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Enhanced reporting of deaths among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples using linked administrative health datasets

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2012
Background Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are under-reported in administrative health datasets in NSW, Australia. Correct reporting of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is essential to measure the effectiveness of policies and ...
Taylor Lee K, Bentley Jason, Hunt Jennifer, Madden Richard, McKeown Sybille, Brandt Peter, Baker Deborah   +6 more
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Australian Practitioners' Beliefs, Confidence, and Training Needs for Delivering Behaviour Support to Children and Young People in Out‐of‐Home Care

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Children in out‐of‐home care (OOHC) frequently present with complex behavioural needs. In New South Wales (NSW), behaviour support plans (BSPs) are mandated when restrictive practices, including psychotropic medication, are used. Little research has examined whether the statutory workforce is adequately prepared to meet behaviour support ...
Manisha Abayakoon Stanborough, Kelly‐Ann Allen, Emily Berger, Mikaela Stanborough, Erin Leif   +4 more
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Assessment of acquired brain injury in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: guidance for DisabilityCare Australia [PDF]

, 2013
In early 2013, Brain Injury Australia was funded by the National Disability Insurance Scheme\u27s (NDIS) Practical Design Fund to develop a culturally appropriate NDIS assessment process for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons living with an ...
India Bohanna
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Artificial Intelligence and Access to Justice at the ‘Shop Front’: The Potential and Limitations of Meeting Legal Need Through Technology

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Australia, governments fund Community Legal Centres (CLCs) as part of the legal assistance sector (LAS) to meet the ‘legal needs’ of people experiencing disadvantage who cannot afford private legal services. Persistent unmet demand for CLCs is well‐documented. As artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly used in private legal practice to
Catherine Hastings, Art Cotterell, Farzana Bruce   +2 more
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health organisations: online services report - key results 2012-13 [PDF]

, 2014
Summary: This fifth national report provides an overview of 260 Australian Government-funded organisations that aim to improve health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

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Serum vitamin D levels, diabetes and cardio-metabolic risk factors in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians [PDF]

, 2014
Assesses levels of serum 25(OH)D in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians and explores relationships between 25(OH)D and cardio-metabolic risk factors and diabetes.
Lu, Zhong X, Graham R.D. Jones, Kanakamani Jeyaraman, Kanakamani Jeyaraman, Louise J. Maple-Brown, Ellis, Andrew, Richard J MacIsaac, Ashim Sinha, Jaquelyne T. Hughes, Paul Lawton, Andrew Ellis, Zhong X Lu, Maple-Brown, Louise J, Jerums, George, Jeyaraman, Kanakamani, MacIsaac, Richard J, Kerin O'Dea, Alan Cass, Lawton, Paul, George Jerums, Graham RD Jones, Zhong X. Lu, Jones, Graham Rd, Kerin O’Dea, Hughes, Jaquelyne T, Cass, Alan, O'Dea, Kerin, Louise J Maple-Brown, Richard J. MacIsaac, Jaquelyne T Hughes, Sinha, Ashim   +30 more
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Facilitating engagement through strong relationships between primary healthcare and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2016
Objective: Given the high prevalence of chronic disease, it is of concern that access to and sustained engagement with primary healthcare services by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians is often far lower than would be expected.
Carol Davy, Alan Cass, John Brady, Joanne DeVries, Barry Fewquandie, Suzzane Ingram, Ricky Mentha, Pamela Simon, Bernadette Rickards, Samantha Togni, Hueming Liu, David Peiris, Deborah Askew, Elaine Kite, Leda Sivak, Maree Hackett, Josée Lavoie, Alex Brown   +17 more
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Public Attitudes Toward Compassionate Release of Older People From Prison: Findings From a National Survey in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The rapid increase in older people in prison populations worldwide is generating significant health, cost, and human rights pressures on custodial systems. Compassionate release for older, frail inmates is a potentially effective response, yet little is known about public support for this approach.
Ye In (Jane) Hwang, Natasha Ginnivan, Amanuel Kidane Hagos, Tony Butler   +3 more
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Report on the use of linked data relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people [PDF]

, 2013
The Council of Australian Governments funded the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and the Australian Bureau of Statistics to review past, ongoing and planned data linkage studies that have an Indigenous focus.

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander researchers’ voices on the rights to sovereignty and self-determination in the field of health and medical research

First Nations Health and Wellbeing - The Lowitja Journal
Due to exclusionary policies, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have only been invited to be part of academic institutions in Australia for the past 65 years.
Felicity Collis, Kade Booth, Jamie Bryant, Catherine Chamberlain, Jaquelyne T. Hughes, Kalinda Griffiths, Mark Wenitong, Peter O’Mara, Alex Brown, Sandra Eades, Kelvin Kong, Michelle Kennedy   +11 more
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