Welcome to the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Special Interest Group
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The primary purpose of the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Special Interest Group (SIG) is to promote interest in and the development of skills working with people from an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander background. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander SIG provides members of The College who have a particular interest in working with people from an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander background with a forum for exchanging news, views and ideas. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander SIG operates within the framework of The College's general guidelines for SIGs. |
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Links of Interest
Organisations
National Rural Health Alliance
Indigenous Psychological Services
Australian Indigenous Doctors' Assoc (AIDA)
Aboriginal Health Council of SA Inc
The Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
Indigenous Allied Health Australia Inc
Australia’s National Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Research
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
National Sorry Day
National Sorry Day: Coming to terms with the past and present
Articles
Indigenous adolescent mental health: what is the role of primary health care?
Expenditure on health for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 2008–09
Time to bring down the twin towers in poor Aboriginal hospitalcare
Managing Two Worlds Together: Staff Perspectives on Care for Country Aboriginal Patients
ANU Discussion Paper: the health status of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians
ANU Discussion Paper: overcrowding and Indigenous health in Australia
Bridging the health equity gap
Measures of Indigenous wellbeing and their determinants across the lifecourse
The subjective wellbeing of Indigenous Australians
Submissions
Mission Australia: Our submission on remote and regional communities
Guidelines
Guidelines for ethical research in Australian Indigenous studies
Principles and Guidelines for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health
Guidelines for providing mental health first aid to an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person
Suicidal thoughts and behaviours and deliberate self-injury
Aboriginal suicide prevention information
Publications
The West Australian Indigenous Storybook
Managing two worlds together: Patient journey mapping tools
Between two worlds: understanding the stolen generations
Working with Aboriginal peoples and communities
Australian Medical Association 2010-11 Indigenous health report card
Australian Human Rights Commission: 2010 Social Justice Report
The community guide to the UN declaration on the rights of Indigenous people
Overview of Australian Indigenous health status 2011
A guide to reporting abuse and neglect
Aboriginal people working together to prevent suicide and self-harm
Cannabis: it's not our culture
Booklets
Mental health medication story
Dad's guide: social and emotional wellbeing
Mum's guide: social and emotional wellbeing
Government Publications
2012 Indigenous Expenditure Report
Parenting in the early years: effectiveness of parenting support programs for Indigenous families
Office of the Coordinator General for Remote Indigenous Services: biannual report
Report on Government services 2012: Indigenous compendium
Closing the gap: the Prime Minister's report 2012
Closing the gap: the Prime Minister's report 2011
Effective practices for service delivery coordination in Indigenous communities
The health and welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Mental health services in Australia 2007-2008
National strategic framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health: 2003-2013
Feeling good? Answering your questions about alcohol, drugs and mental health