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Health Literacy - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health

Journals

The following journals are available on CIAP (Clinical Information Access Program) Access is for NSW Health staff only.

Articles

The bibliography provided are a selection of published work.  More articles on this and other topics can be found using the CIAP (Clinical Information Access Program) databases.  For full-text of these articles please contact your WSLHD Library.

Amery, R. (2017). Recognising the communication gap in Indigenous health care. Medical Journal of Australia, 207(1), 13-15. https://doi.org/10.5694/mja17.00042

Butcher, L. M., Platts, J. R., Le, N., McIntosh, M. M., Celenza, C. A., & Foulkes-Taylor, F. (2021). Can addressing food literacy across the life cycle improve the health of vulnerable populations? A case study approach. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 32(S1), 5-16. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.414

Crengle, S., Luke, J. N., Lambert, M., Smylie, J. K., Reid, S., Harré-Hindmarsh, J., & Kelaher, M. (2018). Effect of a health literacy intervention trial on knowledge about cardiovascular disease medications among Indigenous peoples in Australia, Canada and New Zealand. BMJ Open, 8(1), e018569. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018569

Elmer, S., Nash, R., Kemp, N., Coleman, C., Wyss, M., & Roach, J. (2021). HealthLit4Kids: Supporting schools to be health literacy responsive organisations. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 32(S1), 17-28. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.412

Gilbert, E., Collins, R., Webster, V., Boyd, N., Maple-Brown, L., Boyle, J., & Smith-Vaughan, H. (2021). Using co-design to develop a culturally responsive reproductive health learning resource for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 32(S1), 179-185. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.392

Guo, S., Davis, E., Armstrong, R., Yu, X., & Naccarella, L. (2021). A pilot study of adolescent health literacy research in Melbourne: Implementation and reflections. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 32(S1), 128-132. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.425

Hardt, J., Canfell, O. J., Walker, J. L., Webb, K.-L., Brignano, S., Peu, T., Santos, D., Kira, K., & Littlewood, R. (2021). Healthier Together: Co-design of a culturally tailored childhood obesity community prevention program for Māori & Pacific Islander children and families. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 32(S1), 143-154. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.438

Harsch, S., Jawid, A., Jawid, M. E., Saboga Nunes, L., Sahrai, D., & Bittlingmayer, U. H. (2021). The relationship of health literacy, wellbeing and religious beliefs in neglected and unequal contexts—Results of a survey study in central Afghanistan. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 32(S1), 80-87. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.419

Ireland, S., & Maypilama, E. L. (2021). “We are sacred”: An intercultural and multilingual approach to understanding reproductive health literacy for Yolŋu girls and women in remote Northern Australia. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 32(S1), 192-202. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.439

Kemp, E., Trigg, J., Beatty, L., Christensen, C., Dhillon, H. M., Maeder, A., Williams, P. A. H., & Koczwara, B. (2021). Health literacy, digital health literacy and the implementation of digital health technologies in cancer care: the need for a strategic approach. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 32(S1), 104-114. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.387

Kempster, C., Gray, J., & Burman, K. (2021). Student-driven partnerships enhancing oral health literacy. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 32(S1), 98-103. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.376

Kerrigan, V., Lee, A. M., Ralph, A. P., & Lawton, P. D. (2021). Stay Strong: Aboriginal leaders deliver COVID-19 health messages. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 32(S1), 203-204. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.364

Kinsman, L., Radford, J., Elmer, S., Ogden, K., Randles, S., Jacob, A., Delphin, D., Burr, N., & Goss, M. (2021). Engaging “hard-to-reach” men in health promotion using the OPHELIA principles: Participants' perspectives. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 32(S1), 33-40. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.403

Lim, S., Smith, C. A., Costello, M. F., MacMillan, F., Moran, L., Teede, H., & Ee, C. (2021). Health literacy needs in weight management of women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 32(S1), 41-48. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.349

Lowell, A., Maypilama, E. L., & Gundjarranbuy, R. (2021). Finding a pathway and making it strong: Learning from Yolŋu about meaningful health education in a remote Indigenous Australian context. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 32(S1), 166-178. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.405

McCormack, H., Nathan, S., Varma, R., & Haire, B. (2021). Dissonances in communication with sexual health consumers in an inner-Sydney sexual health clinic in relation to health literacy: A mixed-methods study. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 32(S1), 133-142. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.429

Mithen, V., Kerrigan, V., Dhurrkay, G., Morgan, T., Keilor, N., Castillon, C., Hefler, M., & Ralph, A. P. (2021). Aboriginal patient and interpreter perspectives on the delivery of culturally safe hospital-based care. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 32(S1), 155-165. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.415

Muscat, D. M., Ceprnja, D., Hobbs, K., Gibson, J.-A., Blumenthal, C., Milad, R., Burns, C., Lau, T., & Flood, V. (2021). Development and evaluation of a health literacy training program for allied health professionals: A pre-post study assessing impact and implementation outcomes. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 32(S1), 88-97. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.350

Muscat, D. M., Lambert, K., Shepherd, H., McCaffery, K. J., Zwi, S., Liu, N., Sud, K., Saunders, J., O’Lone, E., Kim, J., Robbins, A., & Webster, A. C. (2021). Supporting patients to be involved in decisions about their health and care: Development of a best practice health literacy App for Australian adults living with Chronic Kidney Disease. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 32(S1), 115-127. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.416

Naccarella, L., & Horwood, J. (2021). Public libraries as health literate multi-purpose workspaces for improving health literacy. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 32(S1), 29-32. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.437

Nash, S., & Arora, A. (2021). Interventions to improve health literacy among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples: a systematic review. BMC Public Health, 21(1), 248. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10278-x

Raymundo, G., Smith-Merry, J., & McNab, J. (2021). Experiences of health service literacy and access amongst Australian young adults from migrant backgrounds. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 32(S1), 69-79. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.408

Rheault, H., Coyer, F., & Bonner, A. (2021). Chronic disease health literacy in First Nations people: A mixed methods study. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 30(17-18), 2683-2695. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.15757

Rheault, H., Coyer, F., Jones, L., & Bonner, A. (2019). Health literacy in Indigenous people with chronic disease living in remote Australia. BMC Health Services Research, 19(1), 523. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4335-3

Smith, J. A., Griffiths, K., Nash, R., Elmer, S., Ireland, S., Wright, C. J. C., & Gupta, H. (2021). Equity and health literacy: Using emerging evidence to inform the development of the National Preventive Health Strategy. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 32(S1), 3-4. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.446

Smith, J. A., Merlino, A., Christie, B., Adams, M., Bonson, J., Osborne, R. H., Drummond, M., Judd, B., Aanundsen, D., Fleay, J., & Gupta, H. (2021). Using social media in health literacy research: A promising example involving Facebook with young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander males from the Top End of the Northern Territory. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 32(S1), 186-191. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.421

Stanzel, K. A., Hammarberg, K., & Fisher, J. (2021). ‘Not everybody is an internet person’: Barriers for menopause-related health literacy among immigrant women from the Horn of Africa nations. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 32(S1), 61-68. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.326

Willcox-Pidgeon, S. M., Franklin, R. C., Devine, S., Leggat, P. A., & Scarr, J. (2021). Reducing inequities among adult female migrants at higher risk for drowning in Australia: The value of swimming and water safety programs. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 32(S1), 49-60. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.407