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Best Practices in Intercultural Health [PDF]
This paper presents some of the background research that contributed to the discussions within the Inter-American Development Bank's policy and strategy regarding indigenous health issues. The paper's conceptual approach and good practice research helped
Javier Mignone +2 more
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Superannuation Reimagined: Moving Beyond the Origins to an Indigenous Focus
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Retirement income systems, such as superannuation, are meant to be non‐discriminatory and consider disadvantage faced by members of society. There are significant differences between the life expectancies of Indigenous and non‐Indigenous peoples. The gap in life expectancies is not considered when determining when Indigenous peoples can retire.
Levon Ellen Blue +2 more
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Education programs for Indigenous Australians about sexually transmitted infections and bloodborne viruses [PDF]
As a group, Indigenous Australians experience poorer health outcomes than other Australians, including in the area of sexual health. Indigenous Australians have substantially higher rates of STIs, BBVs and teen pregnancy than non-Indigenous Australians ...
James Ward, Natalie Strobel
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Australia's Closing the Gap reform aims to address disparities experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. There are specific targets focussed on key educational transitions; yet, the transition to secondary education is not a targeted priority.
Azhar Hussain Potia +3 more
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A Thematic Inquiry into the Burnout Experience of Australian Solo-Practicing Clinical Psychologists
Frontiers in Psychology, 2018 Objective: Burnout is conceptualized as a syndrome that consists of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and decreased personal accomplishment. Despite the increased frequency and severity of burnout in the Western world, there is limited published ...
Trent E. Hammond +2 more
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Improving the accessibility of health services in urban and regional settings for Indigenous people [PDF]
Introduction: Even though a wide range of health services exist in most urban and regional centres, they are not necessarily accessible. Accessible health services are physically accessible, affordable, appropriate and acceptable (that is, culturally ...
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Competing interests: digital health and indigenous data sovereignty
npj Digital MedicineDigital health is increasingly promoting open health data. Although this open approach promises a number of benefits, it also leads to tensions with Indigenous data sovereignty movements led by Indigenous peoples around the world who are asserting ...
Ashley Cordes +6 more
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BMC Public Health, 2012 BackgroundThe transfer and implementation of acceptable and effective health services, programs and innovations across settings provides an important and potentially cost-effective strategy for reducing Indigenous Australians' high burden of disease ...
Janya McCalman +5 more
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In this paper, we trace the journey to create the Strong Roots for our Futures Program, a government program to resource and support Traditional Owners to undertake a range of activities in areas where no state recognition existed. We provide a background to state recognition in Victoria before considering the program design, leading to an ...
Nell Reidy +2 more
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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2017 Objective: To examine reported outcomes of health services delivered by telehealth to Indigenous Australians. Methods: Systematic review of the literature.
Liam J. Caffery +4 more
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