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The Power of Words: Bias and Assumptions in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Action Plan [PDF]

The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2017
This paper argues that genuine engagement and consultation is required where Indigenous voice is prevalent within the policy development process for true progress to be achieved in the educational attainments of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...
Melitta Hogarth
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What Matters 2 Kids: a mixed-methods protocol for developing a culturally-responsive illustrated well-being measure for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children [PDF]

BMJ Open
Introduction Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are the future custodians of country, culture and community for the world’s oldest living cultures.
Kirsten Howard, Martin Howell, Rosalie Viney, Gail Garvey, Michelle Dickson, Brendan James Mulhern, Darren Garvey, Kate Mallory Anderson, Alana Gall, Maryanne Theobald   +9 more
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Historical and Dialectical Perspectives on the Teaching of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Musics in the Australian Education System

The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2003
Indigenous studies (also referred to as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander studies) has a double identity in the Australian education system, consisting of the education of Indigenous students and education of all ...
Elizabeth Mackinlay, Peter Dunbar-Hall
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Transformative School Leadership: Strategies for Innovation and Improvement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education in Australia

Education Sciences
In Australian education, the challenges and complexities of school leadership and the educational achievement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people are frequently debated.
Antoinette Cole
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"It Is All About Education, Isn't It?": Community Priorities for an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Adolescent Nutrition Program. [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescents living in rural communities do not have sufficient access to health promotion services. Community programs that respond to adolescent needs, highlight community strengths, and are locally tailored are needed. Set in Queensland (Australia), this study was cross-sectional and qualitative in design.
Earle R, Littlewood R, Nalatu S, Leedie F, Yusif S, Walker JL.   +5 more
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“Everyone needs a Deb”: what Australian indigenous women say about breast cancer screening and treatment services

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background Breast cancer continues to be the second most diagnosed cancer overall and the most diagnosed cancer for women in Australia. While mortality rates overall have declined in recent years, Indigenous women continue to be diagnosed at more ...
Vita Christie, Deb Green, John Skinner, Lynette Riley, Ross O’Shea, Karen Littlejohn, Christopher Pyke, Debbie McCowen, Boe Rambaldini, Kylie Gwynne   +9 more
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Ear and hearing care programs for First Nations children: a scoping review

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background Ear and hearing care programs are critical to early detection and management of otitis media (or middle ear disease). Otitis media and associated hearing loss disproportionately impacts First Nations children.
Kai Nash, Rona Macniven, Liesa Clague, Harvey Coates, Mark Fitzpatrick, Hasantha Gunasekera, Kylie Gwynne, Luke Halvorsen, Samantha Harkus, Leanne Holt, Noeleen Lumby, Katie Neal, Neil Orr, Elizabeth Pellicano, Boe Rambaldini, Catherine McMahon   +15 more
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Does breast cancer policy meet the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in Australia? a review

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2023
Objective To evaluate if existing Australian public policy related to screening, diagnosis, treatment and follow up care for breast cancer addresses the needs of and outcomes for Indigenous1 women? Methods This review of policy employed a modified Delphi
Vita Christie, Lynette Riley, Deb Green, Kylie Snook, Mandy Henningham, Boe Rambaldini, Janaki Amin, Chris Pyke, Megan Varlow, Sally Goss, John Skinner, Ross O’Shea, Deb McCowen, Kylie Gwynne   +13 more
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Employability readiness for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students: Yarning Circles as a methodological approach to illuminate student voice

Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, 2021
This paper describes the current situation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander graduates entering the workforce and compares this with personal reflections from current Indigenous students engaged in the tertiary setting.
Michelle J. Eady, Joel Keen
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Increasing access to screening for blood-borne viruses and sexually transmissible infections for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: evaluation of the Deadly Liver Mob program’s ‘cascade of care’ across nine sites in New South Wales, Australia

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Background Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians are disproportionately impacted by blood-borne viruses (BBVs) and sexually transmissible infections (STIs).
Elena Cama, Kim Beadman, Mitch Beadman, Kerri-Anne Smith, Jade Christian, Aunty Clair Jackson, Beverley Tyson, Clayton Anderson, Larissa Smyth, Jennifer Heslop, Gary Gahan, Victor Tawil, Felicity Sheaves, Louise Maher, Julie Page, Donna Tilley, Ann Ryan, Kim Grant, Basil Donovan, Annabelle Stevens, Trevor Slattery, Kate Pearce, Franklin John-Leader, Andrew Walden, Jo Lenton, Margaret Crowley, Carla Treloar   +26 more
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