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Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet

The Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet is a freely accessible evidence based web resource that aims to inform practice and policy in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health. It has been federally funded since 1997 and is a trusted award winning nationally used website.

Vision and mission

The Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet is helping to close the gap in health between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians by ensuring practitioners and policy makers have access to high quality relevant evidence based resources to inform their work.

How Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet can help

The HealthInfoNet’s work in knowledge exchange aims to provide the knowledge and other information needed by health practitioners and policy-makers to make informed decisions. They source and transform a wide range of all the latest relevant material, health research, information and resources, bringing them together in one place. The aim is to translate this into a form that is easily understood, relevant, meaningful and readily accessible to those who need it.

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Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care - Health System - Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet

This section provides information on end of life care of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, including culturally appropriate palliative care, cultural perspectives on dying, death, grief in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

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Closing the Gap - Health System - Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet

This section provides information about Closing the Gap, a government strategy that aims to address Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander disadvantage in health, education and employment. Here you will find information about the strategy and how it differs from the Close the Gap social justice campaign.

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Blood Borne Viruses - Alcohol and Other Drugs Knowledge Centre

Blood Borne Viruses There are a number of blood borne viruses (BBVs) that can be passed from person to person via injecting drug use, or as a result of risky behaviour from alcohol and other drug use [23505]

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Overview of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health status - Health Facts - Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet

The annual Overview is free to download and provides scholarly, up-to-date, detailed information about the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. It highlights improvements to certain aspects of Indigenous health, and outlines where ongoing work is needed to 'close the gap' in health status between Indigenous and other Australians.

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Stronger Communities - Alcohol and Other Drugs Knowledge Centre

Stronger Communities Strong communities that support families, are connected to culture, and have a sense of control over their local environment are less likely to have problems with harmful alcohol and drug use [26600][25048]

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Prevention and education - Alcohol and Other Drugs Knowledge Centre

Prevention and education Preventing harmful alcohol use begins with supporting strong communities

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Culturally appropriate palliative care and end-of-life care - Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care - Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet

Culturally appropriate palliative care and end-of-life care It is important to understand the cultural and spiritual considerations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their families when providing person-centred palliative care [29818][43533]

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Chronic Disease - Alcohol and Other Drugs Knowledge Centre

Chronic Disease Alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs have been linked to a greater likelihood of developing a chronic disease, or worsening the symptoms of an existing chronic disease

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Injecting Drug Use - Alcohol and Other Drugs Knowledge Centre

Injecting Drug Use Injecting drug use puts people at risk of being infected with blood borne viruses and is also associated with risk of bacterial infection at the site of injecting or in the bloodstream [23517]

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Strong Communities - Alcohol and Other Drugs Knowledge Centre

Strong Communities Elders, family, friends and workmates are often the first people to respond to those who may be stressed or in crisis in the community

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