Reports
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Health strategies/reports/resources are provided within this section. Where available HNE sources have been listed first followed by NSW, Other States, Nationally and then Internationally. Reliability of data for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
- Aboriginal Data
- National
- A statistical overview of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia 2006, Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission (click for more info)
- Indigenous Population Projections NSW 2006 to 2031, NSW Aboriginal Land Council (click for more info)
- Indigenous statistics, Australian Bureau of Statistics (click for more info)
- National Advisory Group on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Information and Data: strategic plan 2006-2008, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (click for more info)
- Aboriginal Maps
- Hunter New England
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Locations in the Hunter New England Area, Hunter New England Health (click for more info)
- National
- Tribal Boundaries in Aboriginal Australia, South Australian Museum (click for more info)
- Aboriginal Organisations
- Other States
- Aboriginal Affairs Victoria, Portfolio Services and Strategic Projects Division (click for more info)
- Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of NSW, Aboriginal Health & Medical Research Council (click for more info)
- Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health, Northern Territory, Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health (click for more info)
- Indigenous Pychological Services (IPS), Northern Territory, Indigenous Pychological Services (click for more info)
- Koori Human Services Unit, Victoria, Portfolio Services and Strategic Projects Division (click for more info)
- NSW Aboriginal Housing Office, NSW Aboriginal Housing Office (click for more info)
- Alcohol
- National
- Alcohol Treatment Guidelines for Indigenous Australians 2007, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing (click for more info)
- National Alcohol Strategy 2006-2009, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing (click for more info)
- National Recommendations for the Clinical Management of Alcohol-Related Problems in Indigenous Primary Care Settings 2000, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing (click for more info)(click for more info)
- Alcohol and other drugs
- NSW
- Aboriginal Family And Carers Training (AFACT) NSW - No Shame, No Blame! - Family Comic 2007, NSW Health (click for more info)
- Aboriginal Information and Support Needs Assessment for Families and Carers 2007, NSW Health (click for more info)
- Indigenous Australian Alcohol and Other Drugs Bibliographic Database, National Drug Research Institute (click for more info)
- Koori DrugInfo Web site, Australian Drug Foundation (click for more info)
- Asthma
- National
- Asthma in the Australian Indigenous Population: a review of the evidence 2004, Aboriginal Health & Medical Research Council (click for more info)
- Taking a Breather: Asthma Management for Indigenous Australians 2007, National Asthma Council (click for more info)
- Bloodborne
- NSW
- Bloodbourne viral and sexually transmitted infections in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People 2007, National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, (click for more info)
- Increasing access in NSW to services for Aboriginal people at risk of contracting or who have blood borne infections 2004, Aboriginal Health & Medical Research Council (click for more info)
- National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus Health Promotion Report 2008, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing (click for more info)
- Breastfeeding
- National
- Breastfeeding in Aboriginal Mothers 2006, Australian Indigenous Health Infonet (click for more info)
- Growing strong:feeding you and your baby 2003, Queensland Health (click for more info)
- Cancer
- National
- Cancer diagnosis, treatment, and survival in Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians:a matched cohort study 2006, Menzies School of Health Research (click for more info)
- Epidemiology of cancer in Indigenous Australians:implications for service delivery 2007, Menzies School of Health Research (click for more info)
- Incidence, aetiology, and outcomes of cancer among Aborignal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia 2008, Menzies School of Health Research (click for more info)
- Participation in cervical screening by Indigenous women in the Northern Territory:a longitudional study 2006, Menzies School of Health Research (click for more info)
- Patterns of Cancer Care for Aboriginal people in NSW 2009, Cancer Council NSW (click for more info)
- Cardiovascular Disease
- National
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with coronary heart disease (summary booklet): further perspectives on health status and treatment 2006, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (click for more info)
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with coronary heart disease: further perspectives on health status and treatment 2006, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing (click for more info)
- Cardiovascular disease and its associated risk factors in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples 2004-05, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (click for more info)
- Improving the patient Journey:Achieving Positive Outcomes for Remote Aboriginal Cardiac Patients 2009, Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health (click for more info)
- Know Your Heart : Cardiovascular Training Manual for Aboriginal Health Workers 2005, NSW Health (click for more info)
- Strengthening Cardiac Rehabilitation and Secondary Prevention for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples 2005, National Health and Medical Research Council (click for more info)
- Child and Youth
- National
- A picture of Australia's children 2009, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (click for more info)
- Child Health Research Division, Menzies School of Health Research (click for more info)
- Dusseldorp Skils Forum Indigenous reports, Keeping Up 2009, Dusseldorp Skills Forum (click for more info)
- Ending the Cycle of Vulnerability:The Health of Indigenous Children 2008, Australian Medical Association (click for more info)
- How young indigenous people are faring 2009, Dusseldorp Skills Forum (click for more info)
- National survey of young Australians:key and emerging issues 2008, Mission Australia (click for more info)
