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What do Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory value during the operation journey? A qualitative study
Integrating culturally informed, patient-centred care models that prioritise respect and trust building is essential to improving accessibility, experience and surgical outcomes
Edith B Waugh · Marita Hefler · Sophie Pascoe · Mark Mayo · Matthew JL Hare · David A Story · Neil Wilkshire · Peter Henwood · David Croker · Jampijinpa Ross
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices on the National Lung Cancer Screening Program: a qualitative study from Worimi and Awabakal country
The NLCSP provides a timely opportunity to improve health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. However, it is critical that the program is tailored to the needs of each community and upholds rights to self-determination to be successful
Tanika L Ridgeway (Worimi) · Kayden Roberts‐Barker (Wiradjuri) · Kade Booth · Michelle Kennedy (Wiradjuri)
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
Transplantation equity requires a prioritised investment in system and quality improvements, from enhanced referral and assessment pathways to optimising all elements of care and ongoing accountability measures
Stephen P McDonald AM · Katie Cundale · Christopher E Davies · Kelli Karrikarringka Owen (Kaurna, Nharangga, and Ngarrindjeri) · Kerry Dole · Feruza Kholmurodova · Matilda D’Antoine (Paakantyi) · Jaquelyne T Hughes (Wagadagam)
Bone health perspectives among Indigenous people: a qualitative study
Increasing bone health awareness by a co-created Community education program was valued by Indigenous people
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 · Ayse Zengin
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
Community remote monitoring is feasible and safe, and could be expanded to managing other medical conditions
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 · Kristen Overton
Smartphone‐activated volunteer responders and survival to discharge after out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrests in Victoria, 2018–23: an observational cohort study
Survival to hospital discharge was 37% more likely (risk-adjusted) if volunteer responders arrived before emergency medical services
Belinda Delardes · Mads Christian Tofte Gregers · Emily Nehme · Michael Ray · Dylan Hall · Tony Walker · David Anderson · Daniel Okyere · Ashanti Dantanarayana · Ziad Nehme
The intersection of rurality and dementia prevalence in Australia for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non‐Indigenous peoples
Geographic considerations are of crucial significance in dementia epidemiology, particularly for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
Antonia J Clarke · Marwan Ahmed · Judith M Katzenellenbogen · John Towney (Wiradjuri) · Anna H Balabanski · Adrienne Withall (Dharawal Yuin) · Kylie Radford · Amy Brodtmann
Improved cancer survival in the Northern Territory: identifying progress and disparities for Aboriginal peoples, 1991–2020
Despite the improvement in cancer survival for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples in the NT, the gap in survival outcomes for Aboriginal peoples persists. Further research is required on pathways to close the gap
Rowena Boyd · Michail Charakidis · C Paul Burgess · Sarah Dugdale · Craig Castillon (Jawoyn, Katherine Region, NT) · Dzulfikaar Sutandar · Alyson Wright
Evaluating the impact of COVID‐19 vaccination strategies on infections and hospitalisations in Victoria with non‐seasonal epidemic wave patterns: a modelling study
Annual COVID-19 vaccination campaigns at the same time as those for influenza vaccination could reduce the number of COVID-19-related hospitalisations
Fenella McAndrew · Romesh Abeysuriya · Nick Scott
Nirsevimab immunisation of infants and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)‐associated hospitalisations, Western Australia, 2024: a population‐based analysis
Immunising 71% of infants was associated with 57% fewer hospital admissions with the leading cause of hospitalisation of infants
Lauren E Bloomfield · Nevada V Pingault · Rachel E Foong · Sarah French · Jo‐Anne Morgan · Ushma Wadia · Hannah C Moore · Christopher C Blyth · Peter C Richmond · Paul K Armstrong · Paul V Effler
Incidental findings during lung low‐dose computed tomography cancer screening in Australia and Canada, 2016–21: a prospective observational study
Incidental findings during lung cancer screening are frequent, and clinical reporting of these findings is inconsistent
Asha Bonney · Diane M Pascoe · Mark W McCusker · Daniel Steinfort · Henry Marshall · Annette McWilliams · Fraser J Brims · Emily Stone · Paul Fogarty · Jeremy D Silver · Brad Milner · Elizabeth Silverstone · Eugene Hsu · Duy Nguyen · Christopher Rofe · Cameron White · XinXin Hu · John Mayo · Renelle Myers · Kwun M Fong · Renee Manser · Stephen Lam
Social determinants of health and intensive care unit admission rates and outcomes for children, Australia, 2013–2020: analysis of national registry data
Targeted interventions based on further research are needed to reduce differences associated with social determinants of health
for the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Paediatric Study Group and Centre for Outcomes and Resource Evaluation
