QuitSA - Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander

The following are links to both statistics and information about tobacco, smoking and interventions in ATSI populations.

Also provided are links to sources of information about ATSI health issues generally.

From the Australian Bureau of Statistics

Australian Social Trends series, including

Australian Social Trends 2000 Health - Risk Factors: Trends in smoking

Australian Social Trends 1996 Health - Health status: The health of indigenous people

Australian Social Trends 1996 Health - Risk Factors: Health risk factors and Indigenous people

Australian Social Trends 1994 Health - Risk Factors: Tobacco use

National Health Survey

National Health Survey: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Results, Australia
(released Nov 2005, from data collected 2004-2005)

From the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)

The health and welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples (2008)
Previous reports are also available.

Many of the AIHW relevant health publications will provide minimal information about various health problems (related to smoking) and the ATSI population.

General resources

Indigenous Australians and Tobacco: a literature review
A comprehensive 2001 report by Rowena Ivers including history, prevalence, attitudes, health effects, programs and interventions.

Australian Indigenous Health Infonet
Look here for policy documents, programs, journal articles and more - full text links often provided.

Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health
Some aims of this virtual research centre are to undertake strategic research to investigate health service delivery systems, the social determinants of health and health conditions, and transfer research findings into policy and practice to improve primary health care practice, to build sustainable prevention and early intervention programs and to reduce the burden of disease on Aboriginal communities and individuals.

Menzies School of Health Research
Key research institute of the Northern Territory - some publications available online.

Australian Government Dept of Health and Ageing - Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health

South Australian Departments

Department of Health

Department of Families and Communities Aboriginal Services information