Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 31, no. 2, March/April 2007, pp. 19-20
Description
Biennial conference attracted 1,200 delegates. Only two issues have been on the agenda for the 17 years of these gatherings. One is indigenous life expectancy, the other indigenous health inequality.
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Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 31, no. 2, March/April 2007, pp. 21-23
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Discusses program which aims to improve the health and wellbeing of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
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Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 5, no. 1, March 1981, pp. 13-15
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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.
Book review of: The Aboriginal Story of Burke and Wills: Forgotten Narratives edited by Ian D. Clark and Fred Cahir.
Scroll down to page 221 to read review.
Reviews research regarding transitional models as well as interviews of students to determine success and gaps in the transition experience. Presents recommendations.
Qualitative Report, vol. 19, no. 12, March 24, 2014, pp. [1]-19
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Strategies proposed to increase student success were: appointing Indigenous nursing professors; partnerships between nursing schools and Indigenous Education Support Units; and tailored cross-cultural awareness programs.
Social Sciences and Medicine, vol. 64, no. 1, January 2007, pp. 125-137
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Looks at how Australian politicians have shaped decades of health policy and influenced health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples of Australia.
Australian Humanities Review, no. 43, December 2007, p. [?]
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Comments on the life of a successful Australian artist.
Chapter from author's book, Green Power: Environmentalists Who Have Changed the Face of Australia.
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.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 31, no. 2, March/April 2007, pp. [14]-[15]
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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.
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.
BRNO Studies in English, no. 33, 2007, pp. 143-156
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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.
Canadian Dimension, vol. 41, no. 1, Indian Country, January/February 2007, pp. 48-51
Description
Focuses on activism in film and media arts, highlighting the ImagineNATIVE Film and Arts Festival and the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN).