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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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Stakeholder Perspectives on Therapeutic and Safe Building Design in Residential Care

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Residential care is a form of out‐of‐home care that plays a critical role in supporting vulnerable young people in Australia. However, there is an evidence gap regarding the built environment in this context. This research aimed to explore the perspectives of key stakeholders in residential care in Victoria, Australia, regarding design that ...
Carmen Schroder, Olivia Crivari, Phillippa Carnemolla, Libby Callaway   +3 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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‘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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Bloodborne viral and sexually transmitted infections in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: surveillance and evaluation report 2014 [PDF]

, 2014
This report provides information on the occurrence of blood borne viruses and sexually transmitted infections among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia for the purposes of stimulating and supporting discussion on ways forward in ...

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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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Literature review of the interplay between education, employment, health and wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in remote areas [PDF]

, 2013
The availability of timely, comprehensive and good quality data specifically relevant to remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander notions of health and wellbeing has been a significant obstacle to understanding and addressing related disadvantage in ...
Oanh K. Nguyen, Sheree Cairney
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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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The social determinants of otitis media in aboriginal children in Australia: are we addressing the primary causes? A systematic content review

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children experience some of the highest rates of otitis media in the world. Key risk factors for otitis media in Aboriginal children in Australia are largely social and environmental factors such as ...
Jack DeLacy, Tinashe Dune, John J. Macdonald   +2 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
wiley   +1 more source