Aboriginal health : report / House of Representatives Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs

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Australia. Parliament. House of Representatives. Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES STANDING COMMITTEE ON ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS 1
ABORIGINAL HEALTH 5
CONTENTS 11
RECOMMENDATIONS 19
SUGGESTIONS 25
1 INTRODUCTION 31
PART ’A’ PREVALENCE OF DISEASE SUFFERED BY ABORIGINALS 35
PART 'B' ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIAL AND CULTURAL FACTORS 63
PART 'C' DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE TO ABORIGINALS 105
PART 'D' EMPLOYMENT OF PERSONNEL CONCERNED WITH ABORIGINAL HEALTH 165
APPENDIX 1 LIST OF WITNESSES 175
APPENDIX 2 COMMUNITIES VISITED BY THE COMMITTEE 189
APPENDIX 3 INFANT MORTALITY RATES 191
APPENDIX 4 ABORIGINAL VITAL RATES 193
APPENDIX 5 INFANT MORTALITY RATE* 195
APPENDIX 6 Hospital morbidity, principal condition, Western Australia 1971 to 1976 - Aboriginals 197
APPENDIX 7 Hospital morbidity, principal condition, Western Australia 1971 to 1976 Non-Ab originals 201
APPENDIX 8 Hospital morbidity, principal condition, Western Australia 1971 to 1976 - Aboriginals Rate per 1,000 population 203
APPENDIX 9 Hospital morbidity, principal condition, Western Australia 1971 to 1976 - Non-Aborigina 1s Rate per 1,000 population 205
APPENDIX 10 Hospital morbidity, principal condition, Northern Territory 1974 to 1976 207
APPENDIX 11 Hospital morbidity, principal condition, Northern Territory 1974 to 1976 Rate per 1,000 population 209
APPENDIX 12 LENGTH OF STAY IN HOSPITAL - WESTERN AUSTRALIA 1971-76 AVERAGE NUYBER OF DAYS 211
APPENDIX 13 NORTHERN TERRITORY HOSPITALS 213
APPENDIX 14 QUEENSLAND 215
APPENDIX 15 PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS FOR ABORIGINALS TO SEVEN HOSPITALS(a) BY MAJOR DIAGNOSIS(b)- NEW SOUTH WALES JULY-DECEMBER 1976 217
APPENDIX 16 Method of water supply to Aboriginal communities (a), second half of 1977 219
APPENDIX 17 Method of sewerage disposal in Aboriginal communities (a), second half of 1977 221
APPENDIX 18 Method of electricity supply to Aboriginal communities (a), second half of 1977 223
APPENDIX 19 Shelter in Aboriginal communities (a), second half of 1977 225
APPENDIX 20 OUTLAY ON ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS BY THE COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT 227
APPENDIX 21 GRANTS TO THE STATES FOR ABORIGINAL HEALTH 229
APPENDIX 22 DIRECT EXPENDITURE ON ABORIGINAL HEALTH IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY 231
APPENDIX 23 POLICY STATEMENT ON ABORIGINAL HEALTH WORKER TRAINING DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, NORTHERN TERRITORY 233
APPENDIX 24 DECLARATION - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PRIMARY HEALTH CARE ALMA-ATA, U.S.S.R., 1978 - WHO AND UNICEF 237

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