Progress of the Northern Territory Emergency Response Child Health Check initiative: preliminary results from the Child Health Check and follow-up data collections
This is the second progress report to provide findings on health conditions identified, and referrals made, during Child Health Checks (CHCs) that were undertaken as part of the Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER) Child Health Check Initiative (CHCI). In addition, for the first time, results from three follow-up CHCI data collections - Chart review, Audiology and Dental collection – are provided. As of 17 October 2008, an estimated total of 12,263 valid Child Health Checks (CHC) have been performed. Among children who received a health check, 75% lived in a household with a smoker, 40% had untreated caries and 30% had ear disease. More than 1,600 audiology follow-up services and 1,700 dental follow-up services were provided to children. In addition, 4,387 (46%) children who participated in a health check had a chart review (used to monitor whether children received follow-up care for the referrals received at their child health check).
Hospital procedures for diseases of the digestive tract in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and other Australians
Hospitalisation rates for diseases of the digestive system are lower among Indigenous peoples compared with other Australians. However, of those who are hospitalised with a disease of the digestive system, Indigenous people are less likely to have a procedure recorded than other Australians. The aim of this study was to examine patterns of undergoing a procedure for diseases of the digestive tract once in hospital for Indigenous Australians compared with other Australians, after adjustment for a number of explanatory variables.
Injury of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples due to transport, 2001-02 to 2005-06
This report looks at the death and serious injury of Indigenous persons in Australia due to transport accidents in the five-year period 2001-02 to 2005-06. It focuses on the four jurisdictions of the Northern Territory, Western Australia, South Australia and Queensland and examines variables such as mode of transport, gender, age group and remoteness from an urban centre.
Cardiovascular disease and its associated risk factors in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples 2004-05
Cardiovascular disease is a major health problem in Australia, with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples carrying the greatest burden of illness and death from this disease. Up-to-date estimates on the prevalence of cardiovascular disease and its associated risk factors are important for monitoring their impact on the health of Indigenous Australians. This report presents national-level information for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians on the prevalence of cardiovascular disease and its associated risk factors, as well as on cardiovascular deaths. Results are based mostly on analysis of the Australian Bureau of Statistics' most recent National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey and National Health Survey conducted in 2004-05.
Progress of the Northern Territory Emergency Response Child Health Check Initiative: health conditions and referrals
The report provides information on the number and types of health conditions identified and the number and types of referrals made as part of the child health checks. The checks analysed for this report were undertaken from July 2007 to May 2008.
The health and welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples 2008
The report provides a comprehensive overview of the health and welfare of Australia's Indigenous population, presenting the latest information on population demographics, housing circumstances, disability and carers, health status, and the provision, access and use of health and community services. Some of the links between education and health and between selected risk factors and health are also explored.
Expenditures on health for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples 2004-05
This report, the fourth comprehensive analysis of expenditures on health for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, examines expenditure in 2004-05 on health for Indigenous Australians and compares this with health expenditure for the rest of the Australian population. The report examines health resource distribution and funding by levels of government, the private sector, by region and by primary and secondary/tertiary health care.Estimates of health expenditure in 2004-05 are compared with estimates for previous years.The analyses presented here enable a better understanding of the different patterns of health service use by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
State owned and managed Indigenous housing 2006-07: Commonwealth State Housing Agreement national data report
Housing assistance is provided under the 2003 Commonwealth State Housing Agreement (CSHA) in six program areas:- Public rental housing- State owned and managed Indigenous housing- Community housing- Crisis Accommodation Program- Private rent assistance- Home purchase assistance.This publication reports on CSHA state owned and managed housing assistance, providing the data items and performance indicators collected to meet the requirements of the CSHA national performance reporting framework.
