Promoting the Health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island People: Issues for the Future

1997 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 22-24
Author(s):  
Sandra Angus
Keyword(s):  
Torres Strait Island ◽  
The Future ◽  
Torres Strait

scholarly journals In the pursuit of equity: COVID-19, data and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-45
Author(s):  
Kalinda Griffiths ◽  
Ian Ring ◽  
Richard Madden ◽  
Lisa Jackson Pulver
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Torres Strait Islander ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Quality Of Data ◽  
Success Story ◽  
Torres Strait Islander People ◽  
Pandemic Planning ◽  
The Future ◽  
Torres Strait

Since March 2020 in Australia, there has been decisive national, and state and territory policy as well as community led action involving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as information about COVID-19 arose. This has resulted in, what could only be framed as a success story in self-determination. However, there continues to be issues with the quality of data used for the surveillance and reporting of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people during the pandemic. This article discusses some of the important events in pandemic planning regarding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and how this relates to surveillance and monitoring in the emerging and ongoing threat of COVID-19 within Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. The authors also identify some of the data considerations required in the future to monitor and address public health.

Anzac, Race and Empire

2018 ◽  
pp. 169-186
Author(s):  
Shanti Sumartojo ◽  
Ben Wellings
Keyword(s):  
Military Service ◽  
Torres Strait Island ◽  
New Public ◽  
Torres Strait ◽  
The Military

In 2015, a new memorial was unveiled in Sydney’s Hyde Park, the formal green rectangle in the city’s centre. In a creative and vibrant city like Sydney, the launch of a new public artwork was not remarkable, but this event differed because it was a new war memorial, and even more unusually, it commemorated the military service of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Australians. Designed by Indigenous artist Tony Albert, ...

scholarly journals The future growth and spatial shift of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, 2016–2051

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Taylor ◽  
Tom Wilson ◽  
Jeromey Temple ◽  
Margaret Kelaher ◽  
Sandra Eades
Keyword(s):  
Torres Strait Islander ◽  
Spatial Shift ◽  
The Future ◽  
Torres Strait ◽  
Future Growth

Immunity to hepatitis B, poliomyelitis and measles in fully vaccinated Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island children

1995 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 345-349 ◽  
Author(s):  
JN HANNA ◽  
WL SEXTON ◽  
JL FAOAGALI ◽  
PJ BUDA ◽  
ML KENNETT ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hepatitis B ◽  
Torres Strait Island ◽  
Torres Strait

Who is an Aborigine?

1984 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-58
Keyword(s):  
Social Structure ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
Aboriginal People ◽  
Strong Sense ◽  
Torres Strait Island ◽  
Torres Strait ◽  
Sense Of Identity ◽  
Aboriginal Groups ◽  
Aboriginal Person

The answer to the question above may seem obvious, but it often appears that there is misunderstanding among the community at large about who and what Aborigines are.The Federal Government sums up the answer this way:An Aboriginal person is one of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Island descent who identifies as Aboriginal or Islander and is accepted as such by the community with which he or she is associated.While Aboriginal people often differ markedly in their outlook and values from non-Aboriginal people, it is not so well known that Aboriginal groups themselves vary in language, culture and social structure.These differences between Aboriginal people depend on their attachment to traditional cultural values, the degree to which they have adopted a European lifestyle and in the customs of differing regional groups.Whatever their background. Aboriginal people have a strong sense of identity and pride in being Aboriginal.

Community Involvement: The Saibai State School Experience

1988 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve Castley
Keyword(s):  
Community Involvement ◽  
Active Role ◽  
School Experience ◽  
Active Part ◽  
State School ◽  
Torres Strait Island ◽  
Torres Strait

The purpose of this report is to investigate the need for and purposes of parental and community involvement in an Outer Torres Strait Island school, namely Saibai State School, and to explore and report on some of the approaches to community involvement that we have trialled in our school.If a school is aiming to educate its students for an active role in the society, then it is vital that the school be a living, active part of that society. It is unrealistic for teachers to assume that the school can stay separated from the community but still educate its students in a real and meaningful way.

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