Health issues are a major problem for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Therefore there is a massive amount of information pertaining to this problem and Indigenous organisations for assistance.
NOTE: This is a moke-up page that will be redeveloped
after gaining more evidence.. and understanding ...
Queensland Health – Queensland Government.
Queensland Health’s vision is that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Queenslanders will experience health outcomes at least equivalent to the general population. https://www.health.qld.gov.au/atsihealth
- Making Tracks Toward Closing the Gap In Health Outcomes for Indigenous Queenslanders by 2033 – Policy and Accountability Framework https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0030/159852/making_tracks_pol.pdf
- Investment Strategy 2015-2018 https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/161831/making-tracks-inv-strat.pdf
Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council.
The Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council (QAIHC) is a leadership and policy
- QAIHC Submission to The Revised Registration Standards for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners (2018) https://www.qaihc.com.au/media/1186/qaihc-submission-to-the-revised-registration-standards-for-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-health-practitioners-final.pdf
- QAIHC National-Aboriginal-and-Torres-Strait-Islander-Health-Plan-2013-2023. https://www.qaihc.com.au/media/1084/national-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-health-plan-2013-2023.pdf
- Health QAIHC in response to the national ice taskforce. https://www.qaihc.com.au/media/1059/qaihc-position-paper-ice-1.pdf
ATSICHS Mackay.
To deliver quality and appropriate primary health care service to our regional community, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of the Mackay region that is tailored to meet their health needs. To work in partnership with regional community and other health service providers to ensure services are appropriate and accessible for our peoples. https://www.atsichs.org.au/
National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO)
The National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) is a living embodiment of the aspirations of Aboriginal communities and their struggle for self-determination. https://www.naccho.org.au/
Apunipima Cape York Health Council
Apunipima Cape York Health Council is an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (ACCHO) providing leadership in health advocacy and consultation. http://www.apunipima.org.au/
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practice Board of Australia
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Disability Network of Queensland (ATSIDNQ)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Disability Network of Queensland (ATSIDNQ) is a network of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with a disability, their families and carers. It was established to raise awareness of the cultural and social needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living with a disability. The Network provides opportunities to connect with others and supports a collective voice for members on the issues important to them.
http://www.atsidnq.com.au/
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Registered Training Organisation National Network (ATSIHRTONN)
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Registered Training Organisation National Network is known as ATSIHRTONN. ATSIHRTONN is a group of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Community Controlled Registered Training Organisations which have created a collective that is designed to build the capacity of its member RTOs to drive education and training delivery to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workforce. http://www.naccho.org.au/
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet.
Helping to close the gap by providing the evidence base to inform practice and policy in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health. https://healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Community Health Service (ATSICHS)
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Community Health Service (ATSICHS) Brisbane
We offer primary health care in the following areas: GP Services, dental, child, family & maternal health, diabetes treatment
Wuchopperen Health Service
A community controlled Aboriginal Health Organisation providing comprehensive primary health care services to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Cairns. Wuchopperen began providing health services in 1981 and has primary health care facilities in Manoora and Edmonton and a child wellbeing service in Atherton. https://www.wuchopperen.org.au/
Healing Foundation
The Healing Foundation is a national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Australian Bureau of Statistic
The Australian Bureau of Statistic purpose is to inform Australia’s important decisions by partnering and innovating to deliver
- 3238.0 – Estimates and Projections, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, 2001 to 2026 http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/3238.0
- 4727.0.55.001 – Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey: First Results, Australia, 2012-13 – http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/4727.0.55.001
- 4704.0 – The Health and Welfare of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Oct 2010 http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/4704.0
- 4714.0 – National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey, 2014-15 http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/4714.0
