Australia

The Aboriginal Health Worker Under Stress

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cyril Coaby
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 8, no. 3, September 1984, pp. 3-8
Description
Discusses the impacts, causes and offers solutions for reducing levels of stress among Australian Aboriginal health workers.
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Aboriginal Health Workers And AIDS

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Author/Creator
Gordon White
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 10, no. 4, December 1986, pp. 13-19
Description
Explanatory article for Australian Aboriginal health workers dispels myths and fills in information gaps people may have on the disease.
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Aboriginal Health Workers in Diabetes Care in Remote Community Health Centres: A Mixed Method Analysis

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Damin Si
Ross S. Bailie
Samantha J. Togni
Peter H. N. D'Abbs
Gary W. Robinson
The Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 185, no. 1, July 2006, pp. 40-45
Description
Identifies barriers for supplying primary healthcare to diabetes and other chronically ill patients. Recommends developing the role of Aboriginal healthcare workers to include counselling and health promotion.
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Aboriginal health Workers' Response to an Outbreak of Measles

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Author/Creator
Eleanor Brooks
Irene Ogilivie
Selina Helwind
Patricia Gamananga
Rodderick Burnett
Jeannie Gadambua
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 13, no. 3, September 1989, pp. 10-11,45
Description
Presents the actions taken by health workers to prevent the spread of measles through immunization of six to nine-month old children.
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Aboriginal Health Workers: Slaves or Miracle Workers?

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Author/Creator
Barbara Flick
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 19, no. 3, May/June 1995, pp. 10-11
Description
Paper presented at the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Forum on Sexual Health, May 14-17, 1995. Reports Aboriginal health workers are not recognized for the part they play in the primary health care system and are over worked and under paid.
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Aboriginal Health Workers Speak Out on Domestic Violence

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Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 13, no. 4, December 1989, pp. 11-14
Description
Discusses the need for education and information programs and training for male and female Aboriginal health workers in domestic violence counseling.
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Aboriginal Hearing Loss and the Criminal Justice System

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Author/Creator
Damien Howard
Sue Quinn
Jenny Blokland
Martin Flynn
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 18, no. 1, January/February 1994, pp. 9-11
Description
Links hearing loss to present social and psychological problems and how hearing loss is treated in respect to the criminal justice process.
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Aboriginal Home School Liaison Officers In Tasmania

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Author/Creator
Claire Anderson
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 10, no. 3, September 1986, pp. 58-59
Description
Program provides vital communication link between home and school for Aboriginal families in order to improve retention and success rates.
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Aboriginal Housing: A Bibliography

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Description
List of resources about Canada, New Zealand, Australia and the United States. Current as of 2008.
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Aboriginal Humour

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
W.E.H. Stanner
Aboriginal History, vol. 6, no. 1, 1982, pp. 39-48
Description
Comments on joking, laughter, and joking relationships.
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Aboriginal Issues in Career Development/Counselling

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Canadian Education and Research Institute for Counselling (CERIC)?]
Description
Literature review topics include demographic issues, isolated communities, access to higher education, workforce development, and entrepreneurship.
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Aboriginal Labour and the Cattle Industry

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Julie Finlayson
Aboriginal History, vol. 23, 1999, pp. 148-150
Description
Book review of: Aboriginal Labour and the Cattle Industry by Dawn May. Review located by scrolling to page 148.
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Aboriginal Labour Force: Some Documents

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
G.S. McIlroy
W.E.H. Stanner
Donald Thomson
Aboriginal History, vol. 16, no. 2, 1992, pp. 117-127
Description
Presents a letter followed by replies from the recipients and minutes of a meeting regarding the use of Aboriginal men as civilian labourers.
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Aboriginal Labour Market Programming: A Scoping Review

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alisa Harrison
Description
Purpose of report is to provide overview of best practices and highlight recurring issues in British Columbia, other parts of Canada and Australia. Looked at annual and symposium reports, internal documents and literature reviews.
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Aboriginal Land Rights History: Western Australia

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Claudio Pierluigi
Aboriginal Law Bulletin, vol. 2, no. 52, October 1991, p. 56
Description
Examines the three forms of land tenure in Western Australia, 99 year leases, small plots of land on pastoral leases, and 50 or 25 year special purpose leases, with no provision for Aboriginal or Native title.
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Aboriginal Language For Child Development

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Velma J. Leeding
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 7, no. 2, June 1983, pp. 9-12
Description
Investigates how non-Aboriginal sisters were able to consult with Aboriginal health workers to formulate a relevant language method to better inform parents about the proper time to bring their children in for immunizations.
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An Aboriginal Language Pedagogy Framework for Western New South Wales

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Author/Creator
Tyson Yunkaporta
ab-Original, vol. 3, no. 1, 2019, pp. 130-136
Description
Report summarizes progress of an Indigenous community research project that is creating an Aboriginal pedagogy framework for teaching First Peoples' languages in Western New South Wales, Australia.
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Aboriginal Law and Legislation

