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Country revealing the way: evaluating Elder‐governed cultural therapy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people with mental health conditions

Alasdair Vance, Janet McGaw, Jo Winther, Naomi Tootell, Herb Patten and Sandra Eades

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (6): 304-311 Open Access

An Aboriginal women‐led approach to design a maternal and child health model when cardiometabolic complications are experienced in pregnancy in South Australia

Karrina DeMasi (Barkandji), Dana Shen (Ngarrindjeri), Phoebe McColl, Amanda Richards‐Satour (Adnyamathanha and Barngarla), Carolyn Renehan (Central Arrernte), Kim Morey (Anmatyerr and Eastern Arrernte), Karen Glover (Mein:tnk and Wotjobaluk), Cathy Leane (Dharug), Kristine Woods‐Hampton (Anmatijerre), Lorraine Garay (Anangu), Eloise Baker (Adnyamathanha and Barngarla), Rebecca Nielsen (Kalkadoon) and Katharine Brown

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (6): 312-319 Open Access

Spinal cord stimulation patterns of care, re‐interventions, and costs for private health insurers, Australia, 2011–22: a retrospective observational study

Caitlin MP Jones, Christopher G Maher, Rachelle Buchbinder, Ian A Harris, Chung‐Wei Christine Lin, Christopher Hayes and Alexandra Gorelik

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (5): 243-247 Open Access

The epidemiology of haemodialysis catheter infections in Australia, 2016–20: a prospective cohort study

Benjamin Lazarus, Kevan R Polkinghorne, Martin P Gallagher, Jayson Catiwa, Nicholas A Gray, Sarah Coggan, Kathryn R Higgins, Girish Talaulikar, Stephen P McDonald AM and Sradha Kotwal

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (5): 248-256 Open Access

Silicosis research priorities for health care, research, and health and safety professionals, and for people exposed to silica in Australia: a research priority setting exercise

Hayley Barnes, Sharna Mathieu, Deborah C Glass, Malcolm R Sim, Lin Fritschi, Joanne L Dickinson, Daniel C Chambers, Tim R Driscoll, Graeme Edwards, Nikky LaBranche, Catherine Jones, Jane E Bourke, Ryan F Hoy, Christine R Jenkins, Simon Apte, Anne Holland and Gabriella Tikellis

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (5): 257-264 Open Access

Treatment outcomes for people with hepatitis C referred to tertiary care in Victoria, 2021–22: a retrospective observational study

Elly Layton, Nicole Matthews, Brendan Quinn, Nasra Higgins, Gabrielle Lindeman, Mielle Abbott, Jennifer MacLachlan, Elizabeth Birbilis, Margaret E Hellard, Joseph Doyle, Benjamin C Cowie and Mark Stoové

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (5): 265-267 Open Access

The Telephysiotherapy for Older People (TOP‐UP) program for improving mobility in people receiving aged care: a hybrid type 1 effectiveness–implementation randomised controlled trial

Rik Dawson, Marina Pinheiro, Juliana Oliveira, Abby Haynes, Vasikaran Naganathan, Morag E Taylor, Nina Bowes, Karn Nelson, Jenny Rayner and Catherine Sherrington

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (4): 205-213 Open Access

Estimated carbon emissions for PBS‐subsidised prescription respiratory inhalers, Australia, 2019–2023: a descriptive analysis

Luise Kazda, Alexandra L Barratt, Sean Docking, Kristen Pickles, Darlene Cox, Ross S Bailie, Kate Wylie and Katy JL Bell

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (4): 214-217 Open Access

Development and calibration of the 2023 Australian cardiovascular disease risk prediction equations: a model updating study

Ellie Paige, Emily Banks AM, Yuehan Zhang, Anushka Patel, Mark Woodward, Natalie Raffoul, Garry Jennings and Rodney T Jackson

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (4): 197-204 Open Access

Prescription opioid supply‐restricting policies and hospital use by people prescribed opioid medications, Victoria, 2018–22: a controlled interrupted time series analysis

Suzanne Nielsen, Louisa Picco, Bosco Rowland, Nadine E Andrew, Taya A Collyer, Samanta Lalic, Rachelle Buchbinder, Christopher Pearce, J Simon Bell, Dan I Lubman and Ting Xia

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (3): 134-140 Open Access

Health and economic benefits of improving pre‐hospital identification of stroke in Australian women: a modelling study

Thomas Gadsden, Lei Si, Emily R Atkins, Cheryl Carcel, Xia Wang, Stephen Jan, Mark Woodward and Laura E Downey

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (3): 141-148 Open Access

The prevalence of and variation in indicators of the quality and safety of long term aged care in Australia, 2019: a cross‐sectional population‐based study

Tesfahun C Eshetie, Gillian E Caughey, Catherine Lang, Olivia Ryan, Renuka Visvanathan, Craig Whitehead, Keith Evans, Janet K Sluggett, Jyoti Khadka, Carolyn Dawkins, Helena Williams, Miranda Starke, Sara Blunt, Anne Liddell, Megan Corlis, Anna Sheppeard, Penelope Lello, Marilyn Thien, Steven L Wesselingh and Maria C Inacio

