scholarly journals Using Facebook to reduce smoking among Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: a participatory grounded action study

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marita Hefler ◽  
Vicki Kerrigan ◽  
Becky Freeman ◽  
Gordon Robert Boot ◽  
David P. Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Torres Strait Islander ◽  
Torres Strait Islander People ◽  
Australian Aboriginal ◽  
Torres Strait ◽  
Grounded Action

Considering the Impact of Social Media on Contemporary Improvement of Australian Aboriginal Health: Scoping Review (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Troy Walker ◽  
Claire Palermo ◽  
Karen Klassen
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Torres Strait Islander ◽  
Aboriginal People ◽  
Aboriginal Health ◽  
Health Messages ◽  
Community Control ◽  
Torres Strait Islander People ◽  
Australian Aboriginal ◽  
Torres Strait

BACKGROUND Social media may have a significant role in influencing the present and future health implications among Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, yet there has been no review of the role of social media in improving health. OBJECTIVE This study aims to examine the extent of health initiatives using social media that aimed to improve the health of Australian Aboriginal communities. METHODS A scoping review was conducted by systematically searching databases CINAHL Plus; PubMed; Scopus; Web of Science, and Ovid MEDLINE in June 2017 using the terms and their synonyms “Aboriginal” and “Social media.” In addition, reference lists of included studies and the Indigenous HealthInfonet gray literature were searched. Key information about the social media intervention and its impacts on health were extracted and data synthesized using narrative summaries. RESULTS Five papers met inclusion criteria. All included studies were published in the past 5 years and involved urban, rural, and remote Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people aged 12-60 years. No studies reported objective impacts on health. Three papers found that social media provided greater space for sharing health messages in a 2-way exchange. The negative portrayal of Aboriginal people and negative health impacts of social media were described in 2 papers. CONCLUSIONS Social media may be a useful strategy to provide health messages and sharing of content among Aboriginal people, but objective impacts on health remain unknown. More research is necessary on social media as a way to connect, communicate, and improve Aboriginal health with particular emphasis on community control, self-empowerment, and decolonization.

scholarly journals Prevalence of Hepatitis C Among Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Graham ◽  
Mary-Ellen Harrod ◽  
Jenny Iversen ◽  
Jane Simone Hocking
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Hepatitis C ◽  
Torres Strait Islander ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Torres Strait Islander People ◽  
Australian Aboriginal ◽  
Torres Strait

Blood pressure and hypertension for Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

2006 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 438-443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zaimin Wang ◽  
Sabina Knight ◽  
Andrew Wilson ◽  
Kevin G. Rowley ◽  
James D. Best ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Torres Strait Islander ◽  
Torres Strait Islander People ◽  
Australian Aboriginal ◽  
Torres Strait

scholarly journals Sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption, correlates and interventions among Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities: a scoping review

BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. e023630 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen M Wright ◽  
Joanne Dono ◽  
Aimee L Brownbill ◽  
Odette Pearson (nee Gibson) ◽  
Jacqueline Bowden ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Scoping Review ◽  
Torres Strait Islander ◽  
Grey Literature ◽  
Torres Strait Islander People ◽  
Sugar Sweetened Beverage ◽  
Australian Aboriginal ◽  
Sweetened Beverage ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Rural Settings ◽  
Torres Strait

ObjectivesSugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption in Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is reported to be disproportionally high compared with the general Australian population. This review aimed to scope the literature documenting SSB consumption and interventions to reduce SSB consumption among Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Findings will inform strategies to address SSB consumption in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.MethodsPubMed, SCOPUS, CINAHL, Informit, Joanna Briggs Institute EBP, Mura databases and grey literature were searched for articles published between January 1980 and June 2018. Studies were included if providing data specific to an Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander population’s SSB consumption or an intervention that focused on reducing SSB consumption in this population.DesignSystematic scoping review.Results59 articles were included (1846 screened). While reported SSB consumption was high, there were age-related and community-related differences observed in some studies. Most studies were conducted in remote or rural settings. Implementation of nutrition interventions that included an SSB component has built progressively in remote communities since the 1980s with a growing focus on community-driven, culturally sensitive approaches. More recent studies have focused exclusively on SSB consumption. Key SSB-related intervention elements included incentivising healthier options; reducing availability of less-healthy options; nutrition education; multifaceted or policy implementation (store nutrition or government policy).ConclusionsThere was a relatively large number of studies reporting data on SSB consumption and/or sales, predominantly from remote and rural settings. During analysis it was subjectively clear that the more impactful studies were those which were community driven or involved extensive community consultation and collaboration. Extracting additional SSB-specific consumption data from an existing nationally representative survey of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people could provide detailed information for demographic subgroups and benchmarks for future interventions. It is recommended that a consistent, culturally appropriate, set of consumption measures be developed.

scholarly journals Hair cortisol, allostatic load, and depressive symptoms in Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Stress ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 312-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maximus Berger ◽  
Sean Taylor ◽  
Linton Harriss ◽  
Sandra Campbell ◽  
Fintan Thompson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Allostatic Load ◽  
Torres Strait Islander ◽  
Hair Cortisol ◽  
Torres Strait Islander People ◽  
Australian Aboriginal ◽  
Torres Strait

Blood pressure and hypertension for Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

2006 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 438-443
Author(s):  
Z. Wang ◽  
S. Knight ◽  
A. Wilson ◽  
K. G. Rowley ◽  
J. D. Best ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Torres Strait Islander ◽  
Torres Strait Islander People ◽  
Australian Aboriginal ◽  
Torres Strait
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