Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 23, no. 6, November/December 1999, pp. 24-25
Description
Conference of 150 delegates aimed to empower Indigenous Australian males to discuss a variety of social and health issues. Four recommendations were established to pursue.
Journal of Transcultural Nursing, vol. 10, no. 3, July 1999, pp. 220-228
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Literature review and study were conducted to ascertain attitudes towards the disease found that three distinct phases existed and that it was more important to the sample that practitioners had experienced the disease rather than they be of Aboriginal background.
Goals of review were to develop a population and health status profiles, review existing resources, recommend new services, and develop an implementation and evaluation plan.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 23, no. 2, March/April 1999, pp. 20-23
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The study, conducted in Queensland, Australia showed health workers judged conventional resources as insufficient and more culturally appropriate material for the specific patient group was needed.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 23, no. 5, September/October 1999, p. 2
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Provides update on the upcoming Third National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers Conference to be held in October 1999 in Cairns, Queensland, Australia.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 23, no. 4, July/August 1999, pp. 22-24
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Paper discusses the partnerships that have been developed to create stronger links between the Australian Aboriginal community, Aboriginal health services and mainstream health services.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 23, no. 4, July/August 1999, p. 32
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Stresses the importance of good data collection in order to deliver quality health care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander citizens in Australia.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 81, no. 11, November 1991, pp. 1466-1468
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Assesses the injury-related mortality rate for Native American children between the ages of 1 and 4 and finds that it is nearly three times that of the same age group in the general population.
Aboriginal and islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 15, no. 3, May/June 1991, pp. 11-13
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Research shows a lack of access to mental health services for Aboriginal people in urban and rural areas and training for health workers in the mental health area as well as a lack of staff and resources.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 4, 1999, pp. 1-22
Description
Seeks to add historical information on the self determination period by examining the implementation of US Indian health improvement policies and how those policies affected the Five Tribes of Oklahoma and the Pueblos of New Mexico.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, Incorporating Traditional Values in Social Work, April 1999, pp. 153-162
Description
Summarizes the major findings of a study conducted by the Institute for Human Resource Development for Medical Services Branch to transfer control of health services and budgets to First Nations communities.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 23, no. 1, January/February 1999, pp. 7-8
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Describes a campaign targeting Central Australian Aboriginal communities who have a smoking rate of 50%, double that of the non-Indigenous Australian community.
Aboriginal and Islander health Work Journal, vol. 15, no. 3, May/June 1991, p. 23
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Looks at Abmusic, an Aboriginal music organization, started in 1985 which provides advice for grant applications, employment for Aboriginal musicians, and rehearsal and taping facilities.
Information for Aboriginal people with AIDS who are in need of palliative care and their caregivers. Covers physical, spiritual/traditional, emotional, and mental aspects.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 23, no. 3, May/June 1999, p. 24
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Brief description of a program supported by the Rio Tinto Aboriginal Foundation which strives to improve the health status of the islanders with kidney disease.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 23, no. 3, May/June 1999, pp. 3-4
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Reports on how the Alice Springs Remote Health Service Women's Health Unit provides local women with the resources to direct their own community health program.
Provides an overview of the issues with a focus on injection drug users, young people, women, and factors of incarceration. Gives strategies to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS.
The Australian Journal of Rural Health, vol. 7, no. 4, November 1999, pp. 229-236
Description
Reviews customary Aboriginal health practices based on social and spiritual dysfunction and discusses how this information can provide a framework of understanding for Western medical systems.