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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People and dementia: a review of the research
No full textThis report outlines the prevalence of dementia and modifiable risk factors in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
Executive summary
The high rate of dementia in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities requires urgent attention. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experience dementia at an earlier age then the general population and this, combined with the steadily growing number of older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, will result in the number of people effected by dementia growing significantly in the coming years.
Although higher rates of dementia have been reported in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the disease is often overlooked by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, health workers and service providers. Geographical constraints in the provision of services, a lack of education and awareness in communities and by health workers and the prevalence of other chronic diseases have all posed considerable barriers to the recognition of dementia as an emerging health issue.
This paper includes the following recommendations to ensure that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, family members and communities have access to awareness, information, and appropriate support services for people with dementia
Review of higher education access and outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: final report
No full textThis report proposes a collaborative approach be developed involving universities, governments, professional bodies, the business sector and communities working together to improve the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through higher education.
The Review of Higher Education Access and Outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People follows on from the 2008 Review of Higher Education (the Bradley Review) by proposing measures that address what is a significant gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous Australians’ higher education outcomes.
The Bradley Review recognised, in light of Australia’s growing economic and social policy challenges, the need for specific strategies to increase the participation in higher education of groups currently underrepresented within the system, particularly those from a low socio-economic status (SES) background. The Bradley Review specifically identified the need to address access and outcomes in higher education for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
The terms of reference for the Review of Higher Education Access and Outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People (the Review) asked the Review Panel (the Panel) to provide advice and make recommendations in relation to:
achieving parity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, researchers, and academic and non-academic staff
best practice and opportunities for change inside universities and other higher education providers (spanning both Indigenous-specific units and whole-of-university culture, policies, activities and programs)
the effectiveness of existing Commonwealth Government programs that aim to encourage better outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians in higher education
the recognition and equivalence of Indigenous knowledge in the higher education sector.
The Panel proposes a collaborative approach be developed involving universities, governments, professional bodies, the business sector and communities working together to improve the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through higher education. Strategies outlined in the report include attracting and retaining more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and staff, improving academic achievement, simplifying and better focusing university and government support programs and ensuring that graduates are better equipped to meet the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through embedding Indigenous perspectives in teaching, learning and research.
The expert panel consisted of Professor Larissa Behrendt (Chair), Professor Steven Larkin, Mr Robert Griew and Ms Patricia Kelly
Expenditure on health for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 2010-11
No full textThis report presents estimates of health expenditure for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their non-Indigenous counterparts for 2010-11. The reports are produced every 2 years. This is the seventh report in the series. In 2010-11, health expenditure for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people was estimated at 7,995, compared with 1.47 was spent on health per Indigenous Australian for every 3,631) was more than double that for non-Indigenous Australians (149 for Indigenous Australians, compared with 847 per person (in constant prices). This represented an average annual growth rate of 6.1%. The corresponding figure for non-Indigenous Australians was 2.6%. Expenditure per person for Indigenous Australians was higher in all areas of expenditure for 2010-11 compared with 2008-09
Bloodborne viral and sexually transmitted infections in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: surveillance and evaluation report 2014
No full textThis report provides information on the occurrence of blood borne viruses and sexually transmitted infections among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia for the purposes of stimulating and supporting discussion on ways forward in minimising the transmission risks.
Overview
Each year, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Program collaborates with the Surveillance and Evaluation Program for Public Health on the “Bloodborne viral and sexually transmitted infections in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: Surveillance and Evaluation Report”. This surveillance report provides information on the occurrence of blood borne viruses and sexually transmitted infections among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia for the purposes of stimulating and supporting discussion on ways forward in minimising the transmission risks, as well as the personal and social consequences of these infections within Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. The Report is produced in a format that is recognised as appropriate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health services and communities, and is overseen by the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus Advisory Committee
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art economies project: literature review
