The books, journal articles and other literature listed below have been identified by the working party as key resources in assisting academics to embed the Faculty of Health’s Indigenous Graduate Attribute, particularly with regard to the Health, social and emotional wellbeing of Indigenous Australians.

Indigenous artwork by Lucy Simpson

Artwork by Lucy Simpson, Gaawaa Miyay Designs, gaawaamiyay.co.

Books

Best, O & Fredericks, B. 2014 Yatdjuligin: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nursing and Midwifery Care, Port Melbourne, VIC Cambridge University Press

Thackrah, R & Scott, K. 2011 Indigenous Australian Health and Cultures: An Introduction for health professionals, Pearsons, Australia 

Behrendt, L. 2012, Indigenous Australia for dummies, John Wiley & Sons, Richmond, Vic. 

Carson, B., Dunbar, T., Chenhall, R.D. & Bailie, R. (eds) 2007, Social determinants of indigenous health, Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, N.S.W. 

Couzos, S. & Murray, R. 2007, Aboriginal primary health care: an evidence-based approach 3rd edn, Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, Vic. 

Purdie, N. 2010, Working together : Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health and wellbeing principles and practice, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare,

Trudgen, R.I. 2000, Why warriors lie down and die : towards an understanding of why the Aboriginal people of Arnhem Land face the greatest crisis in health and education since European contact : djambatj mala, Aboriginal Resource & Development Services, Darwin. 

Peer reviewed articles

Anjou, M.D., Boudville, A.I. & Taylor, H.R. 2012, ‘We Can See the Gap Regional Eye Health Coordination for Indigenous Australians’, Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 12-16. 

Azzopardi, P., Brown, A.D., Zimmet, P., Fahy, R.E., Dent, G.A., Kelly, M.J., Kranzusch, K., Maple-Brown, L.J., Nossar, V., Silink, M., Sinha, A.K., Stone, M.L., Wren, S.J. & Baker, I.D. 2012, ‘Type 2 diabetes in young Indigenous Australians in rural and remote areas: diagnosis, screening, management and prevention’, Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 197, no. 1, pp. 32-36. 

Baunach, E., Lines, D., Pedwell, B., Lange, F., Cooney, R. & Taylor, H.R. 2012, ‘The Development of Culturally Safe and Relevant Health Promotion Resources for Effective Trachoma Elimination in Remote Aboriginal Communities’, Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 9-16. 

Biles, J.M. & Biles, B.J. 2010, ‘Indigenous community participation: how does it relate to student centered learning and embrace primary health care philosophies?’, Contemporary Nurse, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 92-95. 

Blackman, R. 2010, ‘Understanding culture in practice: reflections of an Australian Indigenous nurse’, Contemporary Nurse, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 31-34. 

Crook, L., Longbottom, H., White, K.I.M., Thompson, M., Worner, F. & Board, W. 2012, ‘Waminda: Mums and Bubs Program’, Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 17-19.  

Davis, J.S., Cheng, A.C., McMillan, M., Humphrey, A.B., Stephens, D.P. & Anstey, N.M. 2011, ‘Sepsis in the tropical Top End of Australia’s Northern Territory: disease burden and impact on Indigenous Australians’, Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 194, no. 10, pp. 519-524.

Downing, R. & Kowal, E. 2010, ‘Putting Indigenous cultural training into nursing practice’, Contemporary Nurse, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 10-20. 

Doyle, K. 2011, ‘Modes of Colonisation and Patterns of Contemporary Mental Health: Towards an Understanding of Canadian Aboriginal, Australian Aboriginal and Maori Peoples’, Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 20-23.  

Ewen, S.C., Paul, D.J. & Bloom, G.L. 2012, ‘Do indigenous health curricula in health science education reduce disparities in health care outcomes?’, Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 197, no. 1, pp. 50-52. 

Firth, W., Crook, L., Lonesborough, A., Thompson, M., Worner, F. & Board, W. 2012, ‘Waminda’s Wellbeing Program’, Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 20-23. 

Garvey, G., Cunningham, J., Valery, P.C., Condon, J., Roder, D., Bailie, R., Martin, J. & Olver, I. 2011, ‘Reducing the burden of cancer for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: time for a coordinated, collaborative, priority-driven, Indigenous-led research program’, Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 194, no. 10,pp. 530-531. 

Hanssens, L. 2011, ‘”Suicide (Echo) Clusters” — Are They Socially Determined, the Result of a Pre-existing Vulnerability in Indigenous Communities in the Northern Territory and How Can We Contain Cluster Suicides?’, Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 14-19.  

Heffernan, E.B., Andersen, K.C., Dev, A. & Kinner, S. 2012, ‘Prevalence of mental illness among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Queensland prisons’, Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 197, no. 1, pp. 37-41. 

Hoy, W.E. 2011, ‘Research, information and consent for the Australian Health Survey: a separate standard for Indigenous people?’, Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 194, no. 10, pp. 509-510.  

Hunter, E.M., Gynther, B.D., Anderson, C.J., Onnis, L.-a.L., Nelson, J.R., Hall, W., Baune, B.T. & Groves, A.R. 2012, ‘Psychosis in Indigenous populations of Cape York and the Torres Strait’, Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 196, pp. 133-135.

Jack, S. 2012, ‘Closing the Gap on Diabetes – A Social Determinants of Health Perspective’, Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 27-30.  

Jelfs, P.L. 2011, ‘Indigenous participation in the Australian Health Survey: a response’, Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 194, no. 10, p. 511.  

