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Bird, Jennifer, Darlene Rotumah, James Bennett-Levy, and Judy Singer. "Diversity in eMental Health Practice: An Exploratory Qualitative Study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Service Providers." JMIR Mental Health 4, no. 2 (May 29, 2017): e17. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/mental.7878.

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Background In Australia, mental health services are undergoing major systemic reform with eMental Health (eMH) embedded in proposed service models for all but those with severe mental illness. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander service providers have been targeted as a national priority for training and implementation of eMH into service delivery. Implementation studies on technology uptake in health workforces identify complex and interconnected variables that influence how individual practitioners integrate new technologies into their practice. To date there are only two implementation studies that focus on eMH and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander service providers. They suggest that the implementation of eMH in the context of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations may be different from the implementation of eMH with allied health professionals and mainstream health services. Objective The objective of this study is to investigate how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander service providers in one regional area of Australia used eMH resources in their practice following an eMH training program and to determine what types of eMH resources they used. Methods Individual semistructured qualitative interviews were conducted with a purposive sample of 16 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander service providers. Interviews were co-conducted by one indigenous and one non-indigenous interviewer. A sample of transcripts were coded and thematically analyzed by each interviewer and then peer reviewed. Consensus codes were then applied to all transcripts and themes identified. Results It was found that 9 of the 16 service providers were implementing eMH resources into their routine practice. The findings demonstrate that participants used eMH resources for supporting social inclusion, informing and educating, assessment, case planning and management, referral, responding to crises, and self and family care. They chose a variety of types of eMH resources to use with their clients, both culturally specific and mainstream. While they referred clients to online treatment programs, they used only eMH resources designed for mobile devices in their face-to-face contact with clients. Conclusions This paper provides Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander service providers and the eMH field with findings that may inform and guide the implementation of eMH resources. It may help policy developers locate this workforce within broader service provision planning for eMH. The findings could, with adaptation, have wider application to other workforces who work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients. The findings highlight the importance of identifying and addressing the particular needs of minority groups for eMH services and resources.
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O'Shea, K. "Torres strait islander mental health: Current issues." Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 34, s1 (January 2000): A49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/000486700718.

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Salisbury, Christine. "A Health Service and Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Partnership to Develop and Plan Mental Health Services." Australian Journal of Primary Health 4, no. 4 (1998): 18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/py98058.

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The aim of this study was to examine the effects of an action research partnership between the Tweed Valley Health Service (TVHS) and the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander community for the development and delivery of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Mental Health Services. This partnership was based upon Labonte's (1989) view of empowerment where it is suggested that to be empowered means to have increased capacity to define, analyse and act upon one's problems. It was proposed that the establishment of a 'partnership' based upon these principles would assist in operationalising Indigenous community participation in TVHS planning. To achieve this type of 'partnership', the health service had to be willing to enter the partnership and to give the authority to the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health Outcome Council to seek and trial solutions on Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Mental Health matters. Key outcomes were defined as the extent to which the re-organised services proved to be acceptable and utilised by the local Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander population. Outcomes were operationalised through measures of service utilisation and consumer satisfaction with accessibility, process and outcomes. The study trialed participatory action research as a method for Indigenous participation in Mental Health Service planning and development and concludes that it is a valid model for cross cultural research and health service development in a complex medical setting.
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Adams, Mick, Kootsy (Justin) Canuto, Neil Drew, and Jesse John Fleay. "Postcolonial Traumatic Stresses among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians." ab-Original 3, no. 2 (September 1, 2020): 233–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.5325/aboriginal.3.2.233.

