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Gentile, Victoria, Adrian Carter, and Laura Jobson. "Examining the Associations Between Experiences of Perceived Racism and Drug and Alcohol Use in Aboriginal Australians." Journal of the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet 3, no. 1 (2022): 1–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.14221/aihjournal.v3n1.3.

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Objective This study aimed to explore the relationships between experiences of perceived racism, mental health and drug and alcohol use among Aboriginal Australians. Method Sixty-two Aboriginal Australians, ranging in age from 19-64 years (Mage = 33.71, SD = 12.47) and residing in Victoria completed an online questionnaire containing measures of perceived racism, alcohol use, substance use and mental health. Results First, 66% of the sample reported experiencing interpersonal racism, with the highest proportion of reported experiences occurring in health settings, educational/academic settings and by staff of government agencies. Second, perceived racism was significantly associated with poorer mental health and well-being. Finally, while perceived racism was not significantly associated with substance use, there was an indirect pathway from perceived racism to substance use through mental health concerns. Conclusions The current research indicates that racism is still frequently experienced by Aboriginal Australians and is directly associated with poorer mental health, and indirectly with substance use through poorer mental health. The findings demonstrate a clear need for further research in this area.
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Atkinson-Briggs, Sharon, Alicia Jenkins, Christopher Ryan, and Laima Brazionis. "Prevalence of Health-Risk Behaviours Among Indigenous Australians With Diabetes: A Review." Journal of the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet 3, no. 4 (2022): 1–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.14221/aihjournal.v3n4.6.

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians are at high risk of Type 2 diabetes and its complications. Optimal lifestyle choices can improve health outcomes. A thematic review of original research publications related to smoking, nutrition, alcohol intake, physical activity and emotional wellness in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians with diabetes was performed. Overall, 7118 English-language publications were identified by search engines (PubMed, CINAHL, Scopus, Medline-Web of Science, and Google Scholar) with search terms Indigenous Australians OR Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders AND diabetes AND lifestyle OR smoking OR nutrition OR alcohol OR physical activity OR emotional wellbeing and their common synonyms. After review of abstracts and publication reference lists, 36 articles met inclusion criteria and were reviewed. In general, the self-reported health-related behaviours of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australian adults with diabetes, which is predominantly Type 2 diabetes, was suboptimal. An important clinical challenge in diabetes care is to sustainably reduce smoking, improve nutrition (including alcohol use), increase physical activity, reduce sedentary time, and improve emotional wellbeing, which should lead to reduced rates of diabetes complications. Regular assessments and multi-stakeholder input, including individuals, communities, clinical, health policy, societal and government inputs and partnerships, are desirable to facilitate closing the gap in health between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous Australians.
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Snijder, Mieke, Bianca Calabria, Timothy Dobbins, and Anthony Shakeshaft. "Factors Associated with Alcohol-Related Injuries for Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Australians: An Observational Study." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 2 (January 7, 2020): 387. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17020387.

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Alcohol use and related injuries are a leading risk factor for deaths and disabilities in Australia, particularly for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. An improved understanding of individual and geographical community characteristics that are significantly associated with higher rates of alcohol-related injuries for specific populations can contribute to more effective efforts aimed at reducing alcohol-related injuries. For Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians in New South Wales, this study used emergency department (ED) data to investigate rates of alcohol-related injuries, whether differences in rates vary between communities, and individual and community characteristics significantly associated with alcohol-related injuries. Differences in rates of alcohol-related injuries between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people varied significantly between communities. Being younger than 38 years old was significantly associated with increased risk of alcohol-related injuries, independent of Aboriginal status and gender. Increased disadvantage of the geographical community inhabited was associated with increased alcohol-related injuries for males. For Aboriginal males, living in a regional community was significantly associated with increased alcohol-related injuries, compared to living in major cities. Conversely, for non-Aboriginal people, living in regional communities was significantly associated with fewer alcohol-related injuries. It is therefore likely that an explanation for between-community differences can be found in regional communities.
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Emden, Carolyn, Inge Kowanko, Charlotte de Crespigny, and Helen Murray. "Better medication management for Indigenous Australians: findings from the field." Australian Journal of Primary Health 11, no. 1 (2005): 80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/py05011.

