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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health

, 2021
This chapter will offer the reader an understanding of the meanings of health from an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspective and brief overview of the impact of European colonisation on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in relation
McMillan Faye, McDonald, Glenda, Deravin, Linda   +2 more
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‘We Are Australia’: Unpacking Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People's Understandings and Experiences of Australian Identity

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are the oldest living custodians in the world. However, Australian identity has been purposefully established to exclude Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, contributing to systemic oppression and harmful consequences. Understanding the perspectives and experiences of Aboriginal and Torres
Jack Farrugia, Jonathan Bullen
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Aboriginal Representation: Conflict or Dialogue in the Academy

The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2010
This research begins with the premise that non-Aboriginal students are challenged by much Aboriginal writing and also challenge its representations as they struggle to re-position themselves in relation to possible ...
Jeanine Leane
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2012 report: Victoria [PDF]

, 2013
This report provides the latest information on how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Victoria are faring according to a range of indicators on health status, determinants of health and health system performance.

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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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Taking the next steps: identification of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status in general practice [PDF]

, 2013
This report argues that the general practice sector needs to collect the Indigenous status of patients in order to provide health interventions specific to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, suggesting effective Indigenous identification ...

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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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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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Cancer in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia: an overview [PDF]

, 2013
This report brings together the most up-to-date data available from a wide range of sources to describe the status of cancer in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia.SummaryCancer in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...

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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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