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Remote Australia is a vast and complex area. To create opportunity, foster social inclusion and drive economic development in this region, you need a comprehensive knowledge base to drive change.
Remote Australia Online is exactly that. It’s an online platform that delivers authoritative research on topics that impact this region and its people, including education and its pathways, policy, business, social and cultural welfare, infrastructure, communication and natural resource management.
Remote Australia Online is for those who want to delve deeper into the complexities of remote Australia: its intricate and interconnected networks, the geographical, social, cultural and environmental influences, its opportunities, challenges, and to understand just what makes this unique region tick.
Rural paramedics’ capacity for utilising a salutogenic approach to healthcare delivery: a literature review
- Authors: Cockrell, Krista Renee, Reed, Buck, Wilson, Leigh
- Published: 2019
Introduction Australia has had a long-standing challenge in meeting rural and remote healthcare needs. Recently, new expanded paramedic roles have proven successful in addressing healthcare gaps, however, further research is…
Qualitative perspectives on the sustainability of sexual health continuous quality improvement in clinics serving remote Aboriginal communities in Australia
- Authors: Gunaratnam, Praveena, Schierhout, Gill, Brands, Jenny, Maher, Lisa, Bailie, Ross, Ward, James, Guy, Rebecca, Rumbold, Alice, Ryder, Nathan, Fairley, Christopher K, Donovan, Basil, Moore, Liz, Kaldor, John, Bell, Stephen
- Published: 2019
Objectives To examine barriers and facilitators to sustaining a sexual health continuous quality improvement (CQI) programme in clinics serving remote Aboriginal communities in Australia.Design Qualitative study.Setting Primary health care services…
Making space for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community health workers in health promotion
- Authors: Conte, Kathleen P, Gwynn, Josephine, Turner, Nicole, Koller, Claudia, Gillham, Karen E
- Published: 2019
Despite a clear need, ‘closing the gap’ in health disparities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities (hereafter, respectfully referred to as Aboriginal) continues to be challenging for western health…
Trekking the desert: Following in the footsteps of tiny vagrants
- Author: Dickman, Chris
- Published: 2019
The famed explorer Charles Sturt was the first European to set eyes upon the sand dunes of the Simpson Desert, and was in no doubt about the harshness of the…
Breaking the Cycle: What Influences Do Families Have on Lower Primary School Students’ Attendance in Remote Communities?
- Author: Ellis, Casey
- Publisher: Springer Singapore
- Published: 2019
Although parents and families have a significant influence on their child’s school attendance, teachers’ adoption of more culturally appropriate methods of engagement with the community is necessary. I do think…
Cost of dialysis therapies in rural and remote Australia – a micro-costing analysis
- Authors: Gorham, G., Howard, K., Zhao, Y., Ahmed, A. M. S., Lawton, P. D., Sajiv, C., Majoni, S. W., Wood, P., Conlon, T., Signal, S., Robinson, S. L., Brown, S., Cass, A.
- Published: 2019
Maintenance dialysis is a costly and resource intense activity. In Australia, inadequate health infrastructure and poor access to technically skilled staff can limit service provision in remote areas where many…
The picture talk project: Aboriginal community input on consent for research
- Authors: Fitzpatrick, Emily FM, Macdonald, Gaynor, Martiniuk, Alexandra LC, Oscar, June, D’Antoine, Heather, Carter, Maureen, Lawford, Tom, Elliott, Elizabeth J
- Published: 2019
Background: The consent and community engagement process for research with Indigenous communities is rarely evaluated. Research protocols are not always collaborative, inclusive or culturally respectful. If participants do not trust…
Collaborating for sustainable water and energy management: Assessment and categorisation of Indigenous involvement in remote Australian communities
- Authors: Jackson, Melissa, Stewart, Rodney A., Fielding, Kelly S., Cochrane, Jessie, Beal, Cara D.
