Our core funding only enables us to address Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health nationally, and does not allow us to comprehensively consolidate this information at state, territory or regional level. Information relating to Indigenous health in Queensland has been collected as a part of our national focus.
2013
Adams MJ, Collins VR, Dunne MP, de Kretser DM, Holden CA (2013)
Male reproductive health disorders among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men: a hidden problem?.
Medical Journal of Australia; 198(1): 33-38
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2013)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2012 report: Queensland.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Breen H, Hing N, Gordon A (2013)
Indigenous Australian gambling crime and possible interventions: a qualitative study.
Asian Journal of Gambling Issues and Public Health; 3(4):
Butler T, Malacova E, Richters J, Yap L, Grant L, Richards A, Smith AMA, Donovan B (2013)
Sexual behaviour and sexual health of Australian prisoners.
Sexual Health; 10(1): 64-73
Butler T, Richters J, Yap L, Donovan B (2013)
Condoms for prisoners: no evidence that they increase sex in prison, but they increase safe sex.
Epidemiology; Online First(http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2012-050856):
Campbell S, Bohanna I, Swinbourne A, Cadet-James Y, McKeown D, McDermott R (2013)
Stages of change, smoking behaviour and readiness to quit in a large sample of Indigenous Australians living in eight remote north Queensland communities.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; 10(4): 1562-1571
Campbell SK, Lynch J, Esterman A, McDermott R (2013)
Pre-pregnancy predictors of hypertension in pregnancy among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in north Queensland, Australia; a prospective cohort study.
BMC Public Health; 13: 138
Retrieved 15 February 2013 from http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-138
Davidson B, Hill AE, Nelson A (2013)
Responding to the World Report on Disability in Australia: lessons from collaboration in an urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander school.
International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology; 15(1): 69-74
Eades SJ, Sanson-Fisher RW, Panaretto K (2013)
An intensive smoking intervention for pregnant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women: a randomised controlled trial [letter].
Medical Journal of Australia; 198(1): 23-24
Kaltner M, Kenardy J, Le Brocque R, Page A (2013)
Infant abusive head trauma incidence in Queensland, Australia.
Injury Prevention; 19(2): 139-142
Mounsey KE, McCarthy JS, Walton SF (2013)
Scratching the itch: new tools to advance understanding of scabies.
Trends in parasitology; 29(1): 35–42
Preston-Thomas A, Fagan P, Nakata Y, Anderson E (2013)
Chronic hepatitis B: care delivery and patient knowledge in the Torres Strait region of Australia.
Australian Family Physician; 42(4): 225-231
The Lancet (2013)
Indigenous health in Australia: unacceptable differences remain [editorial].
The Lancet; 381(9873): 1158
Wallace J, Pitts M, Ward J, McNally S (2013)
Management of chronic hepatitis B in the Torres Strait Islands: an identified need for a comprehensive public health approach to chronic hepatitis B in remote Australian Indigenous communities.
Australian Journal of Primary Health; Just accepted(http://www.publish.csiro.au/view/journals/dsp_journals_pip_abstract_Scholar1.cfm?nid=261&pip=PY12130):
Whitehall J, Kuzulugil D, Sheldrick K, Wood A (2013)
Burden of paediatric pyoderma and scabies in North West Queensland.
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health; 49(2): 141–143
2012
Agostino J, Heazlewood R, Ruben A (2012)
Cape York Paediatric Outreach Clinic: improving access to primary care in the Cape York Peninsula region.
Australian Family Physician; 41(8): 623-625
Aithal S, Aithal V, KeiJ, Driscoll C (2012)
Conductive hearing loss and middle ear pathology in young infants referred through a newborn universal hearing screening program in Australia.
Journal of the American Academy of Audiology; 23(9): 673-685
Aquino D (2012)
Early Childhood Nutrition and Anaemia Prevention Project.
The Chronicle; 23(1): 15-16
Beswicka R, Driscolla C, Keia J, Glennonb S (2012)
Targeted surveillance for postnatal hearing loss: a program evaluation.
International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology; 76(7): 1046-1056
Breen H (2012)
Risk and protective factors associated with gambling products and services: Indigenous gamblers in north Queensland.
International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction; 10(1): 24-38
Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian (2012)
2011 views of children and young people in foster care survey: overview and selected findings.
Brisbane: Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian, Queensland
Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian (2012)
Child Guardian report: investigation into the use of force in Queensland youth detention centres.
Brisbane: Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian
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
Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian (2012)
Queensland Child Guardian key outcome indicators update: Queensland child protection system 2008–11.
Brisbane: Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian
Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian (2012)
Snapshot 2012: children and young people in Queensland.
Brisbane: Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian
Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian (2012)
Views of young people in residential care survey: responding to trauma and attachment needs in residential care: what young people’s perceptions tell us about how well we’re doing in Queensland.
Brisbane: Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian
Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian (2012)
Your views… from the 2011 views of children and young people in foster care survey.
Brisbane: Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian, Queensland
Cramb SM, Garvey G, Valery PC, Williamson JD, Baade PD (2012)
The first year counts: cancer survival among Indigenous and non-Indigenous Queenslanders, 1997–2006.
Medical Journal of Australia; 196(4): 270-274
Crime and Misconduct Commission (Queensland) (2012)
Indigenous people in policing roles: a follow-up review to the Restoring Order report.
Brisbane: Crime and Misconduct Commission (Queensland)
Crouch A, Fagan P (2012)
Communities and condoms – how difficult can it be?.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 36(6): 506–508
D'Onise K, McDermott RA, Leonard D, Campbell SK (2012)
Lack of folate improvement in high risk Indigenous Australian adults over an average of 6.5 years: a cohort study.
Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition; 21(3): 431-439
Dasgupta P, Baade PD, Aitken JF, Turrell G (2012)
Multilevel determinants of breast cancer survival: association with geographic remoteness and area-level socioeconomic disadvantage.
Breast Cancer Research and Treatment; 132(2): 701-710
De Leo D, Sveticic J (2012)
Suicide in Queensland 2005-2007: mortality rates and related data.
Brisbane: Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Griffith University
De Leo D, Milner A, Sveticic J (2012)
Mental disorders and communication of intent to die in Indigenous suicide cases, Queensland, Australia.
Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior; 42(2): 136–146
Doolan I, Najman JM, Cherney A (2012)
Health needs of Australian Indigenous young people entering detention.
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health; 48(10): 896–901
Eades SJ, Sanson-Fisher RW, Wenitong M, Panaretto K, D’Este C, Gilligan C, Stewart J (2012)
An intensive smoking intervention for pregnant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women: a randomised controlled trial.
Medical Journal of Australia; 197(1): 42-46
Edward B Heffernan, Andersen KC, Dev A, Kinner S (2012)
Prevalence of mental illness among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Queensland prisons.
Medical Journal of Australia; 197(1): 37-41
Garvey G, Beesley VL, Janda M, Jacka C, Green AC, O'Rourke P, Valery PC (2012)
The development of a supportive care needs assessment tool for Indigenous people with cancer.
BMC Cancer; 12: 300
Retrieved 20 July 2012 from http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-12-300
Gibson OR, Segal L, McDermott RA (2012)
A simple diabetes vascular severity staging instrument and its application to a Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal adult cohort of north Australia.
BMC Health Services Research; 12: 185
Retrieved 3 July 2012 from http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-12-185
Gould GS, McEwen A (2012)
An intensive smoking intervention for pregnant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women: a randomised controlled trial [letter].
Medical Journal of Australia; 198(1): 23
Hayes LG (2012)
Aboriginal women, alcohol and the road to fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
Medical Journal of Australia; 197(1): 21-23
Hunter EM, Gynther BD, Anderson CJ, Onnis L-A L, Nelson JR, Hall W, Baune BT, Groves AR (2012)
Psychosis in Indigenous populations of Cape York and the Torres Strait.
Medical Journal of Australia; 196(2): 133-135
Jones S, Whitehead O, Brian G (2012)
Trachoma in Far North Queensland: an example of poor population health practice.
Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology; Accepted article(http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ceo.12038):
Kinner SA, Dietze PM, Gouillou M, Alati R (2012)
Prevalence and correlates of alcohol dependence in adult prisoners vary according to Indigenous status.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 36(4): 329–334
Kreutz AS (2012)
Munu gukooreree: Aboriginal children’s use and experience of space and place in Cherbourg.
Doctor of Philosophy thesis, The University of Queensland: Brisbane
Li M, McDermott R, D'Onise K, Leonard D (2012)
Folate status and health behaviours in two Australian Indigenous populations in north Queensland.
Public Health Nutrition; 15(10): 1959-1965
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: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability; 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
Memmott P, Birdsall-Jones C, Greenop K (2012)
Australian Indigenous house crowding.
Melbourne: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
Morton A (2012)
Role and expectations of rural-remote and Indigenous local government.
Sydney: Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government
This report has been prepared as part of the Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government (ACELG) Rural-remote and Indigenous local government program. In 2011, ACELG released a report which found that the current demands and expectations placed on rural-remote and Indigenous local government councils could not be maintained, especially if they continued to grow unrestrained. The current report focuses on:
- providing a profile of rural-remote and Indigenous councils from Western Australia, Northern Territory and Queensland, and identifying factors that impact on local capacity
- a review of background information from past research and inquiries to identify federal, state and community expectations and issues from discussions with these stakeholders
- the identification of further actions and research which could contribute to the objectives of ACELG.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Nelson A (2012)
‘You don't have to be black skinned to be black’: Indigenous young people's bodily practices.
Sport, Education and Society; 17(1): 57-75
Pham X, Page P, Sivamalai S, Woolley T (2012)
The benefits of a tailor-made pilot primary health-care course for Indigenous high school students in remote Queensland.
Australian Journal of Rural Health; 20(3): 113-118
Read PJ, Donovan B (2012)
Clinical aspects of adult syphilis.