- 4715.0 – National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey, 2004-05 http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/4715.0
Deadly Choices
Deadly Choices – A deadly choice is a healthy choice. Their aim is to empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to make healthy choices for themselves and their families – to stop smoking, to eat good food and exercise daily. https://deadlychoices.com.au/
Online Resources
- Collection of Indigenous status in Queensland Health Data Sets (PDF, 100kB) https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0029/147629/factsheet1.pdf
- Department of Health Performance Indicators in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, Queensland (PDF, 738kB) https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0015/142800/queensland.pdf
- Department of Health Performance Indicators in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, Indicator
Defintions (PDF, 218kB) https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/153511/indicators_description.pdf - A multivariate approach to the disparity in perinatal outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous women, Queensland (PDF, 626kB). https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0022/370318/indigenous-peridisparity.pdf
- Discussion paper: Experimental life tables by remoteness, Queensland, 2002-04 and 2005-07 – Closing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Life Expectancy (PDF, 572kB) https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0025/361357/explifetab0512.pdf
- Identification of Indigenous status for measurement of perinatal risk factors and outcomes: mother or baby? (StatBite #62) (PDF, 354kB) https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/361541/statbite62.pdf
- Closing the Gap: Discharge against medical advice across public hospital wards by Indigenous status (StatBite #60) (PDF, 203kB) https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0026/144818/statbite60.pdf
- Supplementary techniques to age-standardisation in Indigenous health status reporting (Technical Report #11) (PDF, 111kB) https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0022/361561/techreport11.pdf
- Closing the gap in low birthweight births between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous mothers, Queensland (Statbite #46) (PDF, 84kB) https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0015/361410/statbite46.pdf
- Closing the gap in mortality rates for Indigenous children under five in Queensland (Statbite #45) (PDF, 92kB) https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/361420/statbite45.pdf
- Dialysis prevalence in Queensland adults by Indigenous status: Projected trends to 2026 (Statbite #40) (PDF, 104kB) https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0024/361581/statbite40.pdf
- Fertility of Indigenous women in Queensland (Statbite #36) (PDF, 76kB) https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0021/361641/statbite36.pdf
- Coronary heart disease mortality, hospital admission, and procedure rates for Indigenous Queenslanders (Statbite #31) (PDF, 71kB) https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0031/361669/statbite31.pdf
- A comparison of end-stage kidney disease and renal dialysis by Indigenous status in Queensland (Statbite #28) (PDF, 87kB) https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0021/361704/statbite28.pdf
- Indigenous and non-Indigenous life expectancy at birth in Queensland and Australia (Statbite #17) (PDF, 17kB) https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/361325/statbite17.pdf
- Are Indigenous admitted patients more likely to discharge against medical advice than non-Indigenous patients? (Statbite #11) (PDF, 81kB) https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0025/361447/statbite11.pdf
- Indigenous trends in population-based indicators of perinatal health in Queensland (Statbite #5) (PDF, 82kB) https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0025/361744/statbite5.pdf
- Indigenous infant mortality – the denominator dilemma (Statbite #1) (PDF, 93kB) https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0031/361489/statbite1.pdf
- Indigenous identification in administrative data collections and the implications for reporting Indigenous health status (Technical Report #3) (PDF, 109kB) https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0022/361633/techreport_3.pdf
- Measuring Indigenous perinatal outcomes – should we use the Indigenous status of the mother, father or baby? (Technical Report #2) (PDF, 135kB) https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0027/361773/techreport_2.pdf
- Cancer Among People Living in Rural and Remote Indigenous Communities in Queensland: An Update 1997-2002 (Information Circular #70) (PDF, 180kB) https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0028/144685/info70.pdf
- Trends in perinatal mortality, birth weight and gestational age among Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, and non-Indigenous babies in Queensland (Information Circular #67) (PDF, 158kB) https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0026/144719/info67.pdf
- Cancer among people living in rural and remote Indigenous communities in Queensland (Information Circular #54) (PDF, 59kB) https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0027/144765/info54.pdf
- Queensland Summary of National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Survey 1994 (Information Circular #41) (PDF 356kB) https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0023/144752/info41.pdf
- Health of Queensland Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders: Status Report (1996) (PDF, 2.79MB) https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0031/358564/statusrpt96.pdf