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This paper reports findings from interviews and focus groups conducted within a multi-dimensional action research project concerning medication management among Indigenous Australians. Participants were Aboriginal people with mental health problems, carers and family members, and health and social service workers from different regions in South Australia. A meta-analysis of findings from each regional project component was conducted, and major themes conceptualised and developed into a coherent summary. The findings revealed problems of a magnitude not previously realised - mental health problems (including alcohol and drug problems) and medication management among Aboriginal people clearly are major issues requiring immediate and sustained attention if the health and welfare of the Australian Indigenous population are to be improved. Findings concerned eight major areas: social and emotional wellbeing issues; stressors on Aboriginal health services and providers; training for the Aboriginal health workforce; mainstream health services for Aboriginal people; trust and confidentiality within Aboriginal health services; English language literacy and numeracy skills of Aboriginal clients; remote living arrangements for many Aboriginal people; problems with alcohol use; and institutionalised and individual racism in the community at large.
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Lavrencic, Louise M., Holly A. Mack, Gail Daylight, Sharon Wall, Margaret Anderson, Sue Hoskins, Emily Hindman, Gerald A. Broe, and Kylie Radford. "Staying in touch with the community: understanding self-reported health and research priorities in older Aboriginal Australians." International Psychogeriatrics 32, no. 11 (November 21, 2019): 1303–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1041610219001753.

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ABSTRACTObjectives:Aboriginal Australians experience higher rates of non-communicable chronic disease, injury, dementia, and mortality than non-Aboriginal Australians. Self-reported health is a holistic measure and may fit well with Aboriginal views of health and well-being. This study aimed to identify predictors of self-reported health in older Aboriginal Australians and determine acceptable research methodologies for future aging research.Design:Longitudinal, population-based study.Setting:Five communities across New South Wales, Australia (two urban and three regional sites).Participants:Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (n = 227; 60–88 years, M = 66.06, SD = 5.85; 145 female).Measurements:Participants completed baseline (demographic, medical, cognitive, mental health, and social factors) and follow-up assessments (self-reported health quantified with 5-point scale; sharing thoughts on areas important for future research). Predictors of self-reported health were examined using logistic regression analyses.Results:Self-reported health was associated with sex, activities of daily living, social activity participation, resilience, alcohol use, kidney problems, arthritis, falls, and recent hospitalization. Arthritis, kidney problems, and resilience remained significant in multiple logistic regression models.Conclusions:Perceived resilience and the absence of certain chronic age-related conditions predict older Aboriginal peoples’ self-reported health. Understanding these factors could inform interventions to improve well-being. Findings on acceptable research methodologies suggest that many older Aboriginal people would embrace a range of methodologies within long-standing research partnerships, which is an important consideration for Indigenous population research internationally.
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A.M, Frydrych, Slack-Smith L.M, Parsons R, and Threlfall T. "Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma - Characteristics and Survival in Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Western Australians." Open Dentistry Journal 8, no. 1 (September 29, 2014): 168–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874210601408010168.

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Background:Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the most common type of malignancy affecting the oral cavity. While exposures to main risk factors for oral SCC such as smoking and alcohol use are higher amongst the Aboriginal people, little is known about oral cancer in this population. This study aimed to describe characteristics and survival of oral SCC in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Western Australians.Methods:All primary oral SCC cases reported to the Western Australian Cancer Registry (WACR) between 1990 and 1999 were analysed with respect to person characteristics including: date of birth, sex and indigenous status; and disease characteristics including: date of biopsy, disease stage and site as well as date of recurrence and date of death. Exclusion criteria included diagnosis not based on incisional or excisional biopsy, diagnosis other than oral SCC or a history of another malignant neoplasm.Results:Aboriginal individuals were more likely to reside in rural areas. No statistically significant differences in oral SCC characteristics and survival were noted between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Western Australians.Conclusion:This study provides new information on person and disease characteristics of Aboriginal Western Australians diagnosed with oral SCC.
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Dingwall, Kylie M., Paul Maruff, and Sheree Cairney. "Neuropsychological problems and alcohol availability appear to be key factors in continued heavy alcohol use by Aboriginal Australians." Medical Journal of Australia 194, no. 1 (January 2011): 50–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb04152.x.

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Stevens, Matthew, Dom Barry, Sue Bertossa, Mark Thompson, and Robert Ali. "First-Stage Development of the Pitjantjatjara Translation of the World Health Organization’s Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST)." Journal of the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet 3, no. 4 (2022): 1–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.14221/aihjournal.v3n4.2.

