Director Onemda VicHealth Koori Health Unit Room 424, Level 4, 207 Bouverie Street The University of Melbourne, Vic. 3010 Tel: +61 3 8344 0825 Fax: +61 3 8344 0824 Email: i.anderson@unimelb.edu.au

Background

Professor Ian Anderson is the Director of the Centre for Health and Society, and of Onemda VicHealth Koori Health Unit. He is also currently the research Director for the Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health and Deputy Head of the School of Population Health at The University of Melbourne.

Ian has worked in Aboriginal (Koori) Health for twenty-two years. During this time he has been involved in a number of job contexts: as an Aboriginal health worker, health educator and general practitioner. He worked as the Chief Executive Officer of the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service, then the Medical Adviser to the Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health in the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care. Ian has had involvement in Aboriginal health policy development for a number of years: he was chair of the National Indigenous Sexual Health Working Party that oversaw the development of the National Indigenous Sexual Health Strategy in 1997. He chaired a working group for the National Public Health Partnership, which developed its Guidelines for the development, implementation and evaluation of National Public Health Strategies in relation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. He was also a council member (2003–2006) for the National Health and Medical Research Council and Chair of its Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Forum. From 2003 to 2006, Ian was a member of the National Advisory Group on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Information Data. In addition, he is a board member of the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service (2006–) and a member of the Australian Bureau of Statistics Advisory Group on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Statistics (2006–). Ian also chairs the Indigenous Studies Sub-Committee for the Academic Board at The University of Melbourne.

Ian was born in Devonport Tasmania and his family are Palawa with connections to Trawlwoolway and Plairmairrener clans. He has grown up in the Koori community where he has many family connections through the history of the Bass Strait Islands. He has a professional background in medicine and social sciences, and has written widely on issues related to Aboriginal health, identity and culture. Ian also has a broad interest in the sociology of health and illness, related policy analysis, and theory development in the social sciences.

Research Interests

In his role as Director of Onemda VicHealth Koori Health Unit, Ian has led the development of Onemda's research activities. An overview of this program can be viewed here. The partnerships with Victorian Koori communities are critical to the success of this program.

As Research Director of the Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health he has also led the development of the research program for the CRCAH which can be viewed here.

Ian's current research interests include Aboriginal Health Policy (Primary Health Care Systems, Work Force Development, Health Performance Measurement, Health Information Systems and Research Policy). He also has an interest in Aboriginal Health and History and Society.

Recent Publications

2008
Anderson, I. 2008, 'Indigenous Australia and Health Rights', Journal of Law and Medicine, 15, pp. 760-72.

Rowley, Kevin G., O'Dea, Kerin, Anderson, Ian, McDermott, Robyn, Saraswati, Karmadanda, Tilmouth, Ricky, Roberts, Iris, Fitz, Joseph, Wang, Zaimin, Jenkins, Alicia, Best, James D., Wang, Zhiqiang & Brown, Alex 2008, ' Lower than Expected Morbidity and Mortality for an Australian Aboriginal Population: 10-year follow-up in a decentralised community', Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 188, no. 5, p. 283.

Smith, L., McCalman J., Anderson, I., Smith, S., Evans, J., McCarthy, G. & Beer, J. 2008, 'Fractional Identities: The political arithmetic of Aboriginal Victorians', Journal of Interdisciplinary History, vol. 38, no. 4, pp. 533-51.

2007
Aitken, L., Anderson, I., Atkinson, V., Best, J., Briggs, P., Calleja, J., Charles, S., Doyle, J., Mohamed, J., Patten, R., Rowley, K. & Simmons, D. 2007, 'A Collaborative Cardiovascular Health Program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People in the Goulburn-Murray Region: Development and risk factor screening at Indigenous community organisations', Australian Journal of Primary Health, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 9-17.

Anderson, I. 2007, 'The End of Aboriginal Self-Determination?', Futures, vol. 39, pp. 137-54.

Anderson, I. 2007, '[Editorial:] Urban Indigenous Health', Internal Medicine Journal, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 4-5.

Anderson, I. 2007, 'Policy for a Crisis or a Crisis in Policy? The health dimensions of the Australian Government's response to Little Children are Sacred ', in J. Altman & M. Hinkson (eds), Coercive Reconciliation, Arena Publications, Melbourne.