- Causes of Excess Deaths in the Torres Strait (Information Circular #27) (PDF, 222kB) https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0030/144894/info27.pdf
- Causes of Excess Deaths in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Populations (Information Circular #26) (PDF, 375kB) https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0024/144753/info26.pdf
- Social Health Atlas and 1989-90 National Health Survey (Information Circular #16)(PDF, 808kB) https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0024/144753/info26.pdf
- Aboriginal Health Comments (Information Circular #10) (PDF, 267kB) https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0027/144819/info10.pdf
- Identification of Indigenous status for measurement of perinatal risk factors and outcomes: mother or baby? (StatBite #62) (PDF, 354kB) https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/361541/statbite62.pdf
- Closing the Gap: Discharge against medical advice across public hospital wards by Indigenous status (StatBite #60) (PDF, 203kB) https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0026/144818/statbite60.pdf
- Supplementary techniques to
age-standardisation in Indigenous health status reporting (Technical Report #11) (PDF, 111kB) https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0022/361561/techreport11.pdf - Closing the gap in low birthweight births between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous mothers, Queensland (Statbite #46) (PDF, 84kB) https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0015/361410/statbite46.pdf
- Closing the gap in mortality rates for Indigenous children under five in Queensland (Statbite #45) (PDF, 92kB) https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/361420/statbite45.pdf
- Dialysis prevalence in Queensland adults by Indigenous status: Projected trends to 2026 (Statbite #40) (PDF, 104kB) https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0024/361581/statbite40.pdf
- Fertility of Indigenous women in Queensland (Statbite #36) (PDF, 76kB) https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0021/361641/statbite36.pdf
- Coronary heart disease mortality, hospital admission, and procedure rates for Indigenous Queenslanders (Statbite #31) (PDF, 71kB) https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0031/361669/statbite31.pdf
- A comparison of end-stage kidney disease and renal dialysis by Indigenous status in Queensland (Statbite #28) (PDF, 87kB) https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0021/361704/statbite28.pdf
- Indigenous and non-Indigenous life expectancy at birth in Queensland and Australia (Statbite #17) (PDF, 17kB) https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/361325/statbite17.pdf
- Are Indigenous admitted patients more likely to discharge against medical advice than non-Indigenous patients? (Statbite #11) (PDF, 81kB) https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0025/361447/statbite11.pdf
- Indigenous trends in population-based indicators of perinatal health in Queensland (Statbite #5) (PDF, 82kB) https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0025/361744/statbite5.pdf
- Indigenous infant mortality – the denominator dilemma (Statbite #1) (PDF, 93kB) https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0031/361489/statbite1.pdf
- Indigenous identification in administrative data collections and the implications for reporting Indigenous health status (Technical Report #3) (PDF, 109kB). https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0022/361633/techreport_3.pdf
- Measuring Indigenous perinatal outcomes – should we use the Indigenous status of the mother, father or baby? (Technical Report #2) (PDF, 135kB) https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0027/361773/techreport_2.pdf
- Cancer Among People Living in Rural and Remote Indigenous Communities in Queensland: An Update 1997-2002 (Information Circular #70) (PDF, 180kB) https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0028/144685/info70.pdf
- Trends in perinatal mortality, birth weight and gestational age among Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, and non-Indigenous babies in Queensland (Information Circular #67) (PDF, 158kB) https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0026/144719/info67.pdf
- Cancer among people living in rural and remote Indigenous communities in Queensland (Information Circular #54) (PDF, 59kB) https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0027/144765/info54.pdf
- Queensland Summary of National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Survey 1994 (Information Circular #41) (PDF 356kB). https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0023/144752/info41.pdf
Health of Queensland Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders: Status Report (1996) (PDF, 2.79MB) https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0031/358564/statusrpt96.pdf- Causes of Excess Deaths in the Torres Strait (Information Circular #27) (PDF, 222kB) https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0030/144894/info27.pdf
- Causes of Excess Deaths in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Populations (Information Circular #26) (PDF, 375kB) https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0024/144753/info26.pdf
- Social Health Atlas and 1989-90 National Health Survey (Information Circular #16)(PDF, 808kB) https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0024/144753/info26.pdf
- Aboriginal Health Comments (Information Circular #10) (PDF, 267kB) https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0027/144819/info10.pdf