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Abstract The mental health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander males in Australia is often misunderstood, mainly because it has been poorly researched. When analyzing the quality of life of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander males, it is crucial to consider the associated factors that have directly and indirectly contributed to their poor health and wellbeing, that is, the effects of colonization, the interruption of cultural practices, displacement of societies, taking away of traditional homelands and forceful removal of children (assimilation and other policies). The displacement of families and tribal groups from their country broke up family groups and caused conflict between the original inhabitants of the lands and dislocated Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander tribal groups. These dislocated Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were forced to reside on the allocated government institutions where they would be (allegedly) protected. Whilst in the institutions they were made to comply with the authority rules and were forbidden to practice or participate in their traditional rituals or customs or speak their own tribal languages. Additionally, the dispossession from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander traditional lands and the destruction of culture and political, economic, and social structures have caused many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to have a pervading sense of hopelessness for the future. The traditional customs and life cycles of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander males were permanently affected by colonization adversely contributing to mental health problems in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. In this article we aim to provide a better understanding of the processes impacting on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander males' social and emotional wellbeing.
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Armstrong, Gregory, Georgina Sutherland, Eliza Pross, Andrew Mackinnon, Nicola Reavley, and Anthony F. Jorm. "Talking about suicide: An uncontrolled trial of the effects of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health first aid program on knowledge, attitudes and intended and actual assisting actions." PLOS ONE 15, no. 12 (December 17, 2020): e0244091. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244091.

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Objective Suicide is a leading cause of death among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Friends, family and frontline workers (for example, teachers, youth workers) are often best positioned to provide initial assistance if someone is at risk of suicide. We developed culturally appropriate expert consensus guidelines on how to provide mental health first aid to Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experiencing suicidal thoughts or behaviour and used this as the basis for a 5-hour suicide gatekeeper training course called Talking About Suicide. This paper describes the outcomes for participants in an uncontrolled trial of this training course. Methods We undertook an uncontrolled trial of the Talking About Suicide course, delivered by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health First Aid instructors to 192 adult (i.e. 18 years of age or older) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (n = 110) and non-Indigenous (n = 82) participants. Questionnaires capturing self-report outcomes were self-administered immediately before (n = 192) and after attending the training course (n = 188), and at four-months follow-up (n = 98). Outcome measures were beliefs about suicide, stigmatising attitudes, confidence in ability to assist, and intended and actual actions to assist a suicidal person. Results Despite a high level of suicide literacy among participants at pre-course measurement, improvements at post-course were observed in beliefs about suicide, stigmatising attitudes, confidence in ability to assist and intended assisting actions. While attrition at follow-up decreased statistical power, some improvements in beliefs about suicide, stigmatising attitudes and intended assisting actions remained statistically significant at follow-up. Importantly, actual assisting actions taken showed dramatic improvements between pre-course and follow-up. Participants reported feeling more confident to assist a suicidal person after the course and this was maintained at follow-up. The course was judged to be culturally appropriate by those participants who identified as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders. Implications The results of this uncontrolled trial were encouraging, suggesting that the Talking About Suicide course was able to improve participants’ knowledge, attitudes, and intended assisting actions as well as actual actions taken.
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Salisbury, Christine, and Sue Follent. "Bicultural Stress: An Aboriginal Community Perspective." Australian Journal of Primary Health 2, no. 2 (1996): 78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/py96032.

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A survey was designed to assess and to compare the levels of stress being experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Aboriginal respondents. The survey covered a range of areas including demographics, access to transport, drug and alcohol use, use of public services, identification of stressful events in the past 12 months and a self evaluation of stress symptoms. The groups were matched by age, sex and income. The results showed differences between the stressful events and stress symptoms reported by the two groups, with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander group reporting considerably higher levels. There were significant differences in access to transport and use of public health facilities. The barriers to the use of public health services were identified. A major finding was that 69% of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sample experienced more than one loss through death compared to 5% of the non-Aboriginal sample in the previous 12 months. It was concluded that the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sample experienced more stressful events, had more stress related symptoms and used public mental health services less than the non-Aboriginal sample. The barriers to use of services were a lack of cultural sensitivity and the discomfort experienced by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sample when accessing services. A partnership with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community is required to develop a public health service that is acceptable and useful to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sample.
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Parker, Robert M. "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health: paradise lost?" Medical Journal of Australia 196, no. 2 (February 2012): 89–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja11.11561.

