuggett J, Nuggett A, Bangu N, Woodward E

The Walmajarri seasons calendar was produced by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) as part of the Capturing Indigenous Knowledge in Northern Australia Project.

The calendar was developed by members of the Walmajarri language group from the Fitzroy Valley in the Kimberley in Western Australia (WA) and the CSIRO.

The calendar combines Walmajarri seasonal names with their knowledge of both desert and river country. Three main seasons are identified by Walmajarri speakers in their calendar:

  • parranga (hot weather time)
  • yitilal (raining time)
  • makurra (cold weather time).

The calendar provides detailed information on each of the seasons, including environmental indicators that act as cues for bush tucker collection.

The Capturing Indigenous Knowledge in Northern Australia Project was developed to capture Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ecological knowledge to further understanding about the ecology of northern Australia, and the calendars demonstrate the wealth of knowledge that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people hold for their environment.

Abstract adapted from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Oliver SJ (2013)

The role of traditional medicine practice in primary health care within Aboriginal Australia: a review of the literature.

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine; 9: 46

Retrieved 2 July 2013 from http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-4269-9-46

Robinson GW, Tyler WB, Silburn SR, Zubrick SR (2013)

Gender, culture and intervention: exploring differences between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children's responses to an early intervention programme.

Children & Society; 27(6): 459–470

SA Health Aboriginal culture and history handbook (2013)

SA Health

SA Health (2013)

SA Health guide for engaging with Aboriginal people.

Adelaide: Government of South Australia

SA Health (2013)

South Australian Aboriginal History Timeline.

Adelaide: Government of South Australia

Sajiv C (2013)

Cultural considerations when providing care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (ATSI) opting for conservative care.

Nephrology; Accepted article(http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nep.12080):

Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (2013)

A place for culture? Exploring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural competence in the national quality standard.

Melbourne: Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care

Thackrah RD, Thompson SC (2013)

Refining the concept of cultural competence: building on decades of progress.

Medical Journal of Australia; 199(1): 35-38

Thompson SL, Chenhall RD, Brimblecombe JK (2013)

Indigenous perspectives on active living in remote Australia: a qualitative exploration of the socio-cultural link between health, the environment and economics.

BMC Public Health; 13: 473

Retrieved 15 May 2013 from http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-473

Tynan M, Smullen F, Atkinson P, Stephens K (2013)

Aboriginal cultural competence for health services in regional Victoria: lessons for implementation [letter].

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 37(4): 392–393

Wall S, Koori Growing Old Well Study Project Team (2013)

Working with older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Paddington, NSW: Benevolent Society

This briefing presents evidence from research to guide mainstream community aged care organisations and practitioners on working in a respectful and culturally sensitive manner with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Topics covered by the briefing include:

  • history and culture
    • relationships
    • Elders
    • carers
  • health and wellbeing of older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
    • demographics and life expectancy
    • intergenerational disadvantage and other factors contributing to the gap in life expectancy
    • resilience
    • dementia and Alzheimer's disease
  • community care services for older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
    • access to community care services
    • time
    • communication
    • person-centred care
    • end of life.

The briefing includes a discussion guide to prompt readers to reflect on how the material in the briefing could be applied in practice. The briefing was prepared by Sharon Wall and the Koori growing old well study project team at Neuroscience Research Australia, in partnership with The Benevolent Society.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

2012

Bennett B, Green S, Gilbert S, Bessarab B, eds. (2012)

Our voices : Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander social work.

South Yarra, Vic: Palgrave Macmillan

Anderson M, Bilney J, Bycroft N, Cockatoo-Collins D, Creighton G, Else J, Faulkner C, French J, Liddle T, Miller A, Miller J, Quinnell L, Stewart B, Sutton P, Thomas C, Trindall C, Wilson J, Malin M, Moller J (2012)

Closing the gap: support for Indigenous loss.

Australian Nursing Journal; 19(10): 24-27

Armstrong R, Hayman NE (2012)

Self-determination: more than politics.

Medical Journal of Australia; 197(1): 7

Bandias S, Fuller D, Holmes S (2012)

Aboriginal economic and human development in the Northern Territory of Australia: to work or not to work. A clash of non-Indigenous beliefs.

Economic Papers; 31(1): 50-62

Behrendt L (2012)

Indigenous Australia for dummies.

Richmond, Vic: John Wiley

Beresford Q, Partington G, Gower G, eds. (2012)

Reform and resistance in Aboriginal education: fully revised edition.

