Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Report Cards
In 2002 the AMA initiated the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Report Card Series with the aim of increasing awareness among the general public and politicians about the appalling state of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, and to make practical recommendations about what needs to be done to address this.
Each year, a Report Card brings together the most up-to-date and relevant evidence and information on a selected topic or area of urgency in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health. The story of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and well-being is not all bad news, however. Since 2004, Report Cards have also included a Good News Insert which provides examples of successful projects and programs, usually ones developed and maintained by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities themselves.
The Series
- 2019 AMA Report Card on Indigenous Health - No More Decay: addressing the oral health needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians
- 2018 AMA Report Card on Indigenous Health – Rebuilding the Closing the Gap Health Strategy: and a Review of the 2016 and 2017 AMA Indigenous Health Report Card Recommendations.
- 2017 AMA Report Card on Indigenous Health - A National Strategic Approach to Ending Chronic Otitis Media and its Life Long Impacts in Indigenous Communities
- 2016 AMA Report Card on Indigenous Health - A Call to Action to Prevent New Cases of Rheumatic Heart Disease in Indigenous Australia by 2031
- 2015 AMA Report Card on Indigenous Health - Closing the Gap on Indigenous Imprisonment Rates
- 2012-13 AMA Indigenous Health Report Card - The Healthy Early Years - Getting the Right Start in Life
- AMA Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Audit Report 2012 - Progress to Date and Challenges that Remain
- AMA Indigenous Health Report Card 2010-11 - Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health - Best Practice in Primary Health Care for Aboriginal Peoples and Torres Strait Islanders
- AMA Indigenous Report Card 2009 - Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health - The Health of Indigenous Males Building Capacity, Securing the Future
- AMA Indigenous Report Card 2008 - Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health - Ending the Cycle of Vulnerability: The Health of Indigenous Children
- AMA Indigenous Report Card 2007 - Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health - Insitutionalised Inequity. Not Just a matter of money (released 22 May 2007)
- AMA Indigenous Report Card 2006 - Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health - Undue Punishment? Aboriginal People and Torres Strait Islanders in Prison: An Unacceptable Reality (released 18 May 2006)
- AMA Indigenous Report Card 2005 - Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health - Lifting the Weight - Low Birth Weight Babies: an Indigenous Health Burden that must be lifted (released 19 May 2005)
- AMA Indigenous Report Card 2004 - Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health - Healing Hands - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Workforce Requirements (released 12 August 2004)
- AMA Indigenous Report Card 2003 - Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health - Time for Action (released 31 May 2003)
- AMA Indigenous Report Card 2002 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health - No More Excuses (released 24 May 2002)