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- Indigenous Health Cultural Exchange Group - A student society at the University of Queensland which tries to increase cultural awareness among indigenous and non-indigenous students and professionals in medicine and allied health. Aims, objectives and contact details.
- Indigenous Psychological Services - Provides mental health clinics and assessments for indigenous clients, as well as training for both indigenous and non-indigenous people.
- University of New South Wales: Indigenous Health Unit - Provides details of an alternate entry scheme for indigenous students wishing to study medicine.
- Indigenous Health Research Development Program - Building a career structure for students in Aboriginal health as well as assisting communities to address health issues in Ontario, Canada.
- Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal - National publication written by indigenous health workers. Includes table of contents and subscription details.
- Centre for Remote Health - Provision of tertiary education, training and research to improve the health of remote indigenous communities in Northern Territory, Australia. Staff details, map of catchment area and contact details in Alice Springs.
- Indigenous Drug and Alcohol Projects - Published by the National Drug Research Institute. Details the prison-based and community-based programmes, with an historical overview of previous interventions.
- University of Newcastle: Department of Rural Health - Aims to provide educational opportunities for health professionals, improve the standard of indigenous health care and promote inter-disciplinary research and development. Includes map of coverage area in New South Wales, Australia.
- Cape York Indigenous Issues - A report by the Australian National Council on Drugs. Includes information regarding drug and alcohol use amongst Indigenous Australians, as well as the availability of specific services.
- Australian Indigenous Health Promotion Network - Assists with the education and professional development of practitioners, researchers and policy makers, as well as providing advice and co-ordinating communication between groups.
Wikipedia Articles
- Indigenous decolonization - Indigenous Decolonization is a process that Indigenous people whose communities were grossly affected by colonial expansion, genocide and cultural assimilation may go through in understanding the history of their colonization and rediscovering their ancestral traditions and cultural values. A contemporary concept in Indigenous health and healing studies, decolonization (Indigenous) is a healing journey that ...
- OATSIH - OATSIH is the Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, a division of the Australian Government's Department of Health and Ageing. It was set up in 1994 in the then Department of Human Services and Health to give a greater focus on the health needs of Indigenous Australians in mainstream health programs.
- Binayak Sen - Dr Binayak Sen is a paediatrician, public health specialist and national Vice-President of the People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) based in Chhattisgarh state, India. Dr Sen is noted for extending health care to the poorest people, monitoring the health and nutrition status of the people of Chhattisgarh, and defending the rights of indigenous tribal people.
- Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia - ... Australia: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, society and culture (Paper Set ISBN 0-85575-234-3 Windows ISBN 0-85575-261-0 Macintosh ISBN 0-85575-278-5) is an encylopaedia published in 1994 and available in two volumes or on CD-ROM covering all aspects of Indigenous Australians lives and world (such as biography, history, art, language, sport, education, archaeology, literature, land ownership, social organisation, health, music, law, technology, media, economy, politics, food and religion). There are 2000 entries and 1000 photographs, with the CD-ROM having 250 sound items and 40 videos
- The Terma Foundation - The Terma Foundation is a nonsectarian humanitarian organization whose creative programs combine indigenous and global knowledge to respond to the enormous health crisis now affecting the circa six million Tibetans within China. The fortitude with which Tibetans faced the Chinese annexation of their homeland mid-last century along with the plethora of Himalayan information that has demonstrably iterated global thought and culture as a result of the Tibetan diaspora, ...