Health

Gender is often defined by western feminist perspectives, and to date there has been very little research or writings about Aboriginal gender and gender equity.

They say they want us to ‘Indigenise’ them, but really they want to assimilate us.

The identification of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in official statistics.

As we look to the future, it is well within our grasp that Australia will be the first country to eliminate cervical cancer.

You may have heard of the Bechdel test, which is a measure of the active representation of women in fiction and film. Well just in time for the Lowijta International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference we bring you “The Blackfulla test”; a test that measures the active representation of Blackfullas in Indigenous health research.

The deafening silence across this country following the latest Coronial Inquiry into the suicide deaths of 13 young Aboriginal people in the Kimberley extended beyond the usual non-coverage by mainstream media.

The Minister for Indigenous Affairs has recently shared that the Commonwealth Government has allocated $134M of funding into Indigenous suicide prevention.

In Aotearoa New Zealand in the winter 2016, Te Puea Memorial Marae (TPMM) came under the media spotlight when they independently opened their marae to anyone in desperate need of shelter and support.

It is very disappointing, although not unexpected that the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) and other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peak bodies have had to write for a second time to the Prime Minister, State Premiers and Territory Chief Ministers seeking a full partnership approach to the next phase of Closing the Gap.  

The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey provides an essential snapshot of Indigenous health in Australia, but how transparent are its processes?

As black researchers in Australia, we regularly hear about how best to build our capacity in education and research so that we may further contribute to the academic space.

If you have worked in Indigenous health you would be all too familiar with the discourses of ‘Closing the Gap’ and ‘compliance’ which remind us that the Black body is to be regulated and remedied by the health system.

As a lead on the Birthing on Country Project, I have a chance to ensure no woman experiences what I endured.

Birthing on country is a culturally safe experience for women and families and could reduce the number of babies being born too early and dying in their first months.

Kristine Garrett is an Aboriginal woman from Central Queensland with ancestral ties to the Wulli Wulli and the Darumbal people of the region.

Yorta Yorta man, Daniel James explains why he will be opting out of the government's My Health Record scheme.

The NDIA have turned my beautiful family’s life upside down...

CATSINAM CEO and Narrunga Kaurna woman, Janine Mohamed celebrates NAIDOC week and the extraordinary Aboriginal nurses that have worked to serve their people.