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Indigenous health

Perspectives

Implementing the cultural determinants of health: our knowledges and cultures in a health system that is not free of racism

Carmen Parter (Murrana, Juru and Darumbal Clans of Birra Gubba Nation with South Sea Islander heritage from Tanna Island of the Republic of Vanuatu), Donna Murray (Wiradyuri Wonnarua), Romlie Mokak (Djugun; member of Yawuru people), Karl Briscoe (Kuku Yalanji), Richard Weston (Meriam) and Janine Mohamed (Nurungga Kaurna)

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (1): 5-7 Free

Narrative review

Towards precision cancer medicine for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cancer health equity

Justine R Clark (Adnyamathanha), Jessica Buck (Kamilaroi), Amanda Richards‐Satour (Adnyamathanha and Barngarla), Louise Lyons (Jaadwa) and Alex Brown (Yuin)

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (1): 68-73 Free

Research

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

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 and Gillian E Caughey

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (1): 31-38 Free

Perspectives

Fulfilling cultural safety expectations in specialist medical education and training: considerations for colleges to advance recognition and quality

Paul Saunders

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (1): 8-12 Free

Research letter

Emergency department presentations in Queensland by First Nations people, remote residents, and young children during the COVID‐19 pandemic, 2020: interrupted time series analysis

Amy L Sweeny, Gerben B Keijzers, Dinesh Palipana, John Gerrard and Julia L Crilly

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (11): 579-581 Free

Research

Which reference equation should we use for interpreting spirometry values for First Nations Australians? A cross‐sectional study

Andrew J Collaro, Rachel Foong, Anne B Chang, Julie M Marchant, Tamara L Blake, Johanna F Cole, Glenn Pearson, Rebecca Hii, Henry Brown, Mark D Chatfield, Graham Hall and Margaret S McElrea

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (10): 523-529 Free

Editorials

Yarning together: toward targeted, co‐designed parenting programs for Aboriginal Australians

Simone Sherriff and Josephine D Gwynn

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (6): 313-314 Free

Research letter

Presentations to selected Melbourne hospitals with cardiovascular disease by Indigenous and non‐Indigenous people, 2011–19: a linked administrative data analysis

Eloise Price, Aneta Kotevski, Karen Lamb, Digsu Koye, Georgia Taylor, Gabrielle Ebsworth and Luke Burchill

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (4): 208-210 Free

Editorial

Antibiotics or watchful waiting for acute otitis media in urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children?

Valerie M Swift and Christopher G Brennan‐Jones

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (4): 186-187 Free

Research

The effectiveness of maternal pertussis vaccination for protecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander infants against infection, 2012–2017: a retrospective cohort study

Lisa McHugh, Heather A D’Antoine, Mohinder Sarna, Michael J Binks, Hannah C Moore, Ross M Andrews, Gavin F Pereira, Christopher C Blyth, Paul Van Buynder, Karin Lust and Annette K Regan

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (4): 196-201 Free

Research

The views of parents and carers on managing acute otitis media in urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children: a qualitative study

Jennifer S Reath, Sarah O'Brien, Letitia Campbell, Hasantha Gunasekera, Claudette A Tyson, Deborah A Askew, Wendy Hu, Tim Usherwood, Kelvin Kong, Peter Morris, Amanda J Leach, Robyn Walsh and Penelope A Abbott

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (4): 202-207 Free

Research

Who smokes in Australia? Cross‐sectional analysis of Australian Bureau of Statistics survey data, 2017–19

Jessica Yi Han Aw, Christina Heris, Raglan Maddox, Grace Joshy and Emily Banks AM

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (3): 154-163 Free

Scoping review

The participation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander parents in Australian trials of parenting programs for improving children's health: a scoping review

Jake MacDonald, Myles Young, Briana Barclay, Stacey McMullen, James Knox and Philip Morgan

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (6): 331-335 Free

Perspectives

Australia's rheumatic fever strategy three years on

Dawn Casey and Patricia Turner

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (4): 170-171 Free

Research

Bronchiectasis among Indigenous adults in the Top End of the Northern Territory, 2011–2020: a retrospective cohort study

Claire Gibbs, Timothy Howarth, Adriana Ticoalu, Winnie Chen, Payi L Ford, Asanga Abeyaratne, Lata Jayaram, Gabrielle McCallum and Subash S Heraganahally

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (4): 188-195 Free

Perspectives

Rationale and plan for a focus on First Nations urban health research in Australia

Janet Stajic, Adrian Carson and James Ward

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (2): 64-66 Free

Perspective

The importance of cultural humility and cultural safety in health care

Neda So, Karen Price, Peter O'Mara and Michelle A Rodrigues

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (1): 12-13 Free

Perspective

Aragung buraay: culture, identity and positive futures for Australian children

Ngiare Brown, Peter S Azzopardi and Fiona J Stanley

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (10): S35-S39 Free

Perspectives

Setting the policy agenda for cancer control reform: Australia's first national cancer control plan

Daniel Chaji, Anna Boltong, Carolyn Der Vartanian, Adam Lambert, Cindy Toms, Vivienne Milch, Claire Howlett and Dorothy Keefe

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (10): 451-454 Free

Editorials

The Future Healthy Countdown 2030: holding us to account for children's and young people's health and wellbeing

Sandro Demaio, Sharon R Goldfeld and Susan Maury

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (10): 465-466 Free

Research letter

The impact of COVID‐19 on consultations at an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care service: a retrospective observational study

Geoffrey K Spurling, Deborah A Askew and Noel E Hayman

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (10): 482-484 Free

Perspective

Cultural bias in kidney care and transplantation: review and recommendations to improve kidney care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Jaquelyne T Hughes, Kelli J Owen, Janet Kelly, Katie Cundale, Sandawana William Majoni, Matilda D'Antoine and Stephen P McDonald

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (8): S11-S14 Free

Editorials

The National Indigenous Kidney Transplantation Taskforce: changing systems to achieve equitable access to kidney transplantation

Jaquelyne T Hughes, Katie Cundale, Kelli J Owen and Stephen P McDonald

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (8): 356-357 Free

Perspective

From talk to action: Indigenous Reference Groups drive practice change in kidney transplantation care

Kelli J Owen, Katie Cundale, Jaquelyne T Hughes, Stephen P McDonald, Matilda D'Antoine and Shilpanjali Jesudason

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (8): S15-S18 Free

Guideline summary

Recommendations for culturally safe clinical kidney care for First Nations Australians: a guideline summary

David J Tunnicliffe, Samantha Bateman, Melissa Arnold‐Chamney, Karen M Dwyer, Martin Howell, Azaria Gebadi, Shilpa Jesudason, Janet Kelly, Kelly Lambert, Sandawan William Majoni, Dora Oliva, Kelli J Owen, Odette Pearson, Elizabeth Rix, Ieyesha Roberts, Ro‐Anne Stirling‐Kelly, Kimberly Taylor, Gary A Wittert, Katherine Widders, Adela Yip, Jonathan Craig and Richard K Phoon

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (8): 374-385 Free