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Milroy, Helen, Shraddha Kashyap, Jemma R. Collova, Monique Platell, Graham Gee, and Jeneva L. Ohan. "Identifying the key characteristics of a culturally safe mental health service for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: A qualitative systematic review protocol." PLOS ONE 18, no. 1 (January 12, 2023): e0280213. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280213.

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Background Mental health inequities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations are well documented. There is growing recognition of the role that culturally safety plays in achieving equitable outcomes. However, a clear understanding of the key characteristics of culturally safe mental health care is currently lacking. This protocol outlines a qualitative systematic review that aims to identify the key characteristics of culturally safe mental health care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, at the individual, service, and systems level. This knowledge will improve the cultural safety of mental health care provided to Indigenous peoples, with a focus on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia. Methods and expected outputs Through a review of academic, grey, and cultural literature, we will identify the key characteristics of culturally safe mental health care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia. We will consider the characteristics of culturally safe care at the individual practitioner, service, and systems levels. Prospero registration number CRD42021258724.
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Dudgeon, Patricia, Jemma R. Collova, Kate Derry, and Stewart Sutherland. "Lessons Learned during a Rapidly Evolving COVID-19 Pandemic: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-Led Mental Health and Wellbeing Responses Are Key." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20, no. 3 (January 25, 2023): 2173. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032173.

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As the world journeys towards the endemic phase that follows a pandemic, public health authorities are reviewing the efficacy of COVID-19 pandemic responses. The responses by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in Australia have been heralded across the globe as an exemplary demonstration of how self-determination can achieve optimal health outcomes for Indigenous peoples. Despite this success, the impacts of pandemic stressors and public health responses on immediate and long-term mental health and wellbeing require examination. In December 2021, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health and wellbeing leaders and allies (N = 50) attended a virtual roundtable to determine the key issues facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities, and the actions required to address these issues. Roundtable attendees critically reviewed how the rapidly evolving pandemic context has impacted Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health and social and emotional wellbeing (SEWB). This paper presents an overview of this national collaborative consultation process, and a summary of the key issues and actions identified. These results build on evidence from other roundtables held in Australia during 2020, and the emerging consensus across the globe that Indigenous self-determination remains essential to Indigenous SEWB, especially during and following a pandemic.
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Carman, William, Marie Ishida, Justin S. Trounson, Stewart W. Mercer, Kanya Anindya, Grace Sum, Gregory Armstrong, Brian Oldenburg, Barbara McPake, and John Tayu Lee. "Epidemiology of physical–mental multimorbidity and its impact among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander in Australia: a cross-sectional analysis of a nationally representative sample." BMJ Open 12, no. 10 (October 2022): e054999. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054999.

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ObjectivesThis study aimed to examine the differences in multimorbidity between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and non-Indigenous Australians, and the effect of multimorbidity on health service use and work productivity.SettingCross-sectional sample of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia wave 17.ParticipantsA nationally representative sample of 16 749 respondents aged 18 years and above.Outcome measuresMultimorbidity prevalence and pattern, self-reported health, health service use and employment productivity by Indigenous status.ResultsAboriginal respondents reported a higher prevalence of multimorbidity (24.2%) compared with non-Indigenous Australians (20.7%), and the prevalence of mental–physical multimorbidity was almost twice as high (16.1% vs 8.1%). Multimorbidity pattern varies significantly among the Aboriginal and non-Indigenous Australians. Multimorbidity was associated with higher health service use (any overnight admission: adjusted OR=1.52, 95% CI=1.46 to 1.58), reduced employment productivity (days of sick leave: coefficient=0.25, 95% CI=0.19 to 0.31) and lower perceived health status (SF6D score: coefficient=−0.04, 95% CI=−0.05 to −0.04). These associations were found to be comparable in both Aboriginal and non-Indigenous populations.ConclusionsMultimorbidity prevalence was significantly greater among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders compared with the non-Indigenous population, especially mental–physical multimorbidity. Strategies are required for better prevention and management of multimorbidity for the aboriginal population to reduce health inequalities in Australia.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Torres Strait Islanders Mental health"

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Grootjans, John. "Both ways and beyond : in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health worker education /." View thesis, 1999. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030725.103057/index.html.