- Progress of the Northern Territory Emergency Response Child Health Check Initiative:Health Conditions and Referrals 2008, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing (click for more info)
- Western Australia Aboriginal Child Health Survey 2007, Curtin University of Technology (click for more info)
- Western Australian Aboriginal Child Health Survey (WAACHS) 2000 - 2002, Australian Bureau of Statistics (click for more info)
- Chronic Conditions
- NSW
- Aboriginal Chronic Conditions Area Health Standards, NSW Health 2005, NSW Health (click for more info)
- Chronic Care for Aboriginal People - Walgan Tilly Implementation, Human Services Net (HSNet) (click for more info)
- Counselling
- National
- Cultural Liaison Workers:Learnings from the Mensline Australia Cultural X Change Project 2009, Australian Institute of Family Studies (click for more info)
- Cultural
- National
- Aboriginal Holistic Health 2007, Collaborative Centre for Aboriginal Health Promotion (click for more info)
- Cultural respect framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health 2004-2009, OATSIH (click for more info)
- Use of appropriate language when working with Aboriginal communities in NSW 2007, Department of Health and Community Services (click for more info)
- Data Sources
- National
- Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health (BEACH) Survey: a Study of General Practice Activity 1999, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (click for more info)
- Bringing Them Home Questionnaires - 2003-2008, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing (click for more info)
- National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey (NATSIHS) 2004-05, Australian Bureau of Statistics (click for more info)
- National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Survey (NATSIS) 2002, Australian Bureau of Statistics (click for more info)
- National Health Survey (NHS) 2001, Australian Bureau of Statistics (click for more info)
- National Hospital Morbidity Database from 1993-2007, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (click for more info)
- Diabetes
- National
- Diabetes in Indigenous Australians:possible ways forward 2007, Medical Journal of Australia (click for more info)
- The Management of Diabetes in Indigenous Australians from Primary Care 2007, BioMed Central (click for more info)
- The Relevance of an Accredited Australian Diabetes Educators Course to Aboriginal Health Workers, Supervisors and Aboriginal People in South Australia 2006, Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health (click for more info)
- Disability
- National
- Disadvantage
- National
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Access to Major Health Programs 2006, Medicare (click for more info)
- Australian Indigenous health within an international context 2007, Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health (click for more info)
- Australia's disturbing health disparities set Aboriginals apart 2008, World Health Organisation (click for more info)
- Close the Gap Solutions to the Aboriginal Health Crisis Facing Australia 2007, Oxfam Australia (click for more info)
- Indigenous Health Parts 1 (Determinants and Disease Patterns) and 2 (the Underlying causes of the Health Gap) 2009, The Lancet (click for more info)
- International Group for Indigenous Health Measurement, Vancouver 2005, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (click for more info)
- Life Expectancy for Indigenous Australians 2005-07, Australian Bureau of Statistics (click for more info)(click for more info)
- Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2009, Council of Australian Governments (click for more info)
- Social Justice Report - Achieving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health equality within a generation – A human rights approach 2005-08, Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission (click for more info)
- Ear Health
- National
- Employment
- National
- A blueprint for action:pathways into the health workforce for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 2008, National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Council (NATSIHC) (click for more info)
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health labour force statistics and data quality assessment 2009, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing (click for more info)
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing (click for more info)
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce National Strategic Framework 2002, OATSIH (click for more info)
- 'gettin em n keepin em' 2002, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing (click for more info)
- Labour Force Survey (LFS) 2006, Australian Bureau of Statistics (click for more info)
- Environmental Health
- National
- Evidence of Effective Interventions to Improve the Social and Environmental Factors Impacting on Health 2007, Australian Gov't Department of Health and Ageing (click for more info)
- Eye Health
- National
- Australian Government response to the Review of the Implementation of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Eye Health Program 2004, OATSIH (click for more info)
- Guidelines for the public health management of trachoma in Australia 2006, Australian Gov't Department of Health and Ageing (click for more info)
- Specialist eye health guidelines for use in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations 2001, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing (click for more info)
- Healing and Resilience
- Other States
- Healing and Resilience in Aboriginal Communities, Menzies School of Health Research (click for more info)
- Health and Welfare
- National
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Program Summaries from 1996, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing (click for more info)
- Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing Strategic Plan 2006-2010 2006, Department of Health and Human Services Tasmania (click for more info)
- Aboriginal Health Plan 2007-2011, Hunter New England Health (click for more info)
- Achievements in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Summary Report 2003, OATSIH (click for more info)
- AMA Report Card - No More Excuses 2002, Australian Medical Association (click for more info)
- Annual Reports 1998 - 2008, Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health (click for more info)
- Beyond bandaids:exploring the underlying social determinants of Aboriginal health 2007, Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health (click for more info)
