The Health Status of Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australians [PDF]
We use unique survey data to examine the determinants of self-assessed health of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. We explore the degree to which differences in health are due to differences in socio-economic factors, and examine the sensitivity
Alison Booth, Nick Carroll
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Building community resilience in mine impacted communities : a study on delivery of health services in Papua New Guinea : a thesis presented in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Development Studies at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand [PDF]
, 2016 The purpose of this study was to explore the building of Community Resilience in mine-impacted communities in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The study aimed to establish the general relationship between community resilience, community capitals and the delivery ...
Kuir-Ayius, Dora Dau
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Evolution and Complementarity? Traditional and Complementary Medicine as Part of the International Human Rights Law Right to Health [PDF]
, 2020 In International Human Rights Law, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights defines the right to health as the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health.
Carne, Greg, Doolan, Angela
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In her 2024 paper Are Australian students' academic skills declining? Interrogating 25 years of national and international standardised assessment data, Larsen compiled an impressive summary of major international (PISA, PIRLS and TIMSS) and national (NAPLAN) standardised assessments pertaining to literacy and numeracy.
Pamela C. Snow +9 more
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Healthy Futures—Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services: report card [PDF]
During 2012-13, Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services saw just over 250,000 Indigenous clients. This report shows increases in the proportion of clients receiving appropriate processes of care for ten of the 16 primary health care indicators ...
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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BMC Health Services Research, 2016 BackgroundAssessment of the quality of primary health care health delivery systems is a vital part of continuous quality improvement (CQI) processes.
F. Cunningham +3 more
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On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
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Effective strategies to strengthen the mental health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people [PDF]
Introduction: The purpose of this paper is to draw on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) perspectives, theoretical understandings, and available evidence to answer questions about what is required to effectively address Indigenous people ...
Carrington Shepherd +5 more
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Health services, discrimination and ethnic/racial status: A case study of the problem in México and Colombia [PDF]
, 2013 Reflecting about and making evidence the relevance of the relationship between ethnic/racial status and use of health services motivated this academic work.
Alberto Valdés Cobos +2 more
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Development and preliminary validation of the 'Caring for Country' questionnaire: measurement of an Indigenous Australian health determinant [PDF]
, 2008 Background 'Caring for Country' is defined as Indigenous participation in interrelated activities with the objective of promoting ecological and human health.
Christopher P Burgess +63 more
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