Oral health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in Australia are disadvantaged in terms of oral health. This publication provides a summary of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child oral health using information from the Child Dental Health Survey, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Receipt of Hospital Dental Care Investigation and the Study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Oral Health in Remote Communities. Throughout the states and territories studied, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children had consistently higher levels of dental disease in the deciduous and permanent dentition than their non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander counterparts. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children most affected were those in socially disadvantaged groups and those living in rural/remote areas. Trends in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child caries prevalence indicate that dental disease levels are rising, particularly in the deciduous dentition. Indigenous children aged <5 years had almost one-and-a-half times the rate of hospitalisation for dental care as other Australian children, and the rate of Indigenous children receiving hospital dental care rose with increasing geographic remoteness. Less than 5% of remote Indigenous pre-school children reported brushing their teeth on a regular basis and many young remote Indigenous children experienced extensive destruction of their deciduous teeth. Improving the oral health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in Australia is an important public health and dental service provision issue.
Indigenous mothers and their babies, Australia 2001-2004
Indigenous mothers and their babies, Australia 2001-2004 provides information on births to Indigenous mothers in Australia from perinatal data collections for each state and territory. The report presents demographic, pregnancy and childbirth factors of Indigenous women who gave birth in 2001-2004. This report also includes information on demographic and birth trends over the period 1991 to 2004 and a chapter on the quality of Indigenous status data in the state and territory perinatal data collections.This report is produced by the AIHW National Perinatal Statistics Unit based at the University of New South Wales and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Welfare Unit. It will be particularly useful for researchers, policy makers, health service planners and those providing services in reproductive health.
Indigenous housing indicators 2005-06
Indigenous housing indicators 2005-06 is the Institute's second national report on Indigenous housing information. It includes national data colleted by the Institute on Indigenous community housing and state-owned and managed Indigenous housing. Detailed information is presented on a range of Indigenous housing indicators including overcrowding, dwelling condition, affordability, connection to services and recurrent and capital expenditure. There is also a range of information on Indigenous community housing organisations such as whether they have a housing management plan and the proportion of employees undertaking training. The report is a useful resource for policy makers, administrators and researchers with an interest in Indigenous housing issues.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2006 report: detailed analyses
This report contains detailed analyses underlying the summary data presented in theAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework 2006 report (AHMAC2006). The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework (HPF) is designed to provide the basis to monitor the impact of the National Strategic Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (NSFATSH) and inform policy analyses,planning and program implementation. The HPF consists of 70 measures covering threeTiers - health status and outcomes, determinants of health and health systems performance.
Injury of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people due to transport, 1999-00 to 2003-04
This report looks at the death and serious injury of Indigenous persons in Australia due to transport accidents in the five-year period 1999-00 to 2003-04. It focuses on the four jurisdictions of the Northern Territory, Western Australia, South Australia and Queensland and examines variables such as mode of transport, gender, age group and remoteness from an urban centre. DOTARS Report Number: 50250.
Quality of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander identification in community services data collections: update on eight community services data collections
This report examines the quality of identification of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients in eight community services data collections, by analysing the extent to which Indigenous status is missing/not stated in each of the data collections. The rates of missing/not stated records are compared, where applicable, to those reported earlier. The report highlights the improvement or otherwise in these rates, and documents data quality improvement activities undertaken in each of the eight community services data collections, both at the national and the jurisdictional level.This report is a useful resource for administrators of programs and researchers with an interest in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients in the community services sector and identification issues.
Public and state owned and managed Indigenous housing 2005-06: Commonwealth State Housing Agreement national data user guide
This information paper describes data available in the 2005-06 Public housing (PH) and state owned and managed Indigenous housing (SOMIH) National Minimum Data Set (NMDS). This data was obtained from the annual CSHA PH and SOMIH data collections and is stored at the AIHW in the National Housing Assistance Data Repository. The publication sets out the technical specifications adn major conventions for the handling of data. It also attempts to ensure users of the NMDS will interpret and analyse data items consistently with the National Housing Assistance Data Dictionary version 3.
