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Indigenous health

Research

Absolute cardiovascular disease risk and lipid-lowering therapy among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians

Bianca Calabria, Rosemary J Korda, Raymond W Lovett, Peter Fernando, Tanya Martin, Leone Malamoo, Jennifer Welsh and Emily Banks

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (1): 35-41 Free

Research

Closing the vaccination coverage gap in New South Wales: the Aboriginal Immunisation Healthcare Worker Program

Alexandra J Hendry, Frank H Beard, Aditi Dey, Dennis Meijer, Sue Campbell-Lloyd, Katrina K Clark, Brynley P Hull and Vicky Sheppeard

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (1): 24-28 Free

Letters

Tackling antimicrobial resistance globally

Rosalie Schultz

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (6): 277

Perspectives

Investing in men’s health in Australia

James A Smith, Mick Adams and Jason Bonson

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (1): 67

Reflections

Winhanga-duri-nya (to reflect)

Michelle Bovill

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (11): 472-473

Poems

Non-compliance

Kirsten Due

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (11): 481

Research letter

Rates of hospitalisation for herpes zoster may warrant vaccinating Indigenous Australians under 70

Meru Sheel, Frank H Beard, Aditi Dey, Kristine Macartney and Peter B McIntyre

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (9): 395-396 Free

Research

The increasing importance of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections

Jason W Agostino, John K Ferguson, Keith Eastwood and Martyn D Kirk

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (9): 388-393 Free

Perspectives

The rationale for action to end new cases of rheumatic heart disease in Australia

Rosemary Wyber, Judith M Katzenellenbogen, Glenn Pearson and Michael Gannon

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (8): 322-323 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Neonatal tinea corporis

Lachlan J Warren, Dev Tilakaratne and Rakesh Seth

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (8): 324 Free

Research

Cataract surgery coverage rates for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians: the National Eye Health Survey

Joshua Foreman, Jing Xie, Stuart Keel, Peter van Wijngaarden, Jonathan Crowston, Hugh R Taylor and Mohamed Dirani

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (6): 256-261 Free

Research

Testing for type 2 diabetes in Indigenous Australians: guideline recommendations and current practice

Christine L Paul, Paul Ishiguchi, Catherine A D'Este, Jonathan E Shaw, Rob W Sanson-Fisher, Kristy Forshaw, Alessandra Bisquera, Jennifer Robinson, Claudia Koller and Sandra J Eades

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (5): 206-210 Free

Editorials

Dignity, social investment and the Indigenous health gap

Michael G Marmot

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 20-21 Free

Perspectives

Recognising the communication gap in Indigenous health care

Robert Amery

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 13-15 Free

Letters

Trends in cancer incidence and survival for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in the Northern Territory

Robyn Hopkins and Kate A Dolan

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 46 Free

Short reports

The gap reversed: a review of site of death in the Top End

Eswaran Waran, Mohammad Y Zubair and Niamh O'Connor

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 39 Free

Editorials

Including minority populations in research: we must do better

Annette J Braunack-Mayer and Odette R Gibson, for the CREATE Methods Group

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 22-23 Free

Perspectives

Embedding cultural safety in Australia’s main health care standards

Martin Laverty, Dennis R McDermott and Tom Calma

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 15-16 Free

Narrative review

Cardiac care for Indigenous Australians: practical considerations from a clinical perspective

Warren F Walsh and Nadarajah Kangaharan

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 40-45 Free

Editorials

“Has he eaten salt?”: communication difficulties in health care

Alison Phipps

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 23-24 Free

Perspectives

Disparities in experiences and outcomes of hospital care between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal patients in New South Wales

Kim Sutherland, Diane Hindmarsh, Katinka Moran and Jean-Frederic Levesque

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 17-18 Free

Letters

The excess burden of severe sepsis in Indigenous Australian children: can anything be done?

Rosalie Schultz

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 45 Free

Research

Progress in closing the gap in life expectancy at birth for Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory, 1967–2012

Nick Georges, Steven L Guthridge, Shu Qin Li, John R Condon, Tony Barnes and Yuejen Zhao

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 25-30 Free

Book/media/app review

Perspectives on the complexity of Indigenous child health

James P Fitzpatrick

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 18 Free

Perspectives

Improving Indigenous health through education

Michael B Hart, Michael J Moore and Martin Laverty

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 11-12 Free