Activity in this area
Data
Australian Bureau of Statistics. 4715.0 - National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey, 2018-19. Canberra: ABS; 2019; [Accessed May 2020]; Available at: https://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Lookup/4715.0Main+Features12018-19?OpenDocument
National Drug Strategy Household Survey 2016. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2017. Canberra AIHW. Available at: https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/illicit-use-of-drugs/ndshs-2016-key-findings/contents/summary
Social Health Atlases of Australia: Prevalence of selected health risk factors (estimates), 2020; [Accessed January 2022]; Available at: https://phidu.torrens.edu.au/social-health-atlases/indicators-and-notes-on-the-data/social-health-atlases-of-australia-contents#prevalence-of-selected-health-risk-factors-estimates
Policy
Cancer Australia. National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cancer Framework. 2015 Available from: https://canceraustralia.gov.au/publications-and-resources/cancer-australia-publications/overlay-context=affected-cancer/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-people/national-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-cancer-framework
Cancer Australia. Optimal Care Pathway for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with cancer. 2018 Available from: https://canceraustralia.gov.au/publications-and-resources/cancer-australia-publications/optimal-care-pathway-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-people-cancer
Tackling Indigenous Smoking
https://www.health.gov.au/initiatives-and-programs/tackling-indigenous-smoking
Tackling Indigenous Smoking Resource and Information Centre
http://tacklingsmoking.org.au/about-the-tackling-indigenous-smoking-resource-information-centre/
National Tobacco Campaign. http://www.quitnow.gov.au/internet/quitnow/publishing.nsf/Content/home
National Tobacco Strategy 2012-2018. Australian Government Department of Health. http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/tobacco-strategy
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