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Indigenous health

Supplement

Otitis media: viruses, bacteria, biofilms and vaccines

Helen M Massa, Allan W Cripps and Deborah Lehmann

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (9): S44 Free

Supplement

New horizons: otitis media research in Australia

Peter S Morris, Peter Richmond, Deborah Lehmann, Amanda J Leach, Hasantha Gunasekera and Harvey L C Coates

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (9): S73 Free

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

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

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

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

Shalom Gamarada Ngiyani Yana Art Exhibition

Growing more Aboriginal health professionals: the 2009 Shalom Gamarada Ngiyani Yana Art Exhibition and show

Lisa R Jackson Pulver

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 527 Free

Capacity to care

Timing of transfer for pregnant women from Queensland Cape York communities to Cairns for birthing

Joanna L Arnold, Caroline M de Costa and Paul W Howat

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 594-596 Free

Close the gap

Close the Gap: Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association

Peter O’Mara

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

Communication, culture and health

Healthy country, healthy people: the relationship between Indigenous health status and “caring for country”

Christopher P Burgess, Fay H Johnston, Helen L Berry, Joseph McDonnell, Dean Yibarbuk, Charlie Gunabarra, Albert Mileran and Ross S Bailie

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 567-572 Free

Close the gap

Close the Gap: National Indigenous Health Equality Council

Ian Anderson

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 546 Free

Prevention and Promotion

The role of energy cost in food choices for an Aboriginal population in northern Australia

Julie K Brimblecombe and Kerin O’Dea

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 549-551 Free

Letters

The capacity of mainstream alcohol and drug treatment services to respond to the needs of Indigenous Australians

Ann M Roche, Kenneth J Pidd and Vinita Duraisingam

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 582 Free

Mind the Gap

Asthma in Indigenous Australians: so much yet to do for Indigenous lung health

Christine R Jenkins, Anne B Chang, Leanne M Poulos and Guy B Marks

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 530-531 Free

Capacity to care

Middle ear disease in Aboriginal children in Perth: analysis of hearing screening data, 1998–2004

Corinne J Williams, Harvey L Coates, Elaine M Pascoe, Yvonne Axford and Irene Nannup

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 598-600 Free

Book reviews

The search for justice

Judy Atkinson

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 566 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