scholarly journals Supporting cancer control for Indigenous Australians: initiatives and challenges for cancer councils

2008 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaouli Shahid ◽  
Kerri R Beckmann ◽  
Sandra C Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Awareness ◽  
Indigenous Population ◽  
Cancer Control ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Indigenous Australians ◽  
Cancer Statistics ◽  
Local Partnerships

As in other developed countries, the Australian population is ageing, and cancer rates increase with age. Despite their substantially lower life expectancy, Indigenous Australians are also experiencing concerning cancer statistics, characterised by increasing rates, later diagnosis, higher mortality, and lower participation in screening than the non-Indigenous population. Eighteen months after the first national Indigenous Cancer Control Forum, this environmental scan within the statebased Cancer Councils was undertaken to map activities in service provision in Indigenous cancer control with a view to sharing the lessons learned. The findings show that although most of the organisations had tried to work with Indigenous communities on cancer issues, there have been difficulties in building and sustaining relationships with Indigenous organisations. Lack of having Indigenous staff internally, few Indigenous-specific resources, and few planned, long-term commitments were some of the major impediments. Some of these limitations can easily be overcome by building and improving regional or local partnerships, providing cultural awareness training to internal staff, and by building the capacity of Indigenous organisations. Health promotion projects of the Cancer Councils directed at Indigenous people could be more effectively implemented with such considerations.

Creating lasting and fulfilling careers for Indigenous Australians

2015 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 489
Author(s):  
Llewellyn Williams
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Awareness ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Indigenous Australians ◽  
Recruitment Process ◽  
Awareness Training ◽  
Cultural Elements ◽  
Indigenous Development ◽  
Advisory Boards ◽  
Indigenous Participation

Recruiting Indigenous Australians is part of the oil and gas industry’s social responsibility. Indigenous recruits need to be ensured that they have lasting and fulfilling careers. In Transfield Services’ experience, retention is often the greatest challenge and significant time and resources is spent to identify strategies to help Indigenous employees progress their careers positively. The first and, arguably, the most important element is to engage early with Indigenous communities to identify key local Indigenous stakeholders and establish strong and trusting relationships. This provides a contextual platform and understanding that guides not only the recruitment process and role fit, but also the support required for individuals through their employment. Indigenous employees then are assigned a mentor to assist in developing their occupational skills. Mentors can be volunteers from across the company but they must work closely with Indigenous development managers to ensure full cultural awareness. Cultural awareness training should also be carried out extensively across an organisation and be backed up by day-to-day application of human resource polices that accommodate cultural elements specific to Indigenous Australians. Critically, organisations must also hold themselves accountable. Publicly available Reconciliation Action Plans (RAPs) must set transparent targets for recruitment and retention, and progress must be continually monitored by informed and independent advisory boards. In 2007, Transfield Services launched its first Indigenous participation strategy. It then became the first service provider to implement a RAP in 2009. Since then, it has launched an updated RAP, which earlier this year was endorsed by Reconciliation Australia—one of only a handful in the country to have this accreditation.

Keys to successful negotiation of indigenous land use agreements and building consent for the development of natural resources, The Great Sandy Desert Project, a case study

2021 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 516
Author(s):  
Jop van Hattum ◽  
Martin (Kusi) Bin-Rasheed ◽  
Graham Castledine
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Hydraulic Fracture ◽  
Cultural Awareness ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Indigenous Australians ◽  
Sandy Desert ◽  
Canning Basin ◽  
Indigenous Land ◽  
Hydraulic Fracture Stimulation

Theia Energy Pty Ltd discovered a substantial hydrocarbon resource in the Canning Basin, NW in Western Australia, just 150-km SE of Broome. Since 2014, Theia Energy has built a robust working relationship with the traditional owners of the land that hold native title over their permits. This relationship has developed through negotiation meetings, on-country cultural heritage surveys and cultural awareness training. The relationship has culminated in the negotiation of indigenous land use agreements (ILUA) with the Karajarri People that manage the impacts of potential development of the resource including the impacts of hydraulic fracture stimulation, and provide significant economic development opportunities. The consistent exchange of information and views has developed mutual understanding and respect allowing for the effective and pragmatic treatment of risks to allow for the exploration, and if successful the development, of the onshore Canning Basin. The Great Sandy Desert Project has the potential to bring substantial benefits to regional communities and is significant for economic development of the West Kimberley, state revenue and national liquid fuel security. This study discusses important lessons learned in building trust with traditional owners and custodians of the land and how cultural values can be protected while providing social and economic opportunities for Indigenous Australians in a sustainable and culturally appropriate way. It reflects on the outcomes of the many scientific inquiries into hydraulic fracture stimulation and the perception of risks and impacts of traditional owners which must be addressed in a genuine, meaningful and effective way. It also sets out how traditional owners have, through the negotiation of the ILUA with Theia Energy and in the absence of clear policy from Government, chosen to establish their own system of regulation and economic participation in the project to address and manage risks and impacts from the development of resources on their country.

