TOWARDS A CULTURE OF IMPROVING INDIGENOUS HEALTH IN AUSTRALIA

1. Towards a history of Indigenous statistics in Australia

In 2003, the Productivity Commission report Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2003 demonstrated that Australia now has an extensive (though not time-deep) statistical archive through which we can compare Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. The report points to twelve ‘headline indicators’, and seven ‘strategic areas for action’, and it operationalises the ‘strategic areas for...

Historical perspectives on indigenous health in Australia.

In spite of much effort over the past 25 years, the life expectancy of the indigenous people remains nearly 20 years behind the non-Aboriginal white population of Australia. These figures compare unfavourably with the improved life expectancy over the past 25 years of other indigenous peoples, such as the New Zealand Maori and the American Indian populations. By 1990-94, the average Australian ...

Health initiatives by Indigenous people in Australia.

Improving Indigenous health through education.

In 2007, the online publication Crikey (https://www. crikey.com.au) estimated that over 20 such reports had been issued since the above comment was made. While clinicians focus on medical advances to benefit health care, real improvement in Indigenous health will come through attention to factors such as education, gender, power, racism and employment conditions. These daily living factors cons...

Role of non-Indigenous researchers in Indigenous health research in Australia: a review of the literature.

Objective This paper explores the body of knowledge around Indigenous health research and aims to outline what roles are appropriate for non-Indigenous researchers within Indigenous health research in Australia. Methods A literature review was conducted using CINAHL, PubMed and Scopus in May 2015. The search terms were 'non-Indigenous researchers' AND 'Indigenous health research' and other comb...