Anderson, I. 2007, ' Understanding the Processes', in R. Bailie, R. D. Chenhall, T. Dunbar & B. Carson (eds), Social Determinants of Indigenous Health, Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, NSW, pp. 21-40.

Anderson, I. 2007, 'Policy Processes', in R. Bailie, R. D. Chenhall, T. Dunbar & B. Carson (eds), Social Determinants of Indigenous Health, Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, NSW, pp. 231-52.

Anderson, I. 2007, 'Remote Communities. Unexplained differences', Australian Policy Online. Accessed 5 September 2007 at: <http://www.apo.org.au/webboard/results.chtml?filename_num=161613>.

Anderson, I. 2007, '[Opinion:] Using Abused Children to Get Elected', The Age, 30 June, p. 11.

[Anderson, I. contributor to] Australian Institute for Primary Care 2007, Review to Identify Opportunities through DHS Funding to Improve Outcomes for Aboriginal People Final Report, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Vic.

Anderson, I., Baum, F. & Bentley, M. (eds) 2007, Beyond Bandaids: Exploring the Underlying Social Determinants of Aboriginal Health. Papers from the Social Determinants of Aboriginal Health Workshop, Adelaide, July 2004, Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health, Darwin.

Anderson, I., Baum, F. & Bentley, M. 2007, 'Conclusion', in I. Anderson, F. Baum & M. Bentley (eds), Beyond Bandaids: Exploring the Underlying Social Determinants of Aboriginal Health. Papers from the Social Determinants of Aboriginal Health Workshop, Adelaide, July 2004, Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health, Darwin, pp. 281-8.

Baum, F., Bentley, M. & Anderson, I. 2007, 'Introduction', in I. Anderson, F. Baum & M. Bentley (eds), Beyond Bandaids: Exploring the Underlying Social Determinants of Aboriginal Health. Papers from the Social Determinants of Aboriginal Health Workshop, Adelaide, July 2004, Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health, Darwin, pp. x-xvi.

Cotter, P., Anderson, I. & Smith, L. R. 2007, 'Indigenous Australians: Ageing without longevity?', in E. Ozanne, S. Encel & A. Borowski (eds), Longevity and Social Change in Australia, UNSW Press, Sydney, pp. 65-98.

Freemantle, J., Officer, K., McAullay, D. & Anderson, I. 2007, Australian Indigenous Health--Within an International Context, Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health, Darwin.

Goller, J., Guy, R., Leonard, M., Halcrow, G., Anderson, I., O ' Shaughnessy, T. & Hellard, M. 2007, Evaluation of the Tri-state STI/HIV Project in Central Australia, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, World Vision Australia in association with Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health, October.

Harper, T. & Anderson, I. 2007, '[Foreword:] Embracing Diversity for Health', VicHealth Newsletter, vol. 30(Winter), p. 3.

Silburn, K., Renhard, R., Anderson, I. & Rowley, K. 2007, 'A Statewide Evaluation Framework for the Aboriginal Health Promotion and Chronic Care Partnerships (AHPACC) Initiative', Australian Institute for Primary Care, Melbourne.

Street, J., Baum, F. & Anderson, I. 2007, 'Developing a Collaborative Research System for Aboriginal Health', Australia and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 372-8.

2006
Anderson, I. 2006, 'Mutual Obligation, Shared Responsibility Agreements and Indigenous Health Strategy', Australia and New Zealand Health Policy, vol. 3, no. 10, pp. 1–10.

Anderson, I., Crengle, S., Kamaka, M., Chen, T. H., Palafox, N. & Jackson-Pulver, L. 2006, 'Indigenous Health in Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific', Lancet, vol. 367, pp. 1775–85.

Anderson, I., Crengle, S. & Klugman, M. 2006, 'Health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Maori People', Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing and Health Professions, Elsevier, UK.

Anderson, I. & Thomas, D. 2006, 'Aboriginal Health Is Improving', Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 30, no. 5, pp. 5.

Anderson, I. & Whyte, J. 2006, 'Australian Federalism and Aboriginal Health', Australian Aboriginal Studies, 2006/2, pp. 5-11 .

