The Age, February 14th, 2017
Australia is not on track to close the life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, with the divide widening and deaths increasing when it comes to cancer, the ninth annual Closing the Gap report has found.
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SHine SA, February 8, 2017
You can now subscribe to our Yarning On newsletter. The purpose of the Yarning On Newsletter is to keep you up to date with SHine SA’s work with Aboriginal communities, provide current news and information relating to Aboriginal Sexual Health, and to let you know about upcoming training opportunities.
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Rainbow Labor South Australia Inc, 1st Dec 2016 Rainbow Labor has welcomed today’s apology by South Australian Labor Premier, Jay Weatherill, to South Australian lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer people. The apology, seconded by the Leader of the Opposition, recognises the discrimination LGBTIQ people have suffered under South Australian laws. Read more here rlsa...
Kirby Institute, UNSW, November 2016 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples continue to experience a disproportionate burden of disease. HIV notification rates among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men have doubled over the past five years and rates of chlamydia, gonorrhoea and infectious syphilis are 3, 10 and 6 times greater than the non–Indigenous population in 2015, with even...
DSCI & SA Health, 2016 An atlas of six South Australian communities: Mapping the influences on community wellbeing was produced for the South Australian Department for Communities and Social Inclusion (DCSI) and the Department for Health and Ageing (SA Health). Over the last three decades, numerous reports and studies have highlighted substantial variations in the wellbeing across the South...
University of New South Wales, September 2016 This study is conducted by the University of New South Wales. It aims to monitor experiences of the use of injecting drugs and/or living with hepatitis in Australia. To participate in this research study, you need to meet the following inclusion criteria: Be over 18 years of age; Have ever injected drugs AND/OR lived with hepatitis C in Australia; Be...