Topic library – cultural aspects
Abbott P, Close G (2002) Vascular health risks in the Aboriginal community: a cultural approach. Australian Family Physician;31(7):605- 610
Abbott K (2004) Return to the heart: Akeyulerre Apmere cultural health centre. Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal;29(6):4
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (1997) Protocols for undertaking research relating to, involving, and about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Canberra: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner (2007) Native title report 2006. Sydney: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
Adams M (1998) Men's health: a cultural perspective. Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal;22(3):7
Adams MJ (2001) How Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men care for their health: an ethnographic study. Unpublished Master of Arts thesis, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia
Akbar R, Dudgeon P, Gilchrist D, Pitt C(2001) Gender in Aboriginal culture. In: Dudgeon P, Garvey D, Pickett H, eds. Working with Indigenous Australians: a handbook for psychologists. Perth: Gunada Press:143-154
Alberts V, McKenzie A (2003) Suggested guidelines for the development of Indigenous cultural mentors. Retrieved 25 June 2007 from
Alberts V, McKenzie A (2003) Cultural mentor handbook. Melbourne: RoyalAustralianCollege of General Practioners
Anderson V, Allard A (2001) 'Research as dialogue' and cross cultural consultations: confronting relations of power. Paper presented at the International Education Research Conference. 2-6 December 2001, Fremantle, Perth
Anderson A (2004) Women's rights and culture: an Indigenous woman's perspective on the removal of traditional marriage as a defence under Northern Territory law. Indigenous Law Bulletin;6(1):30-31
Angus S, Lea T (1998) Planning for better health outcomes requires Indigenous perspective [editorial]. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health;22(6):636
Ariotti L (1999) Social construction of Anangu disability. Australian Journal of Rural Health;7(4):216-222
Armstrong T (2004) Counselling interventions and Indigenous mental health. Retrieved 3 August 2005 from
Arthur B, Morphy F, eds.(2005) Macquarie atlas of Indigenous Australia: culture and society through space and time. North Ryde, NSW: Macquarie Library
Australian Bureau of Statistics (2006) Arts and cultural heritage in Australia: key issues for an information development plan. (ABS catalogue no. 4915.0.55.001) Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics
Australian Bureau of Statistics (2006) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: involvement in arts and culture, 2001 and 2002. (ABS catalogue no.4721.0) Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics
Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council Standing Committee for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Working Party (2004) Cultural respect framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, 2004-2009. Adelaide: Department of Health
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (2000) Guidelines for ethical research in Indigenous studies. Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
Bailey J (2005) You're not listening to me!!: Aboriginal mental health is different - don't you understand?? Paper presented at the 8th National Rural Health Conference. 10-13 March 2005, Alice Springs
Barker W (1993) Cultural and community oriented health studies: potential impact on Aboriginal lifestyles. Paper presented at the First National Aboriginal Community Disease Control Conference. 21-25 March,
Barry C (1999) The Aboriginal cultural immersion program. Paper presented at the Best practice interventions in corrections for Indigenous people conference. 13-15 October 1999, Adelaide
Belfrage M (2007) Why 'culturally safe' health care? Medical Journal of Australia;186(10):537-538
Bennell SL (2002) Developing culturally appropriate programs and services in a new Aboriginal health organisation. Unpublished Master of Arts thesis, CurtinUniversity, Perth, Western Australia
Bennett E, Manderson L, Kelly B, Hardie I (1995) Cultural factors in dialysis and renal transplantation among Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders in North Queensland. Australian Journal of Public Health;19(6):610-615
Benson J (2006) A culturally sensitive consultation model. Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health;5(3) Retrieved 27 February 2007 from
