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National: Forum Indigenous Health and the Treaty Debate



Below is the listing of Speakers and their downloadable papers. Click on the title name of the paper to download it.

Dr Lisa Jackson, Pulver, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW
What has a Treaty got to do with Improving Indigenous Health?
Dr Tamara Mackean, Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association
Indigenous Health and the Treaty Debate
Mr Jeff McMullen, Ian Thorpe’s Fountain for youth Trust
"Syndrome X" The Silent Plague Threatening the World`s oldest Culture
Ms Dea Delaney Thiele, National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO)
Better Health: Whose Responsibility? Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health & Treaty Debate
Ms Olga Havnen, NSW Aboriginal Land Council
The Social Determinants of Health and a Treaty or Treaties

Other Information for Ms Olga Havnen:
Presentation in PDF format
Ms Pat Anderson, Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance – Northern Territory (AMSANT)
Catching the Fast Train
Ms Ria Earp, Deputy Director General - Maori Health, Ministry of Health (NZ)
The Treaty of Waitangi & Maori Health

Other Information for Ms Ria Earp:
Presentation in PDF format
Professor Ian Anderson, Centre for the Study of Health and Society, University of Melbourne
Better Health: Whose Responsibilites? Governments, Responsibilities & Aboriginal health
Professor Larissa Behrendt, Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning, UTS
Treaty and Health: It's not either/or
Professor Stephen Cornell, Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development (US)
Indigenous Jurisdication and Daily Life: Evidence from North America

Other Information for Professor Stephen Cornell:
Presentation in PDF format
Senator Aden Ridgeway, Australian Democrats Spokesperson for Indigenous Affairs
Political Leadership and Re-Negotiating Relationships in Indigenous Health
The Hon Dr Carmen Lawrence MP, ALP National President
Political Leadership and Re-Negotiating Relationships in Indigenous Health
The Hon Fred Chaney AO, Co-Chair, Reconciliation Australia
Political Leadership and Re-Negotiating Relationships in Indigenous Health


Other Conference Documents

Information sheets provided to forum participants
Information Sheet 1
Good health and the influence of broader social and psychological factors
Information Sheet 2
Could a treaty or constitutional change make a difference?


Related Media Coverage
Olga Havnen, Online Opinion
Stephen Cornell, 'Jurisdiction gives power to native peoples', The Australian, 13 October 2004 (access requires paid subscription to Newstext)
Stephen Cornell, Online Opinion
Fred Chaney, Online Opinion
Dr Tamara Mackean of the Australian Indigenous Doctors' Association on ABC Radio's Speaking Out, 12 September 2004 (audio no longer available)
NewsDay at the University of Technology, Sydney
The Wire


Other Readings and Websites
Central Australian Aboriginal Congress, Position Paper: Treaty & Health, July 2002
Louis Peachey, 'Indigenous health: it's time for a change', Medical Journal of Australia, 2003
Ian Ring and Ngiare Brown, Achieving Sustainable Improvements In Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health In Search of Sustainability Online Conference, 2003
Ian Ring and David Firman, 'Reducing Indigenous mortality in Australia: lessons from other countries' Medical Journal of Australia, 1998
Kate Ross and John Taylor, ‘Improving Life Expectancy and Health: A Comparison of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People and New Zealand Maori’ Journal of Population Health, September 2002
Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development
World Health Organisation, Social Determinants of Health: The Solid Facts, 2nd ed, 2003
ANTar (Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation), Healing Hands Indigenous Health Rights Campaign'
 









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