Perth, WA: UWA Publishing

Berry SL, Crowe TP, Deane FP (2012)

Preliminary development and content validity of a measure of Australian Aboriginal cultural engagement.

Ethnicity & Health; 17(3): 325-336

Bidzinski T, Boustead G, Gleave R, Russo J, Scott S (2012)

A journey to cultural safety.

Australian Nursing Journal; 20(6): 43

Burton J (2012)

History of the Torres Strait up to full annexation in 1897.

Retrieved 2012 from http://www.tsra.gov.au/the-torres-strait/general-history

Cancer Council NSW (2012)

Cancer Council NSW reconciliation action plan.

Sydney: Cancer Council NSW

Collard L, Bracknell C (2012)

Beeliar Boodjar: an introduction to Aboriginal history in the city of Cockburn, Western Australia.

Australian Aboriginal Studies; 2012(1): 86 - 91

Cowlishaw G (2012)

Culture and the absurd: the means and meanings of Aboriginal identity in the time of cultural revivalism.

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute; 18(2): 397-417

Cullen-Unsworth LC, Hill R, Butler JRA, Wallace M (2012)

A research process for integrating Indigenous and scientific knowledge in cultural landscapes: principles and determinants of success in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, Australia.

The Geographical Journal; 178(4): 351–365

Doyle K (2012)

Measuring cultural appropriateness of mental health services for Australian Aboriginal peoples in rural and remote Western Australia: a client/clinician's journey.

International Journal of Culture and Mental Health; 5(1): 40-53

Fogarty W, Schwab RG (2012)

Indigenous education: experiential learning and learning through country.

Canberra: Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research

Fuller J, Hermeston W, Passey M, Fallon T, Muyambi K (2012)

Acceptability of participatory social network analysis for problem-solving in Australian Aboriginal health service partnerships.

BMC Health Services Research; 12: 152

Retrieved 10 June 2012 from http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/12/152

Glaskin K (2012)

Anatomies of relatedness: considering personhood in Aboriginal Australia.

American Anthropologist; 114(2): 297-308

Herringa S, Spangarob J, Lauwa M, McNamara L (2012)

The intersection of trauma, racism, and cultural competence in effective work with Aboriginal people: waiting for trust.

Australian Social Work; iFirst(http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0312407X.2012.697566)

Retrieved 16 October 2012 from http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0312407X.2012.697566

Hollinsworth D (2012)

Forget cultural competence; ask for an autobiography.

Social Work Education; iFirst(http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2012.730513)

Retrieved 16 October 2012 from http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2012.730513

Hottle DC (2012)

Social impact of emerging digital technologies on Australian Indigenous cultural preservation efforts.

: Australian Peoples Issues & Resources

Kelaher M, Parry A, Day S, Paradies Y, Anderson I (2012)

Racial and ethnic identification and quality of care: an Australian perspective.

Medical Journal of Australia; 196(6): 382

Kruske S, Belton S, Wardaguga M, Narjic C (2012)

Growing up our way: the first year of life in remote Aboriginal Australia.

Qualitative Health Research; 22(6): 777-787

Lau P, Pyett P, Burchill M, Furler J, Tynan M, Kelaher M, Liaw S-T (2012)

Factors influencing access to urban general practices and primary health care by Aboriginal Australians - a qualitative study.

AlterNative; 8(1): 66-84

The Wagiman plants and animals calendar (2012)

Liddy M, Huddleston J, Banderson T, Woodward E, Wagiman/TRaCK Steering Committee

The Wagiman plants and animals calendar was produced by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) as part of the Capturing Indigenous Knowledge in Northern Australia Project.

The calendar was developed by key knowledge-holders of the Wagiman language from the Daly River in the Northern Territory (NT) and the CSIRO. The Daly River and surrounding wetlands are rich in water-related resources, which are of high social and cultural significance to the traditional owners.

The development of the calendar was driven by a community desire to see key plants and animals of the Daly region documented in Wagiman language, and made accessible to younger people as the older generations of the language group pass away.

The Capturing Indigenous Knowledge in Northern Australia Project was developed to capture Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ecological knowledge to further understanding about the ecology of northern Australia, and the calendars demonstrate the wealth of knowledge that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people hold for their environment.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

Madden D, Cadet-James Y, Watkin-Lui F, Atkinson I (2012)

Healing through ICT: enhancing wellbeing in an Aboriginal community.

Journal of Tropical Psychology; 2(e6): 1-9

Mares S, Robinson G (2012)

Culture, context and therapeutic processes: delivering a parent-child intervention in a remote Aboriginal community.

