Policy briefs

The Lowitja Institute and its predecessor organisation the CRC for Aboriginal Health have produced several Policy Briefs:

• Building a Legal Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health – March 2012

• Improving Developmental Outcomes for Aboriginal Children in Urban and Remote Communities – March 2010

• Healthy Skin Prevents Chronic Disease in Remote Communities – September 2009

• Making a Difference to Skin Disease in Aboriginal Communities – August 2009

• Removing the Regulatory Overburden from Primary Health Care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People – August 2009

• Improving the Journey for Remote Area Aboriginal Cardiac Patients Travelling Long Distances to Hospital – June 2009

• Targeting Indigenous Australian Smoking rates – May 2008

• Racism Undermines Health – April 2008

• A Study of the Burden of Disease and Injury in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People – November 2007

• Good Health Outcomes over Two Decades for a Decentralised NT Aboriginal Community – Utopia – June 2007

• Chronic Illness Care for Indigenous Australians: Implications for Policy From the ABCD Project

• Access to Specialist Medical Services in Remote and Indigenous Communities and Implications for Intervention