Anderson, M., Anderson, I., Smylie, J., Crengle, S. & Ratima, M. 2006, Measuring the Health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples: A Background Paper for the Project 'Action-oriented indicators of health and health systems development for Indigenous peoples in Australia, Canada and New Zealand', Discussion Paper No. 16, Onemda VicHealth Koori Health Unit, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne.

Anderson, M., Smylie, J., Anderson, I., Sinclair, R. & Crengle, S. 2006, First Nations, Inuit and Métis Health Indicators in Canada: A Background Paper for the Project 'Action-oriented indicators of health and health systems development for Indigenous peoples in Australia, Canada and New Zealand', Discussion Paper No. 18, Onemda VicHealth Koori Health Unit, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne.
 
Freemantle, J., Read, A., De Klerk, N., Mcaullay, D., Anderson, I. & Stanley, F. 2006, ‘Patterns, Trends, and Increasing Disparities in Mortality for Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Infants Born in Western Australia, 1980–2001: Population database study’, Lancet, vol. 367, pp. 1758–66.

Freemantle, J., Read, A., De Klerk, N., Mcaullay, D., Anderson, I. & Stanley, F. 2006, ‘Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and Unascertainable Deaths: Trends and disparities among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal infants born in Western Australia from 1980 to 2001 inclusive,' Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, vol. 42, pp. 445–51.

Katz, E., Walter, M. & Anderson, I. 2006, ‘Living Culture’, in P. Beilharz & T. Hogan (eds), Sociology: Place, Time and Division, Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, pp. 210–14.

Kelaher, M., Dunt, D., Taylor-Thomson, D., Harrison, N., O'Donoghue, L., Barnes, T. & Anderson, I. 2006, ‘Improving Access to Medicines among Clients of Remote Area Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Services’, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 177–83.

Ratima, M., Edwards, W., Crengle, S., Smylie, J. & Anderson, I. 2006, Maori Health Indicators: A Background Paper for the Project 'Action-oriented indicators of health and health systems development for Indigenous peoples in Australia, Canada and New Zealand', Discussion Paper No. 17, Onemda VicHealth Koori Health Unit, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne.
 
Smylie, J., Anderson, I., Ratima, M., Crengle, S. & Anderson, M. 2006, ‘Indigenous Health Performance Measurement Systems in Canada, Australia and New Zealand’, Lancet, vol. 367, no. 9527, pp. 2029–31.

Stewart, P., Shibasaki, S., Anderson, I., Pyett, P., Dunbar, T. & Devitt, J. 2006, ‘Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Participation in Ethical Review of Health Research’, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 291–2.

Thomas, D. & Anderson, I. 2006, ‘Use of Emergency Departments by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People’, Emergency Medicine Australasia, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 68–76.

Thomas, D. & Anderson, I. 2006, 'Getting the Most from Indigenous Health Research', Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 184, no. 10, pp. 500–01.

Thomas, D., Condon, J., Anderson, I., Li, S., Halpin, S., Cunningham, J. & Guthridge, S. 2006, ‘Long-term Trends in Indigenous Deaths from Chronic Diseases in the Northern Territory: A foot on the brake, a foot on the accelerator’, Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 185, no. 3, pp. 145–9.

Van Der Sterren, A. E., Anderson, I. & Thorpe, L. 2006, 'Individual “Harms, Community “Harms”: Reconciling Indigenous values with drug harm minimisation policy’, Drug and Alcohol Review, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 219–25.

2005
Anderson, I. P. & Wakerman, J. 2005, 'Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care and General Practice', in R. Pegram (ed.), General Practice in Australia: 2004, Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, pp. 303–35.

Kelaher, M., Dunt, D. R., Anderson, I. P. & Thomas, D. P. 2005, 'Comparison of the Uptake of Health Assessment Items for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People and other Australians: Implications for policy', Australia and New Zealand Health Policy, vol. 2, no. 21, pp. 1–23.

Kowal, E. E., Anderson I. P. & Bailie, R. 2005, 'Moving beyond Good Intentions: Indigenous participation in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 468–70.

2004
Anderson, I. 2004, ‘The Framework Agreements: Intergovernmental agreements & Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health’, in M. Langton, L. Palmer, M. Tehan & K. Shain (eds), Negotiating Settlements: Indigenous Treaties and Agreements, Melbourne University Publishing, Melbourne.