No full textExecutive summary: This literature review surveys writing about the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art and craft sector of remote Australia. The review has been compiled as a foundational text for the ‘Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Economies’ research project being undertaken by the CRC for Remote Economic Participation (CRC-REP). The Art Economies Project (AEP) is a unique opportunity to investigate, analyse and enhance key points of exchange within the sector, many of which are poorly understood, under-researched and characterised by different kinds of fragility or instability.The sector is a significant contributor to the cultural and social life of Australia and simultaneously creates important enterprise and employment opportunities for remote-area Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Broadly, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are more likely to be employed in visual arts and crafts occupations as their main job (52%) than non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (9.7%) (Commonwealth of Australia 2012), and investments in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts centres generate positive financial returns to artists, calculated at a ratio of approximately 1:5 (Commonwealth of Australia 2007a).This review is linked to the primary zones in which AEP research will take place, presenting the current understanding and gaps in each of the six areas of interest: the scope and scale of the sector; the business of remote-area art centres; artists and art business outside of art centres; marketing and consumer dynamics; remote area human resources; and e-commerce and licensing.Publications describing the aesthetic, social, cultural and economic dynamics of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art economy have been generated by a broad range of people, from economists to anthropologists, art historians to art dealers. This diversity creates challenges in assembling an encompassing literature review. Despite the range of material, however, it is also clear that there are sizeable and important gaps in knowledge about the art economy. These gaps range from understanding the size of, and financial flows within, the sector through to the barriers for remote enterprise and the opportunities for (and obstacles within) new marketing and business models. In contrast to the knowledge gaps about the commercial forces at work is a considerable body of research into the social and cultural worlds of remote area art and artists.Recent years have seen a major contraction in the art economy. The Australian Bureau of Statistics reports a 52.1% reduction in sales in remote art centres (Commonwealth of Australia 2012:2) since 2007, which accords with other anecdotal industry information as to the fragility within the sector. Understanding this fragility and the potential for expanding the success of the art economy, lie at the nucleus of the AEP’s research work.Authors:Tim Acker: Curtin University Dr Lisa Stefanoff: University of South Australia; Dr Alice Woodhead: Southern Cross Universit
El keynesianismo desde la óptica de los países atrasados: su adaptación por Manuel de Torres a la Economía española
No full textEditada en la Fundación SEPIEl siguiente trabajo se propone estudiar la introducción del keynesianismo
en España a través de los escritos de Manuel de Torres, probablemente el
más activo de los economistas que adoptaron de una u otra forma la nueva
doctrina en la posguerra. Dada la escasez en España de una reflexión teórica
original, el artículo prestará especial atención a la adaptación que realiza Torres
de las ideas keynesianas al contexto de la economía española. En particular,
las ideas keynesianas contribuyeron decisivamente a sustituir la vía agraria
defendida por Torres como camino de desarrollo de la economía española
por el industrialismo que sostiene en la posguerra. El articulo ofrece las claves
de esta evolución doctrinal y reivindica el papel de las ideas económicas como
poderoso instrumento de transformación.The main aim of the article is to analyse the introduction of keynesianism
into Spain through the Manuel de Torres' works, the most active proponent
of the new doctrine duríng the forties and fifties. The article focus on the
adaptation to the Spanish context of the Keynes's ideas by Manuel de Torres.
In particular, Keynesianism contrihuted to replace the agrarian ideas defended
by Torres in the thirties by a new interest in industrial development during
the 40's and 50's. Thus, the article provides an explanation of Torres' doctrinal
evolution and vindicates the role played by the economic ideas as an instrument
of transformation. These ideas contributed to change the Torres perception
of the Spanish economic reality.Publicad
Cancer in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia: an overview
No full textThis report brings together the most up-to-date data available from a wide range of sources to describe the status of cancer in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia.SummaryCancer in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia: an overview provides a summary of statistics on cancer in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia.Cancer incidence and mortality rates are higher for Indigenous Australians In 2004-2008, Indigenous Australians had a higher rate of new cancer cases diagnosed than non-Indigenous Australians (461 compared with 434 per 100,000) using age-standardised data. Lung cancer was the most commonly diagnosed cancer for Indigenous Australians. In 2007-2011, the age-standardised cancer mortality rate was higher for Indigenous Australians than for non-Indigenous Australians (252 compared with 172 per 100,000). Lung cancer was the leading cause of cancer death for Indigenous Australians.Cancer survival is lower for Indigenous Australians Indigenous Australians diagnosed with cancer between 1999 and 2007 had a 40% chance of surviving for at least 5 years, which was lower than non-Indigenous Australians (52%).Fewer cancer-related hospitalisations occurred for Indigenous Australians From 2006-07 to 2010-11, Indigenous Australians were less likely to be hospitalised for a principal diagnosis of cancer compared with other Australians (113 compared with 170 per 10,000), although they had longer hospitalisations than other Australians (9.6 compared with 7.7 days on average).Higher prevalence of cancer-related modifiable risk factors Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have higher rates of certain lifestyle risk factors, which can partly explain some cancer incidence and mortality patterns such as: Liver cancer: Indigenous Australians are 3 times as likely to develop, and 3.3 times as likely to die from liver cancer and had a lower chance of surviving another 1 year (21% compared with 33%) than non-Indigenous Australians. Higher rates of risky alcohol consumption and higher prevalence of hepatitis B infection in this population group may be contributing factors.Cervical cancer: Indigenous females are 2.8 times as likely to develop and 3.9 times as likely to die from cervical cancer and had a lower chance of surviving another 5 years (51% compared with 67%) than non-Indigenous females. A contributing factor in the higher rates in Indigenous females could be lower rates of cervical screening for this population group.Lung cancer: Indigenous Australians are 1.9 times as likely to develop and die from lung cancer as non-Indigenous Australians. A contributing factor may be the higher prevalence of smoking among Indigenous Australians than non-Indigenous Australians (38% compared with 18%).Breast cancer in females: Indigenous females diagnosed with breast cancer in 2003-2007 had a 100% higher risk of dying from any cause by 2010 than non-Indigenous females. The poorer prognosis could be at least partly explained by the lower participation of Indigenous females in breast cancer screening (36%) than non-Indigenous females (54%). 
