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Editorial

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A healed and healthy country: understanding healing for Indigenous Australians
Tamara Mackean — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 522-523.

Dr Ross Ingram Memorial Essay Competition

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Antecedents of chronic kidney disease in Aboriginal offenders in New South Wales prisons
Beverley F Spiers — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 524-526.

Shalom Gamarada Ngiyani Yana Art Exhibition

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Growing more Aboriginal health professionals: the 2009 Shalom Gamarada Ngiyani Yana Art Exhibition and show
Lisa R Jackson Pulver — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 527.

Mind the Gap

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Asthma in Indigenous Australians: so much yet to do for Indigenous lung health — Editorial
Christine R Jenkins, Anne B Chang, Leanne M Poulos and Guy B Marks — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 530-531.

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Avoidable hospitalisation in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory — Research
Shu Q Li, Natalie J Gray, Steve L Guthridge and Sabine L M Pircher — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 532-536.

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How do pregnancy outcomes differ in teenage mothers? A Western Australian study — Research
Lucy N Lewis, Martha Hickey, Dorota A Doherty and S Rachel Skinner — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 537-541.

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“Closing the gap” by 2030: aspiration versus reality in Indigenous health — Viewpoint
Wendy E Hoy — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 542-544.

Prevention and Promotion

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Improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nutrition and health — Editorial
Amanda J Lee, Dympna Leonard, Aletia A Moloney and Deanne L Minniecon — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 547-548.

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The role of energy cost in food choices for an Aboriginal population in northern Australia — Research
Julie K Brimblecombe and Kerin O’Dea — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 549-551.

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Lipid treatment guidelines and cardiovascular risk for Aboriginal people in Central Australia — Research
Joanne N Luke, Alex Brown, David N O’Neal, Kerin O’Dea, Alicia J Jenkins, Margaret Kelaher, James D Best and Kevin G Rowley — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 552-556.

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Knowledge and attitudes regarding smoking during pregnancy among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women — Research
Conor Gilligan, Robert W Sanson-Fisher, Catherine D’Este, Sandra Eades and Mark Wenitong — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 557-561.

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Adult health checks for Indigenous Australians: the first year’s experience from the Inala Indigenous Health Service — Research
Geoffrey K P Spurling, Noel E Hayman and Anna L Cooney — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 562-564.

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Linking Indigenous health care with school education
Geoffrey M Forbes, Stephen J Davis, Martin D Robson, Anthony F Connell and Peter C Richmond — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 565-566.

Communication, Culture and Health

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Healthy country, healthy people: the relationship between Indigenous health status and “caring for country” — Research
Christopher P Burgess, Fay H Johnston, Helen L Berry, Joseph McDonnell, Dean Yibarbuk, Charlie Gunabarra, Albert Mileran and Ross S Bailie — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 567-572.

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Barriers to participation of Aboriginal people in cancer care: communication in the hospital setting — Research
Shaouli Shahid, Lizzie D Finn and Sandra C Thompson — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 574-579.

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Indigenous medical workforce development: current status and future directions — Editorial
Ian P S Anderson, Shaun C Ewen and Debra A Knoche — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 580-581.

Capacity to Care

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Coronary heart disease events in Aboriginal Australians: incidence in an urban population — Research
Pamela J Bradshaw, Helman S Alfonso, Judith C Finn, Julie Owen and Peter L Thompson — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 583-586.

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Outcomes of cardiac surgery in Indigenous Australians — Research
Sam J Lehman, Robert A Baker, Philip E Aylward, John L Knight and Derek P Chew — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 588-593.

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Timing of transfer for pregnant women from Queensland Cape York communities to Cairns for birthing — Research
Joanna L Arnold, Caroline M de Costa and Paul W Howat — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 594-596.

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Middle ear disease in Aboriginal children in Perth: analysis of hearing screening data, 1998–2004 — Research
Corinne J Williams, Harvey L Coates, Elaine M Pascoe, Yvonne Axford and Irene Nannup — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 598-600.

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Improving Indigenous patients’ access to mainstream health services: the Inala experience
Noel E Hayman, Nola E White and Geoffrey K Spurling — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 604-606.

Letters

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Indigenous simulated patients: an initiative in “closing the gap”
Shaun C Ewen, Margo E Collins, Jennifer A Schwarz and Eleanor M Flynn — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 536.

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Closing the gap depends on ACCHSs
Sophie Couzos and Dea Delaney Thiele — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 541.

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Patterns of mortality in Indigenous adults in the Northern Territory, 1998–2003: are people living in remote areas worse off?
David J Scrimgeour — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 545.

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Why Australia needs a national college of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
John Daniels and Sophie Couzos — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 573.

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The capacity of mainstream alcohol and drug treatment services to respond to the needs of Indigenous Australians
Ann M Roche, Kenneth J Pidd and Vinita Duraisingam — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 582.

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Effect of swimming pools on antibiotic use and clinic attendance for infections in two Aboriginal communities in Western Australia
Yvette Roe and Robyn A McDermott — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 602.

Close the Gap

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Close the Gap: ask the experts
Ruth Armstrong — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 523.

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Close the Gap: social justice
Tom Calma — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 526.

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Close the Gap: psychology
Patricia Dudgeon — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 546.

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Close the Gap: National Indigenous Health Equality Council
Ian Anderson — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 546.

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Close the Gap: dentistry
Christopher J Bourke — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 573.

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Close the Gap: Aboriginal community controlled health services
Mick Adams — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 593.

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Close the Gap: Oxfam Australia
Andrew Hewett — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 601.

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Close the Gap: nursing
Robyn Coulthard — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 601.

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Close the Gap: Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association
Peter O'Mara — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 607.

Book Reviews

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Crime, Aboriginality and the decolonisation of justice
reviewed by Judy Atkinson — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 566.

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My story. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women sharing their experiences of breast cancer. A resource for health workers
reviewed by Sandra C Thompson — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 602.

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Holding men. Kanyirninpa and the health of Aboriginal men
reviewed by Mark Wenitong — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 607.

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