Berndt CH(1982) Sickness and health in Western Arnhem Land: a traditional perspective. In: Reid J, ed. Body, land and spirit: health and healing in Aboriginal society. St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press:121-138
Bianchi GN, Cawte JE, Kiloh LG (1970) Cultural identity and the mental health of Australian Aborigines. Social Science and Medicine;3:371-87
Bishop EA (2003) Culturally appropriate aged care services for Indigenous Australians. Unpublished Bachelor of Education (Honours) thesis, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia
Board of Studies NSW (2001) Working with Aboriginal communities: a guide to community consultation and protocols. Sydney: Board of Studies NSW
Bond CJ (2005) A culture of ill health: public health or Aboriginality? Medical Journal of Australia;183(1):39-41
Bostock L (1991) Beyond the fringe: Aborigines, culture, and disabilities. Interaction;5(4):11-15
Brady M (1991) The health of young Aboriginal Australians: social and cultural issues. Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
Brady M (1993) Health issues for Aboriginal youth: social and cultural factors associated with resilience. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health;29(Suppl 1):S56-S59
Brady M (1995) Culture in treatment, culture as treatment: a critical appraisal of developments in addictions programs for Indigenous North Americans and Australians. Social Science and Medicine;41(11):1487-98
Brady M(2000) Aboriginal art in the social marketing of health. In: Kleinert S, Neale M, eds. The Oxford companion to Aboriginal art and culture. Melbourne: OxfordUniversity Press:450-451
Britt C (1998) Cultural values and differences in Aboriginal birthing practices. Unpublished Master of Bioethics thesis, MonashUniversity, Melbourne, Victoria
Brooks G (1995) Provision of a culturally appropriate diabetes education program in the Ipswich and west Moreton region. Paper presented at the Nutrition Networks '95 Conference. Proceedings of the 4th National Conference. 'Waranyjarrigun Yagarrama Yagarrayirr' 'Gathering and Sharing'. Broome, Western Australia
Browne AJ, Varcoe C (2006) Critical cultural perspectives and health care involving Aboriginal peoples. Contemporary Nurse;22(2):155-167
Casey W(2001) Cultural empowerment: partnerships of practice. In: Dudgeon P, Garvey D, Pickett H, eds. Working with Indigenous Australians: a handbook for psychologists. Perth: Gunada Press:403-410
Cawte JE (1969) Psychological adjustment to cultural change: the case of the Australian Aborigines. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry;3:343-7
Cawte J(1972) Cultural identity and mental health: a correlation analysis. Cruel, poor and brutal nations: the assessment of mental health in an Australian Aboriginal community by short-stay psychiatric field team methods. Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii:84-97
Cawte J (1974) Cultural variations in the Aboriginal population: their significance for health care. Medical Journal of Australia;2(5):40-43
Cawte JE (1976) Social and cultural influences on mental health in Aboriginal Australia: a summary of ten years' research. Transcultural Psychiatric Research Review;April:23-38
Cawte J(1987) Aboriginal medicine. In: Joske R, Segal W, eds. Ways of healing: Penguin:47-81
Cawte J (1993) The universe of the Warramirri: art, medicine and religion in Arnhem Land.Sydney: University of New South Wales Press
Cawte J (2001) Healers of Arnhem Land.South Australia: JB Books
Centre for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Participation Research and Development (1995) Guidelines on research ethics regarding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural, social, intellectual and spiritual property. Centre for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Participation, Research and Development
Chenowethm L, Jeon YH, Goff M, Burke C (2006) Cultural competency and nursing care: an Australian perspective. International Nursing Review;53:34-40
Chief Minister's Department (2004) A social and cultural profile of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Canberra. Canberra: Chief Minister's Department, ACT Government
City of Sydney (2005) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander protocols. Sydney: City of Sydney
CollardKS(2001) Aboriginal culture. In: Dudgeon P, Garvey D, Pickett H, eds. Working with Indigenous Australians: a handbook for psychologists. Perth: Gunada Press:21-26
Croft PJ (2003) ARTSong: the soul beneath my skin. Unpublished Doctor of Visual Arts thesis, GriffithUniversity, Brisbane, Queensland