Anderson, I. & Wakerman, J. 2004, ‘Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care Issues for General Practice’, in Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing (eds), General Practice in Australia, Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra.

Griew, R., Sibthorpe, B., Anderson, I., Eades, S. & Wilkes, T. 2004, ‘“On our terms”—The politics of Aboriginal health in Australia’, in J. Healy & M. McKee (eds), Accessing Health Care—Responding to Diversity, Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Anderson, I. P. 2004, '[Book review]: A Voice for Mothers: The Plunket Society and Infant Welfare 1907–2000', Health and History, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 130–1.

Anderson, I. P. 2004, 'Recent Developments in National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Strategy', Australia and New Zealand Health Policy, vol. 1, pp. 1–7.

Anderson, I. P. 2004, 'The Framework Agreements: Intergovernmental agreements and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health', in M. L. Langton, M. F. Tehan, L. R. Palmer & K. Shain (eds), Honour among Nations? Treaties and Agreements with Indigenous People, Melbourne University Press, Carlton South, Vic., pp. 254–72.

Anderson, I. P., Clarke, A., Renhard, R., Andrews, S. A. & Otim, M. E. 2004, he Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Hospital Accreditation Project Community Report: Summary of Findings from Hospital Case Studies & Recommendations for Accreditation, VicHealth Koori Health Research and Community Development Unit, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne.

Anderson, I. P. & Loff, B. L. 2004, 'Voices Lost: Indigenous health and human rights in Australia', Lancet, vol. 364, pp. 1281–2.

Griew, R. W., Sibthorpe, B., Anderson, I. P., Eades, S. E. & Wilkes, T. E. 2004, '"On our Terms": The politics of Aboriginal health in Australia', in J. H. Healy & J .McKee (eds), Accessing Health Care: Responding to Diversity, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 257–80.

Otim, M. E. & Anderson, I. P. 2004, 'Economics and Indigenous Australian Health Policy: Developing the research agenda', in M. E. Otim, I. P. Anderson & I. S. Scott (eds), Economics and Indigenous Australian Health Policy, VicHealth Koori Health Research and Community Development Unit, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, pp. 1–16.

2003
Anderson, I. P. 2003, 'Introduction (Part I): The Aboriginal Critique of Colonial Knowing,' in M. Grossman (ed.), Blacklines: An Anthology of Critical Writing by Indigenous Australians, Melbourne University Press, Carlton South, Vic., pp. 17–24.

Anderson, I. P., Griew, R. W. & McAullay, D. 2003, 'Ethics Guidelines, Health Research and Indigenous Australians', New Zealand Bioethics Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 20–9.

Anderson, I. 2003, ‘Evidence and Aboriginal Primary Health Care’, in S. Couzos & R. Murray (eds), Aboriginal Primary Health Care, an Evidence Based Approach, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, pp. 631–8.

Anderson, I. 2003, ‘Black Bit, White Bit’, in M. Grossman (ed.), Blacklines: An Anthology of Critical Writing by Indigenous Australians, Melbourne University Publishing, Melbourne, pp. 43–51.

Anderson, I. 2003, ‘The Aboriginal Critique of Colonial Knowing’, in M. Grossman (ed.), Blacklines: An Anthology of Critical Writing by Indigenous Australians, Melbourne University Publishing, Melbourne, pp. 17–24.

Anderson, I. 2003, ‘Evidence and Aboriginal Health Policy’, in V. Lin & B. Gibson (eds), Evidence-Based Health Policy, Problems and Possibilities, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, pp. 224–36.

Anderson, I. 2003, ‘Aboriginal Australians, Governments and Participation in Health Systems’, in P. Liamputtong & H. Gardner (eds), Health, Social Change & Communities, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, pp. 224–40.

Anderson, I., Griew, R. & McAullay, D. 2003, ‘Ethics Guidelines, Health Research and Indigenous Australians’, New Zealand Bioethics Journal, University of Otago, Dunedin, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 20–9.

2002
Anderson, I. P. 2002, Editorial. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, vol. 26, no. 5, pp. 408–09.

Anderson, I. P. 2002, 'Editorial', Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 2.

Anderson, I. P. 2002, 'Koori Health: Overcoming health inequalities', VicHealth Newsletter, vol. 17(Autumn), pp. 20–1.

