Health topic quickview: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
A collection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health-related information in the Health and Ageing website.
Chronic Disease Allied Health (Individual) Services under Medicare
11 December 2009
Medicare rebates for certain allied health services are available for patients with chronic conditions and complex care needs on referral from their GP.
Surveillance report for active trachoma annual reports
07 December 2009
The National Trachoma Surveillance and Reporting Unit (NTSRU) was established in November 2006 to improve the quality and consistency of data collection and reporting of active trachoma in Australia. This page contains links to trachoma surveillance annual reports from 2006. Documents are available in both HTML and PDF format.
Medicare Health Assessments
21 October 2009
The Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) health assessment items represent a cross-section of the Australian Government's initiatives in the area of primary health care.
Child Health
19 August 2008
A good start in life is important to the health and wellbeing of children. This page outlines many of the activities being undertaken to enhance child health and wellbeing.
Bringing Them Home
30 April 2008
This landing page provides information and relevant links relating to Bringing Them Home.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
26 May 2006
From this launching page you will find information about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health programs as well as contact information for people working within OATSIH.
Program/Initiatives
- 04 Dec 2009Enhanced Primary Care Program overview
- 14 Sep 2009Quality Assurance for Aboriginal Medical Services (QAAMS)
- 05 Nov 2008Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Pharmacy Scholarship Scheme
- 22 Apr 2008Mental Health Services in Rural and Remote Areas
- 04 Apr 2008Puggy Hunter Memorial Scholarship Scheme
Publications
- 03 Feb 2010Enquiry into claims regarding Leprosy testing on Aboriginal Children in the Northern Territory between 1920 and 1960
- 03 Dec 2009Evaluation of the Child Health Check initiative and expanding health services delivery initiative
- 03 Dec 2009The Progress of the Northern Territory Emergency Response Child Health Check Initiative: Preliminary Results from the Child Health Check and Follow-up data collections
- 16 Oct 2009Trachoma Surveillance Report 2006 to 2008
- 27 Jul 2009A Healthier Future for All Australians: National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission - Final Report June 2009
- 24 Jul 2009Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework - 2008 Report & Report Summary
- 07 Jul 2008Report of the 6th National Conference
- 27 Jun 2008The Link Between Primary Health Care and Health Outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians
- 23 Jun 2008A review of enablers and barriers of Indigenous drug users accessing needle and syringe programs - a report for the COAG Multilateral Group on Needle and Syringe Programs
- 18 Jun 2008Progress of the Northern Territory Emergency Response Child Health Check Initiative: Health Conditions and Referrals
- 18 Jun 2008Progress of the Northern Territory Emergency Response Child Health Check Initiative: Health Conditions and Referrals
- 07 May 2008OATSIH Information for Health Services
- 17 Apr 2008OATSIH Programs
- 27 Mar 2008National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus Health Promotion Report 2008
- 01 Mar 20082006 – 2007 Jurisdictional Summary Report against the National Strategic Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (NSFATSIH)
- 01 Feb 2008Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework - Report 2008 Summary
- 22 Oct 2007National Strategic Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health 2003-2013
Australian Government Implementation Plan 2007-2013 - 06 Aug 2007Providing culturally appropriate palliative care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples: Resource Kit
- 24 Jul 2007Research Gaps in Indigenous Sexual Health - Establishing evidence-based best practice for social and behavioural interventions: Technical Report
- 24 Jul 2007Sexual Health Promotion for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People – A community guide to evidence-based best practice in social and behavioural interventions
- 03 Apr 2007Evidence of effective interventions to improve the social and environmental factors impacting on health: Informing the development of Indigenous Community Agreements
- 20 Nov 2006Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework
- 20 Oct 2005Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus Strategy 2005 - 2008
- 26 Apr 2005Healthy for Life: National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child and Maternal Health Exemplar Site Initiative: Site Reports 2005
- 01 Nov 2003Achievements in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Summary Report
- 04 Jul 2003National Strategic Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
- 01 Sep 2002gettin em n keepin em
- 02 Jul 2001An Analysis of Suicide in Indigenous Communities of North Queensland: The Historical, Cultural and Symbolic Landscape
- 06 Mar 2001The Recommendations for Clinical Care Guidelines on the Management of Otitis Media in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Populations, March 2001
- 01 Mar 2001Government response to the House of Representatives Inquiry into Indigenous health: 'Health is life'
- 01 Jun 2000Health and Aged Care Portfolio submission to the Commonwealth Grants Commission's inquiry into Indigenous funding (June 2000)
- 01 Jan 2000National Recommendations for the Clinical Management of Alcohol-Related Problems in Indigenous Primary Care Settings
- 01 Jan 2000Drug and Alcohol Service Report (DASR): 1999-2000 Key results
- 02 Jul 1995Ways Forward: National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health Policy