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Substance use is a leading contributor to global disease, illness and death. Compared with non-Indigenous Australians, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians are at an increased risk of substance-related harms due to the experience of additional social, cultural, and economic factors. While preventive approaches, including screening and early interventions are promising, currently there are limited options available to healthcare workers that are culturally appropriate for use in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations. Therefore, the aim of this research was to translate and culturally adapt the World Health Organization endorsed, Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) into Pitjantjatjara. This paper first describes the process of translation and adaptation of the instrument (Phase 1). The process of focus-group testing the translated instrument for accuracy and cultural appropriateness is also discussed (Phase 2). Key findings from both phases are presented in the context of how the research team worked with key stakeholders in the community to identify facilitators and work through barriers to implementation. The findings from this paper will be used to inform the development of a digital, app-based version of the instrument for the purposes of pilot-testing and validation.
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Thompson, Sandra C., Maria Bonar, Heath Greville, Dawn Bessarab, Marisa T. Gilles, Heather D’Antoine, and Bruce R. Maycock. "“Slowed right down”: Insights into the use of alcohol from research with Aboriginal Australians living with HIV." International Journal of Drug Policy 20, no. 2 (March 2009): 101–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2008.02.003.

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Dingwall, Kylie M., Paul Maruff, and Sheree Cairney. "Similar profile of cognitive impairment and recovery for Aboriginal Australians in treatment for episodic or chronic alcohol use." Addiction 106, no. 8 (May 12, 2011): 1419–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03434.x.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Aboriginal Australians Victoria Alcohol use"

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Belicic, Michael Joseph. "Alcohol and violence in Aboriginal communities : issues, programs and healing initiatives." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1999.

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Alcohol misuse is considered the most significant cause of violence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. All members of the Aboriginal community feel the impact of heavy alcohol consumption and related violence. Initiatives that attempt to reduce alcohol consumption as a strategy to decrease crisis levels of violence have had limited success. This thesis examines the extent and patterns of Aboriginal alcohol consumption and explores the relationship between alcohol misuse and violence, using secondary statistical and exploratory literature. It will be contended that: the link between alcohol misuse and violence is not a simple cause and effect relationship; and Aboriginal family and community violence are symptoms of underlying social and psychological trauma. This thesis presents qualitative researched case studies of Aboriginal alcohol treatment organisations, and Aboriginal initiatives that address the issues underlying violence. It is argued that interventions focusing on alcohol alone will not reduce family violence and community dysfunction. A "grassroots," Aboriginal community based response is presented as an alternative to reactive and short-term interventions.
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Cocks, Trevor J. "Screening for alcohol related brain damage among Australian aboriginals with drinking problems." Master's thesis, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/141424.

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Brady, Margaret Ann. "Difference and indifference : Australian policy and practice in indigenous substance abuse." Phd thesis, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/109778.

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This research addresses the ways in which alcohol problems among indigenous Australians have been conceptualised and acted upon by the people themselves, and by government policy-makers. The thesis considers two main questions. First, how has it eventuated that Aborigines have become excluded from national and international innovation in the management of drug and alcohol problems? Second, are mainstream models of best practice for alcohol intervention, particularly secondary prevention activities, acceptable to and feasible for Aboriginal people? I examine how the growth of the indigenous rights movement came to underpin assertions of cultural difference from other Australians, which in turn influenced the growth of separate community-controlled health and other organisations. National policymakers found it difficult to deal with demands for the recognition of cultural difference through the provision of special funds and separate services. As a result of this increased sensitivity, national policies often gave inadequate consideration to indigenous issues. Alcohol problems in particular received little expert attention, and the division of community-controlled alcohol programs from health services for Aborigines exacerbated these shortcomings. Aboriginal approaches to alcohol were influenced by a small group of charismatic activists who pursued a unitary position and remained insulated from the changes in policy and practice available to the wider population. While the health services came to be influenced by an all encompassing 'Aboriginal' definition of health - associated with the broad WHO definition of health emanating from the Alma-Ata Declaration of 1978 - alcohol programs maintained a narrow, disease-based focus. Cultural difference is presented throughout the thesis as being a crucial issue, and it is analysed as a political construct with continuing salience in the face of the unequal distribution of resources. The constructions of difference are discussed and contested in the areas of culture and healing, in health, and in approaches to alcohol problems. I demonstrate that the politics of difference has masked the fact that many Aboriginal dependent drinkers manage to give up drinking, either on their own or with the encouragement of a health professional, just as do others in the population. The politics of difference is also implicated in the rejection of innovative and varied approaches to alcohol problems emanating from mainstream treatment research. This has deprived Aboriginal people experiencing serious alcohol problems of access to a range of interventions which could assist them much earlier in their drinking careers. Some relevant approaches include brief and opportunistic interventions delivered by health professionals, which are found to be relevant and feasible for use with Aboriginal clients of primary health care services.
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Lovett, Raymond William. "Mob and country : a role for identity in alcohol screening for Indigenous Australians living in the ACT and region." Phd thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/150701.

