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Lowitja e-Bulletin

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Title

Lowitja e-Bulletin

Creator

The Lowitja Institute

Collection

Lowitja e-Bulletin; E-Journals; PublicationNT; Lowitja e-Bulletin

Date

2010-12-20

Notes

Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT).; This publication contains may contain links to external sites. These external sites may no longer be active.; Australia's National Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Research.

Language

English

Subject

Aboriginal Australians; Research; Health and hygiene; Lowitja Institute (Australia); Periodicals

Publisher name

The Lowitja Institute

Place of publication

Melbourne (Vic.)

Series

Lowitja e-Bulletin

File type

application/pdf

Use

Copyright owner

The Lowitja Institute

License

https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2021C00044

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/225404

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/680813

Page content

8 TheIndigenousChronicDiseasePackageAnnualProgressReport200910isthefirstgovernment reportdetailingtheachievementsandprogressofthehistoriccommitmenttohelpclosethegapin lifeexpectancybetweenIndigenousandnonIndigenousAustralians Fullmediareleaseat:<http://www.health.gov.au/internet/ministers/publishing.nsf/Content/mr yr10wsws083.htm>. *********** DrNorittaMorseuDiopthefirstTorresStraitIslandertoearnaPhDfromUniversityof Queensland,JamesO'Loan,TheCourierMail,13December.Bornonamissionandalways"ona mission''.DrNorittaMorseuDiopislivingproofthatselfbeliefandhardworkcanovercomeany challenge.Today,infrontofindigenousElders,shebecomesonlythefifthTorresStraitIslanderin historytoreceiveaPhDfromanAustralianuniversity.HerPhDthesisfindingsaimtocreateamore effectiveandhumanecriminaljusticesysteminQueensland,whichiscurrentlyblightedbyan overrepresentationofindigenouspeople.Fullstoryat: <http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/drnorittamorseudiopthefirsttorresstrait islandertoearnaphdfromuniversityofqueensland/storye6freoof1225969797608>. CongratulationsfromtheLowitjaInstitute! ********************************************************************************* PUBLICATIONS TheImportanceofResilienceandStresstoMaintainingSmokingAbstinenceandCessation:A qualitativestudyinAustraliawithpeoplediagnosedwithdepression,G.Tsourtos,P.R.Wardet al.2010,Health&SocialCareintheCommunity,DOI:10.1111/j.13652524.2010.00973.x.: <http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.13652524.2010.00973.x/abstract>. ********** Threediscussionpapershavebeenpublishedaspartofaseriesconsideringkeyissuesinethnicity data,andimplicationsforMorihealth.CommissionedbytheMinistryofHealth: ClassificationandOutputofMultipleEthnicities:ConsiderationsforMonitoringMoriHealth,D. Cormack&C.Robson2010. ImprovingandMaintainingQualityinEthnicityDataCollectionsintheHealthandDisability Sector,D.Cormack&M.McLeod2010. Ethnicity,NationalIdentityandNewZealanders:ConsiderationsforMonitoringMoriHealth andEthnicInequalities,D.Cormack&C.Robson2010. Availableat:<http://www.maorihealth.govt.nz/moh.nsf/indexma/threenewethnicitydiscussion papers>. ********** TargetedResearchinDepression,AnxietyandRelatedDisorders20072010,beyondblue2010. Thisbookcomprisessummariesoftheoutcomesfrommorethan60beyondbluefundedprojects thathavebeencompletedbetween2007and2010.Printedcopiescanbeorderedonlineat <www.beyondblue.org.au/resources>orT:1300224636.Electroniccopyavailableat: <www.beyondblue.org.au/researchbook2010>. **********