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Aldrich, Rosemary Public Health &amp Community Medicine Faculty of Medicine UNSW. "Flesh-coloured bandaids: politics, discourse, policy and the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples 1972-2001." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. School of Public Health and Community Medicine, 2006. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/27276.

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This thesis concerns the relationship between ideology, values, beliefs, politics, language, discourses, public policy and health outcomes. By examining the origins of federal health policy concerning Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples 1972-2001 I have explored the idea that the way a problem is constructed through language determines solutions enacted to solve that problem, and subsequent outcomes. Despite three decades of federal policy activity Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children born at the start of the 21st Century could expect to live almost 20 years less than non-Indigenous Australians. Explanations for the gap include that the colonial legacy of dispossession and disease continues to wreak social havoc and that both health policy and structures for health services have been fundamentally flawed. The research described in this thesis focuses on the role of senior Federal politicians in the health policy process. The research is grounded in theory which suggests that the values and beliefs of decision makers are perpetuated through language. Using critical discourse analysis the following hypotheses were tested: 1. That an examination of the language of Federal politicians responsible for the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples over three decades would reveal their beliefs, values and discourses concerning Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and their health 2. That the discourses of the Federal politicians contributed to policy discourses and frames in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health policy environment, and 3. That there is a relationship between the policy discourses of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health policy environment and health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. The hypotheses were proven. I concluded that there was a relationship between the publicly-expressed values and beliefs of politicians responsible for health, subsequent health policy and resulting health outcomes. However, a model in which theories of discourse, social constructions of people and problems, policy development and organisational decision-making were integrated did not adequately explain the findings. I developed the concept of "policy imagination" to explain the discrete mechanism by which ideology, politics, policy and health were related. My research suggests that the ideology and values which drove decision-making by Federal politicians responsible for the health of all Australians contributed to the lack of population-wide improvement in health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in the late 20th Century.
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Kilcullen, Meegan Lesley. "Explorations of understandings of mental health in an urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sample." Thesis, 2011. https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/29143/1/29143_Kilcullen_2011_thesis.pdf.