Crowe C (1995) Aboriginal health: cultural issues. Australian Family Physician;24(8):1461-1466
Dau A (1975) Nurses at work: working with the Ngangkari. Australasian Nurses Journal;4(8):14-16
Davis B, Knight S, White V, Bell R, Claridge C, et al. (2001) Use of the arts in health promotion for Aboriginal women. Paper presented at the 6th National Rural Health Conference: Good Health - Good Country. 4 - 7 March 2001, Canberra
Davis SR, Knight S, White V, Claridge C, Davis BJ, et al. (2003) Climacteric symptoms among Indigenous Australian women and a model for the use of culturally relevant art in health promotion. Menopause;10(4):345-351
Davis B, McGrath N, Knight S, Davis S, Norval M, et al. (2004) Aminina nud mulumuluna ("You gotta look after yourself"): evaluation of the use of traditional art in health promotion for Aboriginal people in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Australian Psychologist;39(2):107-113
Davis R, ed.(2004) Woven histories, dancing lives: Torres Strait Islander identity, culture and history. Canberra: Aboriginal Studies Press
Dench McClean Pty Ltd (1999) Review of cultural awareness training: effectiveness of cultural awareness training. Sydney: New South Wales Health Department
Dench McLean Pty Ltd (1999) Report to NSW Health regarding the effectiveness of cultural awareness training. Melbourne: Dench McLean Pty Ltd
Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy (1999) Mina mir lo ailan mun: proper comunication with Torres Strait Islander people. Brisbane: Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy and Development
Department of Communications Information Technology and the Arts, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Services, Australia Council for the Arts (2003) Indigenous art centres: strategies and action plan. Canberra: Australian Government
Department of Employment Education and Training (2006) Indigenous languages and culture in Northern Territory schools: report 2004-2005. Darwin: Department of Employment Education and Training, Northern Territory Government
Department of Health, Government of Western Australia (2003) Aboriginal cultural security: a background paper. Perth: Government of Western Australia,
Department of Health (2006) Our culture, our babies, our future. Adelaide: Department of Health
Department of Health and Community Services, Northern Territory Government (2007) Aboriginal cultural security: an outline of the policy and its implementation. Darwin: Department of Health and Community Services
Devanesen D (2000) Traditional Aboriginal medicine practice in the Northern Territory. Paper presented at the International Symposium on Traditional Medicine. 11-13 September 2000, Awaji Island, Japan
Devitt J, McMasters T (1996) Living on medicine: social and cultural dimensions of end stage renal disease among Aboriginal people of Central Australia. Paper presented at the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress. Alice Springs
Devitt J, McMasters A (1998) Living on medicine: a cultural study of end-stage renal disease among Aboriginal people.Alice Springs: IAD Press
Discipline of Aboriginal Health Studies, University of Newcastle (1999) Healing our way: Aboriginal health and community protocols [cd-rom]. Newcastle, NSW: University of Newcastle, Discipline of Aboriginal Health Studies in association with Media Design Production & Publications Information & Education Service Division
Donnelly J, Robertson L (1991) Cross-cultural health promotions, focus on failure to thrive program at Yuendumu, Northern Territory [abstract]. Paper presented at the Health of Indigenous Peoples Conference. Public Health Association of Australia Twenty-Third Annual Conference. Alice Springs, 29 September to 2 October
Dowd T, Eckermann A (1992) Cultural danger or cultural safety; remote area health services. Australian Nurses Journal;21(6):11-12
Droste M (2000) A discussion paper on the issue of Aboriginal identity in contemporary Australia. Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal;24(6):11-13
Drysdale M (2005) The value of nurses in Indigenous communities: providing health care in a different cultural setting. Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues;8(1):3-11
Dudgeon P(2001) Aboriginal healers. In: Dudgeon P, Garvey D, Pickett H, eds. Working with Indigenous Australians: a handbook for psychologists. Perth: Gunada Press:103-107
Dudgeon P(2001) Diversity in Aboriginal culture. In: Dudgeon P, Garvey D, Pickett H, eds. Working with Indigenous Australians: a handbook for psychologists. Perth: Gunada Press:137-142