Australasian Psychiatry; 20(2): 102-107

McIntyre-Tamwoy S, Fuary M, Buhrich A (2012)

Understanding climate, adapting to change: Indigenous cultural values and climate change impacts in North Queensland.

Local Environment; iFirst Article(http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2012.716415)

Retrieved 28 August 2012 from http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2012.716415

New South Wales Department of Education and Communities (2012)

Connected Communities strategy.

Sydney: New South Wales Department of Education and Communities

New South Wales Department of Education and Communities (2012)

Connected Communities: discussion paper.

Sydney: New South Wales Department of Education and Communities

Paul D, Hill S, Ewen S (2012)

Revealing the (in)competency of "cultural competency" in medical education.

AlterNative; 8(3): 318-328

Perso T (2012)

Cultural responsiveness and school education with particular focus on Australia's first peoples: a review & synthesis of the literature.

Darwin: Centre for Child Development and Education, Menzies School of Health Research

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children's cultural needs (2012)

Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care

This resource aims to help those involved in mainstream childcare throughout Australia to understand some of the specific cultural needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.

It aims to explain what Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people mean when they refer to culture, and cultural needs. The flipchart is based around the themes of:

  • history
  • personal identity
  • external family and community
  • land and water
  • cultural expression
  • cultural values, beliefs and practice.

The resource also provides space for workers to reflect on their practice, and encourages them to collect, value and validate their own experiences and reflections of/on the cultural needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in their care.

Abstract adapted from Secretariat of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Care

Taylor A (2012)

More than mobile: migration and mobility impacts from the ‘technologies of change' for Aboriginal communities in the remote Northern Territory of Australia.

Mobilities; 7(2): 269-294

Taylor K, Lindeman M, Kuipers P, Stothers K, Piper K (2012)

Intercultural communications in remote Aboriginal Australian communities: what works in dementia education and management?.

Health Sociology Review; 21(2): 208-219

The Ngan’gi seasons calendar (2012)

Woodward E, McTaggart PM, Yawulminy M, Ariuu C, Daning D, Kamarrama K, Ngulfundi B, Warrumburr M, Wawul M

The Ngan'gi seasons calendar was produced by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) as part of the Capturing Indigenous Knowledge in Northern Australia Project.

The calendar was developed by key knowledge-holders of the Ngan'gi language group from Nauyi Nambiyu country in the Daly River area in the Northern Territory (NT) and the CSIRO. The seasonal cycle recorded on the calendar closely follows the cycle of native annual speargrass, with many of the 13 seasons identified named according to speargrass life stages.

The development of the calendar was driven by a community desire to document seasonal-specific knowledge of the Daly river and its wetlands, including the environmental indicators that act as cues for bush tucker collection. The calendar also addresses community concern about the loss of traditional knowledge, as older people from the language group pass away and younger people no longer speak Ngan'gi as a first language.

The Capturing Indigenous Knowledge in Northern Australia Project was developed to capture Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ecological knowledge to further understanding about the ecology of northern Australia, and the calendars demonstrate the wealth of knowledge that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people hold for their environment.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

Wright S, Lloyd K, Suchet-Pearson S, Burarrwanga L, Matalena Tofa M, Bawaka Country (2012)

Telling stories in, through and with country: engaging with Indigenous and more-than-human methodologies at Bawaka, NE Australia.

Journal of Cultural Geography; 29(1): 39-60

2011

Bauman T, Macdonald G, eds. (2011)

Unsettling anthropology - the demands of native title on worn concepts and changing lives.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

Ansell S, Koenig J (2011)

CyberTracker: an integral management tool used by rangers in the Djelk Indigenous Protected Area, central Arnhem Land, Australia.

Ecological Management & Restoration; 12(1): 13–25

Australian Aboriginal Elders (2011)

To the people of Australia - elders statement on the Intervention.

Retrieved 28 February 2011 from http://indigenouspeoplesissues.com/attachments/article/9159/elders%20statement%20feb%2011009.pdf

Australian Human Rights Commission (2011)

Constitutional reform: creating a nation for all of us.

Sydney: Australian Human Rights Commission

Australian Office for the Arts (2011)

Review of Australian Government investment in the Indigenous broadcasting and media sector 2010.

Canberra: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Australia

Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (2011)

Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation submission to the Federal Budget 2011-12.

Sydney: Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation

Bainbridge R (2011)

Becoming empowered: a grounded theory study of Aboriginal women's agency.

Australasian Psychiatry; 19(Supplement 1): S26-S29

Biddle N, Swee H (2011)

Sustainability - land, language and culture: lecture 10.

