Guides: Nursing: Indigenous Health

eBooks

Health Professionals and Indigenous Health : Working at the Interface. (2022) This book critically examines dominant Western health frameworks that essentialises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and health.
Indigenous Health and Wellbeing (2022) Indigenous burden of disease is 2.3 times that of non-Indigenous Australians; rates of psychological distress and chronic diseases are higher; there are disparities across education, housing, employment and income; access to health services is often limited and not culturally appropriate.
Overview of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health status in Western Australia (2019) The Overview of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health status (Overview) aims to provide a comprehensive summary of the most recent indicators of the health and current health status of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Websites

2023 Cultural Respect Framework 2016-2026 for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health This framework was developed for the Australian Health Ministers & Advisory Council by the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Standing Committee and should be used in the government health sector, health departments and hospital and primary health care settings to guide strategies to improve culturally respectful services.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework This report provides the latest information on how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are faring according to a range of indicators on health status, determinants of health and health system performance that are based on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework.
Cultural Safety in Healthcare - AIHW report The Cultural safety in health care for Indigenous Australians: monitoring framework brings together available data to assess progress in achieving cultural safety in the health system for Indigenous Australians.
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan 2021-2031 Department of Health and Aged Care's 10 year plan to improve health and wellbeing outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
WA Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing Framework 2015-2030 Key guiding principles, strategic directions and priority areas for the next 15 years, to improve the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal people in Western Australia.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet - Videos

Articles

Books

Aboriginal Children and Health (2016) This volume traces the complex reasons behind the disturbing discrepancy between the health and well-being of children in mainstream Australia and those in remote Indigenous communities.
Health Care and Indigenous Australians (2019) Offers a comprehensive framework for creating a culturally safe environment and enhancing health outcomes for Indigenous Australians.
Our Voices (2019) The text explores a range of current and emerging social work practice issues such as cultural supervision, working with communities, understanding trauma, collaboration and relationship building, and the ubiquity of whiteness in Australian social work.
Yatdjuligin: Aboriginal and Torres strait Islander Nursing and Midwifery Care (2021) This book introduces students to the fundamentals of health care of Indigenous Australians, encompassing the perspectives of both the client and the health practitioner.