eMJA: Contents - 17 May 2010

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17 May 2010

After the Intervention

Health impacts of the Northern Territory intervention — Editorial
Peter O’Mara — Med J Aust 2010; 192 (10): 546-548.

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Impact of income management on store sales in the Northern Territory — Research
Julie K Brimblecombe, Joseph McDonnell, Adam Barnes, Joanne Garnggulkpuy Dhurrkay, David P Thomas and Ross S Bailie — Med J Aust 2010; 192 (10): 549-554.

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The Northern Territory Emergency Response and cannabis use in remote Indigenous communities — Letter
Dennis A Gray — Med J Aust 2010; 192 (10): 555.

Ross Ingram Memorial Essay Competition

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Healing our communities, healing ourselves
Jane Harrison — Med J Aust 2010; 192 (10): 556-557.

Defining the Gap

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Clinical oral health outcomes in young Australian Aboriginal adults compared with national-level counterparts — Research
Lisa M Jamieson, Susan M Sayers and Kaye F Roberts-Thomson — Med J Aust 2010; 192 (10): 558-561.

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Incidence of type 2 diabetes in two Indigenous Australian populations: a 6-year follow-up study — Research
Robyn A McDermott, Ming Li and Sandra K Campbell — Med J Aust 2010; 192 (10): 562-565.

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Mental disorders due to substance use and cardiovascular disease risk in Aboriginal adults — Letter
Zhiqiang Wang, Damin Si and Wendy E Hoy — Med J Aust 2010; 192 (10): 566.

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Two nations: racial disparities in bloodstream infections recorded at Alice Springs Hospital, central Australia, 2001–2005 — Research
Lloyd J Einsiedel and Richard J Woodman — Med J Aust 2010; 192 (10): 567-571.

Shalom Gamarada Ngiyani Yana Art Exhibition

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Shalom Gamarada Ngiyani Yana 2010
Lisa R Jackson Pulver — Med J Aust 2010; 192 (10): 572.

At the Frontline

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An education intervention for childhood asthma by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers: a randomised controlled trial — Research
Patricia C Valery, Ian B Masters, Brett Taylor, Yancy Laifoo, Peter K O’Rourke and Anne B Chang — Med J Aust 2010; 192 (10): 574-579.

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Acute rheumatic fever in Indigenous people in North Queensland: some good news at last? — Research
Jeffrey N Hanna and Michele F Clark — Med J Aust 2010; 192 (10): 581-584.

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Hospitalisation of Indigenous children in the Northern Territory for lower respiratory illness in the first year of life — Research
Kerry-Ann F O’Grady, Paul J Torzillo and Anne B Chang — Med J Aust 2010; 192 (10): 586-590.

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Rates of radiologically confirmed pneumonia as defined by the World Health Organization in Northern Territory Indigenous children — Research
Kerry-Ann F O’Grady, Debbie M Taylor-Thomson, Anne B Chang, Paul J Torzillo, Peter S Morris, Grant A Mackenzie, Gavin R Wheaton, Paul A Bauert, Margaret P De Campo, John F De Campo and Alan R Ruben — Med J Aust 2010; 192 (10): 592-595.

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Using child health checks to assess the prevalence of overweight and obesity among urban Indigenous children — Letter
Annie R Fonda, Geoffrey K Spurling, Deborah A Askew, Peter S W Davies and Noel E Hayman — Med J Aust 2010; 192 (10): 596.

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Assessing the quality of maternal health care in Indigenous primary care services — Letter
Alice R Rumbold, Ross S Bailie, Damin Si, Michelle C Dowden, Catherine M Kennedy, Rhonda J Cox, Lynette O’Donoghue, Helen E Liddle, Ru K Kwedza, Sandra C Thompson, Hugh P Burke, Alex D Brown, Tarun Weeramanthri and Christine M Connors — Med J Aust 2010; 192 (10): 597-598.

Society, Culture and Health

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Enduring dilemmas of Indigenous health — Editorials
Emma E Kowal and Yin C Paradies — Med J Aust 2010; 192 (10): 599-600.

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“You’re always hearing about the stats ... death happens so often”: new perspectives on barriers to Aboriginal participation in cardiac rehabilitation — Letter
Kate P Taylor, Julie S Smith, Lyn Dimer, Mohammed Ali, Narelle Wilson, Tyra R Thomas and Sandra C Thompson — Med J Aust 2010; 192 (10): 602.

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Emerging themes in Aboriginal child and adolescent mental health: findings from a qualitative study in Sydney, New South Wales — Research
Anna B Williamson, Beverley Raphael, Sally Redman, John Daniels, Sandra J Eades and Naomi Mayers — Med J Aust 2010; 192 (10): 603-605.

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Early impressions of paediatric health in Alice Springs: trying to see beyond the gaps — Personal Perspective
Marcel D Zimmet — Med J Aust 2010; 192 (10): 606-607.

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“Just ask!” Identifying as Indigenous in mainstream general practice settings: a consumer perspective — Letter
Angela Scotney, Jillian A Guthrie, Kamalini Lokuge and Paul M Kelly — Med J Aust 2010; 192 (10): 609.

The Research Agenda

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Doing more to improve Indigenous health: the new NHMRC Road Map — Editorial
Warwick P Anderson — Med J Aust 2010; 192 (10): 610-611.

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Strategies for increasing high-quality intervention research in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health: views of leading researchers — Research
Jessica M Stewart, Rob W Sanson-Fisher, Sandra J Eades and Nicole M Mealing — Med J Aust 2010; 192 (10): 612-615.

Pandemic Influenza

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Disproportionate impact of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza on Indigenous people in the Top End of Australia’s Northern Territory — Research
Shaun M Flint, Joshua S Davis, Jiunn-Yih Su, Erin P Oliver-Landry, Benjamin A Rogers, Aaron Goldstein, Jane H Thomas, Uma Parameswaran, Colin Bigham, Kevin Freeman, Paul Goldrick and Steven Y C Tong — Med J Aust 2010; 192 (10): 617-622.

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Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza in an urban Aboriginal medical service — Letter
Ana Herceg, Peter G Sharp, Christine G Arthur and Julie A Tongs — Med J Aust 2010; 192 (10): 623.

Book Review

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The political of suffering. Indigenous Australia and the end of liberal consensus
reviewd by John Boulton — Med J Aust 2010; 192 (10): 584.