Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, vol. 58, no. 1, Indigenous Health, Well-Being, Social and Economic Inclusion-Closing the Gaps, February 2011, pp. 54-57
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Provides a synopsis and commentary of Family Food Work: Lessons Learned From Urban Aboriginal Women About Nutrition Promotion by W. Foley published in Australian Journal of Primary Health, 16, 268-274.
Health Promotion Journal of Australia, vol. 22, no. 1, 2011, pp. 33-37
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Explores various components of health literary including: fundamental, scientific, community and cultural literacy. Argues that when working with a population whose first language is not English and who do not share a biomedical view of health, different methodologies are necessary.
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, vol. 43, no. 4, Growing Roots: Native American Evidence-Based Practices, October-December 2011, pp. 302-308
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Looks at the effectiveness of treatment, prevention and recovery programs at the Family & Child Guidance Clinic of the Native American Health Center located in the San Francisco Bay Area.
International Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 26, no. 4, 1997, pp. 797-805
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Found that admission rates were consistently higher among the Aboriginal population, particularly with respect to children and the non-metropolitan population.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 21, no. 3, May/June 1997, p. 29
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Draft summary makes recommendations to increase efforts to record Indigenous health information accurately in a standardized method for meaningful comparisons.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 4, The Interconnectedness of Languages, Rivers, and Forests, December 2011, p. [?]
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Discussion on Indigenous governance and territorial autonomy in defence of Indigenous rights and the destruction that the Patuca III dam project would cause.
South Atlantic Quarterly, vol. 110, no. 2, Sovereignty, Indigeneity, and the Law, Spring, 2011, pp. 309-327
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Looks at the use of British sovereignty over Indigenous criminal jurisdiction in Australia as opposed to Canada, United States and New Zealand, where localized methods are used.
Office of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission
Australian Indigenous Law Reporter, vol. 2, no. 2, April 1997, p. 30
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Uses findings of coroners inquests as a way of auditing the implementation of the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.
New Zealand Population Review, vol. 37, 2011, pp. 105-123
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Compares fertility patterns in New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the United States, looking at the links between colonization and minority status on patterns of population change.
Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, vol. 58, no. 1, Indigenous Health, Well-Being, Social and Economic Inclusion-Closing the Gaps, February 2011, pp. 1-2
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Comments on the health of Indigenous Australians, life expectancy rate, and the previous attempts by the government to redress the poor state of Indigenous health.
International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies, vol. 4, no. 2, 2011, pp. 40-48
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Looks at the importance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities taking a leadership role in the process of developing Indigenous health policy and programs.
McGill Journal of Education, vol. 32, no. 2, 1997, pp. 125-138
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Contends that the children in family-based bicultural classes had fewer late, absent and dropout behaviours when compared to students in mainstream classes.
Discusses the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in the criminal justice system.
Chapter 8 from Introduction to Criminological Thought by R. Walters and T. Bradley.
Focus on Health Professional Education, vol. 13, no. 1, 2011, pp. 35-43
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Discusses programs operating at the University of Melbourne, University of Hawai'i and the University of Otago in terms of rationale, positioning within the curriculum, recruitment practices, and evaluation.
CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture, vol. 13, no. 2, Thematic Issue: About Indigenous Literatures , June 2011, pp. 1-7
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Looks at how indigenous writers and scholars see non-Indigenous scholarly critics, writers, and readers, and examines how to establish Indigenous literature.
Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, vol. 58, no. 1, Indigenous Health, Well-Being, Social and Economic Inclusion-Closing the Gaps, February 2011, pp. 50-53
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Suggests that occupational therapists can play a role in advancing the health of First Australians moving towards health equality.