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Indigenous health

Supplement

Theories of otitis media pathogenesis, with a focus on Indigenous children

Selma P Wiertsema and Amanda J Leach

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (9): S50 Free

Supplement

Primary care management of otitis media among Australian children

Hasantha Gunasekera, Tony E O’Connor, Shyan Vijayasekaran and Christopher B Del Mar

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (9): S55 Free

Supplement

Complications of otitis media in Indigenous and non-Indigenous children

Tony E O’Connor, Christopher F Perry and Francis J Lannigan

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (9): S60 Free

Public health

A prolonged mumps outbreak among highly vaccinated Aboriginal people in the Kimberley region of Western Australia

Revle D Bangor-Jones, Gary K Dowse, Carolien M Giele, Paul G van Buynder, Meredith M Hodge and Mary M Whitty

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (7): 398-401 Free

Dr Ross Ingram Memorial Essay Competition

My story: balancing family, work and community

John P Brady

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (7): 402-404 Free

Letters

Effect of swimming pools on antibiotic use and clinic attendance for infections in two Aboriginal communities in Western Australia

Anu A Mathew, Collin J McDonnell, Jill Benson and Hugh R Taylor

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (7): 410-411 Free

Letters

Avoidable hospitalisation in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory

Odette R Gibson and Leonie Segal

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (7): 411-412 Free

Letters

Avoidable hospitalisation in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory

Shu Q Li, Natalie J Gray, Steve L Guthridge and Sabine L M Pircher

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (7): 411-412 Free

Research

Cardiovascular disease risk management for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in primary health care settings: findings from the Kanyini Audit

David P Peiris, Anushka A Patel, Alan Cass, Michael P Howard, Maria L Tchan, John P Brady, Joanne De Vries, Bernadette A Rickards, Della J Yarnold, Noel E Hayman and Alex D Brown

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (6): 304-309 Free

Letters

Should the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee extend the range of free nicotine replacement therapies available for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people?

Jan A Robertson, David J MacLaren and Alan R Clough

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (5): 293 Free

Dr Ross Ingram Memorial Essay Competition

Starting at strengths . . . an Indigenous early years intervention

Chelsea Bond

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (3): 175-177 Free

Communication, culture and health

Barriers to participation of Aboriginal people in cancer care: communication in the hospital setting

Shaouli Shahid, Lizzie D Finn and Sandra C Thompson

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 574-579 Free

Close the gap

Close the Gap: dentistry

Christopher J Bourke

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 573 Free

Prevention and Promotion

Lipid treatment guidelines and cardiovascular risk for Aboriginal people in Central Australia

Joanne N Luke, Alex Brown, David N O’Neal, Kerin O’Dea, Alicia J Jenkins, Margaret Kelaher, James D Best and Kevin G Rowley

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 552-556 Free

Letters

Effect of swimming pools on antibiotic use and clinic attendance for infections in two Aboriginal communities in Western Australia

Yvette Roe and Robyn A McDermott

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 602 Free

Mind the Gap

Avoidable hospitalisation in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory

Shu Q Li, Natalie J Gray, Steve L Guthridge and Sabine L M Pircher

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 532-536 Free

Capacity to care

Improving Indigenous patients’ access to mainstream health services: the Inala experience

Noel E Hayman, Nola E White and Geoffrey K Spurling

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 604-606 Free

Book reviews

Nurturing Aboriginal men’s health

Mark Wenitong

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 607 Free

Communication, culture and health

Indigenous medical workforce development: current status and future directions

Ian P S Anderson, Shaun C Ewen and Debra A Knoche

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 580-581 Free

Close the gap

Close the Gap: Aboriginal community controlled health services

Mick Adams

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 593 Free

Prevention and Promotion

Knowledge and attitudes regarding smoking during pregnancy among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women

Conor Gilligan, Robert W Sanson-Fisher, Catherine D’Este, Sandra Eades and Mark Wenitong

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 557-561 Free

Close the gap

Close the Gap: ask the experts

Ruth Armstrong

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 523 Free

Mind the Gap

How do pregnancy outcomes differ in teenage mothers? A Western Australian study

Lucy N Lewis, Martha Hickey, Dorota A Doherty and S Rachel Skinner

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 537-541 Free

Letters

Indigenous simulated patients: an initiative in “closing the gap”

Shaun C Ewen, Margo E Collins, Jennifer A Schwarz and Eleanor M Flynn

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 536 Free

Book reviews

Indigenous women and breast cancer

Sandra C Thompson

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 602 Free