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The Need to Extend Beyond the Knowledge Gained in Cross-Cultural Awareness Training

The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2008
In the Health sector, Cross-Cultural Awareness Training has been seen as a way to improve knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to therefore improve service delivery and therapeutic ...
Bronwyn Fredericks
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art economies project: literature review [PDF]

, 2013
Executive summary: This literature review surveys writing about the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art and craft sector of remote Australia. The review has been compiled as a foundational text for the ‘Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art ...
Lisa Stefanoff, Woodhead, A., Tim Acker, Acker, Tim, Stefanoff, L., Alice Woodhead   +5 more
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‘Giving Back to Our Community’: The Retention of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Disability Workforce in New South Wales, Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia require culturally responsive services. The Australian government has committed to establishing strategies to increase the size of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander disability workforce; however, there is scant research on the factors influencing retention.
J. Gwynn, J. Gilroy, S. Peter, F. Talbot, K. Bulkeley, C. Alcorso, K. Gwynne, B. Rambaldini, A. Haines, M. Lincoln   +9 more
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An education intervention for childhood asthma by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers: a randomised controlled trial [PDF]

Medical Journal of Australia, 2010
To assess the outcomes of an education intervention for childhood asthma conducted by Australian Indigenous health care workers (IHCWs).Randomised controlled trial in a primary health care setting on Thursday Island and Horn Island, and in Bamaga, Torres Strait region of northern Australia, April 2005 to March 2007.88 children, aged 1-17 years, with ...
Valery, Patricia C., Masters, Ian B., Taylor, Brett, Laffoo, Yancy, O'Rourke, Peter K., Chang, Anne B.   +5 more
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2012 report: Queensland [PDF]

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

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Implementing Indigenous Data Sovereignty in Australia: A Five‐Phase Framework for Indigenous Data Governance

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article presents the development of a five‐phase Indigenous Data Governance (IDGov) Framework in Australia, focusing on partnerships between the Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (ACCHO) sector and non‐Indigenous health entities.
Jacob Prehn, Michael A. Guerzoni, Maggie Walter, Gawaian Bodkin‐Andrews, Bobby Maher   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Can’t be what you can’t see”: the transition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to higher education [PDF]

, 2014
This report presents the findings of an investigation into the processes, the data, the key issues, the pathways, the enablers, the constraints and the opportunities regarding the transition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students into higher ...
Stephen Kinnane, Katie Wilson, Terri Hughes, Sue Thomas, Judith Wilks   +4 more
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Expectations and Reality: The Lived Experiences of Australians With Psychosocial Disability Within the NDIS

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While Australia's National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was founded on principles of choice and control, for people with significant mental health challenges (what the NDIS calls ‘psychosocial disability’) these ideals often remain elusive. Support systems continue to be fractured and in the context of ongoing policy reforms, it is vital
Joel Hollier, Jennifer Smith‐Merry
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Decolonising tertiary psychology student support in Australia: empowering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander psychology students

Australian Journal of Psychology
Objective Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, including psychologists, are actively leading and decolonising psychology. The focus of decolonising psychology is on epistemic justice for Indigenous knowledges and delivering culturally responsive
Belle Selkirk, Pat Dudgeon, Chontel Gibson, Joanna Alexi   +3 more
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Integrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Across an Undergraduate Medical Curriculum in Australia

Australian Journal of Clinical Education, 2016
**Introduction** Many Australian university medical schools have struggled over the past decade to implement the professional standards and guidelines in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health into their already crowded curricula.
Janie D Smith, Shannon A Springer
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