Aboriginal Health: An Annotated Bibliography

an annotated bibliography First published in 1988 by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies GPO Box 553, Canberra, ACT 2601 and Australian Institute of Health GPO Box 570, Canberra, ACT 2601 @ Australian Institute of Health 1988 Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright Act, n o part of this publication may be reproduced by any process whatsoever without the written permission of the publisher National Library of Australia, Cataloguing-in-Publication data Thomson, Neil, 1942Aboriginal health, an annotated bibliography ISBN 0 85575 201 7 [l]. Aborigines, Australian- Health and hygiene - Bibliography [2] Aborigines, Australian - Medical care - Bibliography I Merrifield, Patricia II Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies Ill Title Typeset in Interleaf Modern by the Australian Institute of Health Printed in Australia by Australian Print Group, Maryborough, Victoria CONTENTS Acknowledgements Introduction vii ix Bibliography Aboriginal health - general 1 Health policy and funding General health services Aboriginal medical services State and Territory programs Aboriginal health workers Other special health services Health policy - miscellaneous 25 31 33 41 45 53 57 Environmental aspects - social and cultural Environmental aspects - physical 59 71 Traditional health and medicine 75 Demography (includes mortality and fertility) 83 General morbidity 91 Nutrition and growth 97 Child health and health care 109 Communicable diseases - general Communicable diseases - leprosy Communicable diseases - sexually transmitted Communicable diseases - other 119 121 127 131 Endocrine and metabolic diseases - diabetes mellitus Endocrine and metabolic diseases - other 139 143 Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs 151 Mental health - general Mental health - alcohol abuse Mental health - other substance abuse Mental health - other 153 165 175 181 Diseases of the nervous system -general Eye diseases Ear diseases 183 185 195 Diseases of the circulatory system Diseases of the respiratory system Diseases of the digestive system Dental health Diseases of the genito-urinary system Skin diseases Diseases of the musculoskeletal system Obstetrics and gynaecology Health education Psychology Genetic studies Women's health Family planning Immunology Miscellaneous Index of authors Index of regions ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The publication of this bibliography would not have been possible without the willing assistance provided by so many people, mainly from the four agencies directly involved in its planning and preparation - the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, the former Commonwealth Department of Health, the National Library of Australia, and the Australian Institute of Health While it is not possible to acknowledge by name all those who have made contributions, we are particularly grateful to a number of colleagues From the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, we would like to thank Eric Willmot, Warwick Dix, Frank Kunz, Val Chapman, David Horton and staff of the library and the publications section Commonwealth Department of Health staff who made significant contributions include Patricia Woolcock, Bert Pribac, Dennis Stanbury, Shirley Price and the staff in the ADP branch We are indebted to Sandra Henderson, Paul Hodgson and other staff at the National Library of Australia, and to Len Smith, Norma Briscoe, Robyne Zibar and Audrey Jitts from the Australian Institute of Health The assistance of Marji Hill, David Keightly, Rosalie Pearson and Jill Mendham was greatly appreciated We are al