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The HealthInfoNet was established in September 1997 as the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Clearinghouse. [1] It developed into a more comprehensive web-based resource for knowledge about Indigenous health and was renamed the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet in 2000 to reflect this broader purpose” [2] Dr Wooldridge, the then Federal Health Minister, said at the ...
In 2010–2011, health expenditure for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people was estimated at A$4.6 billion, or 3.7% of Australia's total recurrent health expenditure. [28] The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population comprised 2.5% of the Australian population at this time. [28]
AMSANT was established in October 1994 at a meeting of healthcare services in Central Australia.The following year, the organisation lobbied the Australian Government to transfer funding for Aboriginal healthcare from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) to the Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (OATSIH), a division of the Department of Health and ...
At the time of the foundation of the AMS, there was no universal health care in Australia, such as Medicare provides today. [1] Inadequate and overcrowded housing and poor nutrition were causing health problems among Aboriginal people that were rare in the mainstream community, and the issue was compounded by the reluctance of Aboriginal people to access mainstream health services for fear of ...
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare states that 80% of Australians regularly consume alcohol. [1] In Australia, a third of the population live in remote and rural areas, where a proportion of these adults engage in risk-taking behaviours such as excessive alcohol misuse which is significantly higher than in major cities of Australia. [1]
But even one drink a day, considered moderate drinking, increases your risk for certain types of cancer. What's more, alcohol contributes to more than 200 diseases, including in the liver ...
Anyinginyi is a community-controlled Aboriginal health organisation which is governed by an Indigenous Board of Directors. The current chair is Ross Jakamarra Williams. [3] While based in Tennant Creek, Anyinginyi also offers maternal health, eye health, substance misuse, mental health, dental and allied health services to 10 other communities.
Alcohol sales were prohibited in the Australian Capital Territory between 1910 and 1928. Four referendums regarding the prohibition of alcohol were conducted in Western Australia, including one in each of the years 1911, 1921, 1925 and 1950. In 1837, laws were passed to prevent Aboriginal access to alcohol as binge drinking became problematic. [6]