Johnston, V., Thomas, D.P., McDonnell, J. & Andrews, R.M. 2011, ‘Maternal smoking and smoking in the household during pregnancy and postpartum: findings from an Indigenous cohort in the Northern Territory’, Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 194, no. 10, pp. 556-559.  

Jorm, A.F., Bourchier, S.J., Cvetkovski, S. & Stewart, G. 2012, ‘Mental health of Indigenous Australians: a review of findings from community surveys’, Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 196, pp. 118-121. 

King, M., King, L., Willis, E., Munt, R. & Semmens, F. 2012, ‘The experiences of remote and rural Aboriginal Health Workers and registered nurses who undertook a postgraduate diabetes course to improve the health of Indigenous Australians’, Contemporary Nurse, vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 107-117. 

Larkins, S.L., Page, R.P., Panaretto, K.S., Mitchell, M., Alberts, V., McGinty, S. & Veitch, P.C. 2011, ‘The transformative potential of young motherhood for disadvantaged Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in Townsville, Australia’, Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 194, no. 10, pp. 551-555  

Malié, S. & Robertson, L. 2011, ‘Planting a Seed and Watching it Blossom – Koori Community Kitchen Making a Difference’, Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 35, no. 6, pp. 4-7.

Marmot, M. 2011, ‘Social determinants and the health of Indigenous Australians’, Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 194, no. 10, pp. 512-513. 

McDermott, R.A., McCulloch, B. & Li, M. 2011, ‘Glycaemia and albuminuria as predictors of coronary heart disease in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults: a north Queensland cohort’, Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 194, no. 10, pp. 514-518. 

Meissner, V.G. 2010, ‘Exploring indigenous health using the clinical reasoning cycle: a student paper’, Contemporary Nurse, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 82-89. 

Onnis, L.-A., Hunter, E., Nelson, J., Gynther, B. & Anderson, C. 2011, ‘Exploring Severe Mental Illness (Psychosis) in Far North Queensland’, Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 35, no. 6, pp. 9-11.  

Priest, N.C., Paradies, Y.C., Gunthorpe, W., Cairney, S.J. & Sayers, S.M. 2011, ‘Racism as a determinant of social and emotional wellbeing for Aboriginal Australian youth’, Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 194, no. 10, pp. 546-550. 

Rigby, W., Duffy, E., Manners, J., Latham, H., Lyons, L., Crawford, L. & Eldridge, R. 2010, ‘Closing the Gap: cultural safety in Indigenous health education’, Contemporary Nurse, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 21-30. 

Robertson, J. 2010, ‘Tackling tobacco: a call to arms for remote area nurses’, Contemporary Nurse, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 49-56. 

Sherwood, J. 2013, ‘Colonisation – it’s bad for your health: the context of Aboriginal health’ (PDF, 320KB), Contemporary Nurse, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 28-40. 

Simpson, L., Zubrzycki, J., Reid, I. & Jones, V. 2011, ‘A Good Way of Doing Business! Working Together to Achieve Improved Outcomes for Aboriginal People in NSW Cancer Services’, Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 12-15. 

Tait, P.W. 2011, ‘How can Australia do better for Indigenous health?’, Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 194, no. 10, pp. 501-502. 

Thompson, M. 2010, ‘The best bang for our buck: recommendations for the provision of training for tobacco action workers and Indigenous health workers’, Contemporary Nurse, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 90-91. 

Toombs, M. & Gorman, D.O.N. 2011, ‘Mental Health and Indigenous University Students’, Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 22-24.  

Trueman, S.W.T., Mills, J. & Usher, K. 2011, ‘Racism in Contemporary Australian Nursing’, Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 35, no. 5, pp. 19-22. 

Usher, K. 2010, ‘Indigenous higher degree research students making a difference to the Indigenous health agenda’, Contemporary Nurse, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 102-106.  

Ward, J.S., Guy, R.J., Akre, S.P., Middleton, M.G., Giele, C.M., Su, J.Y., Davis, C.A., Wand, H., Knox, J.B., Fagan, P.S., Donovan, B., Kaldor, J.M. & Russell, D.B. 2011, ‘Epidemiology of syphilis in Australia: moving toward elimination of infectious syphilis from remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities?’, Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 194, no. 10, pp. 525-529.

West, R., West, L., West, K. & Usher, K. 2010, ‘Tjirtamai–‘to care for’: a nursing education model designed to increase the number of Aboriginal nurses in a rural and remote Queensland community’, Contemporary Nurse, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 39-48. 

Weston, A. 2011, ‘Development of an Online Yarning Place for Indigenous Health Workers’, Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 35, no. 5, pp. 5-16. 

Calma, T. 2011, ‘Challenges for the Social Work profession and Aboriginal people in working together’, paper presented to the 70th Anniversary Colloquium, University of Melbourne, 14 February 2011

Useful weblinks

2014 editions of the Remote Primary Health Care Manuals

Edith Cowan University, Australian Indigenous Health Infonet (website), viewed 21 June 2013

The Fred Hollows Foundation 2012, Indigenous Australia Program, The Fred Hollows Foundation, viewed 21 June 2013 

Australian Human Rights Commission Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Reports

Menzies Annual Report 2013
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AV resources

Julia Gillard: Closing the Gap speech to Parliament 2011

Kevin Rudd Apology Speech 13 Feb 2008

Paul Keating’s Redfern Park Speech, [Part 1] and [Part 2] 

Fiona Stanley: The State of Aboriginal Health June 2008

The Greatest Injustice: why we have failed to improve the health of Aboriginal people, delivered by Professor Fiona Stanley AC