This section provides recent reference details and - where available - links and abstracts for general publications associated with the health of Western Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. References include journal articles, reports, theses, and other literature. To access our complete database please use our bibliography.
2013
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2013)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2012 report: Western Australia.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
2012
Daly J, Sinclair C, Stokes A (2012)
Scenarios of inequity, South Africa's Limpopo and the Australian Western Desert.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 36(6): 521
Katzenellenbogen J, Sanfilippo F, Briffa T, Hobbs M, Knuiman M, Dimer L, Taylor K, Thompson S (2012)
Factors associated with discharge against medical advice within year of first-ever IHD hospital admissions in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Western Australians.
Heart, Lung and Circulation; 21(10): 658
Lawrence D, Christensen D, Mitrou F, Draper G, Davis G, McKeown S, McAullay, Pearson G, Zubrick SR (2012)
Adjusting for under-identification of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander births in time series produced from birth records: using record linkage of survey data and administrative data sources.
BMC Medical Research Methodology; 12: 90
Retrieved 2 July 2012 from http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-12-90
Memmott P, Birdsall-Jones C, Greenop K (2012)
Australian Indigenous house crowding.
Melbourne: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
Public Health Advocacy Institute of WA (2012)
The West Australian Indigenous storybook : celebrating and sharing good news stories : the Perth and Peel Regions edition.
2nd ed. Perth, WA: Public Health Advocacy Institute of WA
The West Australian Indigenous storybook : celebrating and sharing good news stories : the Perth and Peel Regions edition celebrates the achievement of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people and organisations across the state of Western Australia (WA) in contributing to the health and social wellbeing of its Indigenous population.
This edition of the storybook - the second in a series produced by the Public Health Advocacy Institute of WA - focuses on the Perth and Peel regions of WA, and contains 13 stories. The stories showcase programs and initiatives over a range of social, economic, health and environmental health areas that aim to improve the quality of life and wellbeing of Indigenous people.
Abstract adapted from the Public Health Advocacy Institute of Western Australia
Taylor D, Nagle N, Ballantyne KN, van Oorschot RAH, Wilcox S, Henry J, Turakulov R, Mitchell RJ (2012)
An investigation of admixture in an Australian Aboriginal Y-chromosome STR database.
Forensic Science International: Genetics; 6(5): 532-538
Thompson SC, Woods JA, Katzenellenbogen JM (2012)
The quality of Indigenous identification in administrative health data in Australia: insights from studies using data linkage.
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making; 12: 133
Retrieved 16 November 2012 from http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6947-12-133
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
Tomlin S, Joyce S, Patterson C (2012)
Health and wellbeing of adults in Western Australia 2011, overview and trends.
Perth: Department of Health, Western Australia
Walker BF, Price A, Jackson-Barrett E, Stomski NJ (2012)
A health and education needs analysis of Gumala Aboriginal Corporation members.
Perth: Murdoch University
Yu P (2012)
The power of data in Aboriginal hands.
Canberra: Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
2011
Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council (2011)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework: 2010 report.
Canberra: Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, Department of Health and Ageing
This is the third report developed under the auspice of the Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council to measure progress against the National strategic framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health as well as the more recent measures introduced under Closing the gap national partnerships.
The performance framework reports on the three tiers of health:
- health status and outcomes: this includes measures of prevalence of disease or injury, human function, life expectancy and wellbeing
- measures of the health determinants: this includes socioeconomic status, environmental factors and health behaviours
- health system performance: this includes effectiveness, responsiveness, accessibility and sustainability.
Major findings of the report include:
- a significant decline in Indigenous deaths due to avoidable causes
- narrowing of the mortality gap
- reduction in infant mortality
- chronic diseases are a continuing concern, contributing to two thirds of the health gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians
- there were slight reductions in literacy and numeracy gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students
- risky behaviours, such as smoking and lack of physical activity, were continuing concerns among Indigenous people
- access to, and utilisation of medical services is less than expected given higher levels of illness
- access to medical services is more difficult in remote than non-remote areas.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2010 report: Western Australia.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
This publication reports on indicators relevant to health status and health outcomes, determinants of health and health systems performance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in Western Australia. The report is based on the national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2010: detailed analyses report. Jurisdiction-specific and national comparisons are both presented.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Education and Health Standing Committee (2011)
Alcohol restrictions in the Kimberley: a 'window of opportunity' for improved health, education, housing and employment.
Perth, WA: Parliament of Western Australia
Madin S (2011)
Dealing with disease in the desert: a new approach.
Paper presented at the 11th National Rural Health Conference. 3-16 March 2011, Perth Convention Centre
Martyr P (2011)
‘Behaving wildly’: diagnoses of lunacy among Indigenous persons in Western Australia, 1870–1914.
Social History of Medicine; 24(2): 316-333
Public Health Advocacy Institute of WA (2011)
The West Australian Indigenous storybook : celebrating and sharing good news stories : the Kimberley and Pilbara edition.