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Risky alcohol consumption is responsible for seven per cent of all Indigenous deaths in Australia and is a precursor to many diseases. Despite high rates of risky consumption, screening is not routine practice in primary health care and the validity of screening instruments (other than the Indigenous Risk Impact Screen) have not been performed for Indigenous peoples. Enquiring about risky alcohol use can cause discomfort for health practitioners and clients. One way of overcoming this is to create an environment free from a number of social contexts. My first aim was to assess the reliability and validity of commonly used alcohol screening instruments. This then provided an opportunity to assess the level of risky alcohol use in the study population, my second aim. My third aim was to assess whether a culturally mediated alcohol screen could improve reporting of risky alcohol consumption. It involved starting the interview with questions about the participant's 'mob and country'. My fourth aim was to determine whether the socio-cultural factors or acculturation stress reflected determinants of drinking for the study population. My final aim was to examine facilitators and moderators of risky drinking. I conducted a computer-assisted cross-sectional survey of Indigenous people (n=121) in the primary survey and 45 participants completed a re-test survey (for test re-test reliability). The surveys were conducted among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) region from July 2010 to August 2011. Participants were randomised into a 'mob-ask' screening group (n=53) and a 'screening as usual' group (n=69). Five alcohol screening instruments were administered. A modified Vancouver Index of Acculturation (VIA) were used to examine how Indigenous people viewed their participation in heritage and dominant society cultures, the Drinking Motives Questionnaire (DMQ) to examine motives for drinking and the Kessler 10 (K10) to examine psychological distress. All alcohol screening instruments were reliable, but shorter screening instruments were as reliable and valid as existing instruments. Half the participants were drinking above recommended guideline limits and the mean age of initiation to alcohol was 14 years, 13 years for males and 15 years for females. Being male, living in a dependent household situation and being excluded from education were associated with risk-taking behaviour and risky alcohol consumption. Alcohol screening instrument mean scores were higher in the 'mob-ask' screen group compared to the control group. Participants were highly integrated (had a positive association with both heritage and dominant society culture) and, as anticipated, socio-cultural factors, rather than acculturation stress, predicted risky alcohol use. Health gains achieved through reducing consumption and drinking in specific situations (particularly around children and family members) moderated drinking. Family members were also identified by participants as facilitators to drinking and risk-taking behaviour. Screening approaches for risky drinking do not require major modification but do need to be focused on younger people (from 13 years) and screening needs to be routine.
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Books on the topic "Aboriginal Australians Victoria Alcohol use"

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Bourbon, Deirdre. Indigenous Australians and liquor licensing legislation. Bentley, W.A: National Centre for Research into the Prevention of Drug Abuse, 1999.

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Brady, Maggie. Indigenous Australia and alcohol policy: Meeting difference with indifference. Sydney: UNSW Press, 2004.

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English, Bruce. A bibliography of drug use and related problems among Australian Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders. Canberra: Australian Govt. Pub. Service, 1992.

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Unwin, Elizabeth. The impact of tobacco smoking and alcohol consumption on Aboriginal mortality and hospitalisation in Western Australia: 1983-1991. Perth: Health Dept. of Western Australia, 1994.

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Saggers, Sherry. Dealing with alcohol: Indigenous usage in Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1998.

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Wright, Alexis. Grog war. Broome, W.A: Magabala Books, 1997.

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Mackey, Pip. Winja stories: The Urban Dreaming Project : stories of the women who live and work in Australia's first and only drug and alcohol rehabilitation house specifically for Aboriginal women. [St. Kilda, Vic.]: Centre for Creative Ministries, 2001.

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Cloud, Shabalah, ed. Jinangga: On my tracks. Broome, W.A: Magabala Books, 1999.

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Western Australian Aboriginal Alcohol Action Program., Western Australia. Office of Aboriginal Health., and Summit on Alcohol Abuse (1994 : Perth, W.A.), eds. The 1994 Summit on Alcohol Abuse (Perth) and regional alcohol workshops for aboriginal Western Australians. [East Perth, W.A.]: Office of Aboriginal Health, 1998.

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Brady, Maggie. Indigenous Australia And Alcohol Policy: Meeting /difference with Indifference. UNSW Press, 2005.

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