scholarly journals Perspectives on Telehealth Projects in Northern Communities: Lessons Learned for Decolonized Participatory Design and Assessment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joelena Leader ◽  
Abby Goodrum
Keyword(s):  
Participatory Design ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Structural Constraints ◽  
Knowledge Mobilization ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Benefit ◽  
Technological Limitations

Northern and Indigenous communities face well documented challenges to accessing services and are impeded by significant infrastructure and technological limitations prompting the urgency to adopt innovative approaches to overcome these barriers. Telehealth – the means of accessing healthcare services and information across distance – promises to augment services to address access issues, yet notable utilization and structural constraints remain. Drawing on a recent community-based study capturing the perspectives from four Northern Saskatchewan communities on telehealth utilization, this paper draws attention to the importance of community collaborations as crucial to better decision-making and pathways forward. Specifically, this work identifies the need for decolonized participatory design (PD) and participatory technology assessment models that consider broader socio-cultural and technical factors to inform Indigenous technology design, adoption, and assessment for long-term community benefit. Further, to this is the need for community driven approaches and engagement through knowledge mobilization strategies that could better inform future community development.

Maximizing Outcomes in Group Treatment of Aphasia: Lessons Learned From a Community-Based Center

2014 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 100-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darlene Williamson
Keyword(s):  
Group Treatment ◽  
Treatment Protocol ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Group Program ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Multiple Treatment ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Communication Impairments ◽  
Treatment Settings

Given the potential of long term intervention to positively influence speech/language and psychosocial domains, a treatment protocol was developed at the Stroke Comeback Center which addresses communication impairments arising from chronic aphasia. This article presents the details of this program including the group purposes and principles, the use of technology in groups, and the applicability of a group program across multiple treatment settings.

1092: Long-Term Cancer Control of Retoroperitone-Oscopic Nephroureterectomy for Transidonal Cell Carcinoma of the Pelvis and Ureter; Nagaya Experience

2005 ◽  
Vol 173 (4S) ◽  
pp. 296-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryohei Hattori ◽  
Yasushi Yoshino ◽  
Momokazu Gotoh ◽  
Tokunori Yamamoto ◽  
Yoshinari Ono
Keyword(s):  
Cell Carcinoma ◽  
Cancer Control

Non-Fatal Deliberate Self-Harm in Three Remote Indigenous Communities in Far North Queensland, Australia

Crisis ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (6) ◽  
pp. 422-428 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Rouen ◽  
Alan R. Clough ◽  
Caryn West
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Indigenous Australians ◽  
Deliberate Self Harm ◽  
Health Care Center ◽  
Far North ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Self Harm

Abstract. Background: Indigenous Australians experience a suicide rate over twice that of the general population. With nonfatal deliberate self-harm (DSH) being the single most important risk factor for suicide, characterizing the incidence and repetition of DSH in this population is essential. Aims: To investigate the incidence and repetition of DSH in three remote Indigenous communities in Far North Queensland, Australia. Method: DSH presentation data at a primary health-care center in each community were analyzed over a 6-year period from January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2011. Results: A DSH presentation rate of 1,638 per 100,000 population was found within the communities. Rates were higher in age groups 15–24 and 25–34, varied between communities, and were not significantly different between genders; 60% of DSH repetitions occurred within 6 months of an earlier episode. Of the 227 DSH presentations, 32% involved hanging. Limitations: This study was based on a subset of a larger dataset not specifically designed for DSH data collection and assesses the subset of the communities that presented to the primary health-care centers. Conclusion: A dedicated DSH monitoring study is required to provide a better understanding of DSH in these communities and to inform early intervention strategies.

