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Potentially preventable medication‐related hospitalisations with cardiovascular disease of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Queensland, 2013–2017: a retrospective cohort study
Culturally appropriate and more targeted medication safety services are required
Jean Spinks · Gabor Mihala · Warren Jennings · Robert S Ware · Lisa M Kalisch Ellett · Elizabeth E Roughead · Daniel Williamson
Consideration of sex and gender: an analysis of Australian clinical guidelines
Guideline developers should consider the role of sex and gender to enable equity and inclusiveness in health care
Maggie Kirkman · Tomoko Honda · Steve J McDonald · Sally Green · Karen Walker‐Bone · Ingrid Winship · Jane R W Fisher
Social inequalities in eligibility rates and use of the Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme, 2016–22: an administrative data analysis
We found inequalities in NDIS access for applicants with physical, psychosocial, and unclassified disability types, particularly for women and girls
George Disney · Yi Yang · Peter Summers · Alexandra Devine · Helen Dickinson · Anne M Kavanagh
Evaluating primary care expenditure in Australia: the Primary Care Spend (PC Spend) model
The Primary Care Spend model provides a more nuanced analysis of expenditure for primary health care than routine health expenditure reports
Michael Wright · Shona Bates · Andrew W Bazemore · Michael R Kidd
Cannabis poisonings in Australia following the legalisation of medicinal cannabis, 2014–24: analysis of NSW Poisons Information Centre data
Edible cannabis forms may be less harmful than smoking cannabis, but the acute poisoning risk they pose must be considered
Rose Cairns · Sara Allaf · Nicholas A Buckley
Use of ChatGPT to obtain health information in Australia, 2024: insights from a nationally representative survey
An estimated that 9.9% of Australian adults asked ChatGPT health-related questions in the first half of 2024
Julie Ayre · Erin Cvejic · Kirsten J McCaffery
Classification of chronic kidney disease in older Australian adults by the CKD‐EPI 2009 and 2021 equations: secondary analysis of ASPREE study data
The new equation would substantially reduce the estimated prevalence of disease in older, generally healthy adults, with implications for treatment planning
Elisa K Bongetti · Rory Wolfe · James B Wetmore · Anne M Murray · Robyn L Woods · Michelle A Fravel · Mark R Nelson · Nigel P Stocks · Suzanne G Orchard · Kevan R Polkinghorne
Surgical clinical trial activity in Australia, 2010–20, by specialty: analysis of trial registration data
The relatively low number of clinical trials in surgery suggests that strategies for supporting surgical trials are needed in Australia
Claire Greenwell · Angela Webster · Ian A Harris · David Beard · Angie Barba · Sarah J Lord
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community experiences and recommendations for health and medical research: a mixed methods study
Researchers, funding bodies and institutions should invest in communities to lead, control and govern their own research
Felicity Collis (Gomeroi) · Kade Booth · Jamie Bryant · Tanika Ridgeway (Worimi) · Catherine Chamberlain (Palawa) · Jaquelyne Hughes (Wagadagam) · Kalinda E Griffiths (Yawuru) · Mark Wenitong (Kabi Kabi) · Peter O'Mara (Wiradjuri) · Alex Brown (Yuin) · Sandra J Eades (Noongar) · Kelvin M Kong (Worimi) · Michelle Kennedy (Wiradjuri)
Researchers’ self‐reported adherence to ethical principles in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and medical research and views on improving conduct: a mixed methods study
Structural and individual change is required to accommodate community priority setting, governance, consultation, leadership and translation in ethical research
Kade Booth · Jamie Bryant · Felicity Collis (Gomeroi) · Catherine Chamberlain (Palawa) · Jaquelyne Hughes (Wagadagam) · Breanne Hobden · Kalinda E Griffiths (Yawuru) · Mark Wenitong (Kabi Kabi) · Peter O'Mara (Wiradjuri) · Alex Brown (Yuin) · Sandra J Eades (Noongar) · Kelvin M Kong (Worimi) · Raymond W Lovett (Wongaibon Ngiyampaa) · Michelle Kennedy (Wiradjuri)
Reported processes and practices of researchers applying for human research ethics approval for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research: a mixed methods study
We join calls for the establishment and appropriate resourcing of state-based AHRECs in every jurisdiction
Jamie Bryant · Kade Booth · Felicity Collis (Gomeroi) · Catherine Chamberlain (Palawa) · Jaquelyne Hughes (Wagadagam) · Breanne Hobden · Kalinda E Griffiths (Yawuru) · Mark Wenitong (Kabi Kabi) · Peter O'Mara (Wiradjuri) · Alex Brown (Yuin) · Sandra J Eades (Noongar) · Kelvin M Kong (Worimi) · Raymond W Lovett (Wongaibon Ngiyampaa) · Michelle Kennedy (Wiradjuri)
Human research ethics committee processes and practices for approving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research: a mixed methods study
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and AHRECs carry an important role in the review of health research involving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Michelle Kennedy (Wiradjuri) · Kade Booth · Jamie Bryant · Felicity Collis (Gomeroi) · Catherine Chamberlain (Palawa) · Jaquelyne Hughes (Wagadagam) · Romany McGuffog · Breanne Hobden · Kalinda E Griffiths (Yawuru) · Mark Wenitong (Kabi Kabi) · Peter O'Mara (Wiradjuri) · Alex Brown (Yuin) · Sandra J Eades (Noongar) · Kelvin M Kong (Worimi) · Raymond W Lovett (Wongaibon Ngiyampaa)