Perth, WA: Public Health Advocacy Institute of WA
The West Australian Indigenous storybook (The storybook) is the first in a series of Indigenous storybooks showcasing the achievements of Indigenous communities and people across Western Australia. The stories are from the Kimberley and Pilbara regions. The stories of programs contained within The storybook cover a range of social, economic, health and environmental health achievements. The intention of each program was to improve the quality of life and wellbeing of Indigenous people.
The storybook shares both the successes and failures of the programs, and it is hoped that this will encourage a change in how Indigenous programs are planned, delivered and disseminated.
The storybook covers a range of programs including:
- healthy lifestyle initiatives
- community awareness programs relating to suicide and good parenting
- local government environmental health and health projects
- effective partnerships
- social benefit programs.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
2010
Australian Bureau of Statistics (2010)
Causes of death Australia, 2008.
Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics
Australian Bureau of Statistics (2010)
The health and welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, 2010.
Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics
Australian Bureau of Statistics (2010)
The health and welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, Oct 2010.
Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics
The information included in this report is taken from a variety of sources. This report highlights that Aboriginal and Torres Strait people make up 2.5% of the Australian population and is young compared to the rest of the population. The key findings include:
- The estimated resident population in 2006 was 517,000 people.
- The median age for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people was 21.0 years compared to 37.0 years for the non-Indigenous population.
- 68% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people reside in rural and remote locations and 32% reside in urban locations.
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have a lower life expectancy than non-Indigenous Australians. From 2005-2007 the gap was 11.5 years for males and 9.7 years for females.
- Life expectancy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander males at birth is estimated to be 67.2 years and for females is 72.9 years.
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander language and culture is strong.
- Socio-economic outcomes continute to improve; 22% completed year twelve in 2008.
- More people completed non-school qualifications; 40% of people aged 25-64 years in 2008, compared to 32% in 2002.
- The unemployment rate fell from 23% in 2002 to 17% in 2008, but remains five times higher than the rate for non-Indigenous unemployment which was 5% in 2008.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Australian Bureau of Statistics (2010)
Year book, Australia, 2009-10.
Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2010)
Australia's health 2010: the twelfth biennial report of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australia's health 2010 was released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare as the twelfth edition of its biennial national health report. The report shows that Australia is one of the healthiest nations in the world, with most Australians generally have good health and access to a range of good health care services, but Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples continue to have much poorer health than the general population.
Health information about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is included in various sections of the report but particularly in chapter 5.1 which compiles information about demographic profiles, health status, disability rates and service use. The section highlights that Indigenous Australians are continuing to die at much younger ages than non-Indigenous Australians. Indigenous Australians also continue to have a greater disease burden, higher rates of disability and a lower quality of life than other Australians. The section concludes with information on behaviours and health risk factors that shape the health status of Indigenous peoples such as tobacco use, alcohol misuse, illicit drug use, and housing conditions.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2010)
Expenditure on health for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 2006-07: an analysis by remoteness and disease.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Birdsall-Jones C, Corunna V, Turner N, Smart G, Shaw W (2010)
Indigenous homelessness [bulletin].
Melbourne: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
Central Australian Rural Practitioners Association (2010)
CARPA standard treatment manual [5th ed.].
5th ed. Alice Springs: Central Australian Rural Practitioners Association
Many practitioners arrive in central and northern Australia without any specific relevant training for remote practice. The standard treatment manual helps them to deal with a range of health, social and work conditions that they may not have experienced before.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
COAG Reform Council (2010)
COAG reform agenda: report on progress 2010.
Sydney: COAG Reform Council
Hocking S, Draper G, Somerford P, XiaoJ, Weeramanthri T (2010)
The Western Australian Chief Health Officer’s report 2010.
Perth, WA: Western Australian Department of Health
Medicare Australia (2010)
Medicare Australia annual report 2009-2010.
Canberra: Medicare Australia
Morphy F (2010)
Population, people and place: The Fitzroy Valley population project.
Canberra: Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
This project was undertaken to provide an accurate and complete population count with particular reference to the Fitzroy Valley, in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Extracting accurate data that refers specifically to the Fitzroy Valley population has been problematic, and this project aimed to establish a baseline population for the Fitzroy Valley according to its own definition, as the boundaries do not coincide with local government or census geography. Additionally, the project aimed to identify and describe the dynamic of the settlement patterns in the Valley that are culturally specific to that population group. The results should be seen as a baseline planning tool, the basis for more detailed research projects and to make visible the social relationships driving settlement of peoples in the Fitzroy Valley.
The project identified a number of characteristics of households and communities, such as: people that live in the same dwelling will nearly always be related to each other; the size and make-up of the household is likely to change frequently over time; and these same characteristics can be true for much smaller communities, too.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Purdy JM (2010)
Just one damn thing after another : colonialism, economics, the law and resistance in Western Australia.