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It has been acknowledged that the mental health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people has been 'bedevilled' by the inappropriate application of non- Indigenous models of mental health. Given the poor health outcomes of Indigenous people, another approach to mental health practice is perhaps required. In order to enhance Indigenous health and wellbeing, it is necessary for non-Indigenous practitioners to find a culturally safe way in which to enter the negotiated space of cross-cultural mental health. Such practice can be facilitated through understanding both the points of similarity and divergence in perspectives of mental health across cultures. While the majority of Indigenous people live in urban areas, understandings of Indigenous mental health have primarily been derived from research in rural and remote communities. It is unclear whether findings from rural and remote research are applicable in urban Indigenous communities. The aim of the current research is to address this gap and to explore understandings of mental health in an urban Indigenous sample. This study provided a voice for urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to convey their understandings of mental health so that an accurate representation may be available for those who are engaged in health promotion and mental health treatment. Using a positive psychology framework, a strengths-based approach was taken in this study in order to explore understandings of mental health. A qualitative research investigation was conducted with a sample of 19 Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participants. Data was collected via individual semi-structured interviews and focus groups. Qualitative analysis was conducted using thematic analysis. A model of Indigenous mental health was developed taking an holistic perspective. Four themes emerged as reflecting health and wellbeing and are presented in a model of Indigenous mental health:- • Coping Skills: emotional, behavioural and cognitive; • Knowledge: regarding physical health and access to mental health care; • Social Support: personal resources and help-seeking behaviours; and • Connectedness: cultural, social and family and kinship. The theme of connectedness emerged as reflecting a unique contribution to Indigenous health and wellbeing. The role of connectedness to country, family and kinship, knowledge and social networks was highlighted. Further, the theme of connectedness also emerged as central to supporting cultural identity. Not only did connectedness promote and protect mental health and cultural identity, factors that diminished cultural identity also negatively impacted upon mental health. The striking similarity between mental health and cultural identity, as seen in the common theme of connectedness, highlights the necessity of attending to cultural factors to facilitate positive health outcomes. This model of Indigenous mental health begins to fill in the boundaries of the negotiated space that is cross-cultural psychology - the space where both Indigenous and non-Indigenous knowledge offers a path or guidelines to enhance health and wellbeing. It is essential to address those factors that are similar across cultures – coping skills, social support and knowledge, but also to engage at the cultural interface of connectedness to culture, kinship and social networks. This information has implications for cross-cultural clinical practice, through providing a map for non-Indigenous practitioners to engage in culturally safe practice. Further, this information will support the development of culturally safe health and wellbeing programs that sustain and nurture the cultural identity and mental health of Indigenous people. In this way, meaningful contributions may be made by health professionals to 'close the gap' in health and mental health outcomes for Indigenous people.
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Brinckley, Makayla-May. "Assessing the Reliability and Validity of the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Population." Thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/224438.

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are the first people of Australia. Consequences of colonisation and ongoing societal marginalisation and racism has led to significant health and wellbeing impacts on this population. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people view health through a Social and Emotional Wellbeing (SEWB) framework. There are currently no measures of SEWB, with proxy measures used instead. The Kessler Psychological Distress Scale is a measure of psychological distress often used as a proxy for measuring SEWB. This thesis uses mixed-methods and best-practice approach to assess the reliability and validity of the culturally-modified, 5-item Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K5) in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population. The results of this study found good internal consistency, construct validity, convergent validity, and divergent validity. The K5 was also found to have good clinical utility in indicating depressive and anxiety disorders at a cut-off of 10. Assessment of K5 face validity indicates that the measure achieved face validity for psychological distress but fails to accurately measure SEWB. Thus, the K5 is a valid measure of psychological distress for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, but the measure fails as a measure of SEWB.
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Books on the topic "Torres Strait Islanders Mental health"

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Gray, M. C. Health expenditure, income and health status among indigenous and other Australians. Canberra: Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University, 2002.

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Healey, Justin. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health. Thirroul, NSW, Australia: Spinney Press, 2014.

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Cunningham, Joan. Mortality of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians 1997. Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2000.

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Thomson, Neil. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health at the end of the 20th century. Joondalup, W.A: Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet, 2001.

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Taylor, Kerry. Health care and indigenous Australians: Cultural safety in practice. South Yarra, Vic: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

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Pauline, Guerin, ed. Health care and indigenous Australians: Cultural safety in practice. South Yarra, Vic: Elizabeth Vella on behalf of Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

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National Advisory Group on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Information and Data (Australia). Strategic plan 2006-2008. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2006.

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Thomson, Neil. Overview of Australian Indigenous health 2004. Perth, W.A: Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet, 2004.

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Statistics, Australian Bureau of. 1994 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander survey: Social atlas. [Canberra]: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 1997.

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Briscoe, Gordon. Counting, health and identity: A history of aboriginal health and demography in Western Australia and Queensland, 1900-1940. Canberra, ACT: Aboriginal Studies Press, 2003.

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Fatima, Yaqoot, Anne Cleary, Stephanie King, Shaun Solomon, Lisa McDaid, Md Mehedi Hasan, Abdullah Al Mamun, and Janeen Baxter. "Cultural Identity and Social and Emotional Wellbeing in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children." In Family Dynamics over the Life Course, 57–70. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12224-8_4.

