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Indigenous health resources

Resources for consumers

Indigenous health resources and information from Medicare Australia
http://www.medicareaustralia.gov.au/provider/pubs/program/indigenous.jsp

Indigenous health resources from the University of Tasmania
http://www.ruralhealth.utas.edu.au/indigenous-health/health-resources4-3-4.htm

Report on Australia’s Health 2008 from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (with large section on indigenous health), as quoted in the Introduction in the In Focus box
http://www.aihw.gov.au/publications/index.cfm/title/10585

Success stories around Australia in indigenous health from ANTaR (Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation)
http://www.antar.org.au/success/

RFDS flight nurse checks ears of patient QLD

Resources for health professionals

Health information from NACCHO (National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation)
http://www.naccho.org.au/resources/healthinfo.html

Detailed information about indigenous health from Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au

Information about the “Close the Gap” campaign: a campaign launched in 2007 to achieve equality in life spans between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians
http://www.hreoc.gov.au/social_justice/health/index.html

Compilation from the Medical Journal of Australia of articles on Aboriginal health
http://www.mja.com.au/Topics/Aboriginal%20health.html