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References for the key publications about hepatitis among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are listed here.

2010

Australian Department of Health and Ageing (2010)

National hepatitis B strategy 2010 - 2013.

: Australian Department of Health and Ageing

Australian Department of Health and Ageing (2010)

Second national sexually transmissible infections strategy 2010 - 2013.

Canberra: Department of Health and Ageing, Australia

Australian Department of Health and Ageing (2010)

Third national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander blood borne viruses and sexually transmissible infections strategy 2010 – 2013.

Canberra: Department of Health and Ageing, Australia

The Third National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Blood Borne Viruses and Sexually Transmissible Infections Strategy was released in March 2010. It is one of a set of five national strategies aimed at reducing the transmission of sexually transmissible infections (STIs) and blood borne viruses (BBVs) and their morbidity, mortality and personal and social impacts.

The strategy highlights ongoing challenges in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities relating to STIs and BBVs. These include:

  • sustained and unacceptably high rates of bacterial STIs in many remote communities
  • the rate of acquisition of HIV and viral hepatitis through injecting drug use
  • ongoing incidence of HIV infections among men who have sex with men
  • lack of access for many communities to culturally appropriate primary health care services.

The new priority action areas identified in the strategy are:

  • annual, routine and systematic testing, treatment and follow-up for bacterial STIs of sexually active Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people
  • increased access to treatment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people who test positive to bacterial STIs;
  • increased primary prevention activities that seek to reduce the number of new cases of HIV and viral hepatitis among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who inject drugs
  • competent and accredited workforces consistent across all jurisdictions to address the scope of work outlined in the strategy.

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Australian Department of Health and Ageing (2010)

Third national hepatitis C strategy 2010 - 2013.

Canberra: Department of Health and Ageing, Australia

2008

Menzies R, Turnour C, Chiu C, McIntyre P (2008)

Vaccine preventable diseases and vaccination coverage in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Australia, 2003 to 2006.

Canberra: Department of Health and Ageing

National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research (2008)

HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis and sexually transmissible infections in Australia: Annual Surveillance Report 2008.

Sydney: National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research

Skov S, Murray R, Latif A (2008)

Sexually transmitted infections.

In: Couzos S, Murray R, eds. Aboriginal primary health care: an evidence-based approach. 3 ed. South Melbourne: Oxford University Press: 622-673

Wood N, Warlow M, Quinn H, Selvey C, Lum G, McIntyre P, Kaldor J (2008)

Establishment of a surveillance system (utilising Midwifes Data Collection Systems) for monitoring the impact of hepatitis B vaccination on the population prevalence of chronic hepatitis B virus infection in Australia.

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 32(3): 272-275

2007

Hepatitis C Council of NSW (2007)

NSW HIV/AIDS, sexually transmissible infections and hepatitis C strategies: implementation plan for Aboriginal people 2006–2009.

Sydney: Hepatitis C Council of NSW

MacIntyre CR, Burgess M, Isaacs D, MacIntyre PB, Menzies R, Hull B (2007)

Epidemiology of severe hepatitis A in Indigenous Australian children.

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health; 43(5): 383-387

2005

Wood N, Backhouse L, Gidding HF, Gilbert GL, Lum G, McIntyre PB (2005)

Estimates of chronic hepatitis B virus infection in the Northern Territory.

Communicable Diseases Intelligence; 29(3): 289-290

 
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