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Indigenous health

At the frontline

Rates of radiologically confirmed pneumonia as defined by the World Health Organization in Northern Territory Indigenous children

Kerry-Ann F O’Grady, Debbie M Taylor-Thomson, Anne B Chang, Paul J Torzillo, Peter S Morris, Grant A Mackenzie, Gavin R Wheaton, Paul A Bauert, Margaret P De Campo, John F De Campo and Alan R Ruben

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (10): 592-595 Free

Defining the gap

Two nations: racial disparities in bloodstream infections recorded at Alice Springs Hospital, central Australia, 2001–2005

Lloyd J Einsiedel and Richard J Woodman

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (10): 567-571 Free

Pandemic influenza

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza in an urban Aboriginal medical service

Ana Herceg, Peter G Sharp, Christine G Arthur and Julie A Tongs

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (10): 623 Free

After the intervention

The Northern Territory Emergency Response and cannabis use in remote Indigenous communities

Dennis A Gray

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (10): 555 Free

Society, Culture and Health

Early impressions of paediatric health in Alice Springs: trying to see beyond the gaps

Marcel D Zimmet

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (10): 606-607 Free

At the frontline

Using child health checks to assess the prevalence of overweight and obesity among urban Indigenous children

Annie R Fonda, Geoffrey K Spurling, Deborah A Askew, Peter S W Davies and Noel E Hayman

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (10): 596 Free

Book review

“Closing the gap” by opening hearts

John Boulton

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (10): 584 Free

Ross Ingram Memorial Essay Competition

Healing our communities, healing ourselves

Jane Harrison

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (10): 556-557 Free

Society, Culture and Health

“Just ask!” Identifying as Indigenous in mainstream general practice settings: a consumer perspective

Angela Scotney, Jillian A Guthrie, Kamalini Lokuge and Paul M Kelly

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (10): 609 Free

At the frontline

Assessing the quality of maternal health care in Indigenous primary care services

Alice R Rumbold, Ross S Bailie, Damin Si, Michelle C Dowden, Catherine M Kennedy, Rhonda J Cox, Lynette O’Donoghue, Helen E Liddle, Ru K Kwedza, Sandra C Thompson, Hugh P Burke, Alex D Brown, Tarun Weeramanthri and Christine M Connors

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (10): 597-598 Free

At the frontline

An education intervention for childhood asthma by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers: a randomised controlled trial

Patricia C Valery, Ian B Masters, Brett Taylor, Yancy Laifoo, Peter K O’Rourke and Anne B Chang

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (10): 574-579 Free

Defining the gap

Clinical oral health outcomes in young Australian Aboriginal adults compared with national-level counterparts

Lisa M Jamieson, Susan M Sayers and Kaye F Roberts-Thomson

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (10): 558-561 Free

The Research Agenda

Doing more to improve Indigenous health: the new NHMRC Road Map

Warwick P Anderson

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (10): 610-611 Free

Society, Culture and Health

Enduring dilemmas of Indigenous health

Emma E Kowal and Yin C Paradies

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (10): 599-600 Free

At the frontline

Acute rheumatic fever in Indigenous people in North Queensland: some good news at last?

Jeffrey N Hanna and Michele F Clark

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (10): 581-584 Free

Defining the gap

Incidence of type 2 diabetes in two Indigenous Australian populations: a 6-year follow-up study

Robyn A McDermott, Ming Li and Sandra K Campbell

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (10): 562-565 Free

The Research Agenda

Strategies for increasing high-quality intervention research in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health: views of leading researchers

Jessica M Stewart, Rob W Sanson-Fisher, Sandra J Eades and Nicole M Mealing

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (10): 612-615 Free

After the intervention

Health impacts of the Northern Territory intervention

Peter O’Mara

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (10): 546-548 Free

Society, Culture and Health

“You’re always hearing about the stats ... death happens so often”: new perspectives on barriers to Aboriginal participation in cardiac rehabilitation

Kate P Taylor, Julie S Smith, Lyn Dimer, Mohammed Ali, Narelle Wilson, Tyra R Thomas and Sandra C Thompson

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (10): 602 Free

Letters

Pneumonia risk stratification in tropical Australia: does the SMART-COP score apply?

William B Grant

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (9): 542-543 Free

Letters

Pneumonia risk stratification in tropical Australia: does the SMART-COP score apply?

Joshua S Davis, Allen C Cheng, Bart J Currie and Nicholas M Anstey

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (9): 542-543 Free

Letters

High rates of amputation among Indigenous people in Western Australia

Paul E Norman, Deborah E Schoen, Joel M Gurr and Marlene L Kolybaba

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (7): 421 Free

Research

The prevalence and causes of vision loss in Indigenous Australians: the National Indigenous Eye Health Survey

Hugh R Taylor, Jing Xie, Sarah Fox, Ross A Dunn, Anna-Lena Arnold and Jill E Keeffe

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (6): 312-318 Free

Letters

The new “Indigenous health” incentive payment: issues and challenges

Aniello Iannuzzi

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (6): 354 Free

Research

The prevalence of trachoma in Australia: the National Indigenous Eye Health Survey

Hugh R Taylor, Sarah S Fox, Jing Xie, Ross A Dunn, Anna-Lena M R Arnold and Jill E Keeffe

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (5): 248-253 Free