Aboriginal health

Improving healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are more likely than other Australians to leave a healthcare service before receiving care or against medical advice, putting them at increased r... Read more

Calling out a lack of pandemic policy action for prisoners and other vulnerable groups

Editor: Nicole MacKeeAuthor: Stephen Duckett and Will Mackeyon: August 27, 2020In: #JusticeCOVID, Coronavirus outbreak 2019-2020, health inequalities, justice, public health, Social determinants of health

*** This story was updated on 27 August.*** Introduction by Croakey: The lockdown of Queensland prisons after a trainer at a Queensland Corrective Services academy tested positive for COVID-... Read more

Professor David Sanders: activist academic speaking truth to power

Editor: Peter McInnesAuthor: Fran Baumon: July 20, 2020In: #CroakeyREAD, global health, human rights, primary health care, public health

Recent research on the strategies and insights of global health activists in making change happen in population health and primary health care, as profiled in Croakey, included contributions... Read more

Tobacco use declining among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Editor: Nicole MacKeeAuthor: Emily Colonna, Raglan Maddox, Katherine Thurber, and Ray Lovetton: July 01, 2020In: Indigenous health, public health, Public health and population health, Social determinants of health, tobacco control

Thousands of premature deaths have been prevented by the drop in tobacco use among Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander people, write Ms Emily Colonna, Dr Raglan Maddox, Dr Katherine Thurber, a... Read more

Talking Teeth: Strengthening Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture in dental and oral health

Editor: Jennifer DoggettAuthor: Cathryn Forsyth, Marc Tennant, John Gilroy, Stephanie Short and Michelle Irvingon: May 22, 2020In: #TalkingTeeth, cultural safety, health and medical education, health workforce, Indigenous health, oral health, Social determinants of health

Introduction by Croakey: The latest instalment of the #TalkingTeeth series of articles focusing on oral health follows the theme on advancing outcomes in oral health for Australians left out... Read more

#Prevention2020 virtual conference @WePublicHealth

Editor: Jennifer DoggettAuthor: Hannah Pierceon: May 18, 2020In: @WePublicHealth, @WePublicHealth2020, alcohol, climate change, food and nutrition, Indigenous health, obesity, prevention, public health, Social determinants of health, sugar tax

Every week, a different guest tweeter takes charge of Croakey’s rotated, curated Twitter account, @WePublicHealth, and uses the account to cover specific health issues or events. Last week,... Read more

The impact of COVID-19 on mental health – implications for policy and practice in Australia

Editor: Jennifer DoggettAuthor: Sebastian Rosenbergon: May 12, 2020In: Coronavirus outbreak 2019-2020, COVIDglobalMHseries, Indigenous health, mental health, telehealth

This report from Dr Sebastian Rosenberg summarises a recent virtual roundtable on the implications of COVID-19 for Australia and the future organisation of mental health care. It identifie... Read more

We need to talk about racism in health – #VicVotes

Editor: Amy CoopesAuthor: Trevor Pearceon: November 15, 2018In: discrimination, Indigenous health, racism

Any attempts to address the gulf between Indigenous and non-Indigenous health are meaningless without a full and frank discussion about the systematic, institutionalised racism experienced b... Read more

The Health Wrap: the latest news on Republicans, poverty, Indigenous affairs, Aboriginal gathering places and a global air quality campaign

Editor: Mark RaggAuthor: Lesley Russellon: November 01, 2018In: air pollution, environmental health, global health, Indigenous health, poverty, public health, Public health and population health, Social determinants of health, The Health Wrap

Lesley Russell writes: There’s plenty to consider this week, in Australia and in the US. Health issues in the upcoming US midterm elections On Tuesday November 7, the people of the Uni... Read more

Healing Our Spirit Worldwide – be part of the solution

Editor: Mark RaggAuthor: Richard Weston and Juanita Sherwoodon: October 31, 2018In: discrimination, Indigenous health, public health, Public health and population health, racism, social and emotional wellbeing, Social determinants of health, social policy, trauma

First Nations people from across the globe will attend the eighth Gathering of Healing Our Spirit Worldwide (HOSW) in Sydney next month, to build solutions for First Nations communities. Co-... Read more