SAIBT HLTH 1063 Aboriginal health: culture, community and country

Before you get started it is important to understand what what you need to do for the assignment:

Planning your search is key to getting the most out of your search results. The following video will help you get started. 

Video Length: 2:26

You will be exploring social determinants of health in relation to Aboriginal health. Each week in your course you will be focusing on different social determinants but for more information on what social determinants are explore the resources below:

For your assignment you have been asked to search for primary sources. Let's have a look at what primary sources are:

If you find a resource you would like to use for your assignment but are not sure if it is a primary source please check with your course coordinator

Before you start to search it is important to think about the keywords you will be searching for

Identify the key concepts (main ideas) in your assignment. Terminology used will vary, so it is important to think about alternative keywords for your topic that you can also search for

Combine your terms to form your search strategy (you'll type this in the search box):

• combine all the search terms for the same concept using OR
  This will search for any of the words included
• combine different concepts using AND
  This will search for at least one word from each line

Examples of search strategies you could try

Informit Indigenous Collection includes a range of Indigenous research resources on subjects including cultural studies, education, health, history, policymaking

The Library Collection is also useful to search for information.

Use the Library Collection to find

• journal articles
• newspaper articles
• peer reviewed articles

Videos

You can also search for videos in the below resources using your keywords

Tip: Each week in your course you will have videos to watch, if you think a video is relevant for your topic try searching for other videos by the same person or organisation

You can also search for videos on YouTube. If you find a video on YouTube please be careful to make sure it is an appropriate video to use for your assignment. 

Statistics

Statistics can be primary sources and a good source of information when researching topics of health in the community. Use the below resources to explore statistics in Australian on a range of topics including housing, employment and education. 

For more recommendations on where to search take a look at the Aboriginal Studies guide

The following resources will help you write your assignment: