ORAL HEALTH FOR ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLE

"Strong Teeth" CDROM

Strong Teeth is an interactive computer CD encouraging young adults to practise good oral health. The Strong Teeth CD is available in English and two Central Australian Indigenous languages - Arrernte and Warlpiri.

The Strong Teeth interactive CDROM was funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and developed by the Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health from University of Adelaide and the Northern Territory Department of Health and Community Services.

The Strong Teeth interactive CD was a collaborated effort by Dr Kaye Roberts-Thomson (ARCPOH), Dr Bruce Simmons (DHCS) and Christopher Brocklebank from isee-ilearn.com multilingual multimedia.

To view the Strong Teeth interactive CD go to www.isee-ilearn.com and click on the Strong Teeth icon.

Oral health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children

Authors: LM Jamieson, JM Armfield and KF Roberts-Thomson (Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health)

Published by: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2007 ISBN 35: 978 1 74024 618 7

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in Australia are disadvantaged in terms of oral health. This publication provides a summary of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child oral health using information from the Child Dental Health Survey, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Receipt of Hospital Dental Care Investigation and the Study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Oral Health in Remote Communities.

To view the whole report, go to: http://www.arcpoh.adelaide.edu.au/publications/report/statistics/html_files/ATSI_children.html

Oral Health Section of the HealthInfoNet

A ‘one-stop info-shop’ for people working, studying or interested in addressing oral health among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The HealthInfoNet aims to provide quality information and resources about how to prevent and/or minimise the harm associated with oral health among Indigenous peoples.

Contact:
Postal address:
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
Kurongkurl Katitjin, ECU's centre for Indigenous education and research Edith Cowan University
2 Bradford Street
MT LAWLEY WA 6050

Contact details:
Ph: (08) 9370 6336
Fax: (08) 9370 6022
Email: healthinfonet@ecu.edu.au

This Network was established in 1995 to strengthen Indigenous health promotion practice, research and policy through increased communication and by building a stronger relationship between health professionals throughout Australia and abroad.

indig@health.usyd.edu.au.
Lauren Ruszczyk
http://mailman.med.usyd.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/aihpn-list
Administrative Officer for Indigenous Health Programs
School of Public Health
Room 326, Edward Ford Building (A27)
The University of Sydney  NSW  2006
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Phone: (02) 9036 9203
Fax: (02) 9351 5205

The Measure Up campaign aims to raise appreciation of why people need to change their lifestyles, and includes supporting information on "what to do" and "how to do it.”  It has a range of materials aimed at showing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders what they can do to lower their risk of chronic illness.
http://www.measureup.gov.au/internet/abhi/publishing.nsf/Content/ATSI+resources-lp