How can Australia do better for Indigenous health?

Tait, Peter

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb03080.x

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“…In response to Tait’s interpretation89 of a narrowing in the gap from 17 years to 11.5 years for males and 9.7 years for females, McIver90 cautions against the failure to attribute the “apparent recent improvement” to methodological changes between the 2001 and 2006 censuses. McIver90 further draws attention to the ABS warnings and emphasises the need for accuracy in data management, in order to understand the impacts of efforts aimed at reducing the ‘true’ gap in life expectancy.…”

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Closing the Gaps: competing estimates of Indigenous Australian life expectancy in the scientific literature

Rosenstock

Mukandi

Zwi

et al. 2013

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

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Objective: Closing the gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and other Australians within a generation is central to national Indigenous reform policy (Closing the Gap). Over time, various methods of estimating Indigenous life expectancy and with that, the life expectancy gap, have been adopted with differing, albeit non-comparable results. We present data on the extent of the gap and elucidate the pattern of use and interpretations of the different estimates of the gap, between 2007 and 2012.Methods: An extensive search was conducted for all peer-reviewed health publications citing estimates of and/or discussing the life expectancy of Indigenous Australians, for the period 2007–2012.Results: Five predominant patterns of citation of the gap estimates were identified: 20 years, 17 years, 15–20 years, 13 years, and 11.5 years for males and 9.7 years for females. Some authors misinterpret the most recent estimates as reflecting improvement from the 17-year figure, rather than the result of different methods of estimation. Support for the direct methods used to calculate Indigenous life expectancy is indicated.Conclusions and Implications: A specific estimate of the life expectancy gap has not been established among stakeholders in Indigenous health. Agreement on the magnitude of the gap is arguably needed in order to evaluate strategies aimed at improving health outcomes for Indigenous Australians. Moreover, measuring progress towards ‘closing the gap’ depends on the availability of comparable estimates, using the same techniques of measurement to assess changes over time.

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Closing the Gaps: competing estimates of Indigenous Australian life expectancy in the scientific literature

Rosenstock

Mukandi

Zwi

et al. 2013

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

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“…And yet, even with this background of decades of being constantly studied, researched and examined, it seems that there is still not enough information being collected. Wellbeing is “grounded in the respect given to people, and the control afforded to them, in their daily lives” 5 . Sometimes it's up to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to identify what is important in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health: it's our health!…”

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Research, information and consent for the Australian Health Survey: a separate standard for Indigenous people?

Rowley

Thorpe

2011

Medical Journal of Australia

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“…T o the Editor: In his thought‐provoking editorial in the May issue of the Journal, 1 Tait made reference to an apparent recent improvement in the life expectancies of Indigenous Australians by citing a 2010 Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) report entitled The health and welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, Oct 2010 2 . In this report, the life expectancy for Indigenous Australians was quoted as 67.2 years for males and 72.9 years for females, compared with 78.7 and 82.6 years for non‐Indigenous males and females, leaving a “gap” of 11.5 years and 9.7 years, respectively.…”

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