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21 May 2007

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Editorial

 

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Rising to the health challenge for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: what will it take?
Mark Wenitong, Romlie Mokak, Henry Councillor, Dea Delaney Thiele and Tom Calma — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (10): 491-492.

Diabetes

 

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Diabetes in Indigenous Australians: possible ways forward
Kerin O'Dea, Kevin G Rowley and Alex Brown — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (10): 494-495.

 

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Type 2 diabetes in Indigenous and non-Indigenous children and adolescents in New South Wales
Maria E Craig, Giuseppe Femia, Vitali Broyda, Margaret Lloyd and Neville J Howard — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (10): 497-499.

 

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Point-of-care testing of capillary glucose in the exclusion and diagnosis of diabetes in remote Australia
Julia V Marley, Stephanie Davis, Kerryn Coleman, Bradleigh D Hayhow, Greg Brennan, Jacki K Mein, Carmel Nelson, David Atkinson and Graeme P Maguire — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (10): 500-503.

 

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Diabetes in the Torres Strait Islands of Australia: better clinical systems but significant increase in weight and other risk conditions among adults, 1999–2005
Robyn A McDermott, Bradley G McCulloch, Sandra K Campbell and Dallas M Young — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (10): 505-508.

Maternal and Child Health

 

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The urban–remote divide for Indigenous perinatal outcomes
Simon Graham, Lisa R Jackson Pulver, Yueping Alex Wang, Paul M Kelly, Paula J Laws, Narelle Grayson and Elizabeth A Sullivan — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (10): 509-512.

 

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Attitudes and behaviours of young Indigenous people in Townsville concerning relationships, sex and contraception: the “U Mob Yarn Up” project
Sarah L Larkins, R Priscilla Page, Kathryn S Panaretto, Robert Scott, Melvina R Mitchell, Valerie Alberts, P Craig Veitch and Suzanne McGinty — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (10): 513-518.

 

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Health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in remote Far North Queensland: findings of the Paediatric Outreach Service
Jonty Rothstein, Richard Heazlewood and Marnie Fraser — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (10): 519-521.

Health Services

 

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The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the right to health: is Australia meeting its obligations to Aboriginal peoples?
Sophie Couzos and Dea Delaney Thiele — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (10): 522-524.

 

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Indigenous health: effective and sustainable health services through continuous quality improvement
Ross S Bailie, Damin Si, Lyn O’Donoghue and Michelle Dowden — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (10): 525-527.

 

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Overseas-trained doctors in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health services: many unanswered questions
Rachelle S Arkles, Peter S Hill and Lisa R Jackson Pulver — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (10): 528-530.

 

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Town or country: which is best for Australia’s Indigenous peoples?
David Scrimgeour — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (10): 532-533.

 

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Implications of land rights reform for Indigenous health
Nicole L Watson — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (10): 534-536.

Personal Perspective

 

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Why “culturally safe” health care?
Mary Belfrage — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (10): 537-538.

An Indigenous Medical Workforce

 

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The development of the First Nations, Inuit and Métis medical workforce
Marcia Anderson and Barry Lavallee — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (10): 539-540.

 

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Strengthening Māori participation in the New Zealand health and disability workforce
Mihi M Ratima, Rachel M Brown, Nick K G Garrett, Erena I Wikaire, Renei M Ngawati, Clive S Aspin and Utiku K Potaka — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (10): 541-543.

 

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Reform in Australian medical schools: a collaborative approach to realising Indigenous health potential
Tamara Mackean, Romlie Mokak, Allan Carmichael, Gregory L Phillips, David Prideaux and Theanne R Walters — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (10): 544-546.

 

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Training Indigenous doctors for Australia: shooting for goal
Kerrie A Lawson, Ruth M Armstrong and Martin B Van Der Weyden — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (10): 547-550.

Departments

 

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We walk together as friends: the Shalom Gamarada Ngiyani Yana residential scholarship program
Lisa R Jackson Pulver — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (10): 551.

 

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From the editors
Ruth M Armstrong and Martin B Van Der Weyden — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (10): 552.

Supplement

 

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Spirituality and health
Contents — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (10): S41-S76.

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