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Bill Henderson
Description
Discusses federal laws, court decisions and specific land claims commissions in Canada, the United States, New Zealand, and Australia.
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Aboriginal Liaison Officers: Breaking Down the Barriers

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Author/Creator
Mary Buckskin
Christine Larkin
Aboriginal and Islander health Worker Journal, vol. 19, no. 6, November/December 1995, pp. 26-28
Description
Researches issues of discrimination between white social workers in ACT Health and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, prompting changes and the hiring of an Aboriginal Liaison Officer.
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Aboriginal Life and Death in Australian Settler Nationhood

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Deborah Bird Rose
Aboriginal History , vol. 25, Special Section: Genocide?: Australian Aboriginal History in International Perspective, 2001, pp. [148]-162
Description
Paper explores three themes: disappearance, subjugated bodies, and banality.
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The Aboriginal Male in the Enlightenment World

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Victoria Grieves
Aboriginal History, vol. 37, 2013, pp. 137-138
Description
Book review of: The Aboriginal Male in the Enlightenment World by Shino Konishi. Scroll down to page 137 to read review.
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Aboriginal Maori and Inuit Youth Suicide: Avenues to Alleviation?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Colin Tatz
Australian Aboriginal Studies, no. 2, 2004, pp. 15-25
Description
Contends that there is a need for development of a different model for suicide alleviation for the Aborigines, Maori and Inuit in Australia, New Zealand and Nunavut.
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Aboriginal Maternal and Infant Care Workers: Partners in Caring For Aboriginal Mothers and Babies

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
G. E. Stamp
S. Champion
G. Anderson
B. Warren
D. Stuart-Butler
J. Doolan
C. Boles
L. Callaghan
A. Foale
C. Muyambi
Rural and Remote Health, vol. 8, no. 883, July 25, 2008, pp. 1-12
Description
Examines roles, issues and successes of Anangu Bibi Family Birthing Program, a perinatal care model based on inter-cultural partnerships.
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The Aboriginal Maternal Infant Care Story

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Author/Creator
Deanna Stuart-Butler
Renae Kirkham
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 34, no. 6, September 2010, pp. 9-11
Description
Looks at two Aboriginal health care workers who contributed to the improvement of health services for pregnant women and infant care in Aboriginal communities.
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The Aboriginal Maternity Service Tamworth

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Author/Creator
Betty Nichols
June Hurley
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 23, no. 4, July/August 1999, pp. 24-28
Description
Article profiles a service which operates for women within a 100 km radius of the community in New South Wales, Australia.
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Aboriginal Medical Practitioners: The Native American Experience

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Author/Creator
Art Kaufman
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 8, no. 4, December 1984, pp. 40-43
Description
Author who is a white physician and faculty member of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine reports of the efforts of his University to attract and retain Native American medical students.
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The Aboriginal Medical Service

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Author/Creator
Vickie Allen
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 11, no. 1, March 1987, pp. 29-31
Description
Review of free services offered by the Aboriginal Community Centre and profiles of some of the workers.
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The Aboriginal Medical Service, East Perth

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Author/Creator
Denis Hayward
Kevin Merritt
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 6, no. 2, June 1982, pp. 19-33
Description
Examines the roles of the various members who make up the Perth, Australia Aboriginal Medical Service.
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Aboriginal Medical Students at the University of Newcastle

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Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 13, no. 1, March 1989, pp. 14-18
Description
Includes interviews with Aboriginal medical students at the University of Newcastle about the courses, separation from families and homesickness, and finding accommodations.
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Aboriginal Mental Health

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cyril Coaby
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 12, no. 4, December 1988, pp. 21-27
Description
Looks at how historical past practices have effected the mental health of Aboriginal people .
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Aboriginal Mental Health

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Author/Creator
Cyril Coaby
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 5, no. 1, March 1981, pp. 13-15
Description
Author argues that most neglected part of Australian Aboriginal health is mental health and that alcohol abuse is rooted in the rapid changes in Aboriginal society.
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Aboriginal Mental Health

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cyril Coaby
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 5, no. 3, September 1981, pp. 9-12
Description
Argues that the causes, not effects of alcohol abuse need to be looked at as well as mental health.
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Aboriginal Mental Health: An Overview - Part 9 Child Development

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Author/Creator
Ernest Hunter
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 19, no. 1, January/February 1995, pp. 12-17
Description
Discusses the process of learning from permanence of objects, permanence of feelings and cognitive development. Follows a boy named Peter from infancy to preschool.
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Aboriginal Mental Health Awareness: An Overview

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Author/Creator
Ernest Hunter
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 16, no. 6, November/December 1992, pp. 14-17
Description
Describes different mental health illnesses and treatments for Aboriginal patients.
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Aboriginal Mental Health Awareness: An Overview - Part 2

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Author/Creator
Ernest Hunter
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 17, no. 1, January/February 1993, pp. 8-10
Description
Discusses the need for health workers to have mental health education in order to meet the needs of Aboriginal clients.
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