Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
From this launching page you will find information about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health programs as well as contact information for people working within OATSIH.
Welcome to the Department of Health and Ageing’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health site. The Department of Health and Ageing takes a whole of government approach to improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health. This site contains Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health information from mainstream areas of the Department of Health and Ageing as well as from Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (OATSIH).
From this launching page you will find information about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health programs as well as contact information for people working within OATSIH.
Our vision for the future is health outcomes and health services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples equal to that of the general Australian community.
If you would like to contact the Department in relation to any of the information on this site, please email OATSIH Enquiries.
Program/Initiatives
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Pharmacy Scholarship Scheme
- Petrol Sniffing Prevention Program
- Mental Health Services in Rural and Remote Areas
- Puggy Hunter Memorial Scholarship Scheme
- Quality Assurance for Aboriginal Medical Services (QAAMS)
Publications
- Evaluation of the sustainability and benefits of swimming pools in the Anagu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara lands (APY lands) in South Australia.
- A National Health and Hospitals Network for Australia’s future
- Enquiry into claims regarding Leprosy testing on Aboriginal Children in the Northern Territory between 1920 and 1960
- The Progress of the Northern Territory Emergency Response Child Health Check Initiative: Preliminary Results from the Child Health Check and Follow-up data collections
- Evaluation of the Child Health Check initiative and expanding health services delivery initiative