- Expenditure on Health Services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People in the Loddon Mallee Region of Victoria 2004, VicHealth (click for more info)
- Face the Facts:Some Questions and Answers about Indigenous Peoples, Migrants and Refugees and Asylum Seekers 2008, Australian Human Rights Commission (click for more info)
- Medicare Health Checks for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians- 55+ collection form, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing (click for more info)
- National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Services Information Plan 2002, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (click for more info)
- National Community Services Information- A Strategic Plan 2005-09, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (click for more info)
- National Strategic Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health 2003-2013, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing (click for more info)
- National Strategies for Improving Indigenous Health and Health Care 2004, OATSIH (click for more info)
- National Summary of the 2001-2003 Jurisdictional Reports - Health Performance Indicators 2001-2003, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (click for more info)
- Report of the National Consultation Workshop for the Establishment of the Collaborative Centre for Aboriginal Health Promotion 2002, NSW Health (click for more info)
- Report on Adult Aboriginal Health from the New South Wales Population Health Survey 2002-2005, NSW Health (click for more info)
- Strengthening Aboriginal family functioning:What works and why? 2008, Australian Institute of Family Studies (click for more info)
- The health and welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples 2008, Australian Bureau of Statistics (click for more info)(click for more info)
- The NHMRC Road Map: A Strategic Framework for Improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health through Research and Final Report of Community Consultations on the NHMRC Road Map 2002, National Health and Medical Research Council (click for more info)
- Time for Action on Indigenous Health 2003, Australian Medical Association (click for more info)
- Other States
- Health of Aboriginal People in Hunter New England
- Hunter New England
- Hunter New England Health Performance Gateway (ONLY available via HNE Health Intranet), Hunter New England Health (click for more info)
- Health Promotion
- National
- Evaluating Australian Indigenous community health promotion initiatives:a selective review 2007, Awabakal Medical Service (click for more info)
- Principles for Better Practice in Aboriginal Health Promotion 2002, NSW Health (click for more info)
- Sexual Health Promotion for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples 2005, OATSIH (click for more info)
- The Public Health Bush Book, Northern Territory 2002, Department of Health and Community Services (click for more info)
- HIV/AIDS, STI and Hepatitis C
- NSW
- Identification
- NSW
- Better Practice Guidelines to Improve the Level of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Identification in the NSW Public Health System 2000, NSW Health (click for more info)
- Data quality of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander identification: 7 Community Services Data 2004, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (click for more info)
- Improving the quality of Indigenous identification in hospital separations data 2005, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (click for more info)
- Immunisation
- National
- National Indigenous Pneumococcal and Influenza Immunisation Program 2004, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing (click for more info)
- Injury
- National
- Injury of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people due to transport, 1999-00 to 2003-04, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (click for more info)
- Maternal and Infant Health
- Other States
- Beyond Empathy, pathways through parenting, a model for improving Indigenous access to maternal, infant and early childhood health and family services 2008, Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (click for more info)
- Boodjarri Business:Maternal Mental Health Resource for Aboriginal Health Workers 2008, Western Australia Department of Health (click for more info)
- Evaluation of the Aboriginal Maternal and Infant Health Strategy 2006, NSW Health (click for more info)
- Healthy For Life 2005-2009, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing (click for more info)
- Lifting The Weight - Low Birth Weight Babies: An Indigenous Health Burden That Must Be Lifted 2005, Australian Medical Association (click for more info)
- Mental Health
- International
- Money
- National
- Paying for Funerals Tips for Indigenous Consumers 2009, Australian Government (click for more info)
- Super and us mob 2009, Australian Government (click for more info)
- Native Title
- National
- Native Title Report 2007, Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission (click for more info)
- NSW Health
- NSW
- Nutrition
- Hunter New England
- A-B See with Wor-Ra-Kee (Karuah Family Nutrition and School Access Project) 2004, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing (click for more info)
- Aboriginal Diet and Nutrition 2008, Victorian Aboriginal Health Service (click for more info)
- Indigenous Nutrition Web Resource 2009, Australian Indigenous Health Infonet (click for more info)
- Recommendations arising from the National Nutrition Networks Conference 2008, Australian Indigenous Health Infonet (click for more info)
- Oral Health
- Other States
- Dental Health 2006, Dental Health Services Victoria (click for more info)
- Indigenous Oral Health, Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health (click for more info)
- Oral health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons 2003, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (click for more info)
- Palliative Care
- National
- Providing culturally appropriate palliative care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander peoples 2004, Australian Gov't Department of Health and Ageing (click for more info)
- Pandemic flu
- National
- Stay Away from Dead Birds 2008, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing (click for more info)
- 'When cooking our birds' script for health care or community worker 2008, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing (click for more info)
- Population and Housing
- National