Internal Medicine Journal; 42(6): 614-620
Schmidt B, Wenitong M, Esterman A, Hoy W, Segal L, Taylor S, Preece C, Sticpewich A, McDermott R (2012)
Getting better at chronic care in remote communities: study protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled of community based management.
BMC Public Health; 12: 1017
Retrieved 21 November 2012 from http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-1017
Schrieber L (2012)
Streptococci in an Aboriginal Australian community: is there a link between dogs and humans?.
Master of Science thesis, University of Sydney: Sydney
Spurling GKP, Askew DA, Schluter PJ, Simpson F, Hayman NE (2012)
Conventionally accepted risk factors do not explain higher rates of middle ear disease in remote Indigenous children: an ecological study [letter].
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 36(5): 491-492
Stathis SL, Doolan I, Letters P, Arnett A, Cory S, Quinlan L (2012)
Use of the Westerman Aboriginal Symptoms Checklist - Youth (WASC-Y) to screen for mental health problems in Indigenous youth in custody.
Advances in Mental Health; 10(3): 1
Sveticic J, Milner A, De Leo D (2012)
Contacts with mental health services before suicide: a comparison of Indigenous with non-Indigenous Australians.
General Hospital Psychiatry; 34(2): 185–191
Thomsen R, Smyth W, Gardner A, Ketchell J (2012)
Centrelink: an innovative urban intervention for improving adult Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander access to vaccination.
Healthcare Infection; 17(4): 136-141
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
Valery PC, Ibiebele T, Harris M, Green AC, Cotterill A, Moloney A, Sinha AK, Garvey G (2012)
Diet, physical activity, and obesity in school-aged Indigenous youths in northern Australia.
Journal of Obesity; 2012: 893508
Retrieved 28 March 2012 from http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jobes/2012/893508/abs/
Whop LJ, Garvey G, Lokuge K, Mallitt KA, Valery PC (2012)
Cancer support services – are they appropriate and accessible for Indigenous cancer patients in Queensland, Australia?.
Rural and Remote Health; 12: 2018
Retrieved 7 August 2012 from http://www.rrh.org.au/publishedarticles/article_print_2018.pdf
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
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health Branch Queensland Health (2011)
Sad news, sorry business: guidelines for caring for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through death and dying.
Brisbane: Queensland Health
This document provides general guidance for carers of Indigenous Australian people faced with death.
The guidelines take into account that for many Indigenous people, the times before death, of death and following death, are subject to a number of customary practices.
The first part of these guidelines covers cultural competence for health workers, including verbal and body language, building rapport, and the roles of Indigenous hospital liaison officers and Indigenous health workers.
The second part of these guidelines covers caring for Indigenous patients and their families during the patient's final stages of life. Topics are:
- diagnosis and information
- the gathering: preparation for death
- time of death
- sad news, sorry business: time after death
- postponing the burial
- financial barriers
- traumatic or sudden death
- open disclosure
- coronial investigations
- resource list.
The guidelines are intended for Queensland Health staff, but may be a useful resource for workers in other parts of Australia. The guidelines acknowledge that customary practices about death vary for different groups of Indigenous people, and that any document can provide general guidance only.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Anthony T (2011)
Sentencing Indigenous riot offenders in a spatial fantasy.
Griffith Law Review; 20(2): 385-420
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011)
Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Queensland 2009-10: findings from the National Minimum Data Set (NMDS).
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Bainbridge R, McCalman J, Tsey K, Brown C (2011)
Inside-out approaches to promoting Australian Aboriginal wellbeing: evidence from a decade of community-based participatory research.
The International Journal of Health, Wellness and Society; 1(2): 13-28
Barnes M (2011)
Inquest into the death of Tracey Lee Inglis: findings of inquest.
Townsville: Coroner’s Court
Bond C, Jefferies S, Loban H (2011)
Exploring Indigenous and non-Indigenous sentencing in Queensland.
Brisbane: Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet
Campbell S, Lynch J, Esterman A, McDermott R (2011)
Pre-pregnancy predictors linked to miscarriage among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in North Queensland.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 35(4): 343-351
Close VA (2011)
An insight into cross cultural communication strategies in health.
Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Southern Queensland:
Craze L, Mendoza J (2011)
Building capacity in non-government alcohol and drug services - the Queensland experience: a tough but perfect confluence.
Brisbane: Queensland Network of Alcohol and other Drug Agencies
"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
Henshaw RJ (2011)
Broken glass as an injury hazard in the Indigenous community of Cherbourg.
Master of Health thesis, University of Southern Queensland:
Kanagasabapathy M, Jacka C (2011)
Australian Indigenous cancer survivors forum.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal; 35(3): 5
Little S, Allard T, Chrzanowski A, Stewart A (2011)
Diverting young Indigenous people from the Queensland youth justice system : the use and impact of police diversionary practices and alternatives for reducing Indigenous over-representation.
Brisbane: Justice Modelling @ Griffith
McBain-Rigg KE, Veitch C (2011)
Cultural barriers to health care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in Mount Isa.
Australian Journal of Rural Health; 19(2): 70-74
Cancer in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Queensland 1997– 2006: incidence and mortality (2011)
Moore S, O'Rourke P, Mallitt K, Garvey G, Green A, Coory M, Valery P
Moore SP, Green AC, Garvey G, Coory MD, Valery PC (2011)
A study of head and neck cancer treatment and survival among Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Queensland, Australia, 1998 to 2004.
BMC Cancer; 11: 460
Retrieved 25 October 2011 from http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-11-460
Queensland Government (2011)
Deadly Ears annual review 2010/11.
Brisbane: Queensland Government
Queensland Government (2011)
Just futures 2012–2015 : growing community, family, opportunity and justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Queenslanders.
Brisbane: Queensland Government
Remond M, Hodder Y, Martin J, Atkinson D, Maguire G (2011)
The management of ARF and RHD in northern Australia.
Paper presented at the Indigenous Cardiovascular Health Conference. 16–18 June 2011, Alice Springs
Sanderson J, Mazerolle P, Anderson-Bond T (2011)
Exploring bail and remand experiences for Indigenous Queenslanders.
Brisbane: Griffith University
Tropical Regional Services Queensland Health (2011)
Mount Isa community [lead screening program 2010]: report into the results of a blood lead screening program of 1-4 year old children in Mount Isa, Queensland.
Brisbane: Queensland Health
This report presents research undertaken by Queensland Health on the blood lead levels of children between one and four years of age living in Mount Isa, Queensland. It is a follow up study to one completed in 2007. The aim of the current study was to continue the monitoring of blood lead levels in this age group. The results revealed a significant decline between study surveys, however for Indigenous children, on average, they have higher blood lead levels. The report discusses the implications of the results.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
2010
Allard T, Stewart A, Chrzanowski A, Ogilvie J, Birks D, Little S (2010)
Police diversion of young offenders and Indigenous over-representation.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology
This report describes the findings of a study into the incidence, nature, and outcome of contact with the juvenile justive system, for a cohort of 8,236 young people aged 10 to 16 years in Queensland between 2000 and 2007. The study was designed to assess whether greater use of diversionary measures, as opposed to formal sanctions, would reduce over-representation of Indigenous juveniles within the juvenile justice system. The study comprised three primary research topics: the amount/extent of contact with the juvenile justice system; processes used; and the impact of police diversion on further contact with the juvenile justice system. The study's findings indicate that Indigenous juveniles come into contact with police earlier, at a more frequent rate and are less likely to be diverted to informal measures than non-Indigenous juveniles.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Appuhamy RD, Beard FH, Phung HN, Selvey CE, Birrell FA, Culleton TH (2010)
The changing phases of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in Queensland: an overview of public health actions and epidemiology.
Medical Journal of Australia; 192(2): 94-97
Cairns Regional Council (2010)
Cairns Regional Council waste management strategy 2010-2015 background report 3 - policy & legislation.
Cairns: Cairns Regional Council
Caniglia F, Bourke P, Whiley AP (2010)
A scan of disadvantage in Queensland 2010: from analysis to innovation in place-based practice.
Brisbane: Uniting Care Centre for Social Justice
Craig RD (2010)
Timing of transfer for pregnant women from Queensland Cape York communities to Cairns for birthing [letters].
Medical Journal of Australia; 192(4): 239
Crime and Misconduct Commission Queensland (2010)
Illicit drug markets in Queensland: a strategic assessment.
Brisbane: Crime and Misconduct Commission Queensland
Cunneen C (2010)
Alternative and improved responses to domestic and family violence in Queensland Indigenous communities.
Sydney: University of New South Wales
Disability Services Queensland (2010)
Summary report on younger people living in or at risk of entry to aged care facilities.
Brisbane: Queensland Health Disability Services
Fagan P, McDonell P (2010)
Knowledge, attitudes and behaviours in relation to safe sex, sexually transmitted infections (STI) and HIV/AIDS among remote living north Queensland youth.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 34(s1): S52-S56
Green D, Billy J, Tapim A (2010)
Indigenous Australians’ knowledge of weather and climate.
Climatic Change; 100(2): 337-354
Hanna JN, Clark MF (2010)
Acute rheumatic fever in Indigenous people in North Queensland: some good news at last?.
Medical Journal of Australia; 192(10): 581-584
Hanna JN, Humphreys JL, Jennison A, Penny M, Smith HV (2010)
Serotype 6C invasive pneumococcal disease in Indigenous people in north Queensland.
Communicable Diseases Intelligence; 34(2): 122-123
Harris PNA, Dixit R, Francis F, Buettner PG, Leahy C, Burgher B, Egan A, Proud M, Jayalath R, Grewal A, Norton RE (2010)
Pandemic Influenza H1N1 2009 in north Queensland – risk factors for admission in a region with a large Indigenous population.
