Australia

Brief description of program started in Port Keats south west of Darwin.

Highlights the potential of two philosophies, the Circle of Courage and Stronger Smarter, to increase student engagement and achievement.

Contents that the only way to control the disease is for government health departments to recognize the disease as a priority and to establish appropriate systems to treat and monitor patients.

Book review of: The Struggle for Aboriginal Rights by Bain Attwood and Andrew Markus. Review located by scrolling to page 282.

Comments on the life of a man who lived and worked a marginalized life.

Describes the approach the program takes to ensure that students graduate with the necessary skills, attitudes, knowledge and values to be effective professionals.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Chicago, 2008.

Looks at the protagonists in the films Beneath Clouds and Samson & Delilah.

Book review of: Studies in Comparative Pama-Nyungan edited by G. N. O'Grady and D. T. Tyron. Review located by scrolling to page 291.

Reports on the creation of four spots at the medical school for Australian Aboriginal students at Newcastle University in New South Wales.

Submission emphasizes points including suggesting the Australian government could learn from Canada's Food Mail Program.

Inquiry responds to the government's failure to adequately address recommendations in Bringing them home: Report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children From the Families.

Discusses the work of the Aboriginal Sobriety Group in getting Aboriginal people away from self-destructive behaviours connected to alcohol and drug abuse.

Article stresses the importance of health workers to establish patient relationship in order to achieve a better health outcome.

Talks about development of the Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council (ADAC) strategies to provide better delivery of services, and enable stronger ties to the Aboriginal community and to government agencies.

Description of the Masters program in Health Management offered at the University of New England in New South Wales, Australia.

Book review of: Fear and Temptation by Terry Goldie. Entire review section on one pdf. To access review, scroll down to appropriate page.

Discusses in evolutionary terms, the rapid changes in the diet of Aboriginal Australians and how current individuals can modify their eating habits positively.

Reports on how changing diets have produced a less healthier modern human. Asks the question whether sugar is an indulgence or an addiction.

Introduction to a special issue that focuses on the high risk of Indigenous youth suicide.

Studies found that suicide is multi-determined and that there are no simple answers to the youth epidemic experienced worldwide. However, colonialism, and the residual effects of it, are cited as a common factor in all worldwide studies of suicide rates among Indigenous Peoples.

Looks at value where by older people grow up to protect younger people and if it can offer any insight or response to the high rates of suicide among young Aboriginal men.

Identifies Indigenous people as being a high risk group for suicide due to socio-economic factors and geographic remoteness.

Data collected from 172 Koori youth living in Melbourne, Australia showed an unfavourable profile for the emotional, social, cultural and behavioural factors.

Retrospective analysis finds rates are rising with young Indigenous and elderly non-Indigenous men showing the greatest increase.

Examines the root causes of suicide and the impacts on Australian Aboriginal communities.

Purpose of review was to discover if there were successful interventions for promoting prevention and providing postvention support and look at the effectiveness of evaluation frameworks developed for these programs. Updated version.

Report from the Director, of the (Australian) National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research chronicles disease trends in Australia.

Review of current literature concludes that Australian Indigenous people experience a very great health disadvantage compared to non-Indigenous Australians.

Provides statistical information.

Article in a series provides an update of statistical information which has been re-analyzed to deliver better comparisons between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.

Looks at the various types of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in Indigenous Australians, the risk factors for CVD, and the high prevalence.

Article profiles diabetes as it impacts the Indigenous population of Australia.

Article in a series which briefly reviews current literature and re-analyzes it to provide clearer comparisons between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.

Provides review of current literature, statistical information and comparisons between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.

Provides statistical information on renal health.

Provides statistical information on eye health conditions in the Australian Indigenous population.

Describes the various sub-types and the significant disproportionate burden the disease places on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Provides statistical information regarding hospitalization numbers.

Article on HIV/AIDS appears as part of a series providing statistical information about specific areas of Indigenous health.

Reviews current literature and provides clearer comparisons of usage rates between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Australia.

Summary of injuries article series reviews current literature and provides statistical information about Indigenous health.

Reviews current literature and reinterprets it to provide more accurate comparisons between Indigenous and non-Indigenous uses of Kava, a psychoactive substance.

Provides statistical information examining mortality rates.

Article reviews current literature on the subject and re-analyzes it to provide clearer comparisons between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.