scholarly journals Inequalities in the utilisation of the Child Dental Benefits Schedule between Aboriginal* and non-Aboriginal children

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil Orr ◽  
Kylie Gwynne ◽  
Woosung Sohn ◽  
John Skinner
Keyword(s):  
Dental Benefits ◽  
Aboriginal Children

Exocrine pancreatic dysfunction in malnourished Australian Aboriginal children

1991 ◽  
Vol 154 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffrey J Cleghorn ◽  
Ristan Greer ◽  
Terence L Holt ◽  
Ross W Shepherd ◽  
John Erlich ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Australian Aboriginal ◽  
Pancreatic Dysfunction ◽  
Aboriginal Children

Streptococcal infection and renal disease markers in Australian Aboriginal children

1992 ◽  
Vol 156 (8) ◽  
pp. 537-540 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul G Van Buynder ◽  
Julie A Gaggir ◽  
Diana Martin ◽  
David J Pugsley ◽  
John D Mathews ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Renal Disease ◽  
Streptococcal Infection ◽  
Australian Aboriginal ◽  
Disease Markers ◽  
Aboriginal Children

scholarly journals Childhood vaccination coverage in Australia: an equity perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arzu Arat ◽  
Hannah C. Moore ◽  
Sharon Goldfeld ◽  
Viveca Östberg ◽  
Vicky Sheppeard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vaccination Coverage ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Childhood Vaccination ◽  
High Coverage ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Policy Interventions ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Social Inequities ◽  
Future Policy ◽  
Aboriginal Children

Abstract Background This study describes trends in social inequities in first dose measles-mumps-rubella (MMR1) vaccination coverage in Western Australia (WA) and New South Wales (NSW). Using probabilistically-linked administrative data for 1.2 million children born between 2002 and 2011, we compared levels and trends in MMR1 vaccination coverage measured at age 24 months by maternal country of birth, Aboriginal status, maternal age at delivery, socio-economic status, and remoteness in two states. Results Vaccination coverage was 3–4% points lower among children of mothers who gave birth before the age of 20 years, mothers born overseas, mothers with an Aboriginal background, and parents with a low socio-economic status compared to children that did not belong to these social groups. In both states, between 2007 and 2011 there was a decline of 2.1% points in MMR1 vaccination coverage for children whose mothers were born overseas. In 2011, WA had lower coverage among the Aboriginal population (89.5%) and children of young mothers (89.3%) compared to NSW (92.2 and 92.1% respectively). Conclusion Despite overall high coverage of MMR1 vaccination, coverage inequalities increased especially for children of mothers born overseas. Strategic immunisation plans and policy interventions are important for equitable vaccination levels. Future policy should target children of mothers born overseas and Aboriginal children.

Good seroconversion after a fourth hepatitis B vaccination in Aboriginal children

1995 ◽  
Vol 162 (6) ◽  
pp. 336-336
Author(s):  
Xinan A Wan ◽  
Steven L Guthridge ◽  
Monica M Green ◽  
Bart J Currie ◽  
John D Mathews
Keyword(s):  
Hepatitis B ◽  
Hepatitis B Vaccination ◽  
Aboriginal Children

Koories in the Classroom

1985 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 34-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Bamblett
Keyword(s):  
Social Order ◽  
Teaching Styles ◽  
Educational Facilities ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
British Occupation ◽  
Mainstream Classrooms ◽  
Dominant Society ◽  
Children’S Behaviour ◽  
Australian Tradition ◽  
Aboriginal Children

Despite growing initiatives in Aboriginal-designed educational facilities, most Aboriginal children still undertake their schooling in mainstream classrooms where methodology and organisation have evolved according to a white Australian tradition.The school system is an institution relentlessly perpetuating the stereotypes and social order that have been Australia’s since the British occupation. Aboriginal children are seen to ‘underachieve’ in terms of a system designed to meet the needs of the dominant society. While ‘underachievement’ may be slightly diminished by adjustments in teaching styles, these changes should be part of an overall classroom strategy that is based on an understanding of Aboriginal characteristics and cultural traditions, and a realisation that Aboriginal children’s behaviour reflects their experience of a largely racist society.

Hawks and Doves in the Education of Aboriginal Children

1982 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 50-55
Author(s):  
P. Degens
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Total Population ◽  
Good Time ◽  
White Children ◽  
Aboriginal Population ◽  
Educational Issue ◽  
Special Programs ◽  
The One ◽  
The Military ◽  
Aboriginal Children

When I first moved to Coffs Harbour in 1972, I quickly became aware of the problems facing Aboriginal children in the school and community. Now, ten years later, seems a good time to review the position.Statistically there have been changes. The Aboriginal population in Coffs Harbour Shire is 1.6% of the total population, namely: males 200, females 194, total 394.The new Tyalla Primary which opened next to Orara High in 1978 has 29 Aboriginal pupils, while the Aboriginal population of Orara High itself has increased from 10 to 31 students (2 being in Year 11) in keeping with this school’s growth from only Years 7 – 9 in 1973, to a full secondary school by 1976.It appears that attitudes among teachers and white children have polarised. There are the ‘hawks’ and the ‘doves’. When these terms were invented during the Eisenhower years in the U.S.A., it was easy to tell a ‘hawk’ from a ‘dove’. The ‘hawks’ were those who favoured warlike measures and confrontation, while the ‘doves’ were those who wanted peace talks and mutual disarmament. These days it has become difficult to differentiate in the military aviary but in this educational issue there seems to be a marked line of division. On the one hand there are those who condemn as ‘racist’ any special programs of financial aid to assist Aboriginal children, ‘the hawks’, and on the other those who blame a white-dominated society for the problems Aboriginal children face, ‘the doves’.

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