Recommended resources

Dietitians Australia's RAP Working Group and members of the Indigenous Nutrition Interest Group have prepared this list of resources as a service to members. Members should apply their own discretion when using any of the listed resources. 

Professional

Materials

A guide to strengths-based Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communicationsDietitians Australia Indigenous Nutrition Interest Group

Dietetics and Nutrition with Indigenous Communities, Dietitians Australia Indigenous Nutrition Interest Group

Food and Health Communication Across Cultures, Menzies School of Health Research

National Reconciliation Week 2023 (27 May - 3 June) Digital Resources

Nutrition and physical activityVictorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation

Working together in Aboriginal health: a framework to guide health professional practiceAnnabelle M. Wilson, Janet Kelly, Michelle Jones, Kim O’Donnell, Sandra Wilson, Emma Tonkin and Anthea Magarey 

Would I enjoy a career as a dietitian? Dietitians Australia

Online Training and Webinars

Healthy Stories = Good Food, Monash University (June 2021). 

Online Cultural Capability Training Options for Dietitians Australia Staff and Members

Working with Indigenous communities competently, Dr Lisa Te Morenga

Cultural Determinants of Health, Centre for Healthcare Knowledge and Innovation

Reading

Books

Binan Goonj - Bridging Cultures in Aboriginal Health, by Anne-Katrin Eckermann, Toni Dowd, Ena Chong

Blood on The Wattle: 3rd Edition, by Bruce Elder

Bush Tukka Guide, by Samantha Martin

Cultural safety in practice, by Kerry Taylor and Pauline Thompson Guerin

Dark Emu, by Bruce Pascoe

Essential Aboriginal Insights: A guide for anyone involved in closing gaps in Australia, by Jolleen Hicks

Fire Country: How Indigenous Fire Management Could Help Save Australia, by Victor Steffensen

First Knowledges Plants, by Zena Cumpston, Michael Fletcher, Ledley Head, Margo Neale (Editor)

First Nations Food Companion, by Damien Coulthard, Rebecca Sullivan

Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia, by Anita Heiss

Indigenous Australians and Health: The Wombat in the Room, Edited by Ronald Hampton and Maree Toomb

Mabu Mabu - An Australian Kitchen Cookbook, by Nornie Bero

Me and White Supremacy. How to Recognise Your Privilege, Combat Racism and Change the World, by Layla Saad

My Place, Autobiography by Sally Morgan

Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World, by Tyson Yunkaporta

Talkin' Up to the White Woman: Indigenous Women and Feminism, by Aileen Moreton-Robinson

The Australian Frontier Wars 1788-1838, by John Connor

The Colonial Fantasy: Why white Australia can't solve black problems, by Sarah Maddison

The Little Red Yellow Black Book, by AIATSIS, Bruce Pascoe (Editor)

The Politics of Suffering: Indigenous Australia and The End of the Liberal Consensus, by Peter Sutton

Traditional Healers of Central Australia: Ngangkari, by Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Women’s Council Aboriginal Corporation

Treading Lightly: The Hidden Wisdom of the World's Oldest People, by Karl Erik Sveiby and Tex Skuthorpe

Welcome to Country: A Travel Guide to Indigenous Australia, by Marcia Langton

Why Warriors Lie Down and Die: Djambatj Mala, by Richard Trudgen

Articles

Applying strengths-based approaches to nutrition research and interventions in Australian Indigenous communities, Wendy Foley and Lisa Schubert, Journal of Critical Dietetics

Food and nutrition programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: an overview of systematic reviews, Jennifer Browne, Karen Adams, Petah Atkinson, Deborah Gleeson, Rick Hayes, Aust Health Rev

Growing Beyond Nutrition: How a Prison Garden Program Highlights the Potential of Shifting from Food Security to Food Sovereignty for Indigenous Peoples, Kelsey Timler, Colleen Varcoe, Helen Brown, International Journal of Indigenous health

Strong in the City: towards a strength‐based approach in Indigenous health promotion, Mark Brough and Chelsea Bond, Australian Health Promotion Association

Websites

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet, providing the evidence base to inform practice and policy in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health

Croakey, social journalism important for the health and wellbeing of people, families, communities, societies and the environment

Indigenous Allied Health Australia, leads sector workforce development and support, to improve the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

Koori Mail, national newspaper reporting on the issues that matter to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

NACCHO –National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation, national leadership body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health in Australia

Reconciliation Australia, promotes and facilitates reconciliation by building relationships, respect and trust between the wider Australian community and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

Supply Nation, national directory of Indigenous businesses

The Lowitja Institute, works to influence policies, programs and practices that make a positive difference

WellMob, social, emotional and cultural wellbeing resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Multimedia