- Published: 2019
Indigenous peoples living in remote areas are often reliant on Governments for essential services and local economic development opportunities. Collaboration and partnership in resource planning and management is espoused as…
Accessibility of primary, specialist, and allied health services for Aboriginal people living in rural and remote communities: Protocol for a mixed-methods study
- Authors: Macniven, Rona, Hunter, Kate, Lincoln, Michelle, O’Brien, Ciaran, Jeffries Jr, Thomas Lee, Shein, Gregory, Saxby, Alexander, Taylor, Donna, Agius, Tim, Finlayson, Heather, Martin, Robyn, Kong, Kelvin, Nolan-Isles, Davida, Tobin, Susannah, Gwynne, Kylie
- Published: 2019
Background: Primary, specialist, and allied health services can assist in providing equitable access in rural and remote areas, where higher proportions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (Aboriginal Australians)…
Linear lengthening intonation in English on Croker Island: Identifying substrate origins
- Authors: Mailhammer, Robert, Caudal, Patrick
- Published: 2019
The topic of this paper is a striking intonation contour which is found in English on Croker Island, NT, Australia, which is labelled Linear Lengthening Intonation. This contour is formally…
The relationship between low adult literacy levels and Aboriginal family and community engagement in educational decision making
- Authors: Ratcliffe, Ruth, Boughton, Bob
- Published: 2019
This article draws on work with communities in the rural and remote towns of Brewarrina, Wilcannia and Enngonia, New South Wales (NSW) to explore the relationship between low adult literacy…
Australian Indigenous Art Innovation and Culturepreneurship in Practice: Insights for Cultural Tourism
- Author: Loaney, Denis R.
- Published: 2019
Indigenous cultural tourism offers significant future opportunities for countries, cities and Indigenous communities, but the development of new offerings can be problematic. Addressing this challenge, this article examines contemporary Australian…
TeaH (Turn ‘em around Healing): a therapeutic model for working with traumatised children on Aboriginal communities
- Authors: Moss, Michelle, Lee, Anthony Duwun
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Published: 2019
Aboriginal children in Australia are over-represented in both the child protection and juvenile justice systems. Using Western therapeutic models of practice with Aboriginal people who live in remote communities can…
Breast screening attendance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in the Northern Territory of Australia
- Authors: Tapia, Kriscia A., Garvey, Gail, McEntee, Mark F., Rickard, Mary, Lydiard, Lorraine, Brennan, Patrick C.
- Published: 2019
Objective: To compare breast screening attendances of Indigenous and non-Indigenous women. Methods: A total of 4,093 BreastScreen cases were used including 857 self-identified Indigenous women. Chi-squared analysis compared data between…
Costs and effects of higher turnover of nurses and Aboriginal health practitioners and higher use of short-term nurses in remote Australian primary care services: an observational cohort study
- Authors: Zhao, Yuejen, Russell, Deborah Jane, Guthridge, Steven, Ramjan, Mark, Jones, Michael P, Humphreys, John S, Wakerman, John
- Published: 2019
Objectives To compare the costs and effects of higher turnover of resident nurses and Aboriginal health practitioners and higher use of agency-employed nurses in remote primary care (PC) services and…
Forming a humanitarian brand: Childhood and affect in Central Australia
- Author: Anderson, Drew
- Publisher: Springer International Publishing
- Published: 2019
This chapter draws upon ethnographic research with an international NGO working with Indigenous communities in the central desert of Australia. International NGOs have often relied upon the commodification of children…
Rethinking evaluation for improved health outcomes: Implications for remote Australia
- Authors: Carey, Timothy A., Fauth, James M., Tremblay, George C.
- Published: 2019
Despite enduring and unacceptable disparities in health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians as well as people living in rural and remote locations, evidence indicates that health services…
What counts? The influence of school attendance on Australia’s urban Indigenous students’ educational achievement
- Authors: Baxter, Lindy P., Meyers, Noel M.
- Published: 2019
Formal primary and secondary school education for all students should provide a pathway to overcome inequality and disadvantage. Logically, attending school regularly and often during the compulsory years of school…
Songs from the Stations: Wajarra as sung by Ronnie Wavehill Wirrpnga, Topsy Dodd Ngarnjal and Dandy Danbayarri at Kalkaringi
- Authors: Turpin, Myfany, Meakins, Felicity
- Publisher: Sydney University Press
- Published: 2019
Singing is a universal activity, although the notion of a ‘song’ as generally understood in English is not found in every culture. Songs may originate locally, but they also travel,…
Observing and respecting diverse knowledge traditions in a digital archive of Indigenous language materials
- Authors: Bow, Catherine, Hepworth, Patricia
- Published: 2019
Australian copyright law and Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) have always sat uncomfortably together, each with their own internal logic and legitimacy, but forcing certain arrangements and compromises when…