Tönning, Germany: Der Andere Verlag
Sarah J, Alison D (2010)
Health and wellbeing of adults in Western Australia 2009, overview of results.
Perth, WA: Western Australian Department of Health
Western Australian Council of Social Service (2010)
Indigenous people – WACOSS 2011-12 issues paper Oct 2010.
Perth, WA: Western Australian Council of Social Service
Western Australian Department of Indigenous Affairs (2010)
Closing the gap in Indigenous life outcomes, Western Australia.
Perth, WA: Department of Indigenous Affairs, Western Australia
2009
Australian Bureau of Statistics (2009)
Causes of death Australia, 2007.
Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics
Australian Bureau of Statistics (2009)
National Health Survey: summary of results, 2007-2008 (reissue).
Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2009)
International Group for Indigenous Health Measurement Canberra 2006.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
This report gives an overview of the second meeting of the International Group for Indigenous Health Measurement in 2006. The Group includes people from Indigenous organisations, national statistical agencies, departments of health, and research institutions from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States, who are committed to ensuring the highest quality collection, dissemination, and use of data related to Indigenous health. Meeting proceedings and a summary are included with information on data collection processes and quality issues. Details are provided about the identification of Indigenous people/ households in the Census, vital statistics data (births and deaths), administrative data, health surveillance measures, and health related surveys. The report highlights the necessity of collecting high-quality data of relevance to policy organisations and Indigenous people for reducing the health disparities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in the four countries.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Bessarab D, Solonec C, Gibbs T, Lehmann D, Wright M (2009)
Not just scholars but leaders: learning circles in Indigenous health research. An indigenous capacity building grant community report.
Perth, WA: Telethon Institute for Child Health Research
Bradshaw PJ, Alfonso HS, Finn J, Owen J, Thompson PL (2009)
Measuring the gap: accuracy of the Western Australian hospital morbidity data in the identification of adult urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 33(3): 276-279
Calma T (2009)
Close the gap campaign for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health equality by 2030: a community guide.
Canberra: Australian Human Rights Commission
Curnow J, Joudo Larsen J (2009)
Deaths in custody in Australia: National Deaths in Custody Program 2007.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology
Draper GK, Somerford PJ, Pilkington AS, Thompson SC (2009)
What is the impact of missing Indigenous status on mortality estimates? An assessment using record linkage in Western Australia.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 33(4): 325-31
Small Candle Consulting (2009)
Indigenous sport program evaluation report.
Perth, WA: Department of Sport and Recreation, Western Australia
Steering Committee for the Review of Commonwealth Service Provision (2009)
Report on Government services 2009: Indigenous compendium.
Canberra: Productivity Commission
Indigenous data from the Report of Government services 2009 are compiled in this compendium to provide a focus on the purchase and supply of services. In this edition, government services are divided into the following categories: early childhood, education and training, justice, emergency management, health, community services and housing. For each category a framework of performance indicators highlights the level of objectives attained regarding the equity, effectiveness and efficiency of services. The interpretation of the data enable comparisons of Commonwealth and State Government services, including intra-government services.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Western Australian Department of Indigenous Affairs (2009)
Department of Indigenous Affairs annual report 2008/09.
Perth, WA: Government of Western Australia
2008
Australian Bureau of Statistics (2008)
Causes of death Australia, 2006.
Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics
Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing (2008)
Department of Health and Ageing annual report 2007-2008: outcome 8: Indigenous health.
In: Department of Health and Ageing annual report 2007-2008. Canberra: Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing: 129-140
Huxtable J (2008)
Closing the gap: positive stories from Aboriginal medical services in Western Australia.
Perth: Oxfam Australia
2007
Australian Bureau of Statistics (2007)
Causes of death Australia, 2005.
Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics
Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (2007)
Success stories in Indigenous health: a showcase of successful Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health projects.
Sydney: Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation
Health Reform Implementation Taskforce (2007)
Western Australian Aboriginal primary care resource kit.
Perth: Government of Western Australia, Department of Health
This action plan aims to offer service providers and communities a statewide vision for Aboriginal primary care, evidence-based priorities, an approach to culturally secure models of care, and achievable health outcomes that strongly emphasise a focus on child and maternal health. This plan seeks to build on existing strategies that are working successfully, establish strong links with new initiatives taking place and offers a framework to assist service providers and communities with their local planning. In particular, a lifecourse approach identifying key periods in life impacting on health is promoted for the planning and delivery of primary care services to Aboriginal people in Western Australia.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (2007)
National Strategic Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health 2003-2013: Australian Government implementation plan 2007-2013.
Canberra: Department of Health and Ageing
The Australian Government Implementation Plan was developed by the Department of Health and Ageing in consultation with all relevant Australian Government agencies and the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Council. It has a strong emphasis on a whole of government approach to addressing the key priorities identified.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
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