2013
AIHW National Injury Surveillance Unit (2013)
Impact of improvements to Indigenous identification in hospital data on patterns of hospitalised injury.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
This report examines the effects of improvements in Indigenous identification in hospitals data on patterns of hospitalised injury among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. These improvements have resulted in the inclusion of hospital separation data from New South Wales and Victoria (the 'two state group') in addition to data from the Northern Territory, Western Australia, South Australia and Queensland (the 'four state group') in analyses of hospitalised injury.
The report comprises four main sections:
- a description of the changes to the jurisdictional inclusion criteria for analysis of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people hospital separations data
- the use of population data to look at the demographic profile of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the two state group and a comparison with the demographic profile of the four state group
- a comparison of the two state group with the four state group on key indicators of injury hospitalisations
- an examination of a number of priority Indigenous injury issues and the effects of the addition of data from the two state group. Particular attention is paid to the influence of remoteness on the injury experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The priority issues include:
- social and emotional wellbeing
- child and young people's safety
- violence affecting families and individuals
- land transport.
Abstract adapted from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
2012
Arney F, Westby MA (2012)
Men’s places literature review.
Darwin: The Centre for Child Development and Education, Menzies School of Health Research
This literature review examined the prevention of and response to family violence, and focused on the engagement of Indigenous men in remote communities. This report included information on:
- engagement
- barriers to engaging men
- service paradigms
- social exclusion
- changing the orientation of services to engage and support men
- exploring the potential role of a men's space.
The report highlighted the:
- need to work with Indigenous men
- limitations of mainstream law and order approaches to family violence
- lack of an evidence base for community-based approaches to family violence
- need to use models which represent men's attitudes to violence, health, service delivery and changes to behavior.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet (2012)
Summary of Australian Indigenous health, 2011.
Perth, WA: Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2012)
Australia's health 2012.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Indigenous health snapshot (2012)
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
This factsheet provides a one-page summary of Indigenous health in 2012, including:
- life expectancy
- risk factors
- disease
- Closing the gap program.
The factsheet is a snapshot of information taken from the thirteenth biennial health report of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW): Australia's health 2012.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian (2012)
Deaths of children and young people Queensland 2011–12: annual report.
Brisbane: Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian
Commissioner for Children and Young People WA (2012)
Building blocks: best practice programs that improve the wellbeing of children and young people – edition one.
Perth: Commissioner for Children and Young People WA
This report, prepared by the Commissioner for Children and Young People in Western Australia, provides the details of 82 evidence-based programs from WA and across Australia. These programs demonstrate best or promising practice and all aim to increase the wellbeing of children and young people. Each program addresses at least one of the eight areas of wellbeing:
- health and safety
- education
- material wellbeing
- family and peer relationships
- participation
- subjective wellbeing
- behaviours and risks
- environment.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Department of Families Housing Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (2012)
Closing the gap in the Northern Territory monitoring report : July to December 2011.
Canberra: Australian Government
Guthrie J (2012)
Estimating the magnitude of potentially avoidable hospitalisations of Indigenous children in the Australian Capital Territory: some methodological challenges.
Australian Aboriginal Studies; 2012(1): 92-97
Ho KM, Geelhoed E, Gope M, Burrell M, Rao S (2012)
An injury awareness education program on outcomes of juvenile justice offenders in Western Australia: an economic analysis.
BMC Health Services Research; 12: 279
Retrieved 28 August 2012 from http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-12-279
Irie F, Lang J, Kaltner M, Le Brocque R, Kenardy J (2012)
Effects of gender, Indigenous status and remoteness to health services on the occurrence of assault-related injuries in children and adolescents.
Injury; 43(11): 1873–1880
Li L, Li SQ, Guthridge S (2012)
Leading causes of death of Territorians aged 25-54 years.
The Chronicle; 24(2): 11-12
New South Wales Centre for Epidemiology and Evidence (2012)
The health of Aboriginal people of NSW: report of the Chief Health Officer 2012.
Sydney: New South Wales Ministry of Health
Pointer S, Helps Y (2012)
Trends in hospitalised childhood injury in Australia 1999–07.
Canberrra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision (2012)
Report on government services 2012: Indigenous compendium.
Canberra: Productivity Commission
This report draws on the Report on government services 2012 to present data specific to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population. It reports on the delivery of mainstream services to Indigenous people including services for:
- early childhood, education and training
- justice
- emergency management
- health
- community services
- housing and homelessness.