Communicable Diseases Intelligence; 34(2): 102-109
Irie F, Pollard C, Bellamy N (2010)
Characteristics and outcomes of injury patients in an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population - Queensland Trauma Registry, Australia.
Injury; 41(9): 964-969
King JA (2010)
Weaving yarns: the lived experience of Indigenous Australians with adult-onset disability in Brisbane.
Doctor of Philosophy thesis, Queensland University of Technology: Brisbane
McCallum A (2010)
A comparative descriptive study of the assessment and management of acute pain in Australian Indigenous versus non-Indigenous patients presenting to the emergency department of a rural hospital in northwest Queensland with an isolated long bone fracture.
M.Adv.Prac. thesis, Griffith University: Brisbane
Mills JE, Francis K, Birks M, Coyle M, Henderson S, Jones J (2010)
Registered nurses as members of interprofessional primary health care teams in remote or isolated areas of Queensland: collaboration, communication and partnerships in practice.
Journal of Interprofessional Care; 24(5): 587-596
Nimmo GR, Schooneveldt JM, Sutherland JL, Power S, Olesen D, Selvey C, Beard F, Jones M, Paterson DL (2010)
Epidemiology of non-multiresistant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in Queensland, Australia: associations with Indigenous populations and Panton–Valentine leukocidin.
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases; 29(10): 1253-1259
Panaretto K, Coutts J, Johnson L, Morgan A, Dallas Leon D, Hayman N (2010)
Evaluating performance of and organisational capacity to deliver brief interventions in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander medical services.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 34(1): 38-44
Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker Education Program Aboriginal Corporation (2010)
Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker Education Program Aboriginal Corporation.
Retrieved from http://www.qatsihwepac.com.au/
Queensland Corrective Services (2010)
Delivering justice - improving corrections: Queensland corrective services framework for reform 2010-2014.
Brisbane: Queensland Government
Queensland Corrective Services (2010)
Rehabilitative needs and treatment of Indigenous offenders in Queensland.
Brisbane: Queensland Government
Queensland Department of Emergency Services (2010)
Indigenous service delivery and recruitment.
Retrieved from http://www.emergency.qld.gov.au/community/indigenous.htm
A web resource providing information on emergency and disaster services to Indigenous communities in Queensland.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads (2010)
Queensland road safety action plan: 2010–2011.
Brisbane: Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads
Queensland Government (2010)
Quarterly report on key indicators in Queensland's discrete Indigenous communities: October-December 2009.
Brisbane: Queensland Government
Queensland Government (2010)
Queensland Closing the Gap Report: 2008/09: indicators and initiatives for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Brisbane: Queensland Government Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships
Queensland Health (2010)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural capability framework 2010 – 2033.
Brisbane: Queensland Health
Queensland Health Cancer Control Team (2010)
Queensland statewide cancer treatment services plan 2010-2017.
Brisbane: Queensland Health
Queensland Law Society, Office of the Public Advocate Queensland (2010)
Elder abuse: How well does the law in Queensland cope?.
Brisbane: Queensland Law Society
Queensland Police Service (2010)
Queensland Indigenous Alcohol Diversion Program (QIADP) recidivism study.
Brisbane: Queensland Police Service
Rabaa C (2010)
Towards improving the social and emotional wellbeing of Indigenous children: mental health education in a far north Queensland school.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal; 34(2): 21-24
Senate Select Committee on Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities (2010)
Select committee on regional and remote Indigenous communities: fourth report 2010.
Canberra: Parliament of Australia
Sevar K (2010)
Working with remote Indigenous communities in Far North Queensland: an experiential narrative.
Australasian Psychiatry; 18(4): 340-352
Steering Committee for Deadly Ears (2010)
Deadly ears, deadly kids, deadly communities: 2009-2013 annual report for 2009-10.
Brisbane: Queensland Health
Success Works (2010)
Queensland Indigenous Alcohol Diversion Program : final summative evaluation report.
Brisbane: Queensland Government
Tibby D, Corpus R, Walters DL (2010)
Establishment of an innovative specialist cardiac Indigenous outreach service in rural and remote Queensland.
Heart, Lung and Circulation; 19(5): 361-366
Torres Strait Regional Authority (2010)
Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula area regional plan 2009 - 2029.
Thursday Island, Queensland: Torres Strait Regional Authority
Torres Strait Regional Authority (2010)
TSRA healthy communities program: grant guidelines.
Thursday Island: Torres Strait Regional Authority
Whitehead BD, Smith HV, Nourse C (2010)
Invasive group A streptococcal disease in children in Queensland.
Epidemiology and Infection; 139(4): 623-628
2009
Green D, Jackson S, Morrison J, eds. (2009)
Risks from climate change to Indigenous communities in the tropical north of Australia: a scoping study for the Commonwealth Department of Climate Change.
Canberra: Department of Climate Change
Arnold JL, de Costa CM, Howat PW (2009)
Timing of transfer for pregnant women from Queensland Cape York communities to Cairns for birthing.
Medical Journal of Australia; 190(10): 594-596
Baade P, Turrell G, Aitken J (2009)
Geographical inequalities in colorectal cancer survival: possible implications for Indigenous people.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal; 33(6): 9,14
Bowen R, Smith S, Gauld S (2009)
Update: brain injury project in Far North Queensland.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal; 33(6): 8
Buhrer-Skinner M, Muller R, Menon A, Gordon R (2009)
Novel approach to an effective community-based chlamydia screening program within the routine operation of a primary healthcare service.
Sexual Health; 6(1): 51-56
Cadet-James Y (2009)
The many hats of an Indigenous researcher: reflecting on practice.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal; 33(6): 21-23
Campbell SJ, Nissen MD, Lambert SB (2009)
Rotavirus epidemiology in Queensland during the pre-vaccine era.
Communicable Diseases Intelligence; 33(2): 240-208
Carpenter B, Tait G (2009)
Health, death and Indigenous Australians in the coronial system.
Australian Aboriginal Studies; 2009(1): 29-41
Cattoni J, Gamble L, Gibson J, Hunter E, Jones A, Mitchell S, Pelham S, Smith R, Travers H (2009)
Out of a digital chrysalis: NIHNMF (pronounced nymph--the National Indigenous Health and New Media Forum).
Australasian Psychiatry; 17(S1): S159 - S162
Centre for Rural & Remote Mental Health Queensland (2009)
Building bridges: learning from the experts: building bridges to implement successful life promotion and suicide prevention expertise across Aboriginal communities.
Cairns, QLD: Centre for Rural & Remote Mental Health Queensland
This report describes the implementation and findings of a community based suicide prevention initiative in several Queensland Indigenous communities. The project used the knowledge and experience of the Indigenous community in Yarrabah as a model for other communities for the establishment of effective and sustainable community based approaches to build resilience, reduce suicide risk exposure and reduce self-harm. Through knowledge sharing, the skills, knowledge and experience of each community was strengthened.
The report documents the implementation of this project and discusses the various challenges encountered. This may have valuable implications for future Indigenous community based suicide prevention programs using an empowerment approach.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Centre for Rural & Remote Mental Health Queensland (2009)
Key directions for a social, emotional, cultural and spiritual wellbeing population health framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians in Queensland.
Cairns, Qld: Centre for Rural & Remote Mental Health Queensland
This report aims to inform policy, program development and practice regarding key directions for the development of a social, emotional, cultural and spiritual wellbeing framework relevant to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians in Queensland. The report provides a rationale for focusing on social, emotional, cultural and spiritual wellbeing (SESWB) as a way to promote Indigenous health and wellbeing and reduce Indigenous disadvantage.
Three key directions for future investment are described: build evidence, enhance capacity and develop workforce. The report sets out a rationale, examples of current initiatives, and recommended actions for each key direction.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Chamberlain C, MacKenzie D (2009)
Counting the homeless 2006.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Cochrane W (2009)
Don't 4get me when you're talkin DV.
Paper presented at the Indigenous young people, crime and justice conference. 31 August 2009 -1 September 2009, Parramatta, NSW
Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian (2009)
Reducing youth suicide in Queensland discussion paper.
Brisbane: Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian
Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses (2009)
CATSIN 2009 annual report.
Bribie Island, Qld: Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses
Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses (2009)
Tracks to our dreaming: 2010-2014.
Bribie Island, Qld: Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses
Conley D, Venz N, Watkins H (2009)
Bringing health equity to ageing rural and remote Queenslanders: Blue Care Rural and Remote Aged Care
Strategy.
Paper presented at the Rural health: the place to be ... The 10th National Rural Health Conference. 17-20 May 2009, Cairns, Qld
Crime and Misconduct Commission Queensland (2009)
Restoring order: crime prevention, policing and local justice in Queensland's Indigenous communities.
Brisbane: Crime and Misconduct Commission Queensland
Davis B, Bond D, Howat P, Sinha AK, Falhammar H (2009)
Maternal and neonatal outcomes following diabetes in pregnancy in Far North Queensland, Australia.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology; 49(4): 393-399
Deadly Ears Program (2009)
Deadly ears, deadly kids, deadly communities: 2009-2013: making tracks to close the gap in ear health for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.
Brisbane: Queensland Health
This report is part of the commitment from the Queensland Government to reduce the high levels of ear disease among Indigenous Queensland children and Close the gap in ear health.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Dillon S, Jones A (2009)
Exploring new kinds of relationships using generative music-making software.
Australasian Psychiatry; 17(S1): S163-S166
Donaldson A, Murray R (2009)
Indigenous ENT anaesthesia. Humanitarians at home..
Pediatric Anesthesia; 19(5): 555-556
Dowie M, Hunter G, Clough A (2009)
Queensland Police Service (QPS) and James Cook University (JCU) ‘Weed it out’ project “Reducing the harms associated with cannabis use in Indigenous communities of Cape York and the Torres Straits”.
