Protocols for the delivery of social and emotional wellbeing and mental health services in Indigenous communities
Melissa Haswell North Queensland Health Equalities Promotion Unit05 November, 2009 These guidelines have been written to fill a significant gap in resources available to Primary Health Care and Mental Health services.

The geography and demography of Indigenous migration: Insights for policy and planning
Nicholas Biddle Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research 05 November, 2009 The aim of this paper is to consider a number of related aspects of Indigenous migration including the propensity to move, population redistribution, migration patterns and flows, urbanisation and intra-urban migration.

The 2nd National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Family & Community Strengths Conference
LOCATION: The University of Newcastle, Callaghan Campus
ORGANISED BY: The Family Action Centre & SNAICC01 December, 2009 The Family Action Centre and SNAICC invite you to be part of The 2nd National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Family & Community Strengths Conference.
When: 1 - 3 December 2009Where: The University of Newcastle, Callaghan CampusThis conferences' principal sponsor is The Australian Government Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, other sponsor includes The University of Newcastle.
The conference will explore family-centred, strength-based community engagement in relation to:# nurturing cultural identity in childre

Mortality of children and parental disadvantage

Peng Yu / Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
This paper from the 2007 Australian Social Policy Conference investigates the correlation between mortality risk of children and parental disadvantage at individual level. There is plenty of evidence for intergenerational transmission of disadvantage. However, mortality, as the most significant adverse outcome of children, is not well explored, especially in Australia. Lack of appropriate data is one of the main reasons.