A Theory for Indigenous Australian Health and Human Service Work: Connecting Indigenous Knowledge and PracticeLorraine Muller Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, New South Wales, Australia, 2014, ISBN 978 1 74331 719 8

2014 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-235
Author(s):  
Tania M. White
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Human Service ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Service Work ◽  
Indigenous Australian ◽  
Australian Health ◽  
South Wales

Prevalence of chronic disease risk factors in 35- to 44-year-old humanitarian arrivals to New South Wales (NSW), Australia

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meena Chandra ◽  
Anthea Duri ◽  
Mitchell Smith
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Disease Risk ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Indigenous Populations ◽  
Indigenous Australian ◽  
Australian Health ◽  
Chronic Disease Risk ◽  
South Wales

The aim of this study is to compare the prevalence of chronic disease risk factors in humanitarian arrivals to Sydney, New South Wales (NSW) with the Australian Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations aged 35–44 years. Data on risk factors collected from 237 refugees presenting to the NSW Refugee Health Service (RHS) from January 2015 to August 2016 were retrospectively analysed and compared with data from the Australian Health Surveys, 2011–13 for the Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian populations. This study found significantly higher levels of triglycerides (z=3; 95% CI, 0.16–0.26); hypertension (z=3.2; 95% CI, 0.17–0.29); and smoking (z=3.5; 95% CI, 0.27–0.33) in refugees compared with the general Australian population. The Indigenous population had significantly higher levels of triglycerides (z=4; 95% CI, 0.16–0.26); body mass indexes (BMIs) (z=3.3; 95% CI 0.58–0.72); and smoking (z=5.4; 95 CI 0.27–0.33) compared with refugees. Based on the study findings, screening for chronic disease risk factors from age 35 years may be warranted in all humanitarian arrivals to Australia, along with dietary and lifestyle advice.

scholarly journals Indigenous Australian children and the impact of adoption legislation in New South Wales

The Lancet ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 393 (10180) ◽  
pp. 1499-1500
Author(s):  
Marlene Longbottom ◽  
Hannah McGlade ◽  
Marcia Langton ◽  
Kathleen Clapham
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Indigenous Australian ◽  
South Wales ◽  
The Impact

A Communitarian Correction for Health Outcomes in New South Wales?

1996 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Rissel
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
New South ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
State Level ◽  
Health Department ◽  
Australian Health ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Catchment Areas

For over a decade, there has been a growing focus on health outcomes in the Australian health care system at a national and state level. Designed to improve population health, health outcomes programs are an attempt to re-orient health services. In Australia, New South Wales (NSW) is probably the most advanced state in implementing a health outcomes approach. What is the role of communities in the model of health outcomes proposed by the NSW Health Department? A theoretical perspective of 'community' is presented, which is then used to analyse major policy documents and publications from the NSW Department of Health that advance a health outcomes approach. The interface between health services and communities is particularly important from the perspective of NSW Health Areas and Districts which must implement programs to improve the health outcomes of the communities in their catchment areas. The contribution to improved health outcomes that is possible by working with communities should not be lost in any re-orientation of health services.

Contingent, Contested and Changing: De-Constructing Indigenous Knowledge in a Science Curriculum Resource from the South Coast of New South Wales

2009 ◽  
Vol 38 (S1) ◽  
pp. 25-33
Author(s):  
Daphne Nash
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Science Curriculum ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Educational Practice ◽  
South Coast ◽  
The South ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
Cultural Connections

AbstractThe nature and status of Indigenous knowledge is often debated, but the idea that Indigenous people's knowledge is local knowledge seems widely accepted: knowledge is place-based and may reference a range of places, from traditional land to other places known from social and cultural connections. Through collaboration with Koori people from the south coast of New South Wales to develop a web-based science resource, other distinctive characteristics of their knowledge emerged. This paper explores some transformations in contemporary Indigenous knowledge, while acknowledging the history of colonisation in south eastern Australia. A focus on two examples of Koori art demonstrates that Indigenous knowledge is contingent, contested and changing in culturally denned ways. These aspects are often overlooked in educational practice that essentialises Indigeneity and Indigenous people's knowledge.

scholarly journals Differentials in hospital admission rates for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population in New South Wales

1998 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maged Ishak
Keyword(s):  
Hospital Admission ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Australian Population ◽  
Indigenous Australian ◽  
Admission Rates ◽  
Care Services ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Primary Health Care Services

The indigenous Australian population is well known to have higher rates of morbidityand mortality than the rest of the Australian population. The study reported in thispaper demonstrates the use of hospital admission data from New South Wales tomonitor the health circumstances and the main areas of differentials of the indigenouspopulation in relation to access to primary health care services. The study covers theperiod from 1989 to 1995. In providing a statistical approach to analysing largeroutine databases, the major results have been to provide estimates of the hospitaladmission rates by residential area, sex and age of patient, and to highlight the maindifferences.

Plants of New South Wales

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Von Mueller
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
South Wales
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