The prevalence of intimate partner violence in Australia: a national survey
The lifetime prevalence of experiencing intimate partner violence is high, especially among women
Ben Mathews · Kelsey L Hegarty · Harriet L MacMillan · Monica Madzoska · Holly E Erskine · Rosana Pacella · James G Scott · Hannah Thomas · Franziska Meinck · Daryl Higgins · David M Lawrence · Divna Haslam · Sara Roetman · Eva Malacova · Timothy Cubitt
The relative toxicity of medicines detected after poisoning suicide deaths in Australia, 2013–19: a data linkage case series study
More toxic medicines should be supplied in limited quantities and their dispensing to individuals monitored
Jessy Lim · Nicholas A Buckley · Kate Chitty · Andrea L Schaffer · Jennifer Schumann · Zein Ali · Rose Cairns
Geographic remoteness‐based differences in in‐hospital mortality among people admitted to NSW public hospitals with heart failure, 2002–21: a retrospective observational cohort study
Targeted programs could improve outcomes for people in regional and remote Australia with heart failure
Imants Rubenis · Gregory Harvey · Karice Hyun · Vincent Chow · Leonard Kritharides · Andrew P Sindone · David B Brieger · Austin CC Ng
The costs and benefits of a prison needle and syringe program in Australia, 2025–30: a modelling study
Each dollar spent on a needle and syringe program in Australian prisons could save $2.60 in treatment costs
Farah Houdroge · Samantha Colledge‐Frisby · Nadine Kronfli · Rebecca J Winter · Joanne Carson · Mark Stoove · Nick Scott
Accountability, ambition, and quantifiable action in the carbon emission reduction plans of the ten largest pharmaceutical companies in Australia: a cross‐sectional analysis
The ten largest pharmaceutical companies in Australia are moving towards net zero greenhouse gas emissions at different rates
Hayden Burch · Georgia Brown · Oliver Adler · Jason Wong · Kenneth D Winkel
Early cardiovascular collapse after envenoming by snakes in Australia, 2005–2020: an observational study (ASP‐31)
Early collapse, a high risk feature of Australian snake envenoming, requires prompt identification and cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Geoffrey K Isbister · Katherine Z Isoardi · Angela L Chiew · Shane Jenkins · Nicholas A Buckley
The oral health care needs of people living in residential aged care, Australia, 2016–20: a retrospective cross-sectional study
Oral health policy and practice reforms are needed to improve the health and wellbeing of aged care residents
Gillian E Caughey · Tracy Air · Miia Rahja · Maria C Inacio
Mandatory research projects during medical specialist training in Australia and New Zealand: a survey of trainees’ experiences and reports
The time commitment and poor quality research associated with mandatory research projects were frequent concerns
Paulina Stehlik · Caitlyn Withers · Rachel C Bourke · Adrian G Barnett · Caitlin Brandenburg · Christy Noble · Alexandra Bannach‐Brown · Gerben B Keijzers · Ian A Scott · Paul P Glasziou · Emma C Veysey · Sharon Mickan · Mark Morgan · Hitesh Joshi · Kirsty Forrest · Thomas G Campbell · David A Henry
Closing the gap in kidney disease: validating the reporting of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander identification in a clinical quality registry using linked data
Integrating data to improve equity metrics in ANZDATA, including ethnicity and cultural identity, is vital for improving the health of Indigenous people
Heather J Baldwin · Nicole De La Mata · Grant Sara · Faye McMillan · Brett Biles · Jianyun Wu · Paul Lawton · Stephen McDonald · Angela C Webster
The impact of pay‐for‐performance incentives for stroke unit access on public hospital costs and use, Queensland, 2012–17: interrupted time series analysis
Improving quality of care without increasing costs or hospital demand, the pay-for-performance program increased value for health care spending
Rohan Grimley · Joosup Kim · Helen M Dewey · Nadine E Andrew · Taya A Collyer · Eleanor S Horton · Greg Cadigan · Dominique A Cadilhac
Methylphenidate and (lis)dexamfetamine toxicity‐related deaths of adults, Australia, 2000–24: analysis of NCIS data
People for whom greater caution is warranted including those with histories of substance misuse or mental health problems
Shane Darke · Amy Peacock · Johan A Duflou · Michael Farrell · Julia Lappin
Improving cardiometabolic risk factors in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in northeast Arnhem Land: single arm trial of a co‐designed dietary and lifestyle program
Culturally acceptable strategies for improving risk factors could reduce cardiometabolic disease in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
Hasthi UW Dissanayake · George Gurruwiwi · J Dhurrkay · Josh C Tynan · Sabine Braat · Benjamin Harrap · Tim Trudgen · Sarah Hanieh · Bronwyn Clark · Michaela Spencer · Michael Christie · Emma Tonkin · Emily Armstrong · Leonard C Harrison · John M Wentworth · Julie K Brimblecombe · Beverley‐Ann Biggs
Women who experience heavy menstrual bleeding: prevalence and characteristics from young adulthood to midlife, Australia, 2000–2021: a longitudinal cohort survey study
Many women experience symptoms that have a substantial impact on their physical and mental health-related quality of life.
Louise Wilson · Tessa Copp · Martha Hickey · Bec Jenkinson · Susan J Jordan · Rachel Thompson · Gita D Mishra · Jenny A Doust