Aboriginal health


RAPID ROUNDUP: Utopia model could point the way to improving Aboriginal health – Experts comment

Mon Mar 3, 2008

In a finding which bucks the trend in Aboriginal health research, a study released in the Medical Journal of Australia today shows health outcomes at the Northern Territory community of Utopia are significantly better than  the average Territory Aboriginal community.

RAPID ROUNDUP: Apology to the stolen generation – experts respond

Tue Feb 12, 2008

The ‘motion of apology’ to the stolen generation of indigenous Australians will be moved by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd just after 9am AEDT tomorrow. As Australia prepares for tomorrow’s apology, experts in Indigenous health and welfare describe the importance of the apology and its potential impacts.

SCIENCE BLOGS: Alcoholism among Aboriginal Australians- relying on evidence or focus groups?

Thu Jun 28, 2007

Dr Alex Wodak Dr Wodak is Director of the Alcohol and Drug Service at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney. He has a major interest in prevention of HIV among injecting drug users, treatment of drug users, health aspects of prisons and drug policy reform. He is President of the Australian Drug Law Reform Foundation and former [...]