Paper presented at the Measures of Indigenous wellbeing and their determinants across the lifecourse, CAEPR Lecture series. 5 May 2011, Canberra

Byard RW (2011)

Indigenous communities and the forensic autopsy.

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology; 7(2): 139-140

Calma T, Gooda M (2011)

The social and cultural determinants of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and the human rights-based approach of the close the gap campaign for Indigenous health equality.

In: Laverty M, Callaghan L, eds. Determining the future : a fair go & health for all. Ballan, Vic: Connor Court Publishing:

Close VA (2011)

An insight into cross cultural communication strategies in health.

Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Southern Queensland:

Dahlstrom V, Johnson A (2011)

Give us a break! A look at the myths and legends surrounding Aboriginal people and our lifestyles.

Canberra: Australian General Practice Training

Dockery AM (2011)

Traditional culture and the well-being of Indigenous Australians: an analysis of the 2008 NATSISS.

Perth: Centre for Labour Market Research, Curtin University of Technology

"Black engagement" Practical tips on how to engage with the Mt Isa Indigenous community (2011)

Duffy G, Woolley T, Ross S

This two-page colour pamphlet provides rural placement students and health practitioners with practical tips about how to engage respectfully with Indigenous patients and colleagues in Mount Isa, Queensland. The tips in the pamphlet include:

  • do understand cultural time frames (Murri time) and be prepared to be flexible
  • do wear appropriate clothing
  • don't use inappropriate language (e.g. too much jargon or 'big words')
  • don't speak down or be condescending
  • don't make promises you can't keep.

The pamphlet was produced by the School of Medicine and Dentistry at James Cook University (JCU), in collaboration with the Mount Isa Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Reference Group (MIATSIRG). The aim of the MIATSIRG is to support JCU in delivering their services to Indigenous communities in a culturally appropriate manner, and to improve how JCU engages with Indigenous communities. Some of the general information in the pamphlet may be useful for health practitioners working in Indigenous settings outside of Mount Isa.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

El Sayed F, Soar J, Wang Z (2011)

Cultural matter in the development of an interactive multimedia self-paced educational health program for Aboriginal health workers.

Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal; 35(4): 7-13

Farrelly T, Carlson B (2011)

Towards cultural competence in the justice sector.

Canberra: Indigenous Justice Clearinghouse

Fels MH (2011)

'I succeeded once': the Aboriginal protectorate on the Mornington Peninsula, 1839–1840.

: Australian National University E Press

Gooda M (2011)

Our relationships in native title: starting the conversation: AIATSIS Native Title Conference: keynote address.

Paper presented at the AIATSIS Native Title Conference 2011. 1-3 June 2011, Brisbane

Goolmeer T, Johnson C (2011)

A Possum Skin Cloak by the Lake: an Aboriginal cultural revival project.

Lake Macquarie, NSW: Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery

Guerin P, Guerin B, Tedmanson D, Clark Y (2011)

How can country, spirituality, music and arts contribute to Indigenous mental health and wellbeing?.

Australasian Psychiatry; 19(Supplement 1): S38-S41

Indigenous Peoples Issues & Resources (2011)

Indigenous resistance Down-Under: Gurindji fight the Intervention - two part video report.

: Indigenous Peoples Issues & Resources

Kickett M (2011)

What makes a successful Aboriginal person resilient?.

Paper presented at the Deadly approaches to staying healthy : innovative & practical chronic disease workshops for health professionals working with Aboriginal people. 13 March 2011, Perth, WA

King CK (2011)

How understanding the Aboriginal kinship system can inform better policy and practice : social work research with the Larrakia and Warumungu peoples of the Northern Territory.

Doctor of Philosophy thesis, Australian Catholic University: Canberra

Kiraly M, Humphreys C (2011)

"It is the story of all of us" : learning from Aboriginal communities about supporting family connection.

Melbourne: Office of the Child Safety Commissioner, Victoria

This report explores issues faced by Aboriginal families who are involved in kinship care in Victoria. (Kinship care is a type of care provided to children by members of their own family or friendship network when they are unable to live with their parents.)

The report identifies seven key pointers to good practice in Aboriginal kinship care. These are:

  • Keep children safe
  • Improve Aboriginal kinship care assessment and support
  • Increase financial and non-financial support to caregivers of Aboriginal children
  • Through Aboriginal services, support children's relationships and contact with a wide range of family members
  • Develop cultural awareness in non-Aboriginal workers and caregivers
  • Recognise that all of the above measures may work together to build a greater pool of suitable Aboriginal kinship care arrangements
  • Continue to support and work towards reconciliation in the Australian community.

