Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, March 1977, p. 56
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Comments on how the environment that people live in has an impact on people's overall health. Article states that the World Health Organization's (WHO) definition of health is not just the absence of disease, but complete physical, mental and social well being.
Canada. Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples : People to People, Nation to Nation: Highlights from the Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
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Introduction to some of the main themes and conclusions in the final report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 20, no. 2, March/April 1996, pp. 32-36
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Looks at statistics for alcohol consumption, drug use, and smoking for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and the general population and the impact on policing in remote communities.
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 155, no. 11, December 1, 1996, pp. 1581-1583
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Editorial discusses the findings of a study done by Dr. Hariet MacMillan and associates, which is published in the same issue (CMAJ: Vol. 155, Issue 11, 1996, pages 1569-1578).
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 20, no. 2, March/April 1996, pp. 37-39
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Approaches the topic of injury as a public health problem by looking at risk factors, interventions, planing of programs and implementation and evaluation.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 1, no. 4, December 1977, pp. 16-19
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Describes how two Australian Aboriginals completed the Basic Skills Health Course and become part of the team at the Health Centre in a remote community in the Northern Territory.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 1, no. 4, December 1977, pp. 10-15
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Talks about compilation of Aboriginal language glossary of medical terms common across many language families in order to assist health care providers.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 1, no. 2, June 1977, pp. 4-7
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Chronicles the history of leprosy from its introduction into the Northern Territory in the late 1800s to new drug therapies and how it changes Aboriginal attitudes.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 1, no. 3, September 1977, pp. 33-34
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Brief article describes the provision of a home-delivered meal program for seniors in the isolated community in the Western Australian Central Desert area.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, March 1977, pp. 10-11
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Describes a brochure created to aid in the combat trachoma or sandy blight, a debilitating eye condition which affects people in dry, sunny areas of Australia.