Assessment of acquired brain injury in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: guidance for DisabilityCare Australia
No full textIn early 2013, Brain Injury Australia was funded by the National Disability Insurance Scheme\u27s (NDIS) Practical Design Fund to develop a culturally appropriate NDIS assessment process for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons living with an acquired brain injury (ABI).This project was co-managed by Brain Injury Australia and Synapse (Brain Injury Association of Queensland, Inc.). The research was undertaken by researchers from James Cook University.The key results of this research were:guidelines for appropriate protocols for engaging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians in the assessment process;a four-stage Planning and Assessment framework that describes the appropriate actions that DisabilityCare Australia Planners and/or Local Area Coordinators need to take during the assessment process when determining eligibility to DisabilityCare Australia; a prototype instrument toolkit (requiring scientific validation before use), containing cognitive and functional assessments that are culturally acceptable for assessment of acquired brain injury in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians; and the identification of necessary training components for the professional development of DisabilityCare staff, including cultural awareness, competency and ABI training programmes and coursework.Authored by India Bohanna, Anne Stephens, Rachael Wargent, Juliette Catherall, Carolyn Timms, Deborah Graham and Alan Clough
Building audiences: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts
No full textBuilding Audiences examines the barriers to and the strategies for increasing audiences in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts sector. This research investigates the attitudes, beliefs and behaviours of current and potential audiences.
What is in the report?
The findings reveal the key barriers facing audience attendance include:
uncertainty about how to behave at cultural events and fear of offending
lack of awareness with audiences not actively seeking information about Indigenous arts
and outdated perceptions of the sector – that it is only perceived as ‘serious or educational’.
Building Audiences also considered several strategies to build audiences for Indigenous arts:
providing skills development, advice and resourcing to Indigenous practitioners within the arts sector;
increasing representation of Indigenous artists in the main programing of arts companies by including more Indigenous people in decision making roles;
promoting relationships between Indigenous arts and non-Indigenous companies to present their work to wider audiences;
introducing children and young people to Indigenous arts through schools and extracurricular activities;
allowing audiences to feel comfortable engaging by creating accessible experiences;
implementing long-term strategies to change negative perceptions of Indigenous arts.
The project was commissioned by the Australia Council for the Arts and funding partners include Australia Council for the Arts; Faculty of Business and Law and Institute of Koorie Education, Deakin University; Melbourne Business School, The University of Melbourne
Fernando Torres-Gil interview, 2014
No full textTorres-Gil, Fernando - Oral History Interview - CSWA ❧ Fernando M. Torres-Gil, PhD – Oral History Interview for the California Social Welfare Archives (CSWA). Interview by Rino Patti, PhD. Interview Date: 10/25/2014. An interview with Fernando Torres-Gil, PhD, as he discusses what inspired him to become a social worker, his advocacy for older populations, and the need for interdisciplinary work. ❧ CONTENTS: (00:30) - Introduction by Dr. Patti. (02:27) - Early Influences. (03:09) - Family. (04:37) - AFDC & Public Housing. (05:11) - Polio. (06:23) - Influences of his mother. (12:26) - United Farmer Workers. (13:40) - Brandeis university– Boston. (14:32) - Activism & Community Organizing. (15:40) - Working Outside of the Comfort Zone. (18:14) - Mentors. (19:57) - National Stage. (21:36) - Connections. (23:00) - Washington D.C.. (24:53) - White House Fellowship – 1978. (26:11) - House Select Committee on Aging. (27:08) - Clinton – Advisor. (28:40) - Older People. (30:00) - Areas of his Interest. (31:25) - Results of his Research & Social Contract. (34:38) - Greatest Successes. (35:22) - Social Security & Medicare. (35:57) - Failures. (38:02) - AARP. (38:37) - Macro Social Work & Policy – Younger Generations. (40:30) - Need for Interdisciplinary Work. (46:40) - Do Over?. (47:24) - Adversity and Perseverance. ❧ Fernando Torres-Gil. Interviewed by Rino Patti. Date of interview: 10-25-2014. Length of interview: 51 minutes. DVD containing interview. ❧ ADDITIONAL MATERIALS: 1. California Social Work Hall of Distinction Biography ( http://socialworkhallofdistinction.usc.edu/honorees/ ). 2. Curriculum Vitae. 3. DVD containing interview
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