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General medicine Research 7 October 2024 Open Access

Perceived stakeholder benefits of continuously training general practitioners in the same rural or remote practice: interviews exploring the Remote Vocational Training Scheme

The RVTS model of training doctors continuously in the same practice improves access to safe and high quality longitudinal care and contributes to service enhancements in rural, remote and First Nations communities that otherwise lack stable doctors

Belinda G O'Sullivan · Patrick Giddings · Matthew R McGrail

Infectious diseases Research 30 September 2024 Open Access

Lessons learnt from the first two SARS‐CoV‐2 Omicron waves of the COVID‐19 pandemic in six remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in Queensland, Australia: a retrospective epidemiological review

Co-designed, collaborative partnerships between local councils, community-controlled health services, state health services and public health units likely had a positive impact on the management and outcomes of COVID-19 in Indigenous communities

Allison Hempenstall · Barbara Telfer · Sean Cowley · Shalomie Shadrach · Caroline Taunton · Jay Short · Nicolas Smoll · Roy Rasalam · Oscar Whitehead · Peter Roach · Karen Koko · Josh Stafford · Rittia Matysek · Renarta Whitcombe · Gulam Khandaker · Jason King · Nishila Moodley · Maree Finney · Rica Lacey · Steven Donohue · Richard Gair · Katie Panaretto

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Statistics Research 9 September 2024 Open Access

Policies on the collection, analysis, and reporting of sex and gender in Australian health and medical research: a mixed methods study

Research policy and guidelines for integrating sex and gender into health and medical research must be implemented and evaluated to achieve change

Cheryl Carcel · Amy Vassallo · Laura Hallam · Janani Shanthosh · Kelly Thompson · Lily Halliday · Jacek Anderst · Anthony KJ Smith · Briar L McKenzie · Christy E Newman · Keziah Bennett‐Brook · Zoe Wainer · Mark Woodward · Robyn Norton · Louise Chappell

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Mental health Research 2 September 2024 Open Access

Sensitivity and specificity of Aboriginal‐developed items to supplement the adapted PHQ‐9 screening measure for depression: results from the Getting it Right study

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-developed depressive symptom screening scale that we studied is reliable and valid, and it performs well across multiple Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary care settings

Timothy Skinner · Alex Brown · Armando Teixeira‐Pinto · Sara F Farnbach · Nicholas Glozier · Deborah A Askew · Graham Gee · Alan Cass · Maree L Hackett

Infectious diseases Research 29 July 2024 Open Access

Notification rates for syphilis in women of reproductive age and congenital syphilis in Australia, 2011–2021: a retrospective cohort analysis of national notifications data

To avert congenital syphilis, equitable access to antenatal care must be secured for all women

Belinda Hengel · Hamish McManus · Robert Monaghan · Donna B Mak · Amy Bright · Ximena Tolosa · Kellie Mitchell · Lorraine Anderson · Jackie R Thomas · Nathan Ryder · Louise Causer · Rebecca J Guy · Skye McGregor

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Indigenous health Research 1 July 2024 Open Access

Aged care service use by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people after aged care eligibility assessments, 2017-2019: a population‐based retrospective cohort study

It is likely that the care needs of older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are not being met

Odette Pearson (Eastern Kuku‐Yalanji and Torres Strait Islander) · Tracy Air · Greer Humphrey · Clare Bradley · Noeleen Tunny · Alex Brown (Yuin Nation) · Steven L Wesselingh · Maria C Inacio · Gillian E Caughey

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