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Indigenous health

Letters

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

Pamela Palasanthiran and Asha C Bowen

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

Research

Fall-related hospitalisations of older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians

Caroline Lukaszyk, Lara A Harvey, Catherine Sherrington, Jacqueline CT Close, Julieann Coombes, Rebecca J Mitchell, Robyn Moore and Rebecca Ivers

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 31-35 Free

Editorials

The health of Indigenous Australians

Geoff Thompson, Nicholas J Talley and Kelvin M Kong

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 19-20 Free

Perspectives

Caring for country and the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians

Rosalie Schultz and Sheree Cairney

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 8-10 Free

Letters

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

Luregn J Schlapbach, Justyna A Ostrowski and Graeme MacLaren

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 45-46 Free

Short reports

The general health of a cohort of Aboriginal children (0–7 years) in Sydney

Elizabeth J Comino, Emma Elcombe, Bin B Jalaludin, Lynn A Kemp, Darryl Wright and Mark F Harris

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 37-38 Free

Editorials

Reducing the incidence of burn injuries to Indigenous Australian children

Roy M Kimble and Bronwyn R Griffin

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (9): 389-390

Research

Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian children hospitalised for burn injuries: a population data linkage study

Holger Möller, Lara Harvey, Kathleen Falster, Rebecca Ivers, Kathleen F Clapham and Louisa Jorm

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (9): 392-397 Free

Research

Adherence to diabetic eye examination guidelines in Australia: the National Eye Health Survey

Joshua Foreman, Stuart Keel, Jing Xie, Peter Van Wijngaarden, Hugh R Taylor and Mohamed Dirani

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (9): 402-406 Free

Perspectives

Failing to plan is planning to fail: advance care directives and the Aboriginal people of the Top End

Eswaran Waran, Sharon Wallace and Jonathan Dodson-Jauncey

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (9): 377

Research

Trends in the prevalence of hepatitis B infection among women giving birth in New South Wales

Lucy Deng, Joanne Reekie, James S Ward, Andrew Hayen, John M Kaldor, Marlene Kong, Jennifer M Hunt and Bette Liu

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (7): 301-305 Free

Research

Human papillomavirus vaccination and genital warts in young Indigenous Australians: national sentinel surveillance data

Hammad Ali, Hamish McManus, Catherine C O'Connor, Denton Callander, Marlene Kong, Simon Graham, Dina Saulo, Christopher K Fairley, David G Regan, Andrew Grulich, Nicola Low, Rebecca J Guy and Basil Donovan

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (5): 204-209 Free

Letters

The economic benefits of eliminating Indigenous health inequality in the Northern Territory

Yuejen Zhao

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (4): 186

Letters

Crusted scabies in northern and central Australia — now is the time for eradication

Simon Quilty, Thomas S Kaye and Bart J Currie

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (2): 96

Letters

Grampians — Closing the Gap in Indigenous eye health

Uma Jatkar, Mitchell D Anjou and Hugh R Taylor

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (2): 97

Editorials

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

Pamela Palasanthiran and Asha C Bowen

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (2): 71-72 Free

Research

Time to clinical investigation for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Queensland women after a high grade abnormal Pap smear, 2000–2009

Lisa J Whop, Peter D Baade, Julia ML Brotherton, Karen Canfell, Joan Cunningham, Dorota Gertig, Kamalini Lokuge, Gail Garvey, Suzanne P Moore, Abbey Diaz, Dianne L O'Connell, Patricia Valery, David M Roder and John R Condon

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (2): 73-77 Free

Research

The burden of invasive infections in critically ill Indigenous children in Australia

Justyna A Ostrowski, Graeme MacLaren, Janet Alexander, Penny Stewart, Sheena Gune, Joshua R Francis, Subodh Ganu, Marino Festa, Simon J Erickson, Lahn Straney and Luregn J Schlapbach

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (2): 78-84 Free

Perspectives

A game changer for eye care for diabetes

Hugh R Taylor

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (1): 8-9 Free

Perspectives

Overcoming cardiovascular disease in Indigenous Australians

Alex Brown and Leonard Kritharides

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (1): 10-12

Competition / Dr Ross Ingram Memorial Prize

You don’t know what you don’t know

Kym Thomas

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (11): 513-514 Free

Research

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

John R Condon, Xiaohua Zhang, Karen Dempsey, Lindy Garling and Steven Guthridge

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (10): 454-458 Free

Editorials

High quality data are the key to understanding inequalities in cancer outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians

David M Roder and Elizabeth Buckley

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (10): 451-452 Free

Narrative review

Improving maternity services for Indigenous women in Australia: moving from policy to practice

Sue Kildea, Sally Tracy, Juanita Sherwood, Fleur Magick-Dennis and Lesley Barclay

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (8): 374-379 Free

Letters

Translating Aboriginal genomics — four letters Closing the Gap

Gareth S Baynam, Glenn Pearson and Jenefer Blackwell

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (8): 379 Free