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Cancer in aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia.

Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP, 2010
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians have a cancer incidence for all sites combined equivalent to or slightly lower than for other Australians. They have a higher incidence of cancers of the cervix, liver and gallbladder, oesophagus, unknown primary site, mouth and throat, lung and pancreas, but a lower incidence of cancers of the prostate,
Roder, D., Currow, D.
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Building knowledge for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander remote tourism: key visitor markets and opportunities in remote Australia [PDF]

This report  provides an overview of various visitor markets relevant to remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people involved in tourism. The report accumulates this information for CRC-REP stakeholders to update existing market knowledge ...
Damien Jacobsen
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Truth‐telling in the Australian Curriculum

The Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Unlike Canada and South Africa, Australia has not completed a national Truth‐telling of First Nations histories. As a consequence, the curriculum is at risk of excluding Truth‐telling, leading to indoctrination of past injustices as part of school learning.
Glenn Auld, Aleryk Fricker, A. Bryan Fricker, Jessamy Gleeson, Genée Marks, Jo Raphael, Roy Rozario, Peta J. White, Brezshia Ashcroft, Robin A. Bellingham, Alessandra D'Arbe, Brianna Damcevski, Jennie Darcy, Kim Davies, Claudia Filipic, Brandi Fox, Paul Garner, Amanda Hall, Shelley Hannigan, Amrita Kamath, Katie Lee, Eun‐ju Lee, Jing Leong, Catherine Milvain, Jonathan Newchurch, Alistair Noble, Joanne O'Mara, Jacqui Peters, Monika Wagner, Yinfeng Wang   +29 more
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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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Diabetes and depression: improving the quality of care for your community [PDF]

This is a summary of important findings from a continuous quality improvement (CQI) program for type 2 diabetes care in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care (PHC). The program has been in place for more than 10 years, with 175 health
Alison Laycock
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Constructive Memory in Truth‐Telling for Reconciliation

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Truth‐telling has, in diverse contexts, been conceptualised as a vehicle for achieving reconciliation following injustice. As a social and political phenomenon, it involves the communication of narratives grounded in episodic memory. Such narratives may fail to reproduce the details of past events and may even include details that were not ...
Alberto Guerrero‐Velázquez, Stephen W. Enciso   +1 more
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Evaluation of a Curriculum Embedded Weight Stigma Education Module in Dentistry and Oral Health Therapy Programs

Journal of Dental Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Interventions to reduce weight stigma in the dental setting are limited. Aims To evaluate the impact of a weight stigma educational module in an oral health student population on self‐reported weight stigma. Methods All final year dentistry and oral health therapy (OHT) students and first‐year OHT students at two Australian ...
Zanab Malik, Kathryn Williams, Dileep Sharma, Wei Xuan, Deborah Cockrell, Clare E. Collins   +5 more
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2012 report: Australian Capital Territory [PDF]

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

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“It's just us”: Families' experiences with temporary tube feeding

Nutrition in Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Children with temporary feeding tubes are discharged home with increasing frequency, yet little is known about how families adapt and manage in their home environment. Whereas the physical side effects of temporary feeding tubes are well documented, the psychosocial impact on families remains underresearched. Understanding families'
Claire Reilly, Jeanne Marshall, Jasmine Foley, Nikhil Thapar, Rebecca Packer   +4 more
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Learning from community voices about lateral violence and lateral empowerment: a scoping review of grey literature

Australian Journal of Psychology
Background Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth are vulnerable to racism, trauma and Lateral Violence (LV) where negative feelings and behaviours are directed towards members within their own oppressed group.
Yvonne Clark, Anneka Bowman, Rachel Elovaris, Treena Clark, Naomi Thornthwaite, Karen Peterson, Karen Hawke, Feda Ali   +7 more
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