Strategic areas for action: Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2007

This part of the Report is concerned with the strategic areas for action and the strategic change indicators. These areas and indicators have been chosen for their potential to have a significant impact on Indigenous disadvantage. Some key messages arising out of the data and ‘things that work’ in each area are presented, with references to where more information can be found in the main Report.

Strategic Areas for Action	Strategic Change Indicators
Early child development and growth (prenatal to age 3)	Injury and preventable diseases
	Infant mortality
	Birthweight
	Hearing impediments
	Children with tooth decay
Early school engagement and performance (preschool to year 3)	Preschool and early learning
	School attendance
	Year 3 literacy and numeracy
Positive childhood and transition to adulthood	Years 5 and 7 literacy and numeracy
	Retention at year 9
	Indigenous cultural studies in school curriculum and involvement of Indigenous people in development and delivery of Indigenous studies
	Juvenile diversions as a proportion of all juvenile offenders
	Transition from school to work
Substance use and misuse	Alcohol consumption and harm
	Tobacco consumption and harm
	Drug and other substance use and harm
Functional and resilient families and communities	Children on care and protection orders
	Repeat offending
	Access to primary care
	Mental health
	Proportion of Indigenous people with access to their traditional lands
	Participation in organised sport, arts or community group activities
	Engagement with service delivery
Effective environmental health systems	Rates of diseases associated with poor environmental health (including water and food borne diseases, trachoma, tuberculosis and rheumatic heart disease)
	Access to clean water and functional sewerage
	Overcrowding in housing
Economic participation and development	Employment (full-time/part-time) by sector (public/private), industry and occupation
	Self employment and Indigenous business
	Indigenous owned or controlled land
	Governance capacity and skills
	Case studies in governance arrangements

Report Chapter 4: Strategic areas for action
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