State owned and managed Indigenous housing 2005-06: Commonwealth State Housing Agreement national data reports
Housing assistance is provided under the 2003 Commonwealth State Housing Agreement (CSHA) in six program areas:- Public rental housing- state owned and managed Indigenous housing- community housing- Crisis Accommodation Program- private rent assistance- home purchase assistance.This publication reports on CHSA state owned and managed Indigenous housing assistance, providing the data items and performance indicators collected to meet the requirements of the CSHA national performance reporting framework.
International Group for Indigenous Health Measurement, Vancouver 2005
This publication reports on the first meeting of the International Group of Indigenous Health Measurement, which took place in Vancouver, Canada, in 2005. The report and future endeavours of the Measurement Group will not only highlight existing health status issues among Indigenous groups but will also drive the need to improve data for the measurement and advancement of Indigenous health status internationally.
Hospitalised injury of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples 2000-02
The report provides a cross-sectional summary of hospital separations due to injury and poisoning for the aggregated data collection periods 2000-01, and 2001-the 02 for Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Family violence among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
'Family violence among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' presents information on the extent of violence (in particular family violence) in the Indigenous population, using existing surveys and administrative data collections. Information is presented on the prevalence of violence, associated harm and services for victims of violence, as well as on those in contact with the criminal justice system. The report also discusses gaps in existing information, the extent to which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are identified and strategies to improve the information on family violence.This report is a useful resource for policy makers, administrators of programs and researchers with an interest in issues affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Drug use among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: an assessment of data sources
This report, commissioned by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, identifies and examines relevant Australian data sources in terms of their capacity to answer key questions about substance use among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Options for improving and making better use of existing data sources are also highlighted.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with coronary heart disease: further perspectives on health status and treatment
'Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with coronary heart disease: further perspectives on health status and treatment' builds on existing information on disparities between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians in the health status and treatment of coronary heart disease. It is the first study of this scale to analyse data on Indigenous Australians in four key areas: incidence of major coronary events; case fatality from major coronary events; use of coronary procedures in hospital; case complexity in hospital. This new information enables us to build a more complete picture of the coronary heart disease burden among Indigenous Australians, and also furthers our knowledge of disparities in treatment of coronary heart disease in relation to need. This report will be of interest to policy makers, health professionals and researchers in the field, as well as to the broader community.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with coronary heart disease (summary booklet): further perspectives on health status and treatment
This summary presents the key points detailed in 'Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with coronary heart disease: further perspectives on health status and treatment'. That report builds on existing information on disparities between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians in the health status and treatment of coronary heart disease. New information on the incidence of major coronary events, case fatality, use of coronary procedures in hospital and case complexity in hospital has built a more complete picture of the coronary heart disease burden among Indigenous Australians. This summary will be of interest to those policy makers and health professionals who prefer an overview of the main points, as well as to the broader community.
Recent developments in the collection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and welfare statistics 2005
Good quality data on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are needed to assess the effectiveness of programs and interventions, and to evaluate policies that are designed to improve the status of, and service delivery to, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. This paper is an addendum to 'The health and welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples 2005' and has been jointly prepared by The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Commonwealth-State Housing Agreement user guide for 2004-05 data: public and state owned and managed Indigenous housing
This document outlines the data available in the 2004-05 public rental housing and state owned and managed Indigenous housing national minimum data set (NMDS) developed by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). It sets out the technical specifications and major conventions for handling data (e.g. codes, business rules, data relationships and formats). It attempts to ensure that users of the NMDS will interpret and analyse data items consistently with the National housing assistance data dictionary version 2 (NHADDv2), which sets out the agreed data definitions, classifications and standards for information collected under the Commonwealth–State Housing Agreement (CSHA).
National summary of the 2003 and 2004 jurisdictional reports against the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance indicators
This is the second national summary report on the refined set of 56 health performance indicators for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The indicators are designed to provide an assessment of whether the health of Indigenous people is improving and to highlight problem areas that Australia's health system should address as high priorities. This report, like many previous reports, draws attention to the relatively poor quality of the data on the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. This means that comprehensive comparisons between states and territories are not yet possible.