Film and Documentary

 First Australians, SBS

First Footprints, ABC

Rabbit Proof Fence, Icon Film Distribution

The Final Quarter, Roadshow

The Australian DreamMadman VOD

Putuparri and the RainmakersMadmanVOD

Beneath Clouds, Australian Film Finance Corporation

Charlie's Country, NBC Universal Australia

Our Generation, Our Generation Media 

YouTube and Podcast

Aboriginal culture and history, Bruce Pascoe

A brief history of racism in healthcare, Harry Kretchmer

A real history of Aboriginal Australians, the first agriculturalists, Bruce Pascoe

Ask us anything: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, The University of Sydney

Australia, we need to talk, Cally Jetta

Black women: tipping the balance, Michelle Deshong

Bringing them home: separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families, Australian Human Rights Commission

Cultural safety and Aboriginal health in mainstream health organisations, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute

Decolonising Medical Education and Practice to Advance Indigenous Health, The Royal Australian College of Physicians

Engaging respectfully with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients, Mecwacare

Food Psych with Christy Harrison, on anti racism: episode #242, #243 and #244

I can see clearly now, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

Indigenous Disadvantage and Racism on Social Media Q&A, Briggs

My stolen childhood, and a life to rebuild, Sheila Humphries

Not Racist But... Indigenous Australia and Racism, The Wheeler Centre

Oursness, Global Oneness Project

Pretty for an Aboriginal, Nakkiah Lui and Miranda Tapsell

Systemic Racism: Australia's great white silence, Jonathan Sri

The Art of Forgetting, Australians and their History, David Hunt

The case to recognise Indigenous knowledge as science, Albert Wiggan

The Land Owns Us, Global Oneness Project

The myth of Aboriginal stories being myths, Jacinta Koolmatrie

The Stolen Generations, National Museum of Australia

The solution to indigenous disadvantage, Kia Dowell

The Uluru Statement From The Heart - an idea whose time has come, Dean Parkin

The Value of Deep Listening - The Aboriginal Gift to the Nation, Judy Atkinson

Through the eyes of a Black Australian, Dion Devow

True Tracks: create a culture of innovation with Indigenous knowledge, Terri Janke

Understanding bias in healthcare, Te Tahu Hauora Health Quality and Safety Commission

Understanding Unconscious Bias, Prof. David Tipene Leach

We Are Caretakers, Global Oneness Project

What Is It Like To Be Aboriginal? Tui Raven

What is the Aboriginal perspective on culture? Geonewmedia

Key reports and other news

The new National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan 2021–2031

Close the Gap Report 2020, Lowitja Institute

Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing Services: Putting community driven, strengths-based approaches into practice, The Lowitja Institute

Defining the Indefinable: Descriptors of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' cultures and their links to health and wellbeing, The Lowitja Institute

Canada–AustraliaIndigenous Health and WellnessRacism: Working GroupDiscussion Paper and Literature Review, The Lowitja Institute

Racism Undermines Health, The Lowitja Institute

Deficit Discourse and Strengths-based Approaches: Changing the Narrative of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Wellbeing, The Lowitja Institute

Deficit Discourse and Indigenous Health: How narrative framings of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are reproduced in policy, The Lowitja Institute

Aboriginal Health and Well being Services, Putting community-driven, strengths-based approaches into practice, The Lowitja Institute

A Global Snapshot of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples' Health, The Lancet–Lowitja Institute Collaboration

Health Benefits of Going On-Country, The Lowitja Institute and The University of Queensland

Improving the culture of hospitals for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, The Lowitja Institute

Culture matters: using a cultural contexts of health approach to enhance policy-making, World Health Organisation

Cultural competency in the delivery of health services for Indigenous people, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and Australian Institute of Family Studies

Exploring Cultural Determinants of Health and Wellbeing, The Lowitja Institute 

Culture is an important determinant of health, Professor Ngiare Brown at National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation Summit

Cultural Determinants Round table Melbourne, The Lowitja Institute

Cultural Determinants of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Roundtable, The Lowitja Institute 

Links between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island culture and wellbeing: what the evidence says, Mayi Kuwayu

Socio-cultural determinants of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

What works? A review of actions addressing the social and economic determinants of Indigenous health, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Institute of Family Studies

Barriers and challenges mainstream practices face in delivering culturally targeted and responsive healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

A Review of 'Traditional' Aboriginal Beliefs, Patrick Maher

Aboriginal Health, Cultural Safety and Medical Education, Associate Professor Gregory Phillips

Accreditation to Address Racism, Associate Professor Gregory Phillips

 Study finds 75 per cent of people have implicit bias against Indigenous Australian,  ABC