Indigenous News Update – Health

by Robbo on November 25, 2009

in Indigenous News

News

  • Aboriginal poverty has gotten worse, the winner of the 2009 Sydney Peace Prize Pilger says http://bit.ly/1VgNky
  • THE serious consequences of long-term cannabis use in indigenous communities are beginning to show http://bit.ly/agFWh
  • Protocols for delivery of social and emotional wellbeing and mental health services in Indigenous communities released http://bit.ly/2bb3OI
  • From 1994 to 2004, Indigenous smoking prevalence fell by 5.5% in remote men – really? http://bit.ly/66wXlr
  • Prevalence of smoking among Australian Aborigines in non-remote regions equivalent to the rest of the Australian popn http://bit.ly/5vzEpU
  • Education about basic hygiene will be the key to reducing otitis media in indigenous population http://bit.ly/8zozJX

The Indigenous News Updates are sourced from news and other articles from around the country that I have posted on Twitter.
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