Beyond ethical guidelines: upholding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ethical governance in health and medical research. A scoping review
We found a concerning lack of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ethical governance reported in health and medical research
Felicity Collis (Gomeroi) · Kade Booth · Jamie Bryant · Michelle Kennedy (Wiradjuri)
How well are researchers applying ethical principles and practices in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and medical research? A cross‐sectional study
Urgent attention is needed to develop and implement routine evaluations of research practices in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and medical research
Michelle Kennedy (Wiradjuri) · Kade Booth · Jamie Bryant · Felicity Collis (Gomeroi) · Catherine Chamberlain (Palawa) · Jaquelyne Hughes (Wagadagam) · Breanne Hobden · Kalinda E Griffiths (Yawuru) · Mark Wenitong (Kabi Kabi) · Peter O'Mara (Wiradjuri) · Alex Brown (Yuin) · Sandra J Eades (Noongar) · Kelvin M Kong (Worimi) · Raymond W Lovett (Wongaibon Ngiyampaa)
Bulk‐billing rates and out‐of‐pocket costs for general practitioner services in Australia, 2022, by SA3 region: analysis of Medicare claims data
Out-of-pocket costs for non-bulk-billed services are particular high for people in remote and socio-economically disadvantaged areas of Australia
Karinna Saxby · Yuting Zhang
The impact of the BreastScreen NSW transition from film to digital mammography, 2002–2016: a linked population health data analysis
The transition from film to digital mammography may have increased the detection of indolent cancers
Rachel Farber · Nehmat Houssami · Kevin McGeechan · Alexandra L Barratt · Katy JL Bell
Blood pressure in young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: analysis of baseline data from a prospective cohort study
Reducing early cardiovascular risks, while avoiding deficit-framing, is critical for promoting cardiovascular health throughout life
Berhe W Sahle · Emily Banks · Robyn Williams · Grace Joshy · Garry Jennings · Jonathan C Craig · Nicholas G Larkins · Francine Eades · Rebecca Q Ivers · Sandra Eades
Clinical phenotype of COVID‐19 vaccine‐associated myocarditis in Victoria, 2021–22: a cross‐sectional study
A threefold or greater increase in troponin level may be a clinically useful predictor of cardiac MRI abnormalities
Julia Smith · Silja Schrader · Hannah Morgan · Priya Shenton · Annette Alafaci · Nicholas Cox · Andrew J Taylor · James Hare · Bryn Jones · Nigel W Crawford · Jim P Buttery · Hazel J Clothier · Daryl R Cheng
Knowledge about COVID‐19 vaccines among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and attitudes to and behaviours regarding COVID‐19 and influenza vaccination: a survey
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are confident about the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines
Shea Spierings · Victor M Oguoma · Anthony Shakeshaft · Jim Walker · Maree Toombs · James S Ward
Intrinsic capacity and ageing well for Aboriginal people in remote Western Australia: a longitudinal cohort study
Impaired intrinsic capacity in older Aboriginal people in the Kimberley was most frequent in the sensory and locomotion domains
Zoë Hyde · Kate Smith · Roslyn Malay · Dina C LoGiudice · Dawn C Bessarab · David N Atkinson · Edward Strivens · Leon Flicker
Out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrests in Victoria, 2003–2022: retrospective analysis of Victorian Ambulance Cardiac Arrest Registry data
New strategies are needed to further improve survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Emily Nehme · David Anderson · Ross Salathiel · Anthony Carlyon · Dion Stub · Peter A Cameron · Andrew Wilson · Sile Smith · John J McNeil · Ziad Nehme
The cost of treating hypertension in Australia, 2012–22: an economic analysis
During 2012–22, about 40% of the cost of managing hypertension in Australia was borne directly by patients (about $494 million per year)
Emily R Atkins · Long Huy Nguyen · Mary Lou Chatterton · Markus Schlaich · Aletta E Schutte · Anthony Rodgers
Participation in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program by people with severe mental illness, Australia, 2006–2019: a national data linkage study
Barriers to screening may contribute to higher colorectal cancer case fatality rates in people with severe mental illness
Steve Kisely · Rebecca Seth · Susan J Jordan · Bradley Kendall · Dan J Siskind · Grant Sara · Justin Chapman · Lisa Brophy · David M Lawrence
Health service access and quality of care provided by the Western NSW Local Health District Virtual Rural Generalist Service: a retrospective analysis of linked administrative data
The VRGS can complement and enhance the delivery of medical care in rural and remote communities with limited medical services
Georgina M Luscombe · Andrew Wilson · Amanda J Ampt · Amy Von Huben · Kirsten Howard · Clare Coleman · Georgia Wingfield · Shannon Nott
Clinician experiences of a hybrid virtual medical service supporting rural and remote hospitals: a qualitative study
The Virtual Rural Generalist Service model effectively fills medical service gaps and makes rural medical and nursing positions more attractive and sustainable
Anna E Thompson · Emily Saurman · Shannon Nott · Andrew Wilson · Tim Shaw