Paper presented at the Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs Conference 2009. 1-4 November 2009, Darwin
Duncan B (2009)
Boom towns, drug towns? Mining, alcohol and other drugs.
Of Substance; 7(1): 24-26
Dyer G, Hunter E (2009)
Creative Recovery: art for mental health's sake.
Australasian Psychiatry; 17(S1): S146 - S150
Edwards S, Wanjibang Pukun M (2009)
Alcohol and culture in a remote Cape York Aboriginal community.
Paper presented at the Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs Conference 2009. 1-4 November 2009, Darwin
Evans R (2009)
The views and experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people in Queensland’s youth detention centres.
Paper presented at the Indigenous young people, crime and justice conference. 31 August 2009 -1 September 2009, Parramatta, NSW
Fisher KR, Maynard D, Rajkovic M, Abelson P (2009)
Cost of providing specialist disability services and communities services in Queensland.
Sydney: Social Policy Research Centre
Fisher S, Kilcullen D, Schrieber G, Hughes B (2009)
Widening the circle: making Mental Health Review Tribunal hearings accessible in Indigenous, rural and remote settings.
Australasian Psychiatry; 17(S1): S83-S87
Gauld S, Smith S, Bowen R (2009)
Improving community-based rehabilitation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Queenslanders with acquired brain injury: identification of key dimensions to enhance service suitability.
Paper presented at the Rural health: the place to be ... The 10th National Rural Health Conference. 17-20 May 2009, Cairns, Qld
Gazis N, Connor JP, Ho R (2009)
Cultural identity and peer influence as predictors of substance use among culturally diverse Australian adolescents.
Journal of Early Adolescence; 30(3): 345-368
Gilligan C, Sanson-Fisher RW, D’Este C, Eades S, Wenitong M (2009)
Knowledge and attitudes regarding smoking during pregnancy among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.
Medical Journal of Australia; 190(10): 557-561
Gorman D, Toombs M (2009)
Matching research methodology with Australian Indigenous culture.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal; 33(3): 4-7
Gray D, Green M, Saggers S, Wilkes E (2009)
Review of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-controlled alcohol and other drugs sector in Queensland.
Brisbane: Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council
At the request of the Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council (QAIHC) and Queensland Indigenous Substance Misuse Council (QISMC), the National Drug Research Institute was commissioned to conduct a review of the alcohol and other drugs sector in Queensland. This report makes 23 recommendations in relation to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Controlled Alcohol and other Drug Sector in Queensland. Recommendations are made in relation to: the organisational structure of QISMC; member support; Indigenous capacity; service provision and standards of care; staffing; training; and reporting.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Green D, Alexander L, Mclnnes K, Church J, Nicholls N, White N (2009)
An assessment of climate change impacts and adaptation for the Torres Strait Islands, Australia.
Climatic Change; 102(3-4): 405-433
Green D, Jackson S, Morrison J (2009)
Risks from climate change to Indigenous communities in the tropical north of Australia.
Canberra: Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency
Harley D, Hayman N (2009)
Esophageal cancer in North Queensland: another symptom of Indigenous disadvantage in Australia.
Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology; 24(10): 1582-1583
Hartman D, Wallis G, Drahm M, Unwin R, Robinson D (2009)
The Napranum social and emotional wellbeing week.
Australasian Psychiatry; 17(S1): S88 - S91
Haswell M, Hunter E, Wargent R, Hall B, O'Higgins C, West R (2009)
Protocols for the delivery of social and emotional well being and mental health services in Indigenous communities: guidelines for health workers, clinicians, consumers and carers.
Cairns, QLD: Australian Integrated Mental Health Initiative, Queensland Health
This manual was written to provide health professionals with a set of rules for the delivery of mental health services in Indigenous communities in Queensland. The information comes from evidence-based research and addresses the lack of resources available to health professionals on best practice standards for providing mental health care to Indigenous clients.
The manual consists of two parts:
- Part 1 focuses on understanding and supporting social and emotional wellbeing and mental health with Indigenous peoples, covering topics such as:
- an overview on mental health
- culturally appropriate mental health assessment and treatment for Indigenous people
- new approaches to service delivery
- practitioner tools and mental health care
- Part 2 provides guidelines for supporting people with the following mental illnesses:
- depression
- anxiety disorders
- self-harming behaviours
- schizophrenia and bipolar disorders.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Haswell-Elkins M, Reilly L, Fagan R, Ypinazar V, Hunter E, Tsey K, Gibson V, Connolly B, Laliberte A, Wargent R, Gibson T, Saunders V, McCalman J, Kavanagh D (2009)
Listening, sharing understanding and facilitating consumer, family and community empowerment through a priority driven partnership in Far North Queensland.
Australasian Psychiatry; 17(S1): S54 - S58
Hayman NE, White NE, Spurling GK (2009)
Improving Indigenous patients’ access to mainstream health services: the Inala experience.
Medical Journal of Australia; 190(10): 604-606
Heffernan E, Andersen K, Kinner S (2009)
The insidious problem inside: mental health problems of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in custody.
Australasian Psychiatry; 17(S1): S41 - S46
Ho V, Whiteman D, Miller M, Raulli A, Ombiga J, Boyd P (2009)
Esophageal cancer in Indigenous Australians in Far North Queensland.
Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology; 24(10): 1683 - 1686
Hunter E, Travers H, Pelham S, Gibson J, Hermawan G, Austin C (2009)
Pride and performance: evaluation challenges of a multimedia and information technologies project in remote Aboriginal Australia.
Australasian Psychiatry; 17(S1 August 2009): S155-S158
Jamieson S, Heron B (2009)
Evaluating the effectiveness of a healthy cooking class for Indigenous youth.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal; 33(4): 6-7, 9
Janda M, DiSipio T, Hurst C, Cella D, Newman B (2009)
The Queensland cancer risk study: general population norms for the functional assessment of cancer therapy-general (FACT-G).
Psycho-Oncology; 18(6): 606-614
Kandasamy Y, Whitehall J, Gill A, Stalewski H (2009)
Surgical management of gastroschisis in North Queensland from 1988 to 2007.
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health; 46(1-2): 40-44
Kennedy B, Howell S, Breckell C (2009)
Indigenous identification in administrative data collections and the implications for reporting Indigenous health status.
Brisbane: Queensland Health
Kerr A, Freeman N (2009)
A comprehensive primary health care approach: improving health outcomes in a remote Indigenous community.
Paper presented at the Rural health: the place to be ... The 10th National Rural Health Conference. 17-20 May 2009, Cairns, Qld
Laliberte A, Haswell-Elkins M, Reilly L (2009)
The healing journey: empowering Aboriginal communities to close the health gap.
Australasian Psychiatry; 17(S1): S64-S67
Lavarack G, Hill K, Akenson L, Corrie R (2009)
Building capacity towards health leadership in remote Indigenous communities in Cape York.
Auckland: School of Population Health, University of Auckland
Limerick M (2009)
What makes an Aboriginal council successful? Case studies of Aboriginal community government performance in Far North Queensland.
Australian Journal of Public Administration; 68(4): 414-428
Longstreet D, Vink R (2009)
Correlation between total and ionic magnesium concentration in human serum samples is independent of ethnicity or diabetic state.
Magnesium Research; 22(1): 32-36
Mason J, Bossingham D (2009)
The clinical characterisation of systemic lupus erythematosus in a Far North Queensland Indigenous kindred.
Lupus; 18(2): 144-148
Mayo K, Komla T, Empowerment Research Team (2009)
Research dancing: reflections on the relationships between university-based researchers and community-based researchers at Gurriny Yealamucka Health Services Aboriginal Corporation, Yarrabah.
Darwin: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health
Mayo K, Tsey K (2009)
The research dance: university and community research collaborations at Yarrabah, North Queensland, Australia.
Health and Social Care in the Community; 17(2): 133-140
McCalman J, Tsey K, Baird B, Connolly B, Baird L, Jackson R (2009)
'Bringing back respect': the role of participatory action research in transferring knowledge from an Aboriginal men's group to youth programs.
Australasian Psychiatry; 17(S1): S59-S63
McCoy B, Ross R, Elston J (2009)
Boys becoming men: what makes a difference?.
Australasian Psychiatry; 17(S1): S37 - S40
McDermott L (2009)
Children exposed to domestic violence.
Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research Reader; 7(4): 9-10
McDermott L (2009)
Problem sexual behaviour in children: a review of the literature.
Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research Reader; 7(4): 11-14
McDermott R, Campbell S, Li M, McCulloch B (2009)
The health and nutrition of young Indigenous women in north Queensland – intergenerational implications of poor food quality, obesity, diabetes, tobacco smoking and alcohol use.
Public Health Nutrition; 12(11): 2143-2149
McEwan A, Tsey K (2009)
The role of spirituality in social and emotional wellbeing initiatives: the family wellbeing program at Yarrabah.
Darwin: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health
Muller S, Power ER, Suchet-Pearson S, Wright S, Lloyd K (2009)
"Quarantine matters!'': quotidian relationships around quarantine in Australia's northern borderlands.
Environment and Planning A; 41(4): 780-795
Murray O, Oates M, Papadopolous U, Solomon R (2009)
Finding the fit: development of a mental health service for remote Indigenous communities.
Paper presented at the Rural health: the place to be ... The 10th National Rural Health Conference. 17-20 May 2009, Cairns, Qld
Nancarrow H (2009)
Indigenous family violence prevention forum report, 2009.
Mackay, Qld: Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research
Nancarrow H (2009)
Time for action: the National Council’s plan for Australia to reduce violence against women and their children.
Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research Reader; 7(4): 5-7
North Coast Aboriginal Corporation for Community Health (2009)
Our story: North Coast Aboriginal Corporation for Community Health.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal; 33(2): 6
O’Connor T, Hanks H, Steinhardt D (2009)
All-terrain vehicle crashes and associated injuries in north Queensland: findings from the Rural and Remote Road Safety Study.
