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Culturally focused pre-surgery screening to reduce Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patient surgical cancellations

open access: yesJournal of Perioperative Nursing, 2021
Background: There are health disparities in many countries between First Nations and non–First Nations populations. In Australia, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population have several risk factors and are more likely to experience higher ...
Cory Williams   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Protocols

open access: yes, 2021
The University of Sydney Library is committed to embedding culturally competent practice in what we do. In 2019, the Library undertook a cultural audit involving 24 Library staff, 19 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander University of Sydney academic and professional staff, and 25 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.
University of Sydney Library   +1 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Cultural safety and maternity care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
PurposeTo discuss cultural safety and critique the provision of culturally appropriate maternity services to remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in Australia.ProcedureThe literature and policies around ‘culture’ and &lsquo ...
Barclay, Lesley M.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

The recording of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status in general practice clinical records: a cross‐sectional study

open access: yesAustralian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2016
Objectives: To document the frequency of recording of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status in general practice (GP) clinical records and to establish associations of this recording.
Allison Thomson   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Food Insecurity among Older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2018
It is well established that Indigenous populations are at a heightened risk of food insecurity. Yet, although populations (both Indigenous and non-Indigenous) are ageing, little is understood about the levels of food insecurity experienced by older Indigenous peoples.
Jeromey B. Temple, Joanna Russell
openaire   +3 more sources

Assessing the quality of health research from an Indigenous perspective: the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander quality appraisal tool

open access: yesBMC Medical Research Methodology, 2020
Background The lack of attention to Indigenous epistemologies and, more broadly, Indigenous values in primary research, is mirrored in the standardised critical appraisal tools used to guide evidence-based practice and systematic reviews and meta ...
Stephen Harfield   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Changing discourses in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research, 1914-2014 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people strongly assert that health research has contributed little to improving their health, in spite of its obvious potential.
Bainbridge, Roxanne   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Homelessness Service Usage Patterns of 30,000 Homeless and At‐Risk Households: The Melbourne Access Point Study

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Over the last three decades, overseas researchers have utilised administrative data to identify distinct patterns in shelter use. In Australia, the use of administrative data to understand service utilisation patterns among people ‘at risk’ of homelessness and experiencing homelessness is limited.
Godwin Kavaarpuo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Acting and Collecting: Imagining Asia through material culture and musical theatre

open access: yesMuseum & Society, 2015
This paper explores the link between Asian-inspired material culture and musical theatre through the collections of Anglo-Australian performer Herbert Browne (1895-1975).
Peter Thorley
doaj   +1 more source

Dementia in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people [PDF]

open access: yesMedical Journal of Australia, 2014
The article by Li and colleagues 1 in this issue of the Journal highlights an important emerging public health problem for Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population that incorporates many health issues relevant to the “close the gap” initiative.
openaire   +2 more sources

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