Subject Guides: Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health: Indigenous Children & Family

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HealthInfoNet - Children
Welcome to the HealthInfoNet section about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. Here you can find information about policies and strategies, resources, publications, programs and organisations about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. This section includes information about nutrition and growth, social and emotional wellbeing (mental health), and infectious conditions among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. It also includes information about their hospital care and education.
HealthInfoNet - Babies
Welcome to the HealthInfoNet section about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander infants, babies and toddlers. Here you can find information about policies and strategies, resources, publications, programs and organisations about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from birth to the age of three years. This section includes information about nutrition and growth, physical activity, bodyweight, and immunisation (vaccination) of babies and young children. It also includes information about hospitalisations (hospital admissions), infant mortality and child mortality.

Aboriginal Fields of Practice by Bindi Bennett (Editor); Jacob Prehn (Contribution by); Jacynta Krakouer (Contribution by); Todd Fernando (Contribution by); Peta Phelan (Contribution by); Jessica Russ-Smith (Contribution by); Amelia Wheeler (Contribution by)
ISBN: 9781352012286
Publication Date: 2021-04-23
This textbook features a groundbreaking collection of chapters co-written by Aboriginal authors. Informed by current field expertise, it provides an innovative teaching resource that recognizes and appreciates Aboriginal ways of knowing, being and doing, and demonstrates a commitment to decolonizing and reconciliation within social work and Allied Health. Aboriginal Fields of Practice explores many areas that have not been discussed before in contemporary Australia, including discussion of practice in criminal justice and an understanding of rural and remote practice. This valuable text will provide an excellent grounding for students and practitioners working with Aboriginal peoples.