LibGuides: Nursing: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' health and wellbeing

Books in print and online for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island peoples' health and wellbeing

Here are some suggested key books/ebooks to get you started.

Burda-burda balayi health professionals and Indigenous health: Working at the interface by Edmondson, W., & Williams, R. (eds.).
Call Number: 362.849915 BUR (At Moorabbin campus library.)
Publication Date: 2022. Published by Oxford University Press.
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Yatdjuligin: Aboriginal andTorres Strait Islander Nursing and Midwifery care (3rd ed). by Odette Best & Bronwyn Fredericks (Eds)
Call Number: 362.849915 YAT : 3
Publication Date: 2021 Publisher Cambridge University Press.
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' health and wellbeing by Brett Biles & Jessica Biles
Call Number: 362.84915 BIL Moorabbin and Bourke St. campus libraries.
Publication Date: 2020. Published by Oxford University Press.
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1. Indigenous Australian cultural competence -- 2. Exploration of history, culture, cultural bias, race and racism -- 3. Frameworks of healthcare -- 4. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research champions: A snapshot -- 5. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' cardiovascular health and wellness -- 6. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' endocrinology health and wellness -- 7. The Early Years -- 8. Mental Health and Social and Emotional Wellbeing -- 9. The Older Person.
This book focuses on the philosophy of Indigenous Australian cultural competence, where the onus of responsibility is not on the patient but instead on the clinician. It will teach you the skills of reconciliation, cultural competence and cultural safety so that you will enter the workforce with a strong understanding of healthcare delivery to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and play an essential role in ensuring that all Australians have equal and equitable access to healthcare.
Health Care and Indigenous Australians: Cultural safety in practice (3rd ed.) by Kerry Taylor, Pauline Thompson Guerin
Call Number: 362.849915 TAY: 3 At Bourke St , Chadstone & Moorabbin campus libraries
Publication Date: 2019. Published by Red Globe..
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Access the Ebook via the library
Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia by Anita Heiss
Call Number: 305.89915 GRO. (At Glen Waverley campus)
Publication Date: 2018. Published by Black Inc.
Childhood stories of family, country and belonging. What is it like to grow up Aboriginal in Australia?
Place a hold on the print version.
Access the Ebook through the library.
Aboriginal children, history and health: Beyond social determinants by John Boulton (ed).
Call Number: 362.849915 ABO At Moorabbin campus
Publication Date: 2016. Published by Routledge.
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Access the Ebook via the Library.
Australia's Rural, Remote and Indigenous Health (3rd ed.) by Janie Dade-Smith
Call Number: 262.849915 SMI : 3 At Moorabbin campus Library
Publication Date: 2016. Published by Elsevier.
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Also on ClinicalKey (go through BrightSpace)
Binan Goonj - Bridging culture in Aboriginal health (3rd ed.) by Ann-Katrin Eckermann; Toni Dowd; Ena Chong; Lynette Nixon; Roy Gray; Sally Margaret Johnson
Call Number: 362.849915 BIN :3
Publication Date: 2010. Published by Elsevier.
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Also on ClinicalKey (go through BrightSpace).

Websites and online documents

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
Australian Institute of Health and welfare
The AIHW produces reports on key health and welfare issues in Australia.
Federal Government information on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
Lowitja Institute
Australia's National Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Research. Includes LIt.search. This page helps you find Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander publications on PubMed, a major health research database
National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation Website.