- Agreement of the National Indigenous Housing Information 2000, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (click for more info)
- Census of Population and Housing 2001, Australian Bureau of Statistics (click for more info)
- Community Housing and Infrastructure Needs Survey (CHINS) 2007, Australian Bureau of Statistics (click for more info)
- Housing assistance programs and statistics, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (click for more info)
- National Indigenous Housing Guide Third Edition 2007, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (click for more info)
- Primary Health Care
- National
- Better Health Care: studies in the successful delivery of primary health care services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians 2001, OATSIH (click for more info)
- Capacity Development in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Service Delivery - Case Studies 2004, OATSIH (click for more info)
- Costings Models for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Services 2004, OATSIH (click for more info)
- Investment Analysis of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care Program in the Northern Territory 2004, OATSIH (click for more info)
- The link between primary health care and health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians 2008, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing (click for more info)
- Prison
- NSW
- Incarceration and the 2007, Criminal Justice Research Network (click for more info)
- National Prisoner’s Census 2006, Australian Bureau of Statistics (click for more info)
- Research Priorities in Aboriginal Prisoner Health 2008, Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health (click for more info)
- Undue Punishment? Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in Prison: An Unacceptable Reality 2006, Australian Medical Association (click for more info)
- Racism
- Other States
- In our own backyard: urban health inequities and Aboriginal experiences of neighbourhood life, social capital and racism 2009, Flinders University (click for more info)
- The impact of racism on Indigenous health in Australia and Aotearoa:towards a research agenda 2008, Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health (click for more info)
- Renal
- National
- An overview of chronic kidney disease in Australia 2009, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (click for more info)
- Sharing the True Stories, Improving Communication Between Health Staff and Aboriginal Patients Stage One Report 2005, Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health (click for more info)
- Sharing the True Stories:Evaluating Strategies to Improve Communication Between Health Staff and Aboriginal Patients Stage Two Report 2005, Collaborative Centre for Aboriginal Health Promotion (click for more info)
- Research
- NSW
- Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of NSW (AH&MRC), Aboriginal Health & Medical Research Council (click for more info)
- Successful strategies in Indigenous organisations 2007, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (click for more info)
- Values and Ethics - Guidelines for Ethical Conduct in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Research 2003, National Health and Medical Research Council (click for more info)
- Resources; booklets, kits, pamphlets
- National
- Indigenous Resources, Australian Institute of Family Studies (click for more info)
- National Association for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (NAPCAN), National Association for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (NAPCAN) (click for more info)
- Protocols for Producing Indigenous Australian Writing 2007, Australian Council for the Arts (click for more info)
- Working with Aboriginal people and communities: a practice resource 2009, Department of Health and Community Services (click for more info)
- Rural Health
- National
- Information Kit: Allowance for Support Services to Remote Area Aboriginal Health Services 2001, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing (click for more info)
- Rural, regional and remote health: mortality trends 1992-2003, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (click for more info)
- Sexual Assault
- International
- Aboriginal healing circle models addressing child sexual assault 2007, Winston Churchill Memorial Trust of Australia (click for more info)
- Working with Indigenous Survivors of Sexual Assault 2008, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) (click for more info)
- Smoking
- International
- International Indigenous Tobacco Control, Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Tobacco Control (click for more info)
- Tobacco action plans for NSW, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia, 2001-2004, Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Tobacco Control (click for more info)
- Social and Emotional Wellbeing
- National
- Evaluation of the Emotional and Social Well Being (Mental Health) Action Plan 2001, OATSIH (click for more info)
- Measuring the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples 2009, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (click for more info)
- Stolen Generation
- National
- Bring them home: the 'Stolen Children' report 1997, Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission (click for more info)
- Substance Use
- National
- Substance Misuse and Primary Health Care among Indigenous Australians 2003, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing (click for more info)
- Targets
- National
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework 2008 report: detailed analyses 2008, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (click for more info)
- Close the Gap National Indigenous Health Equality Targets 2008, Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission (click for more info)
- National Summary of the 2003 and 2004 Jurisdictional Reports Against the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Indicators, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (click for more info)
- Northern Territory Aboriginal Health Key Performance Indicator Information System 2007, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing (click for more info)
- Violence
- National
- Communities confronting family violence... promising practices and valuable lessons 2007, Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission (click for more info)
- When it's right in front of you: Assisting health care workers to manage the effects of violence in rural and remote Australia 2002, National Health and Medical Research Council (click for more info)