The report draws heavily on interviews with Aboriginal families, children and services. It was produced as part of the Family links: kinship care and family contact research project conducted by the University of Melbourne with help from the office of Victoria's Child Safety Commissioner.

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Law Council of Australia (2011)

Constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians : discussion paper.

Canberra: Law Council of Australia

Léger L, Ward M, Andrews M, Richardson D, Stewart J, McKemey M, Robinson J (2011)

Kakadu: vulnerability to climate change impacts: a report to the Australian Government Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency.

Canberra: Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Australia

Lewih A (2011)

A study of Indigenous Australians within the rubrics of modernity and tradition.

Ideas in History; 3(1)

Retrieved 2011 from http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/student-journals/index.php/iih/article/download/1333/1374

Lewis T (2011)

Can cultural differences affect access of families to health care?.

Nuritinga; (10)

Retrieved August 2011 from http://www.utas.edu.au/nursing-midwifery/about-snm/nuritinga-electronic-journal/nuritinga-issues/issue-10

Lindeman MA, Taylor KA, Reid JB (2011)

Changing the thinking about priorities in Indigenous health research.

Australian Journal of Rural Health; 19(5): 275

Martin D, Bauman T, Neale J (2011)

Challenges for Australian native title anthropology: practice beyond the proof of connection.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

Maru YT, Davies J (2011)

Supporting cross-cultural brokers is essential for employment among Aboriginal people in remote Australia.

The Rangeland Journal; 33(4): 327-338

McConvell P, Bowern C (2011)

The prehistory and internal relationships of Australian languages.

Language and Linguistics Compass; 5(1): 19-32

McNamara KE, Westoby R (2011)

Solastalgia and the gendered nature of climate change: an example from Erub Island, Torres Strait.

EcoHealth; 8(2): 233-236

Mirima Dawang Woorlab-gerring Language Centre (2011)

Miriwoong Seasonal Calendar.

Retrieved 2011 from http://www.mirima.org.au/calendar/

This seasonal calendar was produced as part of the Miriwong Seasonal Calendar project in the Northern Territory (NT), which aimed to develop a climate change adaptation tool based on the traditional ecological knowledge of the local people around the weather and observed environmental change.

The project was designed to build capacity of local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander researchers at the Mirima Dawang Woorlab-gerring Language and Culture Centre (MDWg) in Kununurra to actively engage and subsequently drive climate change adaptation research activities.

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Mitchell J (2011)

In good faith? Governing Indigenous Australia through God, charity and empire, 1825-1855.

Canberra: ANU E Press

National Congress of Australia's First Peoples (2011)

National Congress of Australia's First Peoples members' survey report.

Sydney: National Congress of Australia's First Peoples

National Congress of Australia's First Peoples (2011)

National Congress report 2011.

Strawberry Hills, NSW: National Congress of Australia's First Peoples

Reid JB, Taylor K (2011)

Indigenous mind: a framework for culturally safe Indigenous health research and practice.

Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal; 35(4): 4-6

Roth L (2011)

Indigenous disadvantage: can strengthening cultural attachment help to close the gap?.

Sydney: NSW Parliamentary Library Research Service

Smallwood G (2011)

Human rights and first Australians' well-being.

Doctor of Philosophy thesis, James Cook University: Townsville, Qld

Smykowsky A, Williams A (2011)

Improving communication with Indigenous people.

Australian Nursing Journal; 19(3): 28

Taylor J, Edwards J, Champion S, Cheers S, Chong A, Cummins R, Cheers B (2011)

Towards a conceptual understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community and community functioning.

Community Development Journal; 47(1): 94-110

Taylor J (2011)

Postcolonial transformation of the Australian Indigenous population.

Geographical Research; 49(3): 286-300

Thomas M, Neale M, eds. (2011)

Exploring the legacy of the 1948 Arnhem Land expedition.

Canberra: Australian National University E Press

Victorian Equal Opportunity & Human Rights Commission (2011)

Talking rights - consulting with Victoria's Indigenous community about the right to self-determination and the charter.

Melbourne: Victorian Equal Opportunity & Human Rights Commission

Weir JK (2011)

Karajarri: a West Kimberley experience in managing native title.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

Whop LJ (2011)

“You're not like other black people”: Reflections — Ross Ingram Memorial Essay Competition.

Medical Journal of Australia; 195(5): 292-293

You Me Unity (2011)

A national conversation about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander constitutional recognition: discussion paper.

Canberra: You Me Unity

 
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