Australia

Reviews contemporary evidence for using the Historical Loss Scale and provides examples of stressors.

Looks at the progressive change in film style and in anthropological theory.

Explains how two Canadian court cases provide support for Aboriginal title, in common law, in Australia.

Presents stories and translations on the Aborigines reaction to the presence of Afghans.

Presents two stories about encounters with Afghans that were transcribed and analyzed from their original Diyari.

Looks at critical questions after the decision in Mabo v. Queensland.

Discusses the way an archival history series, feature film and budget drama addresses politics of reconciliation and the media's obsession with violence in remote Australia.

"This paper aimed to highlight the systemic and theoretical barriers for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who have been bereaved by suicide".

Discusses three themes that emerged from “Settler Colonial Biopolitics and Indigenous Lifeways” issue of American Indian Culture and Research Journal: (1) structural genocide in settler-colonial states' attempts at deracination; (2) Indigenous peoples' agency with regard to anti-normalization; and (3) decolonial resistance outside of imposed settler-colonial binaries.

"The aim of the study was to explore perspectives of older Indigenous Australians about their health and wellbeing".

Offers practical guidance for producing constructive and mutually beneficial agreements.

Brief article introducing the Australian Indigenous Doctors' Association's (AIDA) new president, Dr. Helen Milroy.

Looks at the cause, spread, patterns and stages of the virus and diagnosis.

Brief article advises readers on condom use in order to reduce the spread of AIDS.

Briefly explains how AIDS Awareness Week has helped raise awareness in Australia but continued education is needed to avoid becoming complacent.

Looks at the series of six comics whose stories are aimed at a certain group of Aboriginal people in each issue.

Briefly describes creation of kit for social workers in New South Wales, Australia.

Looks at some of the key policy decisions identified in the reports The National Aboriginal Health Strategy Working Party Report and The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People and HIV/AIDS.

Presents approach to AIDS education based on a series of workshops and consultation with local Aboriginal/Islander community to develop action plans.

Briefly discusses the logistical challenges of providing health care to isolated island located 72 kilometres north east of Thursday Island in the Torres Strait, Australia.

Article discusses the challenges of providing health care across the seventeen islands that comprise the Torres Straits Islands

Comments on the life of a successful Australian artist. Chapter from author's book, Green Power: Environmentalists Who Have Changed the Face of Australia.

Study identifies risk factors for adult renal disease through a screening program known as the Umoona Kidney Project. Information will be used by Aboriginal health workers.

Author describes her role and the history of the (Australian) Aboriginal Health Programme located in Brisbane, Queensland. Provides several reasons for alcohol abuse.

Outlines potential recipients, effective treatments, and principles guiding application. Uses evidence-based approach supplemented by expertise of members of the National Indigenous Drug and Alcohol Committee.

Discusses the problems incurred by mothers who consume alcohol during pregnancy.

Presents excerpt from Alcohol Awareness: A Handbook for Aboriginal Health Workers produced by the Public Health Department of Western Australia.

Statistics from the National Alcohol Indicators Project (NAIP) showed that Australia still has a long way to go address the health inequality between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.

Contains dialogue from an Australian play designed to inform and advise audiences on the dangers of alcohol abuse.

Investigates causes and finds stereotypes that need shattering before progress can be made to resolving the issue.

Author relates his experiences with alcohol abuse and recovery through Alcoholics Anonymous in Perth, Australia.

Brief article announces the completion of a new facility in Alice Springs, Australia. Reprinted from Yimi Wangka Alpmillinia, 2:2 December 1981.

Brief article provides a evidence-based, user-friendly resource to assist health professionals..

Examines the destructive effects of alcoholism on the Australian Aboriginal population.

Discusses prevention strategies that should be employed as part of a more proactive approach to combating the wide range of social problems that accompany this disease.

Reports on events leading up to creation of the Alice Springs Health Unit and discusses various primary health care strategies.

Book review of: Alive and Kicking by Annie Langlois. Review located by scrolling to page 168.

Comments on the intention of Asian explorers to exploit the rich natural resources, of Cape York Peninsula, for as long as it was profitable.

Examines the controversy over the question of the author's Aboriginality and ethnicity. Excerpt from Disability Studies & Indigenous Studies. Entire book on one pdf. To access paper, scroll to p. 108.

Book review of: The Alligator Rivers by Carmel Schrire. Review located by scrolling to page 205.

Chronicles the studies of Peter Elkin, an early anthropologist whose writings formed the basis of a key land claim case in 2007, dismissing the Wongatha native title claim.

Discusses the use of restorative justice in Canada, New Zealand and Australia to address the social context in which the crime was committed.

Examines two life writing narratives by Indigenous women writers from Australia and Canada to demonstrate the ways in which they present alternative (hi)stories of removed Indigenous children.