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.
Survey questions focused on four core areas: awareness, attitudes, perceptions and action. Sample consisted of 1,007 non-Indigenous individuals aged 18 or more and 617 Indigenous Australians.
Survey developed to provide a benchmark of progress towards reconciliation by measuring knowledge of facts, attitudes, and actions taken by individuals and governments. Sample was 1,007 Australians aged eighteen and up.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 33, no. 1, January/February 2009, p. 6
Description
Brief description of the statistical component for the innovative web resource designed to, 'close the gap' in health between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
Shows incident of stomach cancer is higher in Indigenous populations globally and is linked to poor socioeconomic conditions and a lower standard of health.
BMC Health Services Research, vol. 14, May 1, 2014, p. article no. 196
Description
Surveyed 187 women. Key issues included high rates of stressful life events during pregnancy, low levels of choice in place of birth and model of care, and limited options to carry out cultural practices. High levels of confidence in ability to parent were also reported.
Outlines the targets made by the Australian government to close the gap in life expectancy, early childhood health, education, and employment between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 6, no. 2, Fall, 2009, pp. 25-39
Description
Looks at four factors which emerged from research and fifty-six interviews: developing business skills, integrating culture with economic development, separation of business from community politics, and greater independence from government.
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 123, December 2014, p. 278–286
Description
Discusses the importance of participation from Aboriginal community and community controlled organizations in local governance and the impact for improving health equity.
Australian Journal of Social Issues, vol. 44, no. 4, Summer, 2009, pp. 417-439
Description
Provides information from a survey on knowledge of superannuation and data from Australian National Survey of Financial Literacy (ANZ 2003) and Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy 2003.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 5, no. 2, The Governance of Indigenous Information, 2014, pp. 1-32
Description
Looks at the efforts to improve the governance of data between governments and Indigenous organizations and communities and presents a selection of initiatives undertaken in Canada, the United States and Australia.
International Journal of Social Welfare, vol. 18, no. 1, January 2009, pp. 57-64
Description
Uses child protection, out-of-home care and juvenile justice administrative data to show the level of disproportionality has not improved and presents recommendations to address the Indigenous disadvantage.
Looks at how social enterprise applied to tourism can offer Indigenous peoples opportunities to develop their economic potential and to become self-sufficient communities.
Research has initiated high-quality information describing the health of Victorian Aboriginal infants and children and more accurate information on births and deaths of Aboriginal infants and children.