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AbstractConnection with Country, community, and culture lies at the heart of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ health and wellbeing. Although there is some evidence on the role of cultural identity on the mental health of Indigenous adults, this relationship is relatively unexplored in the context of Indigenous Australian children. Robust empirical evidence on the role of cultural identity for social and emotional wellbeing is necessary to design and develop effective interventions and approaches for improving the mental health outcomes for Indigenous Australian children. Drawing on data from the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children (LSIC), we explore social and emotional wellbeing in Indigenous Australian children and assesses whether cultural identity protects against social-emotional problems in Indigenous children. The results show that Indigenous children with strong cultural identity and knowledge are less likely to experience social and emotional problems than their counterparts. Our work provides further evidence to support the change from a deficit narrative to a strengths-based discourse for improved health and wellbeing of Indigenous Australian children.
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Milroy, Helen, Monique Platell, and Shraddha Kashyap. "The Interface: Western Tools and the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples." In Psychological Interventions from Six Continents, 259–85. New York: Routledge, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003124061-17.

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Dudgeon, Pat, Joanna Alexi, Kate Derry, Emma Carlin, and Rob McPhee. "Responding to COVID-19 and Beyond: Key Recommendations for the Effective Public and Mental Health Response to Support the Well-Being of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in Australia." In The Coronavirus Crisis and Challenges to Social Development, 263–80. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84678-7_23.

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Brinckley, Makayla-May, and Raymond Lovett. "Race, Racism, and Well-Being Impacts on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in Australia." In The Oxford Handbook of Indigenous Sociology. Oxford University Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197528778.013.39.

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Abstract Race has been (re)constructed over time by those in power to oppress and regulate the lives of Indigenous Peoples and people of color. In settler-colonial states like Australia, race is weaponized to justify settler-colonial violence and to control Indigenous lives. The Indigenous Peoples of Australia have been racialized since first contact, which has resulted in racism and oppression, with present-day implications for health and well-being. To examine the health and well-being impacts of racism exposure, this chapter uses self-report exposure to interpersonal racism and health and well-being outcomes data from Mayi Kuwayu: The National Study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing, an Indigenous designed, led, and governed Australian cohort study. The analysis shows that experiencing interpersonal racism has a range of negative consequences on health and well-being. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People exposed to any level of interpersonal racism have poorer general health and mental health outcomes. Additionally, experiencing any level of interpersonal racism is linked to lower levels of cultural participation. Understanding the history of race and the impacts that racism has on health and well-being is necessary to improve the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
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"Australia: social and emotional well-being of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population." In Routledge Handbook of Global Mental Health Nursing, 410–21. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2016. |: Routledge, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315780344-36.

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"Torres Strait Islanders (Australia)." In Encyclopedia of Public Health, 1397. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5614-7_3527.

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Stockley, Naomi, Rianna Tatana, Roshni Kaur, and Alice Reynolds. "The Pavilion School, Melbourne, Australia." In Systematic synthetic phonics: case studies from Sounds-Write practitioners, 113–23. Research-publishing.net, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2022.55.1366.

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The Pavilion School is located in Melbourne, Australia. It is a specialist Flexible Learning Option (FLO) for students who have disengaged or been excluded from mainstream education. There are 235 secondary-aged school students enrolled across two campuses in Melbourne’s northern suburbs. A considerable proportion of students at the Pavilion School face significant risk factors which impede their access to education. They are as follows: mental health challenges (60% of students); alcohol and other drug use (49%); school absenteeism (47%); family vulnerability (47%); and youth justice involvement (16%). Other relevant demographics that make up our student population include the following: 25% receive funding as part of the Program for Students with Disabilities (PSD); 24% identify as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander; and 10% are in Out of Home Care.
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Sun, Jing, and Nicholas Buys. "Effectiveness of Participative Community Singing Intervention Program on Promoting Resilience and Mental Health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People in Australia." In Essential Notes in Psychiatry. InTech, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/38468.

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