Performance reporting focuses on the degree to which objective for a service is met. The report details the objective (outcomes) for each services stated and the performance indicators measuring the achievement of each objective.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Thomson N, MacRae A, Brankovich J, Burns J, Catto M, Gray C, Levitan L, Maling C, Potter C, Ride K, Stumpers S, Urquhart B (2012)
Overview of Australian Indigenous health status, 2011.
Perth, WA: Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
Wilson IB, Hawkins S, Green S, Archer JS (2012)
Suboptimal anti-epilepsy drug use is common among Indigenous patients with seizures presenting to the emergency department.
Journal of Clinical Neuroscience; 19(1): 187–189
2011
Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council (2011)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework: 2010 report.
Canberra: Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, Department of Health and Ageing
This is the third report developed under the auspice of the Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council to measure progress against the National strategic framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health as well as the more recent measures introduced under Closing the gap national partnerships.
The performance framework reports on the three tiers of health:
- health status and outcomes: this includes measures of prevalence of disease or injury, human function, life expectancy and wellbeing
- measures of the health determinants: this includes socioeconomic status, environmental factors and health behaviours
- health system performance: this includes effectiveness, responsiveness, accessibility and sustainability.
Major findings of the report include:
- a significant decline in Indigenous deaths due to avoidable causes
- narrowing of the mortality gap
- reduction in infant mortality
- chronic diseases are a continuing concern, contributing to two thirds of the health gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians
- there were slight reductions in literacy and numeracy gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students
- risky behaviours, such as smoking and lack of physical activity, were continuing concerns among Indigenous people
- access to, and utilisation of medical services is less than expected given higher levels of illness
- access to medical services is more difficult in remote than non-remote areas.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2010 report: New South Wales.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
This publication reports on indicators relevant to health status and health outcomes, determinants of health and health systems performance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in New South Wales. The report is based on the national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2010: detailed analyses report. Jurisdiction-specific and national comparisons are both presented.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2010 report: Northern Territory.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
This publication reports on indicators relevant to health status and health outcomes, determinants of health and health systems performance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in the Northern Territory. The report is based on the national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2010: detailed analyses report. Jurisdiction-specific and national comparisons are both presented.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2010 report: Queensland.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
This publication reports on indicators relevant to health status and health outcomes, determinants of health and health systems performance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in Queensland. The report is based on the national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2010: detailed analyses report. Jurisdiction-specific and national comparisons are both presented.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2010 report: Victoria.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
This publication reports on indicators relevant to health status and health outcomes, determinants of health and health systems performance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in Victoria. The report is based on the national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2010: detailed analyses report. Jurisdiction-specific and national comparisons are both presented.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2010 report: Western Australia.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
This publication reports on indicators relevant to health status and health outcomes, determinants of health and health systems performance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in Western Australia. The report is based on the national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2010: detailed analyses report. Jurisdiction-specific and national comparisons are both presented.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2010: detailed analyses.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011)
The health and welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: an overview 2011.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
This overview is a summary of Indigenous health and welfare at the national level. Topics covered include:
- demographic characteristics
- determinants of health and welfare: socioeconomic factors, housing, community capacity, behavioural factors, and social and emotional wellbeing
- health and functioning: disability, community functioning, and health conditions
- mortality and life expectancy of mothers and babies, children, young people and older people
- health care and support services, including health and welfare expenditure.
The report compares Indigenous statistics to the non-Indigenous statistics on the same health and welfare issues and provides time series data where available. It relates the picture of Indigenous health and welfare to the goals set by the Council of Australian Governments and the raft of measures under Closing the gap agreement aimed at reducing the health gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. For the first time, the report looks at the impact of chronic diseases on the life expectancy gap, currently estimated to be 12 years for men and 10 years for women. It shows that about 80% of the mortality gap can be attributed to chronic diseases, most significantly heart diseases (22%), diabetes (12%) and liver diseases (11%).
The report is accompanied by nine online papers on specific topics, available from the Indigenous observatory: Indigenous life expectancy and mortality, child safety, eye health, disability, access to health services, chronic disease and older people.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011)
Young Australians: their health and wellbeing 2011.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
This national statistical publication reports on the health and wellbeing of young Australians aged 12-24 years of age. This reporting is vital for the development of evidence-based youth policies. Part VII provides an overview of the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people and looks at key issues including:
- health status
- determinants of health
- families and communities
- socioeconomic factors
- housing
- health system performance.
