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Indigenous health

Closing the gap

Use of eye care services by Indigenous Australian adults

Anna-Lena M R Arnold, Lucy Busija, Jill E Keeffe and Hugh R Taylor

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (10): 537-538 Free

Closing the gap

Sepsis in the tropical Top End of Australia’s Northern Territory: disease burden and impact on Indigenous Australians

Joshua S Davis, Allen C Cheng, Mark McMillan, Alex B Humphrey, Dianne P Stephens and Nicholas M Anstey

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (10): 519-524 Free

Talking Policy

Alcohol restrictions in Indigenous communities: necessary but not sufficient

Peter H N d’Abbs

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (10): 507 Free

Dr Ross Ingram Memorial Competition

Closing gaps, maintaining cadence and removing trampolines: a personal reflection on 20 years in health

Darren C Garvey

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (10): 543-545 Free

Workforce dreaming

Our doctors making a difference

Peter O’Mara

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (10): 493-494 Free

Closing the gap

Epidemiology of syphilis in Australia: moving toward elimination of infectious syphilis from remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities?

James S Ward, Rebecca J Guy, Snehal P Akre, Melanie G Middleton, Carolien M Giele, Jiunn Y Su, Craig A Davis, Handan Wand, Janet B Knox, Patricia S Fagan, Basil Donovan, John M Kaldor and Darren B Russell

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (10): 525-529 Free

Talking Policy

Alcohol restrictions in Indigenous communities: an effective strategy if Indigenous-led

Dennis A Gray and Edward T Wilkes

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (10): 508 Free

Body mind matters

Racism as a determinant of social and emotional wellbeing for Aboriginal Australian youth

Naomi C Priest, Yin C Paradies, Wendy Gunthorpe, Sheree J Cairney and Sue M Sayers

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (10): 546-550 Free

Workforce dreaming

The challenges of remote area medical education

Louis G Peachey and Kristin E McBain-Rigg

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (10): 495-496 Free

Dr Ross Ingram Memorial Competition

Alfie the tooth fairy (an animation)

Alison Dimer

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (10): 539 Free

Closing the gap

Reducing the burden of cancer for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: time for a coordinated, collaborative, priority-driven, Indigenous-led research program

Gail Garvey, Joan Cunningham, Patricia C Valery, John Condon, David Roder, Ross Bailie, Jennifer Martin and Ian Olver

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (10): 530-531 Free

Talking Policy

Research, information and consent for the Australian Health Survey: a separate standard for Indigenous people?

Wendy E Hoy

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (10): 509-510 Free

Body mind matters

The transformative potential of young motherhood for disadvantaged Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in Townsville, Australia

Sarah L Larkins, R Priscilla Page, Kathryn S Panaretto, Melvina Mitchell, Valerie Alberts, Suzanne McGinty and P Craig Veitch

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (10): 551-555 Free

Workforce dreaming

Safeguard or mollycoddle? An exploratory study describing potentially harmful incidents during medical student placements in Aboriginal communities in Central Australia

Ameeta Patel, Peter Underwood, Hung The Nguyen and Margaret Vigants

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (10): 497-500 Free

Dr Ross Ingram Memorial Competition

Strong body, strong mind, strong culture

Luke B Mallie

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (10): 540 Free

Closing the gap

The Lowitja Institute: building a national strategic research agenda to improve the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

Kerry Arabena and David Moodie

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (10): 532-534 Free

Closing the gap

Social determinants and the health of Indigenous Australians

Michael Marmot

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (10): 512-513 Free

Body mind matters

Maternal smoking and smoking in the household during pregnancy and postpartum: findings from an Indigenous cohort in the Northern Territory

Vanessa Johnston, David P Thomas, Joseph McDonnell and Ross M Andrews

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (10): 556-559 Free

Talking Policy

How can Australia do better for Indigenous health?

Peter W Tait

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (10): 501-502 Free

Dr Ross Ingram Memorial Competition

Talking about hepatitis

Peter C Waples-Crowe

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (10): 540 Free

Closing the gap

Indigenous child health checks: the view from the city

Justin J Coleman, Geoffrey K Spurling, Deborah A Askew and Noel E Hayman

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (10): 535-536 Free

Closing the gap

Glycaemia and albuminuria as predictors of coronary heart disease in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults: a north Queensland cohort

Robyn A McDermott, Brad McCulloch and Ming Li

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (10): 514-518 Free

Talking Policy

Increasing alcohol restrictions and rates of serious injury in four remote Australian Indigenous communities

Stephen A Margolis, Valmae A Ypinazar, Reinhold Muller and Alan Clough

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (10): 503-506 Free

Dr Ross Ingram Memorial Competition

Mental illness or spiritual illness: what should we call it?

Lindy L Moffatt

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (10): 541-542 Free

Shalom Gamarada Ngiyani Yana Art Exhibition

Shalom Gamarada Ngiyani Yana 2011

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (10): 489-559 Free