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Summary of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people [PDF]
, 2021 Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a condition caused by alcohol exposure before birth. During pregnancy, alcohol freely crosses the placenta [1]. The baby cannot process the alcohol and this may result in damage to the baby’s brain and body.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
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The Health Status of Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australians [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2005 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 of our results to the inclusion of ?objective? health measures.
Booth, Alison L, Carroll, Nick
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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2018 Objective: Identifying preventative approaches to substance use in Indigenous communities is the foundation for developing evidence‐based responses. This study reports the findings of a systematic review of the published literature evaluating the impact ...
Lynore Geia +4 more
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The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2012 What is the state of play in Indigenous education today? What kind of thinking is driving the reform agenda in Indigenous education right now? What kinds of gains have we made and what work is there yet to do?
The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education
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Indigenous Knowledges and Sites of Indigenous Memory [PDF]
TRANSMODERNITY: Journal of Peripheral Cultural Production of the Luso-Hispanic World, 2017 Indigenous Knowledges and Sites of Indigenous Memory ARTURO ARIAS UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCED Introduction This special issue of Transmodernity emphasizes Indigenous knowledges that may be represented in literary texts, or else be manifestations present in “multi-dimensional sites of indigenous knowledges,” to use Michelle Wibbelsman’s phrase in ...
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Summary of respiratory diseases among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children [PDF]
, 2020 The Summary of respiratory diseases among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children is a plain language publication that provides summarised and updated information from the Review of respiratory diseases among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
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The magnitude of educational disadvantage amongst indigenous minority groups in Australia. [PDF]
, 2007 Indigenous groups are amongst the most disadvantaged minority groups in the developed world. This paper examines the educational disadvantage of indigenous Australians by assessing academic performance at a relatively early age.
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Australian Journal of PsychologyObjective 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 +3 more
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AIMS Public Health, 2020 Pandemic transmission of COVID-19 virus warranted activation of public health responses in all countries. Public health unit system of Sri Lanka (also known as the Medical Officer of Health unit system) managed by a medical doctor with special training ...
Pamila Sadeeka Adikari +3 more
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Comparisons of Australian Mental Health Distributions [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Bayesian nonparametric estimates of Australian mental health distributions are obtained to assess how the mental health status of the population has changed over time and to compare the mental health status of female/male and indigenous/non-indigenous population subgroups.
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