The report also highlights areas where work is still needed.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Ballestas T, Xiao J, McEvoy S, Somerford P (2011)
The epidemiology of injury in Western Australia, 2000-2008.
Perth: Public Health Division, Department of Health WA
Child and Adolescent Community Health (2011)
Health and wellbeing profile of young Western Australians.
Perth: Department of Health, Western Australia
Department of Families Housing Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (2011)
Northern Territory Emergency Response evaluation report 2011.
Canberra: Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Department of Families Housing Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (2011)
Stronger futures in the Northern Territory: report on consultations.
Canberra: Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
This report summarises the consultations which took place with Aboriginal people across the Northern Territory (NT) between June and August 2011. The aim of the consultations was to hear what Aboriginal people thought about the government's role in tackling the levels of disadvantage experienced, and what needed to be done to help build a stronger future for Aboriginal people living in the NT. The themes that emerged from the consultations included:
- addressing school attendance
- jobs
- reducing alcohol-related harm
- improving housing
- taking more responsibility for their lives and communities
- more effective and reliable services from all levels of government
- more consultation with government
- the implementation of the Northern Territory Emergency Response
- the wish for a stronger future for young people.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Education and Health Standing Committee (2011)
Alcohol restrictions in the Kimberley: a 'window of opportunity' for improved health, education, housing and employment.
Perth, WA: Parliament of Western Australia
Henshaw RJ (2011)
Broken glass as an injury hazard in the Indigenous community of Cherbourg.
Master of Health thesis, University of Southern Queensland:
Margolis SA, Ypinazar VA, Muller R, Clough A (2011)
Increasing alcohol restrictions and rates of serious injury in four remote Australian Indigenous communities.
Medical Journal of Australia; 194(10): 503-506
New South Wales Department of Family and Community Services (2011)
Child deaths 2010 annual report: learning to improve services.
Sydney: New South Wales Department of Family and Community Services
Northern Territory Child Deaths Review and Prevention Committee (2011)
Annual report 2010-2011, Northern Territory Child Deaths Review and Prevention Committee.
Darwin: Office of the Children’s Commissioner Northern Territory
Norton L, Harrison JE, Pointer S, Lathlean T (2011)
Obesity and injury: a review of the literature.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Olney K, Senserrick T, Ivers R, Martiniuk A, Clapham K, Lyford M, Grzebieta R (2011)
Safe system demonstration project involving an Indigenous community: literature review and methods.
Sydney: Austroads
Olney K, Senserrick T, Yip P, Grzebieta R, Ivers R, Clapham K, Lyford M (2011)
Safe system demonstration project involving an Indigenous community: audit and implementation plan.
Sydney: Austroads
Queensland Government (2011)
Quarterly bulletins on key indicators in Queensland's discrete Indigenous communities: July-September 2010.
Brisbane: Queensland Government
Queensland Government (2011)
Quarterly report on key indicators in Queensland's discrete Indigenous communities January-March 2011.
Brisbane: Queensland Government
Royal Life Saving Society Australia (2011)
National drowning report 2011.
Sydney: Royal Life Saving Society Australia
Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision (2011)
Overcoming Indigenous disadvantage: key indicators 2011.
Canberra: Productivity Commission, Australia
This report is the fifth in a series of reports on overcoming Indigenous disadvantage as commissioned by the heads of government in 2002. It has been produced in consultation with Indigenous peoples, governments, academics and service providers. The report measures the progress of the six targets set by the Council of Australian Governments Closing the gap strategy, together with other identified significant indicators. The report has three main sections:
- an overview of the key messages
- the main report which provides the evidence base for the framework for the report and detailed information on the current outcomes and those interventions and policies that have enhanced those outcomes
- tables expanding on the data presented in the report.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision (2011)
Overcoming Indigenous disadvantage: key indicators 2011 overview.
Canberra: Productivity Commission, Australia
Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision (2011)
Report on government services 2011: Indigenous compendium.
Canberra: Productivity Commission
Stumpers S, Thomson N, Brankovich J, Burns J, Catto M, Gray C, Maling C, Potter C, Ride K, Urquhart B (2011)
Overview of the health of Indigenous people in Western Australia 2011.