Australian Journal of Rural Health; 17(5): 251-256
O’Connor TM, Hanks HA, Elcock MS, Turner RC, Veitch C (2009)
The medical and retrieval costs of road crashes in rural and remote northern Queensland, 2004–2007: findings from the Rural and Remote Road Safety Study.
Medical Journal of Australia; 190(2): 54-56
Panaretto KS, Mitchell MR, Anderson L, Gilligan C, Buettner P, Larkins SL, Eades S (2009)
Tobacco use and measuring nicotine dependence among urban Indigenous pregnant women.
Medical Journal of Australia; 191(10): 554-557
Parsons M (2009)
Spaces of disease: the creation and management of Aboriginal health and disease in Queensland 1900-1970.
Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Sydney: Sydney
Population Health Queensland (2009)
Strategic directions for cancer prevention and control 2009–2012.
Brisbane: Queensland Health
Population Health Queensland (2009)
Strategic directions for chronic disease prevention 2009–2012.
Brisbane: Queensland Health
Population Health Queensland (2009)
Strategic directions for communicable disease prevention and control 2009–2012.
Brisbane: Queensland Health
Population Health Queensland (2009)
Strategic directions for environmental health 2009–2012.
Brisbane: Queensland Health
Population Health Queensland (2009)
Strategic directions for HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C and sexual health 2009–2012.
Brisbane: Queensland Health
Population Health Queensland (2009)
Strategic directions for injury prevention and safety promotion 2009–2012.
Brisbane: Queensland Health
Population Health Queensland (2009)
Strategic directions for mental health promotion 2009–2012.
Brisbane: Queensland Health
Population Health Queensland (2009)
Strategic directions for quality management 2009–2012.
Brisbane: Queensland Health
Qi X, Tong S, Hu W (2009)
Preliminary spatiotemporal analysis of the association between socio-environmental factors and suicide.
Environmental Health; 8: 46
Retrieved from http://www.ehjournal.net/content/pdf/1476-069x-8-46.pdf
Qi X (2009)
Socio-environmental factors and suicide in Queensland, Australia.
Master of Applied Science (Research) thesis, Queensland University of Technology: Brisbane
Queensland Aboriginal & Islander Health Council (2009)
Queensland Aboriginal & Islander Health Council annual report 2007-08.
Brisbane: Queensland Aboriginal & Islander Health Council
Queensland Government (2009)
Environmental protection (water) policy 2009.
Brisbane: Queensland Government
This is the Environmental Protection (Water) Policy 2009 for the State of Queensland. The document covers topics including:
- application and purpose of policy;
- management goals and water quality objectives for waters;
- management of activities; and
- environmental plans.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Queensland Government (2009)
Quarterly Report on key indicators in Queensland's discrete Indigenous communities: April-June 2009.
Brisbane: Queensland Government
Queensland Government (2009)
Quarterly Report on key indicators in Queensland's discrete Indigenous communities: January-March 2009.
Brisbane: Queensland Government
Queensland Government (2009)
Quarterly report on key indicators in Queensland's discrete Indigenous communities: July-September 2009.
Brisbane: Queensland Government
Queensland Government (2009)
Quarterly report on key indicators in Queensland's discrete Indigenous communities: October-December 2008.
Brisbane: Partnerships Queensland
Queensland Health (2009)
Environmental health workers (EHW) general duty statement: a guide for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Island
local governments.
Brisbane: Queensland Health
This document outlines the primary and secondary roles of Indigenous environmental health practioners, including the duties relating to enviromental health issues.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Queensland Health (2009)
Environmental health workers online resource manual (ehWORM).
Retrieved 01 October 2008 from http://www.health.qld.gov.au/ehworm/default.asp
This online resource for Environmental Health Workers is designed to support EHW employed by the local councils of Indigenous communities in Queensland.
It provides information on six key topics:
- animal management
- vermin and vector control
- food safety
- hygiene
- waste management
- how to ensure the local community has safe drinking water
To help EHW find information quickly, the six key topics are broken into sections, such as:
- legislation
- the role of the local council
- the role of the EHW
- the role of the community
- community awareness campaigns
- the agencies that develop policy on the topic
- agencies that can be contacted for more information or support
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Queensland Needle and Syringe Program (2009)
Needle and syringe program policy.
Brisbane: Queensland Health
Queensland Public Health Forum (2009)
Eat Well Queensland: are we half-way there yet? Midpoint implementation review summary of findings.
Brisbane: Queensland Public Health Forum
Queensland Public Health Forum (2009)
Eat Well Queensland: smart eating for a healthier state: 2009-2012 QPHF implementation plan.
Brisbane: Queensland Public Health Forum
Rayment-McHugh S (2009)
Improving therapeutic engagement with Indigenous youth who have sexually offended.
Paper presented at the Indigenous young people, crime and justice conference. 31 August 2009 -1 September 2009, Parramatta, NSW
Spurling GKP, Hayman NE, Cooney AL (2009)
Adult health checks for Indigenous Australians: the first year’s experience from the Inala Indigenous Health Service.
Medical Journal of Australia; 190(10): 562-564
Standing Committee on Health and Ageing (2009)
Regional health issues jointly affecting Australia and the South Pacific.
Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia
Sweeney S (2009)
Art therapy: promoting wellbeing in rural and remote communities.
Australasian Psychiatry; 17(S1): S151 - S154
Taylor B (2009)
Reflections on course delivery, accredited training - the way forward: training update.
Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research Reader; 8(1): 3-4
Torres Strait Regional Authority (2009)
Torres Strait development plan 2009-2013.
Thursday Island, Queensland: Torres Strait Regional Authority
Tsey K, Harvey D, Gibson T, Pearson L (2009)
The role of empowerment in setting a foundation for social and emotional wellbeing.
Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health; 8(1): 6-15
United Nations University - Traditional Knowledge Initiative (2009)
Climate change experiences in Northern Australia - health, adaptation, fire management and global relevance.
Paper presented at the International Public Forum on Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change - The Tropical Australian Experience. 3 April 2008, Darwin
Walker D (2009)
Drivers, facilitators and barriers to health personnel role development: a case study of factors influencing the development of the oral health role of Indigenous Health Workers in the Cape York region of Australia, 2005-2008.
Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Queensland: Brisbane
Webster A (2009)
6th annual Indigenous family violence prevention forum – the big picture – putting the piece together.
Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research Reader; 7(4): 2-4
Whiteside M (2009)
A grounded theory of empowerment in the context of Indigenous Australia.
Doctor of Philosophy thesis, James Cook University: Cairns
2008
Abbott R, Jenkins D, Haswell-Elkins M, Fell K, Macdonald D, Cerin E (2008)
Physical activity of young people in the Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula region: an exploratory study.
Australian Journal of Rural Health; 16(5): 278-282
Allen A, Daley M, Beatty P (2008)
Healthy jarjums make healthy food choices: Gold Coast.
Paper presented at the National Nutrition Networks Conference 08: good tucker good health. 11-14 March 2008, Alice Springs, NT
Anderson P (2008)
Valuing children.
Paper presented at the Indigenous Family Violence Prevention Forum. 14 may 2008, Mackay (Qld)
Australian Bureau of Statistics (2008)
Brisbane: a social atlas, 2006.
Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics
Barba C (2008)
Healthy happy families program.
Paper presented at the Indigenous Family Violence Prevention Forum. 14 may 2008, Mackay (Qld)
Behrendt L, McCausland R (2008)
Welfare payments and school attendance: an analysis of experimental policy in Indigenous education.
Sydney: Australian Education Union
Bonner A, Wellard S, Caltabiano M (2008)
Levels of fatigue in people with ESRD living in far North Queensland.
Journal of Clinical Nursing; 17(1): 90-98
Knowing your rights: a guide for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Queensland (2008)
Brisbane Indigenous Media Association
This booklet provides information for Indigenous Queenslanders about their legal rights. It includes information on:
- fighting discrimination
- police powers and an individual's rights
- an individual's rights when they're in prison
- the court system
- child protection
- the rights of Elders
- financial matters.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Bryan M (2008)
Far West Multi-Purpose Healing Service: “Working in Cunnamulla”.
Paper presented at the Indigenous Family Violence Prevention Forum. 14 may 2008, Mackay (Qld)
Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety - Queensland (CARRS-Q) (2008)
Rural and remote road safety research program: major recommendations.
Brisbane: Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety - Queensland (CARRS-Q)
Charteris D, Elwell M (2008)
Living Strong: a health lifestyle program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
Paper presented at the National Nutrition Networks Conference 08: good tucker good health. 11-14 March 2008, Alice Springs, NT
Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian (2008)
Children and young people in Queensland: snapshot 2008.
Brisbane: Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian, Queensland
Coory MD, Green AC, Stirling J, Valery PC (2008)
Survival of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Queenslanders after a diagnosis of lung cancer: a matched cohort study.
Medical Journal of Australia; 188(10): 562-566
Coyne KL, De Costa CM, Heazlewood RJ, Newman HC (2008)
Pregnancy characteristics of women giving birth to children with fetal alcohol syndrome in Far North Queensland.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology; 48(3): 240-247
d'Abbs P, Schmidt B, Dougherty K, Senior K (2008)
Implementing a chronic disease strategy in two remote Indigenous Australian settings: a multi-method pilot evaluation.
Australian Journal of Rural Health; 16(2): 67-74
Department of Infrastructure Transport Regional Development and Local Government (2008)
4th Indigenous Road Safety Forum.
Paper presented at the 4th Indigenous Road Safety Forum. 29-31 October 2008, Cairns, QLD
Dinanathompson M, Sellwood J, Carless F (2008)
A Kickstart to Life: Australian Football League as a medium for promoting lifeskills in Cape York Indigenous communities.
Australian Journal of Indigenous Education; 37(2008): 152-164
Dugdale A (2008)
Where do Queensland's Indigenous people live? [letter].