Dudgeon P(2001) Indigenous identity. In: Dudgeon P, Garvey D, Pickett H, eds. Working with Indigenous Australians: a handbook for psychologists. Perth: Gunada Press:43-51
Dudgeon P(2001) Counselling with Indigenous people. In: Dudgeon P, Garvey D, Pickett H, eds. Working with Indigenous Australians: a handbook for psychologists. Perth: Gunada Press:249-270
Dudgeon P(2001) Working with Aboriginal communities: the challenges. In: Dudgeon P, Garvey D, Pickett H, eds. Working with Indigenous Australians: a handbook for psychologists. Perth: Gunada Press:341-348
Dudgeon P, Garvey D, Pickett H(2001) A cultural history. In: Dudgeon P, Garvey D, Pickett H, eds. Working with Indigenous Australians: a handbook for psychologists. Perth: Gunada Press:27-30
Dudgeon P, Mallard J, Oxenham D(2001) Contemporary Aboriginal community. In: Dudgeon P, Garvey D, Pickett H, eds. Working with Indigenous Australians: a handbook for psychologists. Perth: Gunada Press:127-136
Dudgeon P, Williams R(2001) Culturally appropriate therapies, models and services. In: Dudgeon P, Garvey D, Pickett H, eds. Working with Indigenous Australians: a handbook for psychologists. Perth: Gunada Press:389-393
Duguid G (2004) Indigenous health: discourse and action in 'culturally safe spaces'. Unpublished Bachelor of Arts (Honours) thesis, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland
Dunn RP (2001) Attachment: towards an understanding of Aboriginal relationship with the land. Unpublished Master of Psychological Medicine thesis, MonashUniversity, Melbourne, Victoria
Durie M (2004) An Indigenous model of health promotion. Health Promotion Journal of Australia;15(3):181-185
Eastwell H (1973) The traditional healer in modern Arnhem Land. Medical Journal of Australia;2:1011-17
Eckermann A, Dowd T (1991) Strengthening the role of primary health care in health promotion by bridging cultures in Aboriginal health. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing;9(2):16 - 20
Eckermann R, Dowd T, Martin M, Nixon L, Gray R, et al. (1992) Binan Goonj: bridging cultures in Aboriginal health. Armidale: University of New England Press
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Edwards E, Williams D(1997) The creation of a community based culturally acceptable Aboriginal maternal and infant health service in Kalgoorlie-BoulderWestern Australia. Rural and remote Australia: health for all by the year 2000. Conference papers 4th National Rural Health Conference. Perth, Western Australia February 9-12 1997: National Rural Health Alliance:251-253
ERA Project (2003) Working with Aboriginal people: a cultural guide for community-based health and home care services in Wakefield, Gawler and Mid North areas of rural South Australia. Adelaide: Department of Human Services, Social Justice and Country Division
Fenwick C (2006) Assessing pain across the cultural gap: Central Australian Indigenous peoples’ pain assessment. Contemporary Nurse;22(2):218-227
Ferdowsian V (2001) Aboriginal beliefs about mental health and culturally appropriate therapeutic practice in the west Pilbara. Unpublished Master of Psychology (Counselling) thesis, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia
Fitzpatrick L, Gillies C (2000) Cultural awareness: implementation considerations. Paper presented at the Infront Outback: 5th Biennial Australian Rural and Remote Health Scientific Conference. 24-26 February 2000, Toowoomba, Qld.
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Fredericks BL (2003) Us speaking about women’s health: Aboriginal women’s perceptions and experiences of health, well-being, identity, body and health services. Unpublished Doctor of Philosophy thesis, Central Queensland University, Queensland
Freeman P (1993) A culturally orientated curriculum for Aboriginal health workers. World Health Forum;14(3):262 - 266
Fried O (1998) Cross cultural issues in the care of the terminally ill in central Australia. Newsletter: MenziesSchool of Health Research;(22):1
Fried O (2000) Cross cultural issues in the medical management and nursing care of terminally ill Aboriginal people in Central Australia. Unpublished Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales
Fried O (2003) Palliative care for patients with end-stage renal failure: reflections from Central Australia. Palliative Medicine;17(6):514-519
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Ganguly I (2001) The third dimension: cultural awareness for non-English speaking background health professionals. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health;25(2):109-110
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