Developmental and environmental factors supporting the health and well-being of Aboriginal adolescents

International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 345-354

  Silburn, Sven R ^a,b   Blair, Eve ^a   Griffin, Judith A ^a   Zubrick, Stephen R ^a,b   Lawrence, David M ^a,b   Mitrou, Francis G ^a   De Maio, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Australia; Child health; Cohort studies; Development

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CAREGIVER; CHILD HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRISON; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SAFE SEX; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; URBANIZATION; WELLBEING;

EID: 36549072897     PISSN: 03340139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/IJAMH.2007.19.3.345     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Aust Inst Health Welfare, Aust Bureau Statistics. The health and welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Canberra: AIHW/ABS, 2005. (ABS Catalogue No. 4704.0.) Available at: http:// www.aihw.gov.au/publications/index.cfm/title/10172. (accessed Feb, 2007).
2. Zubrick SR, Lawrence DM, Silbum SR, Blair E, Milroy H, Wilkes E, Eades S, D'Antoine H, Read A, Ishiguchi P, Doyle S. The Western Australian Aboriginal Child Health Survey: The health of Aboriginal children and young people Perth: Telethon Inst Child Health Res, 2004. Available at http://www.ichr.uwa.edu.au/waachs/publications/volume_one.lasso (accessed Feb 2007).
3. Zubrick SR, Silburn SR, Lawrence DM, Mitrou FG, Dalby RB, Blair EM, Griffin J, Milroy H, De Maio JA, Cox A, Li J. The Western Australian Aboriginal Child Health Survey: The social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal children and young people. Perth: Curtin Univ Technol and Telethon Inst Child Health Res, 2005. Available at: http:// www.ichr.uwa.edu.au/waachs/publications/volume_two.lasso (accessed Feb 2007).
4. Zubrick SR, Silburn SR, De Maio JA, Shepherd C, Griffin JA, Dalby RB, Mitrou FG, Lawrence DM, Hayward C, Pearson G, Milroy H, Milroy J, Cox A. The Western Australian Aboriginal Child Health Survey: Improving the educational experiences of Aboriginal children and young people. Perth: Curtin Univ Technol and Telethon Inst Child Health Res, 2006. Available at http://www.ichr.uwa.edu.au/waachs/publications/volume_three.lasso (accessed Feb 2007).
5. Zubrick SR, Silburn SR, De Maio JA, Shepherd C, Griffin JA, Mitrou FG, Dalby RB, Hayward C, Pearson G. The Western Australian Aboriginal Child Health Survey: Strengthening the capacity of Aboriginal children, families and communities. Perth: Curtin Univ Technol and Telethon Inst Child Health Res, 2006. Available at: http://www.ichr.uwa.edu.au/ waachs/publication/volume_four.lasso (accessed Feb 2007).
6. Zubrick S, Silburn S, Ganton A et al. Western Australian Child Health Survey: Developing health and well-being in the nineties. Perth: Aust Bureau Statistics and Inst Child Health Res, 1995.
7. Zubrick S, Silburn S, Garton A et al. Western Australian Child Health Survey: Family and community health. Perth: Aust Bureau Statistics and TVW Telethon Inst Child Health Res, 1996.
8. Goodman R. Psychometric properties of the strengths and difficulties questionnaire (SDQ). J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2001;40:1337-45.
9. De Maio, JA, Zubrick SR, Silburn SR, Lawrence DM, Mitrou FG, Dalby RB, Blair E, Griffin JA, Milroy H, Cox A. The Western Australian Aboriginal Child Health Survey: Measuring the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal children and intergenerational effects of forced separation. Perth: Curtin Univ Technol and Telethon Inst Child Health Res, 2005. Available at: http:/www.ichr.uwa.edu.au/waachs/publications/ volume_two_notes.lasso (accessed Feb 2007).
10. Hunter E, Reser J, Baird M, Reser P. An analysis of suicide in indigenous communities of north Queensland: the historical, cultural and symbolic landscape. Canberra: Commonwealth Dept Health Aged Care, 2001.
11. Ward K, Miller K, Robertson D, Silburn SR, Zubrick SR. Suicide in Western Australia 1986-2003. Ministerial Council for Suicide Prevention. Perth: Curtin Univ Technology and Centre Child Health Res, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, UWA, Perth, in press.