Anderson, I. P. 2002, National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health: A Framework for Health Gain?, Report No. 6, VicHealth Koori Health Research and Community Development Unit, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne.

Anderson, I. P., Clarke, A., Otim, M. E., Renhard, R. & Andrews, S. 2002, 'Linking Acute Care to a Strategy for Improving Aboriginal Health', Australian Health Review, vol. 25, no. 5, pp. 118–28.

Anderson, I. P. & Finlayson, J. 2002, 'The Aboriginal Self', in P. M. Beilharz & T. Hogan (eds), Social Self, Global Culture: An Introduction to Sociological Ideas, Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, pp. 43–54.

Anderson, I. P. & Thomson, N. 2002, 'Health of Indigenous Australians: A rural perspective', in D. Wilkinson & I. Blue (eds), The New Rural Health, Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, pp. 110–25.

Holmes, W., Stewart, P., Garrow, A., Anderson I. P. & Thorpe, L. 2002, 'Researching Aboriginal Health: Experience from a study of urban young people's health and well-being', Social Science & Medicine, vol. 54, no. 8, pp. 1267–79.

Otim, M. E., Anderson, I. P. & Renhard, R. 2002, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Hospital Accreditation Project: A Literature Review, Report No. 9, VicHealth Koori Health Research and Community Development Unit, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne.

Van Der Sterren, A. & Anderson, I. P. 2002, Building Responses to Blood-Borne Virus Infection among Kooris Using Injecting Drugs, Report No. 7, VicHealth Koori Health Research and Community Development Unit, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne.

2001
Anderson, I. P. 2001, 'Aboriginal Health, Policy and Modelling in Social Epidemiology', in R. Eckersley, J. Dixon & B. Douglas (eds), The Social Origins of Health and Well-being, Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge,Cambridge, Uk, pp. 247–58.

Anderson, I. P. 2001, Research: Understanding Ethics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne.

Anderson, I. P., Young, H., Markovic, M. & Manderson, L. 2001, Aboriginal Primary Health Care in Victoria: Issues for Policy and Regional Planning, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne.

Sibthorpe, B., Anderson, I. P. & Cunningham, J. 2001, 'Self-assessed Health among Indigenous Australians: How valid is a global question?', American Journal of Public Health, vol. 91, no. 10, pp. 1660–3.

Membership of Boards and Committees

Anderson, I., Consultant Adviser (2003), Commonwealth Interdepartmental Committee Review of Aboriginal Primary Health Care Program.

Anderson, I., Chair (2003–), Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Forum, for National Health and Medical Research Council.

Anderson, I., Chair (1999–), Working Group, National Public Health Partnership, Development of Best Practice Guidelines in Aboriginal Public Health Strategy.

Anderson, I., Member (2002–), Aboriginal Health Advisory Committee, Royal Australian College of Physicians.

Anderson, I., Board Member (2000–2003), Koorie Cultural Heritage Trust.

Anderson, I., Management Board Member (2001–), Advisory Council of the Sir Gustav Nossal, International Health Leadership Program.

Anderson, I., Board Member (1999–), Victorian Aboriginal Health Service.

Anderson, I., Member (1999–), Advisory Group Review of the National Indigenous Sexual Health Strategy.

Anderson, I., Chair (1999–), National Public Health Partnership Working Group to Develop Best Practice Guidelines for Strategy Development Audit and Evaluation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

Anderson, I., Chair (1999–), Indigenous Health Medical Curriculum and Indigenous Medical Student Working Party, Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care.

Anderson, I., Member (1999–), National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Council Working Group for the review of the National Aboriginal Health Strategy.

Anderson, I., Member (1999–), Academic Council Koori Education Committee, University of Melbourne.

Anderson, I., Member (1998–), Health Survey Strategy Advisory Committee, Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Anderson, I., Member (1999–), Scientific Advisory Committee, Australian Research Centre for the Study of Sex Health and Society, La Trobe University.

Anderson, I., Member (1998–), Technical Reference Group, Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation, Documents of Reconciliation Drafting Group.

Anderson, I., Board Member (1997–), Cooperative Research Centre, Aboriginal and Tropical Health (Darwin).