Medical Journal of Australia; 188(10): 614
Eley R, Gorman D (2008)
Music therapy to manage asthma.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal; 32(1): 9-10
Environmental Health Unit Queensland Health (2008)
Queensland Health Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander environmental health plan 2008–2013.
Brisbane: Queensland Health
This publication outlines the plan for a strategic framework to improve the environmental health outcomes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Queensland. The plan builds on the progress made by previous strategies and recognises six areas to enhance environmental health outcomes for communities, including, to:
- develop, implement and build on successful environmental health programs
- engage with government and non-government community health and affiliated services
- promote, develop and support the environmental health workforce
- reinforce joint ventures across government and non-government organisations to support investment in environmental health services
- promote environmental health programs and their success
- develop and employ dependable reporting procedures to assist in the monitoring and evaluation of programs
The plan supports the objectives for the National Strategic Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Erick W, Mooney-Somers J, Akee A, Maher L (2008)
Resilience to blood-borne and sexually transmitted infections: the development of a participatory action research project with young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Townsville.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal; 32(6): 5-8
Friday C, Accoom J, Smith S, Gauld S (2008)
Nyunu dukul - kiru ngakaku (looking after your brain): brain injury project in Far North Queensland.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal; 32(5): 4-6
Hanna JN, Humphreys JL, Murphy DM (2008)
Invasive pneumococcal disease in Indigenous people in north Queensland: an update, 2005-2007.
Medical Journal of Australia; 189(1): 43-46
Hayward C, Scrine C, Venz T, Smith M (2008)
Delivering improvements in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child and maternal health.
Perth: Telethon Institute of Child Health Research and Rio Tinto Child Health Partnership
The Rio Tinto Child Health Partnership was developed to deliver improvements in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child and maternal health through the delivery of three projects:
* modelling the WA Aboriginal Child Health Survey for the Northern Territory and Queensland
* national foetal alcohol syndrome prevention strategy
* enhancing Aboriginal workforce capacity
The five-year Rio Tinto Child Health Partnership concluded in 2007. The report Delivering improvements in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child and maternal health evaluates the results from the partnership, and states that the partnership has allowed strong relationships to be forged between researchers, Aboriginal communities, health services, government agencies and departments and corporate Australia. Significant benefits and outcomes include: increased awareness of fetal alcohol syndrome; identification of the issues which inhibit Aboriginal health professionals; support for culturally appropriate practices in primary health care and treatment services; and increased skills of health and community workers in identifying and responding to risk factors during pregnancy.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Hermawan G, Kyle L, Hobson L, Claremont L, Pascoe S (2008)
Lockhart River Bush Tucker Nutrition Project ‘Kuyulu Ngampulungku Mayi’.
Paper presented at the National Nutrition Networks Conference 08: good tucker good health. 11-14 March 2008, Alice Springs, NT
Hunter E (2008)
The Aboriginal tea ceremony: its relevance to psychiatric practice.
Australasian Psychiatry; 16(2): 130-132
Jensen C (2008)
Street based outreach service.
Paper presented at the Indigenous Family Violence Prevention Forum. 14 may 2008, Mackay (Qld)
Kickett T (2008)
Indigenous Staff Network working for Indigenous community.
Paper presented at the Are you remotely interested? 2008 Remote Health Conference. 15-17 August 2008, Mt Isa, Qld
Lee A, Leonard D, Lowson S, Groos A, Stubbs C, Simons A, Minniecon D (2008)
Expansion of the Indigenous nutrition workforce in Queensland Health.
Paper presented at the National Nutrition Networks Conference 08: good tucker good health. 11-14 March 2008, Alice Springs, NT
Lenoy L, Blackley L (2008)
Working towards a healthier Palm Island.
Paper presented at the National Nutrition Networks Conference 08: good tucker good health. 11-14 March 2008, Alice Springs, NT
Longstreet D, Health D, Savage I, Vink R, Panaretto KS (2008)
Estimated nutrient intake of urban Indigenous participants enrolled in a lifestyle intervention program.
Nutrition & Dietetics; 65(2): 128-133
Luhrs J (2008)
Crocodile smiles part 2 - better oral health in Indigenous communities.
intouch; 25(4): 9-10
Margolis SA, Ypinazar VA, Clough AR, Hunter E (2008)
Absence of alcohol withdrawal syndrome in a remote Indigenous community.
Medical Journal of Australia; 189(10): 596
Martin G (2008)
On social and emotional wellbeing and Indigenous Australians: editorial.
Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health; 7(3)
Retrieved from http://www.auseinet.com/journal/vol7iss3/martin.pdf
McCann AB, Walters DL, Aroney CN (2008)
Percutaneous balloon mitral commissurtomy in Indigenous versus non-indigenous Australians.
Heart, Lung and Circulation; 17(3): 200-205
McCoy BF, Ross R, Elston J (2008)
Boys to men: Garbutt Magpies twenty-five years on 1983-2008 community report.
Townsville, Qld: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health
McGrath P, Phillips E (2008)
Western notions of informed consent and Indigenous cultures: Australian findings at the interface.
Journal of Bioethical Inquiry; 5(1): 21-31
McLucas J (2008)
Flying Doctor delivers new health programs to North Queensland.
Retrieved 20 July 2008 from http://www.health.gov.au/internet/ministers/publishing.nsf/Content/52E8857EFA05C995CA25748A00258827/$File/JM009.pdf
Mental Health Branch (2008)
Queensland plan for mental health 2007-2017.
Brisbane: Queensland Health
Messenger R (2008)
HIV/AIDS threat in the Torres Strait.
Queensland: Rob Messenger MP for Burnett, Qld
Namalata Thusi (2008)
Healthy food from island stars.
Namalata Thusi; (4): 13
Namalata Thusi (2008)
Traditional mental health messages.
Namalata Thusi; (4): 23
Nancarrow H (2008)
Indigenous family violence prevention forum report, 2008.
Mackay (QLD): Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research
Negri A, Marshall P (2008)
TBT contamination of remote marine environments: ship groundings and ice-breakers as sources of organotins in the Great Barrier Reef and Antarctica.
Journal of Environmental Management; 90(Supplement 1): S31-S40
North Coast Aboriginal Corporation for Community Health (2008)
"Well persons health check days" 2008 Sunshine Coast and Gympie.
Brisbane: North Coast Aboriginal Corporation for Community Health
NSW Department of Health (2008)
NSW community mental health strategy 2007-2012: from prevention and early intervention to recovery.
Sydney: NSW Department of Health
Parry J (2008)
Researching the structural barriers to meaningful health care decision-making for Indigenous patients in remote Australia.
Paper presented at the Are you remotely interested? 2008 Remote Health Conference. 15-17 August 2008, Mt Isa, Qld
Queensland Government (2008)
Quarterly report on key indicators in Queensland's discrete Indigenous communities: April-June 2008.
Brisbane: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships
This report provides a summary of the progress being made in 'closing the gap' and improving the quality of life for Indigenous Queenslanders living in discrete communities. It outlines the key outcomes of the Queensland policy reform with the distinction between what has been already implemented and what is yet to be implemented. It includes an overview of the key indicators of community wellbeing, building on the previous report (January-March 2008) and including two indicators relating to child safety. An individual outcome report for all participating communities across Queensland for four key indicators is also provided. This report precedes the next Closing the gap, Indigenous annual report due in November 2008.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Queensland Government (2008)
Quarterly report on key indicators in Queensland's discrete Indigenous communities: January-March 2008.
Brisbane: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships
This report provides a summary of the progress being made to improve the quality of life for Indigenous Queenslanders living in discrete Aboriginal and mainland Torres Strait Islander communities, from January to March 2008. The communities are the 17 communities that signed the Partnership Agreement in July 2007.
The four key health and wellbeing indicators for which data are provided in this report include: violence against people; hospital admissions due to assault; court appearances for breaches of alcohol restrictions; and school attendance.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Queensland Government (2008)
Quarterly report on key indicators in Queensland's discrete Indigenous communities: July – September 2008.
Brisbane: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships
Queensland Government (2008)
Queensland closing the gap report: 2007/08.
Brisbane: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships
Queensland Government (2008)
Queensland drug strategy 2006-2010: midpoint implementation report.
Brisbane: Queensland Government
Queensland Health (2008)
“Making tracks” summary report.
Brisbane: Queensland Health
Breastfed babies' growth and growth spurts (2008)
Queensland Health
This resource is part of the Growing strong: feeding you and your baby set of resources from Queensland Health. This easy to read booklet outlines the benefits of breastfeeding with simple illustrations. Information is organised under three major topic areas:
- growth of breastfed babies
- growth spurts and breastfeeding
- monitoring your babies growth
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Breastfeeding: good for baby, good for mum (2008)
Queensland Health
This resource is part of the Growing strong: feeding you and your baby set of resources from Queensland Health. It provides information on the benefits of breastfeeding for Indigenous mothers. It is easy to read with simple and colourful illustrations. Topics covered include:
- key benefits of breastfeeding
- breastfeeding your newborn
- how do you know if your baby is having enough breastmilk?
- growth spurts
- working and breastfeeding
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Queensland Health (2008)
Cairns Base Hospital and associated services Clinical Services Plan 2008.
Brisbane: Queensland Health
Expressing breastmilk (2008)
Queensland Health
This resource is part of the Growing strong: feeding you and your baby set of resources from Queensland Health. It is a simply written and illustrated booklet providing a broad outline of expressing breastmilk. Topis covered include:
- hand expressing
- expressing with a breast pump
- storing breastmilk
- thawing and warming breastmilk
- transporting expressed breastmilk
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Queensland Health (2008)
Food safety.
Retrieved from
How to breastfeed (2008)
Queensland Health
This resource is part of the Growing strong: feeding you and your baby set of resources from Queensland Health. It provides information on how to breastfeed for Indigenous mothers. It is easy to read with simple and colourful illustrations. Topics covered include:
- what to do to help breastmilk letdown
- breastfeeding a newborn
- early signs the baby is hungry
- late signs the baby is hungry
- getting baby onto the breast
- is baby on right?
- what to do if breastfeeding hurts
- the first milk - colostrum
- how do you know if baby is having enough breastmilk
- growth spurts
- how to make more breastmilk
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Queensland Health (2008)
Hygiene, Queensland.
Retrieved from
Queensland Health (2008)
Mount Isa community: lead screening program 2006-7: a report into the results of a blood-lead screening program of 1-4 year old children in Mount Isa, Queensland.
Brisbane: Queensland Health
Queensland Health (2008)
Queensland strategy for chronic disease 2005-2015: framework for self-management 2008-2015.
Brisbane: Queensland Health
Queensland Health (2008)
The health of Queenslanders: prevention of chronic disease: 2008.
Brisbane: Queensland Health
Queensland Health (2008)
Waste management, Queensland.
Retrieved from
Queensland Health Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drugs (2008)
Queensland health policy: service delivery for people with dual diagnosis (co-occuring mental health and alcohol and other drug problems).
Brisbane: Queensland Health, Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs
Queensland Transport (2008)
Queensland road safety action plan 2008-2009.
Brisbane: Queensland Transport
Robertson J, Dowie R (2008)
Cannabis: a cloud over our community.
Of Substance; 6(3): 28-29
Ross R, Nicks R, Drysdale R (2008)
Red dust healing.
Paper presented at the Indigenous Family Violence Prevention Forum. 14 may 2008, Mackay, Qld
Santhanam R, McEwan A, Bainbridge R, Hunter E, Haswell M, Tsey K (2008)
Adapting the Australian Public Mental Health Performance Indicators to the contextual needs of a Remote Area Child and Youth Mental Health Service.
Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin; : 1-17
Scherman S, Smith J, DavidsonM (2008)
First year of a midwifery-led model of care in Far North Queensland.
Medical Journal of Australia; 188(2): 85-88
Simons A, Gellweiler K, Chamberlain M, Medlin L, Hogan S, Lee A (2008)
Focus groups with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Queensland: information to direct the development of future nutrition strategies.
Paper presented at the National Nutrition Networks Conference 08: good tucker good health. 11-14 March 2008, Alice Springs, NT
Solomon S, McBain K (2008)
Adaptation of Indigenous Lifescripts: addressing risk factors for chronic disease with Indigenous clients.
Paper presented at the Are you remotely interested? 2008 Remote Health Conference. 15-17 August 2008, Mt Isa, Qld
Stiles Y, Smith K, Blechynden K (2008)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nutrition and Physical Activity Brief Intervention.
Paper presented at the National Nutrition Networks Conference 08: good tucker good health. 11-14 March 2008, Alice Springs, NT
Tellis B, Dunn R, Keeffe J, Taylor H (2008)
Trachoma surveillance report 2007.
Melbourne: National Trachoma Surveillance and Reporting Unit, Centre for Eye Research Australia
Thew MRJ, Todd B (2008)
Fungal keratitis in far north Queensland, Australia.
Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology; 36(8): 721-724
Thompson K, Kebisu R (2008)
Eat Well, Be Active, Healthy Kids for Life: Badu Island.
Paper presented at the National Nutrition Networks Conference 08: good tucker good health. 11-14 March 2008, Alice Springs, NT
Toolis R, Fredericks B, Leon D (2008)
Which way public health nutrition in Brisbane?.
Paper presented at the National Nutrition Networks Conference 08: good tucker good health. 11-14 March 2008, Alice Springs, NT
Valery PC, Wenitong M, Clements V, Sheel M, McMillan D, Stirling J, Sriprakash KS, Batzloff M, vohra R, McCarthy JS (2008)
Skin infections among Indigenous Australians in an urban setting in far north Queensland.
Epidemiology and Infection; 136(8): 1103-1108
Vlack S (2008)
Chronic disease – the theory.
Brisbane: Queensland Health
Wilkey J, Fagan P (2008)
Finally, a qualification pathway for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sexual health workers in Queensland.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal; 32(6): 9-11
Wills R-A, Coory M (2008)
A preliminary look at the rates of cigarette smoking among mothers giving birth in Queensland.
Brisbane: Queensland Health
2007
Abbott RA, Macdonald D, Mackinnon L, Stubbs CO, Lee AJ, Harper C, Davies PSW (2007)
Healthy kids Queensland survey 2006 - summary report.
Brisbane: Queensland Health
Adams M (2007)
Sexual and reproductive health problems among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander males.
Doctor of Philosophy thesis, Queensland University of Technology: Brisbane
Compared with non-Indigenous men, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men suffer from substantially more serious illnesses and early death due to problems arising from diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, cancers, respiratory diseases, psychological disorders, accidental injuries, violence and other causes. Despite this knowledge little is known to date about reproductive health among Indigenous men, with recent research being limited mainly to studies of sexually transmitted infections.
The aim of this research was to improve the understanding of sexual and reproductive health problems experienced by Indigenous men. A mixed method design combined qualitative inquiry (4 focus groups and 18 in-depth interviews) and quantitative survey (n=301) involving men living in remote, rural and urban communities (Tiwi Islands, Darwin and north and south-east Queensland). Survey data were compared with recently published self-reports from 5990 randomly selected men aged over 40 years in Australia (Holden et al., 2005, The Lancet, 366, 218-224). Findings revealed that most Indigenous men were silent about reproductive health but reported symptoms of erectile dysfunction at least as much as non-Indigenous men in other studies and were also found to have more symptoms of prostate disease than non-Indigenous men. Men's reaction to sexual difficulties included shame, denial, substance abuse and occasionally violence. The research provides insight and depth into the issues impacting on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander males experiencing reproductive and sexual health difficulties. The study also highlights issues concerning the layers of silence around sexual and reproductive health of Indigenous men, including silence in the scientific establishments in health services, and in the community. Implications for education of primary healthcare workers and community-based awareness campaigns for Indigenous males are discussed.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Adermann J, Campbell MA (2007)
Anxiety prevention in Indigenous youth.
Journal of Student Wellbeing; 1(2): 34-37
Allwood J, Short T, Farram T (2007)
A trial of biological treatment system in an Aboriginal community in coastal NSW.
Paper presented at the 6th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander Environmental Health Conference. 22 - 23 May 2007, Cairns
Andreasyan K, Hoy WE, Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan S (2007)
Indigenous mortality in remote Queensland, Australia.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 31(5): 422-427
Barnett R, Naicker R, Williamson P (2007)
Implementation of the NSW health competency guide for Aboriginal trainee EHWS.
Paper presented at the 6th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander Environmental Health Conference. 22-23 May 2007, Cairns
Barrett S (2007)
Pathways to detention.
Doctor of Philosophy thesis, Griffith University: Brisbane
Berry JG, Nearmy DM, Harrison JE (2007)
Injury of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people due to transport, 1999-00 to 2003-04.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
This report presents and evaluates data relating to deaths and serious injury of Indigenous people due to transport accidents in the four jurisdictions: Northern Territory; Western Australia; South Australia; and Queensland, for five years 1999-00 to 2003-04. Variables such as mode of transport, gender, age group and remoteness from an urban centre are examined.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Blackman A, Gyemore C, Einsiedel D (2007)
Food safety, animal and pest control project.
Paper presented at the 6th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Environmental Health Conference. 22-23 May 2007, Cairns
Booth S, Kendall M (2007)
Benefits and challenges of providing transitional rehabilitation services to people with spinal cord injury from regional, rural and remote locations.
Australian Journal of Rural Health; 15(3): 172-178
Bryan-Clothier W (2007)
Blacktown Aboriginal safety promotion program - Home Safe Home project stream.
Paper presented at the 6th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Environmental Health Conference. 22-23 May 2007, Cairns
Campion J, Hunter E, Skalicky J (2007)
Improving mental health skills of health workers in Indigenous communities in Northern Queensland.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal; 31(6): 12-15
Canendo S (2007)
Yarrabah Aboriginal Council which way this job EHW?.
Paper presented at the 6th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Environmental Health Conference. 22 - 23 May 2007, Cairns
Cape York Institute for Policy and Leadership (2007)
From hand out to hand up: Cape York welfare reform project: design recommendations.
Cairns, QLD: Cape York Institute for Policy and Leadership
This report discusses the Cape York Welfare Reform Project which aims to develop reformed incentives and appropriate supports at the community level to help with the restoration of social norms. The core principles of the Project are:
* All welfare should be conditional
* Further government investment in capability building is needed
* Incentives need to be fundamentally changed to encourage people
Once the policies recommended by the Institute are supported, the Project will initially be trialled in four communities on the Cape York Peninsula. If the trial is successful, the policy principles may be used to inform policy across the Cape York Peninsula and potentially other regions.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Carleton J, Locke G (2007)
Sustaining environmental health in Indigenous communities.
Paper presented at the 6th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander Environmental Health Conference. 22 - 23 May 2007, Cairns
Carmichael S, Abreu C (2007)
Environmental health in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
Brisbane: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Strategy Unit
Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety (2007)
Safety Visions.
Safety Visions; Spring 2007(Motorcycle safety): 1-4
Chan LCK (2007)
Short term efficacy of a lifestyle intervention programme on cardiovascular health outcome in overweight Indigenous Australians with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus: the healthy lifestyle programme (HELP).
Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice; 75(1): 65-71
Child Safety Services (2007)
Queensland Department of Child Safety: strategic plan 2007-11.
Brisbane: Queensland Department of Child Safety
Christophers R, Bin Maarus L, Augustine P, Ehlers G (2007)
A model for the delivery of environmental health services on a regional basis.