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (4): 189-196 Open Access

Trends in adolescent smoking prevalence before and after the emergence of vaping in Australia: an interrupted time series analysis, 1999–2023

Sam J Egger, Michael David, Marianne F Weber, Qingwei Luo, Anita Dessaix and Becky Freeman

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (10): 517-524 Open Access

Motivations, barriers and enablers for medical and forensic examiners in New South Wales sexual assault services: a qualitative interview study

Natalie Edmiston, Sam Sperring, Rosalie Power, Samantha Ryan, Kathryn Evans, Jane Ussher and Ellie Freedman

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (2): 85-91 Open Access

Symptom burden, quality of life, and diagnostic journey of people with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, Australia, 2021–24: a descriptive patient registry data study

Marie‐Claire Seeley, Gemma Wilson, Eric Ong, Amy Langdon, Jonathan Chieng, Danielle Bailey, Kristina Comacchio, Amanda Page, Dennis H Lau and Celine Gallagher

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (3): 159-160 Open Access

Promoting resilience to weather‐related and seasonal provocations to health in people with multimorbid heart disease: a prospective pragmatic, randomised trial

Simon Stewart, Sheila K Patel, Terase F Lancefield, Thalys Sampaio Rodrigues, Nicholas Doumtsis, Nasreen Moini, Ashleigh Harley, Emily‐Rose Vaughan‐Fowler, Yih‐Kai Chan, Alexander Chen, David Chye, David FL Liew, Christopher McMaster, Jay Ramchand, Paul A Yates, Jason C Kwong, Christine F McDonald and Louise M Burrell

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (2): 77-84 Open Access

The incidence of and risk factors for hospitalisations and amputations for people with diabetes‐related foot ulcers in Queensland, 2011–19: an observational cohort study

Yuqi Zhang, Susanna M Cramb, Steven M McPhail, Rosana Pacella, Jaap J Netten, Ewan M Kinnear and Peter A Lazzarini

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (3): 149-158 Open Access

What do Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory value during the operation journey? A qualitative study

Edith B Waugh, Marita Hefler, Sophie Pascoe, Mark Mayo, Matthew JL Hare, David A Story, Neil Wilkshire, Peter Henwood, David Croker and Jampijinpa Ross

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (1): 30-37 Open Access

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices on the National Lung Cancer Screening Program: a qualitative study from Worimi and Awabakal country

Tanika L Ridgeway (Worimi), Kayden Roberts‐Barker (Wiradjuri), Kade Booth and Michelle Kennedy (Wiradjuri)

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (1): 38-45 Open Access

Am I on the list? Clinician‐reported factors for kidney transplantation non‐waitlisting among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with kidney failure: a cross‐sectional study

Stephen P McDonald AM, Katie Cundale, Christopher E Davies, Kelli Karrikarringka Owen (Kaurna, Nharangga, and Ngarrindjeri), Kerry Dole, Feruza Kholmurodova, Matilda D’Antoine (Paakantyi) and Jaquelyne T Hughes (Wagadagam)

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (1): 46-53 Open Access

Bone health perspectives among Indigenous people: a qualitative study

Troy Walker (Yorta Yorta), Karan P Singh, Vanessa Gan, Brooke Conley (Ngiyampaa), Jessica Bravo, Nigel Smith (Weilwan), April Clarke (Eastern Maar, Kirrae Whurrung, Djap Wurrung), Jackson Baker, Louise J Maple‐Brown, Robin M Daly, Jennifer Browne, Jesse Zanker, Cat Shore‐Lorenti, David Scott, Peter R Ebeling and Ayse Zengin

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (2): 92-100 Open Access

Factors that affect the provision of medical abortion services in Australian primary care: a mixed methods systematic review

Greta Skahill and Mridula Shankar

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (2): 101-110 Open Access

Remote patient monitoring for managing acute COVID‐19, and mortality and hospital use in Sydney, New South Wales, 2021–22: a retrospective observational cohort study

Myong Gyu Kim, Phuong Thao Phan, Cambell McMaster, Praveen Indraratna, Jennifer Yu, Allison Martin, Rebecca Pinheiro, Lisa Altman, Guenter Schreier, Benjamin Kwan, Pamela Konecny, Jeffrey J Post, Nigel Lovell, Sze‐Yuan Ooi and Kristen Overton

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (11): 550-557 Open Access

Smartphone‐activated volunteer responders and survival to discharge after out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrests in Victoria, 2018–23: an observational cohort study

Belinda Delardes, Mads Christian Tofte Gregers, Emily Nehme, Michael Ray, Dylan Hall, Tony Walker, David Anderson, Daniel Okyere, Ashanti Dantanarayana and Ziad Nehme

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (10): 504-509 Open Access

The intersection of rurality and dementia prevalence in Australia for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non‐Indigenous peoples

Antonia J Clarke, Marwan Ahmed, Judith M Katzenellenbogen, John Towney (Wiradjuri), Anna H Balabanski, Adrienne Withall (Dharawal Yuin), Kylie Radford and Amy Brodtmann

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (10): 510-516 Open Access