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COVID-19: Equity and ethics in a pandemic: Indigenous perspectives

COVID-19: Equity and ethics in a pandemic: Indigenous perspectives Milroy, H. (2020). COVID-19: Equity and ethics in a pandemic: Indigenous perspectives https://www.news.uwa.edu.au/2020061712163/indigenous/covid-19-equity-and-ethics-pandemic-indigenous-perspectives EXCERPT Helen Milroy highlights the impact of COVID-19 and the efforts to contain it in Indigenous communities, how it exacerbates existing vulnerabilities and disadvantages, and how we can ensure Indigenous perspectives are integrated …

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A National COVID-19 Pandemic Issues Paper on Mental Health and Wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

A National COVID-19 Pandemic Issues Paper on Mental Health and Wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Dudgeon, P., Derry, K. L., Arabena, K., Brideson, T., Cairney, S., Calma, T., Dalton, T., Darwin, L., Duarte, B., Dyall, D., Gee, G., Gibson, P., Gray, P., Groth, A., Hirvonen, T., Holland, C., Mascall, C., McPhee, R., …

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International experiences of the active period of COVID-19 – Mental health care

International experiences of the active period of COVID-19 – Mental health care S. Rosenberg, J. Mendoza and H. Tabatabaei-Jafari et al., (2020), International experiences of the active period of COVID-19 – Mental health care, Health Policy and Technology. ABSTRACT Aim: To summarise commonalities and variations in the mental health response to COVID-19 across dif- ferent …

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Rapid response to crisis: Health system lessons from the active period of COVID-19

Rapid response to crisis: Health system lessons from the active period of COVID-19 L. Salvador-Carulla, S. Rosenberg and J. Mendoza et al., (2020), Rapid response to crisis: Health system lessons from the active period of COVID-19, Health Policy and Technology. ABSTRACT Background: This paper outlines the need for a health systems approach and rapid response …

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COVID-19: Impacts of historical, social and cultural determinants of health

COVID-19: Impacts of historical, social and cultural determinants of health

COVID-19: Indigenous perspectives Impacts of historical, social, and cultural determinants of health Milroy, J., Derry, K. L., & Dudgeon, P. (2020). COVID-19: Indigenous perspectives Impacts of historical, social, and cultural determinants of health. https://www.news.uwa.edu.au/2020061712164/covid-19/covid-19-impacts-historical-social-and-cultural-determinants-health EXCERPT Jill, Kate and Pat explore how the particular exposure of Indigenous communities to COVID-19 has highlighted existing inequities and human …

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COVID-19 puts extra strain on wellbeing of Indigenous Australians

COVID-19 puts extra strain on wellbeing of Indigenous Australians

COVID-19 puts extra strain on wellbeing of Indigenous Australians Dudgeon, P. (2020). COVID-19 puts extra strain on wellbeing of Indigenous Australians. http://www.news.uwa.edu.au/2020062612190/regional/covid-19-puts-extra-strain-wellbeing-indigenous-australians EXCERPT Indigenous communities must be empowered to address the social and emotional wellbeing needs of Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders, with COVID-19 putting an additional strain on mental health, a national consensus report …

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Crucial Lessons from Covid-19 for Indigenous Australians Paper Cover

Crucial lessons from COVID-19 for Indigenous Australians​

Crucial lessons from COVID-19 for Indigenous Australians Derry, K. L., & Dudgeon, P. (2020). Crucial lessons from COVID-19 for Indigenous Australians. http://www.news.uwa.edu.au/2020052812121/regional/crucial-lessons-covid-19-indigenous-australians EXCERPT Professor Patricia Dudgeon and Dr Kate Derry from the School of Indigenous Studies have spent recent weeks hard at work investigating the impact of COVID-19 on Indigenous Australians. Their first task was …

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The Impact of COVID-19 on Mental Health

The impact of COVID-19 on mental health – implications for policy and practice in Australia

The impact of COVID-19 on mental health – implications for policy and practice in Australia Rosenburg, S. (2020). The impact of COVID-19 on mental health – implications for policy and practice in Australia. https://croakey.org/the-impact-of-covid-19-on-mental-health-roundtable-on-implications-for-policy-and-practice-in-australia/  EXCERPT This report from Dr Sebastian Rosenberg summarises a recent virtual roundtable on the implications of COVID-19 for Australia and the future …

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COVID-19 Roadmap to Recovery

Roadmap to Recovery: Chapter on the care of Indigenous Australians

Roadmap to Recovery: Chapter on the care of Indigenous Australians McInerney, M. (ed.). (2020). Roadmap to Recovery: Reporting on a research taskforce supporting Indigenous responses to COVID-19. https://go8.edu.au/research/roadmap-to-recovery EXCERPT In addressing the global challenges posed by pandemics, it needs to be acknowledged that Indigenous populations around the world are potentially highly vulnerable. This vulnerability is …

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