Perth, WA: Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
Western Australian Drug and Alcohol Office (2011)
Alcohol-related hospitalisations and deaths in Western Australia: Drug and Alcohol Office surveillance report November 2011.
Perth, WA: Western Australian Drug and Alcohol Office
This series of 10 reports provides information on the prevalence of alcohol consumption, alcohol-related hospitalisations and alcohol-related deaths in the metropolitan, rural and remote areas of Western Australia. The reports were collated by the Western Australian Drug and Alcohol Office with the assistance of the Department of Health and include:
- State report
- north metropolitan area
- south metropolitan area
- South West
- Great Southern
- Wheatbelt
- Midwest
- Goldfields
- Kimberley
- Pilbara.
Abstract adapted from Western Australian Drug and Alcohol Office
2010
Aboriginal Affairs NSW (2010)
Two ways together report on indicators 2009.
Sydney: Aboriginal Affairs NSW
Boufous S, Ivers R, Senserrick T, Martiniuk A, Clapham K (2010)
Underlying causes and effects of injury in Australian Aboriginal populations: a review.
Sydney: Sax Institute
Clapham K, Bolt R, Stevenson M (2010)
Child injury in an urban Australian indigenous community: the safe Koori kids intervention.
Injury Prevention; 16(suppl 1):
Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian (2010)
Snapshot 2010: children and young people in Queensland.
Brisbane: Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian
Hoad V, Somerford P, Katzenellenbogen J (2010)
The burden of disease and injury attributed to preventable risks to health in Western Australia, 2006.
Perth, WA: Western Australian Department of Health
Kinnane S, Farringdon F, Henderson-Yates L, Parker H (2010)
Fitzroy Valley alcohol restriction report: an evaluation of the effects of alcohol restrictions in Fitzroy Crossing relating to measurable health and social outcomes, community perceptions and alcohol related behaviours after two years.
Perth: Drug and Alcohol Office
Kreisfeld R, Harrison JE, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2010)
Hospital separations due to injury and poisoning, Australia 2005-06.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Living Black (2010)
Heavy toll [online video].
: Special Broadcasting Service, Living Black
This report by the SBS Indigenous affairs program, Living black, examines the incidence of Indigenous road fatalities in the Northern Territory, where Aboriginal people are far more likely to be killed and injured in road accidents than non-Indigenous Australians.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Senserrick T, Hinchcliff R, Ivers R, Martiniuk A, Boufous S, Clapham K (2010)
Aboriginal injury prevention projects.
Sydney: Sax Institute
Walter S, Centre for Aboriginal Health (2010)
Mortality and hospitalisation due to injury in the Aboriginal population of New South Wales.
Sydney: Department of Health, New South Wales
The report describes death and hospitalisation rates occurring as results of injury and poisoning among the Aboriginal population of New South Wales. Both injury and poisoning are the third biggest contributors to the burden of disease in Aboriginal Australia, and the main intention of this report is to identify subgroups of the population most at risk of injury and poisoning in order to develop informed and targeted prevention initiatives.
The report presents data on deaths based on the Australian Bureau of Statistics mortality data from 2000 to 2007, and a substantial analysis of hospitalisations arising from injury by external causes. In the comprehensive analysis of hospitalisations, a range of indicators are presented in order to describe more fully each group at risk for each injury mechanism. The report also presents a detailed discussion of the data sources, issues and methodology used in the report.
Key findings of the report include:
- In general, Aboriginal people were at higher risk of death and hospitalisation due to injury or poisoning compared to non-Aboriginal people across all types of injury mechanisms.
- The leading causes of hospitalisation were falls (24%), interpersonal violence (19%), transport accidents (12%), and self-harm (9%).
- The most frequent causes of death were self-harm (25%), transport accidents (21%), poisoning (18%) and homicide (11%).
- Interpersonal violence represented the greatest disparity in risk of death and hospitalisation with Aboriginal males being four times more likely and Aboriginal females being 12 times more likely to be hospitalised due to violence compared to the non-Aboriginal population.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Zhao Y, Condon JR, Guthridge S, You J (2010)
Living longer with a greater health burden – changes in the burden of disease and injury in the Northern Territory Indigenous population between 1994–1998 and 1999–2003.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 34(s1): S93-S98
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