Paper presented at the 6th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Environmental Health Conference. 22-23 May 2007, Cairns
Churchill J, Scullion N, McIntyre M, Phelan S (2007)
AMRRIC/IFAW launch of the on-line resource manual "Conducting dog health programs in Indigenous communities: a veterinary guide.
Paper presented at the 6th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander Environmental Health Conference. 22 - 23 May 2007, Cairns
Clark J, D'Onise K (2007)
No pulgi - urban indigenous homelessness and its effect on health.
Paper presented at the 6th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Environmental Health Conference. 22-23 May 2007, Cairns
Denman L (2007)
Enhancing the accessibility of public mental health services in Queensland to meet the needs of deaf people from an Indigenous Australian or culturally and linguistically diverse background.
Australasian Psychiatry; 15(Supplement): s85-s89
Department of Communities (2007)
Strategic plan 2007-11.
Brisbane: Queensland Government Department of Communities
Eley RM, Baker PG (2007)
Rural and remote health research: key issues for health providers in southern Queensland.
Australian Journal of Rural Health; 15(6): 368-372
Emergency Management Australia (2007)
Keeping our mob safe: a national emergency management strategy for remote Indigenous communities.
Canberra: Ministerial Council for Police and Emergency Management (MCPEM)
This report details a strategy intended to address emergency management in remote Indigenous Australian communities. The strategy, developed through extensive consultation with members of Indigenous communities, provides a framework for a coordinated and cooperative approach to all aspects of emergency management. Essentially the report includes seven priorities and lists specific goals and guiding actions to ensure the fulfillment of each priority.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Endres P, Carmichael S (2007)
Queensland Health takes on the challenge: our evolving role in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander environmental health.
Paper presented at the 6th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander Environmental Health Conference. 22-23 May 2007, Cairns
Fagan PS, Cannon FM (2007)
Syphilis in remote north Queensland.
Communicable Diseases Intelligence; 31(1): 125-127
Giles K (2007)
Indigenous involvement in natural resources management.
Paper presented at the 6th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander Environmental Health Conference. 22-23 May 2007, Cairns
Grey-Gardiner R (2007)
Remote community water management project.
Paper presented at the 6th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Environmental Health Conference. 22-23 May 2007, Cairns
Harrison MS, Coyne T, Lee AJ, Leonard D, Lowson S, Groos A, Ashton BA (2007)
The increasing cost of the basic foods required to promote health in Queensland.
Medical Journal of Australia; 186(1): 9-14, 7 & 15
Hine L (2007)
Police help kids beat the streets.
ADCA News; (37): 13
Hooper K, Thomas Y, Clarke M (2007)
Health professional partnerships and their impact on Aboriginal health: an occupational therapist's and Aboriginal health worker's perspective.
Australian Journal of Rural Health; 15(1): 46-51
Hopcraft M, Chow W (2007)
Dental caries experience in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the Northern Peninsula Area, Queensland.
Australian Dental Journal; 52(4): 300-304
Hunter E, Travers H, Gibson J, Campion J (2007)
Bridging the triple divide: performance and innovative multimedia in the service of behavioural health change in remote Indigenous settings.
Australasian Psychiatry; 15(1): s44-s48
Larkins SL, Page RP, Panaretto K S, Scott R, Mitchell MR, Alberts V, Veitch PC, McGinty S (2007)
Attitudes and behaviours of young Indigenous people in Townsville concerning relationships, sex and contraception: the 'U Mob Yarn Up' project.
Medical Journal of Australia; 186(10): 513-518
McDermott RA, McCulloch BG, Campbell SK, Young DM (2007)
Diabetes in the Torres Strait Islands of Australia: better clinical systems but significant increase in weight and other risk conditions among adults, 1999-2005.
Medical Journal of Australia; 186(10): 505-508
McGrath P, Holewa H, McGrath Z (2007)
Practical problems for Aboriginal palliative care service provision in rural and remote areas: equipment, power and travel issues.
Collegian; 14(3): 21-26
McGrath P (2007)
‘I don’t want to be in that big city; this is my country here': research findings on Aboriginal peoples' preference to die at home.
Australian Journal of Rural Health; 15(4): 264-268
McLean A, Waters M, Spencer E, Hadfield C (2007)
Experience with cardiac valve operations in Cape York Peninsula and the Torres Strait Islands, Australia.
Medical Journal of Australia; 186(11): 560-563
Milligan B, Bobongie E (2007)
Canning the dump - recycling in a remote Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal community.
Paper presented at the 6th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Environmental Health Conference. 22-23 May 2007, Cairns
Morgan W, Bunting R-J (2007)
Animal control and welfare management - animal management registration and micro-chipping program.
Paper presented at the 6th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander Environmental Health Conference. 22-23 May 2007, Cairns
Nagas T, Ferral D, Smith S (2007)
Working to improve water and sewerage provision in discrete Aboriginal communities in NSW: Murdi Paaki region case study.
Paper presented at the 6th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Environmental Health Conference. 22-23 May 2007, Cairns
Nelson A, Allison H, Copley J (2007)
Understanding where we come from: occupational therapy with urban Indigenous Australians.
Australian Occupational Therapy Journal; 54(3): 203-214
Nelson A (2007)
Seeing white: a critical exploration of occupational therapy with Indigenous people.
Occupational Therapy International; 14(4): 19
North Coast Aboriginal Corporation for Community Health (2007)
North Coast Aboriginal Corporation for Community Health annual report 2007.
Maroochydore (QLD): North Coast Aboriginal Corporation for Community Health (NCACCH)
Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships (2007)
Partnerships Queensland: implementation progress report 2006.
Brisbane: Department of Communities, Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships
Progress on the Partnerships Queensland initiative is provided in this report on recent government action for lasting improvements to the quality of life for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community. The implementation of the initiative is aimed at driving coordination and cooperation between governments and Indigenous communities and enable sound decision making and effective service delivery at all levels.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Panaretto KS, Mitchell MR, Anderson L, Larkins SL, Manessis V, Buettner PG, Watson D (2007)
Sustainable antenatal care services in an urban Indigenous community: the Townsville experience.
Medical Journal of Australia; 187(1): 18-22
Paul E, Johnston S, Walker J, Stanton R, Bibo M (2007)
Infant nutrition project 2006-2007: measurement of exclusive breastfeeding.
Brisbane: Queensland Health
Healthy prisons handbook (2007)
Queensland Corrective Services
Queensland Government (2007)
Indigenous partnership agreement: an agreement between Queensland's 19 Aboriginal and mainland Torres Strait Islander communities and the Queensland Government.
Brisbane: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships
Queensland Health (2007)
Communicable diseases control manual.
Brisbane: Queensland Health
This manual provides information on good hygiene and the prevention of the spread of germs like measles, mumps, hepatitis, salmonella and meningococcal disease. It outlines the symptoms for each disease and what action should be taken. The manual is designed for doctors and nurses, however it can help environmental health workers to understand the diseases, the symptoms and any action that needs to be taken.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Queensland Health (2007)
Queensland Health disability service plan 2007-2010.
Brisbane: Queensland Health
Queensland Health (2007)
Queensland HIV, hepatitis C and sexually transmissible infections strategy 2005-2011: annual progress report 2006-2007.
Brisbane: Queensland Health
Queensland Health (2007)
Queensland statewide health services plan 2007-2012.
Brisbane: Queensland Health
Robinson T, Boota A, Irvine A, Byrne J (2007)
Malabugilmah constructed wetland, wastewater reuse and sports oval, construction project.
Paper presented at the 6th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Environmental Health Conference. 22-23 May 2007, Cairns
Rothstein J, Heazlewood R, Fraser M (2007)
Health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in remote Far North Queensland: findings of the Paediatric Outreach Service.
Medical Journal of Australia; 186(10): 519-521
Santhanam R, McEwan A (2007)
Remote area child and youth mental health service evaluation report: January 2005 – January 2007.
Cairns: Mental Health Branch Queensland Health
Schobben X, Fagan C, Mackie W (2007)
Working group on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander enhealth.
Paper presented at the 6th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander Environmental Health Conference. 22-23 May 2007, Cairns
Slaven N, Fuller A (2007)
Identifying appropriate environmental health interventions to reduce the transmission of pathogenic organisms that cause diarrhoea, skin and repiratory infections: hand washing project.
Paper presented at the 6th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander Environmental Health Conference. 22-23 May 2007, Cairns
Tsey K, Gibson T, Pearson L (2007)
Family well being evaluation report 2006.
Cairns, QLD: Apunipima Cape York Health Council
Veitch C, O'Connor T (2007)
Rural and remote road crashes: piecing together the story.
Paper presented at the 9th National Rural Health Conference: standing up for rural health: learning from the past, action in the future. 7-10 March 2007, Albury, NSW
Vlack S, Foster R, Menzies R, Williams G, Shannon C, Riley I (2007)
Immunisation coverage of Queensland Indigenous two-year-old children by cluster sampling and by register.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 31(1): 67-72
White CD, Willett K, Mitchell C, Constantine S (2007)
Making a difference: education and training retains and supports rural and remote doctors in Queensland.
Rural and Remote Health; 7(2): 700
Retrieved from http://www.rrh.org.au/publishedarticles/article_print_700.pdf
Williams R, Christian W (2007)
Aedes Albopictus (Asian Tiger) eradication program.
Paper presented at the 6th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Environmental Health Conference. 22 - 23 May 2007, Cairns
Young B, Woodall J, Enraght-Moony E, Tippett V, Plug L (2007)
Rural and remote cardiac outcomes: examination of a state-wide emergency medical service.
Paper presented at the 9th National Rural Health Conference: standing up for rural health: learning from the past, action in the future. 7-10 March 2007, Albury, NSW
Young D (2007)
Keeping research on track.
Paper presented at the 6th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Environmental Health Conference. 22-23 May 2007, Cairns
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