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Resources and links
We have compiled the following list of resources that may assist you adapting to working in an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service:
- RACGP and NACCHO (2002). Videos: Doctors in Aboriginal Health, Aboriginal Health Workers, Insight into Aboriginal Community Control and Cross Cultural Awareness. Refer to the RACGP library catalogue
- Leaders in Indigenous Medical Education (LIME) Network (2014). Rural Health Education Foundation Teaching Clips. Refer to LIME YouTube Channel
- AMSANT (2005). Doctors and Allied health Professionals: a handbook for working in Aboriginal Health
- RAHC (2013). Cultural orientation handbook.
- RACGP (2012). An introduction to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health cultural protocols and perspectives.
- Howard, D. (2006). Mixed Messages: cross-cultural management in Aboriginal community controlled health services.
- Howard, D. (2007). Workshop Notes. Culture, Family and Workplace: well-being and stress among Aboriginal health workers.
- Howard, D. & Ferguson, A. (1999). More than Just a Nurse: A support manual for remote area nurses working in Aboriginal communities of the Top End of the Northern Territory. Darwin: Territory Health Services.
- Trudgen, R. (2000). Djambatj Mala — Why warriors lie down and die. Darwin: Aboriginal Resource & Development Services.
- Kelly, K. (2001). Avoiding Burn-Out in Remote Areas: Surviving the Day to Day Hassles. A Guide for Remote Health Practitioners. Alice Springs: CRANA
- Lenthall, S., Gordon, V., Knight, S., Aitken, R., & Ivanhoe, T. (2012). Do not move the furniture and other advice for new remote area nurses (RANs). Australian Journal of Rural Health, 20, 44-45.
- Mitchell, M. & Hussey, L. (2006). The Aboriginal health worker. Medical Journal of Australia, 184(10), 529-530.
- Morgan, S. (2006). Orientation for general practice in remote Aboriginal communities: A program for registrars in the Northern Territory. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 14 202-208.
- Martin, M. & Reath, J. (2011). General practice training in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health. Medical Journal of Australia, 194(11), 67-70.
- Mahood, K. (2012). Kartiya are like Toyotas. Griffith REVIEW, 36. Retrieved from https://griffithreview.com/articles/kartiya-are-like-toyotas/
- A History of AHWs & Community Workers NT 1870-2013. Blackwattle Consulting (2014)