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Resources for health professionals

The following resources are for health professionals working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients and consumers.  Please also see Resources for patients and consumers (currently under construction) which provides brochures, posters and links for education and health care information.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Capability

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and closing the gap

Alcohol, tobacco and other drugs Helping Smokers Quit: A Health Professionals Guide to Brief Intervention Alcohol and Pregnancy and Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: a resource for health professionals Closing the Gap Clearinghouse: Anti-tobacco programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people Quitline

Bowel cancer screening Bowel cancer screening poster Bowel cancer screening flipchart

Child and youth health Deadly Ears National immunisation schedule

Chronic disease Chronic Disease Guidelines - 3rd Edition Medicare health assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people Home and Community Care: Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander Service Development Plan 2009-2012 Pathways to Rural and Remote Orientation and Training (PaRROT) Lung Health Services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

Death and dying Sad News, Sorry Business - caring for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients through death and dying Palliative care for the Indigenous community

Dementia: Kimberley Indigenous Cognitive Assessment (KICA)

Environmental Health Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Environmental Health Plan 2008-2013 Environmental Health in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities (presentation)

Primary Clinical Care Manual

Rheumatic fever Diagnosis and management of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in Australia: an evidence-based review

Social and emotional wellbeing The Australian Indigenous Mental Health Site - developed by the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists and beyondblue: the national depression initiative Social and emotional wellbeing Working Together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health and Wellbeing Principles and Practice: a book on social and emotional wellbeing, edited by N Purdie, P Dudgeon and R Walker, July 2010 Dementia learning resource for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people