Conditions for the Hi-tech Complex Development

2003 ◽  
pp. 26-39
Author(s):  
V. Maevsky ◽  
B. Kuzyk
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Central Bank ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Industrial Society ◽  
Monetary Base ◽  
Complex Development ◽  
Bank System ◽  
Post Industrial

A project for the long-term strategy of Russian break-through into post-industrial society is suggested which is directed at transformation of the hi-tech complex into the leading factor of economic development. The thesis is substantiated that there is an opportunity to realize such a strategy in case Russia shifts towards the mechanism of the monetary base growth generally accepted in developed countries: the Central Bank increases the quantity of "strong" money by means of purchasing state securities and allocates the increment of money in question according to budget priorities. At the same time for the realization of the said strategy it is necessary to partially restore savings lost during the hyperinflation period of 1992-1994 and default of 1998 and to secure development of the bank system as well as an increase of the volume of long-term credits on this base.

The Reproduction Vector of the Russian Economy: 1999-2007

2008 ◽  
pp. 94-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Sorokin
Keyword(s):  
Economic Policy ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Growth Rates ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Gdp Per Capita ◽  
Real Sector ◽  
Russian Economy ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
The Developed Countries

The problem of the Russian economy’s growth rates is considered in the article in the context of Russia’s backwardness regarding GDP per capita in comparison with the developed countries. The author stresses the urgency of modernization of the real sector of the economy and the recovery of the country’s human capital. For reaching these goals short- or mid-term programs are not sufficient. Economic policy needs a long-term (15-20 years) strategy, otherwise Russia will be condemned to economic inertia and multiplying structural disproportions.

Periodic monitoring of vampire bats and rabies: a new framework for animal restoration projects in the Neotropics

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Gonçalves ◽  
Daniel G. Streicker ◽  
Mauro Galetti
Keyword(s):  
Disease Transmission ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Multidisciplinary Teams ◽  
Risk Area ◽  
Food Web Structure ◽  
Land Bridge ◽  
High Risk Area ◽  
Restoration Project ◽  
Vampire Bats

Nowadays, restoration project might lead to increased public engagement and enthusiasm for biodiversity and is receiving increased media attention in major newspapers, TED talks and the scientific literature. However, empirical research on restoration project is rare, fragmented, and geographically biased and long-term studies that monitor indirect and unexpected effects are needed to support future management decisions especially in the Neotropical area. Changes in animal population dynamics and community composition following species (re)introduction may have unanticipated consequences for a variety of downstream ecosystem processes, including food web structure, predator-prey systems and infectious disease transmission. Recently, an unprecedented study in Brazil showed changes in vampire bat feeding following a rewilding project and further transformed the land-bridge island into a high-risk area for rabies transmission. Due the lessons learned from ongoing project, we present a novel approach on how to anticipate, monitor, and mitigate the vampire bats and rabies in rewilding projects. We pinpoint a series of precautions and the need for long-term monitoring of vampire bats and rabies responses to rewilding projects and highlighted the importance of multidisciplinary teams of scientist and managers focusing on prevention educational program of rabies risk transmitted by bats. In addition, monitoring the relative abundance of vampire bats, considering reproductive control by sterilization and oral vaccines that autonomously transfer among bats would reduce the probability, size and duration of rabies outbreaks. The rewilding assessment framework presented here responds to calls to better integrate the science and practice of rewilding and also could be used for long-term studying of bat-transmitted pathogen in the Neotropical area as the region is considered a geographic hotspots of “missing bat zoonoses”.

PENGARUH INFRASTRUKTUR SECARA SPASIAL TERHADAP KONVERGENSI PERTUMBUHAN EKONOMI DI INDONESIA

INFO ARTHA ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 17-28
Author(s):  
Anisa Fahmi
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Regional Economics ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Road Infrastructure ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Catch Up ◽  
The Developed Countries ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Neoclassical Growth Theory

Motivated by inter-regional disparities condition that occurs persistently, this study examines the Indonesian economy in the long run in order to know whether it tends to converge or diverge. This convergence is based on the Solow Neoclassical growth theory assuming the existence of diminishing returns to capital so that when the developed countries reach steady state conditions, developing countries will continuously grow up to 'catch-up' with developed countries. Based on regional economics perspective, each region can not be treated as a stand-alone unit,therefore, this study also focuses on the influence of spatial dependency and infrastructure. Economical and political situations of a region will influence policy in that region which will also have an impact to the neighboring regions. The estimation results of spatial cross-regressive model using fixed effect method consistently confirmed that the Indonesian economy in the long term will likely converge with a speed of 8.08 percent per year. Other findings are road infrastructure has a positive effect on economic growth and investment and road infrastructure are spatially showed a positive effect on economic growth. In other words, the investment and infrastructure of a region does not only affect the economic growth of that region but also to the economy of the contiguous regions. 

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