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Global health
What risks do herbal products pose to the Australian community?
In reply
Roger W Byard · Garth Maker · Michael Bunce
Can antibiotic prescribing for respiratory infections be reduced?
It must be — as an essential component of the response to the antimicrobial drug resistance problem
Martin Gulliford · Mark Ashworth
Caring for country and the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians
Investment in caring for country may help close the gaps in education, employment and health
Rosalie Schultz · Sheree Cairney
Improving Indigenous health through education
Better education may close the life expectancy gap by up to 12 years
Michael B Hart · Michael J Moore · Martin Laverty
Embedding cultural safety in Australia’s main health care standards
Accreditation with nationally consistent standards for culturally safe clinical care will improve Indigenous health outcomes
Martin Laverty · Dennis R McDermott · Tom Calma
Dignity, social investment and the Indigenous health gap
Government recognition is an important step: action is needed
Michael G Marmot
“Has he eaten salt?”: communication difficulties in health care
Using arts-based methods may extend communicative and symbolic resources to bridge the Indigenous health communication gap
Alison Phipps
Exclusions from clinical trials in Australia based on proficiency in English
One in five registered clinical trials in Australia documented exclusion of participants with low English proficiency
Fiona Stanaway · Robert G Cumming · Fiona Blyth
The benefits of international health experiences for Australian and New Zealand medical education
Embracing structured international health experiences in mainstream medical education is critical to the development of future doctors
H Patrick McNeil · Paul Wild · Hayley Harris · S Bruce Dowton
Prevalence of microcephaly in an Australian population-based birth defects register, 1980–2015
Measuring changes in prevalence is important given the possibility of future Zika virus-related disease
Michele Hansen · Paul K Armstrong · Carol Bower · Gareth S Baynam
The Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases and Refugee Health Network of Australia recommendations for health assessment for people from refugee-like backgrounds: an abridged outline
An update to the 2009 guidelines
Nadia J Chaves · Georgia A Paxton · Beverley-Ann Biggs · Aesen Thambiran · Joanne Gardiner · Jan Williams · Mitchell M Smith · Joshua S Davis
Global women’s health issues: sex and gender matter
Empowering women improves both productivity and health outcomes
Patricia M Davidson · Nancy E Glass · Michelle DiGiacomo
Violence against women: why higher reporting might be good
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Anna M Klinken Whelan · Jan E Ritchie · Carina Hickling
No Jab, No Pay — no planning for migrant children
Migration should be considered by immunisation policy
Georgia A Paxton · Lauren Tyrrell · Sophie B Oldfield · Karen Kiang · Margie H Danchin
English as a second language and outcomes of patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes: results from the CONCORDANCE registry
In reply
Craig P Juergens · John K French · David B Brieger
The health of indigenous and tribal peoples across the world: The Lancet–Lowitja Institute Global Collaboration
A collaborative study provides global data on indigenous and tribal health
Romlie Mokak
We need transformative change in Aboriginal health
Overcoming the soft bigotry of low expectations
Shane Houston
Zika preparedness in Australia
Our comprehensive national response encompasses prevention and surveillance, as well as monitoring and controlling Aedes aegypti in Australia
Chris Baggoley FACEM, BM BS, BVSc · Katrina Knope BSc, MPH · Anna Colwell MB BS(Hon), FRACGP, MPH · Jenny Firman MB BS, FRACGP
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Australia and our region
MDR-TB threatens TB control programs in Australia’s region and will not diminish without concerted efforts
James M Trauer MPH, FRACP, FAFPHM · Allen C Cheng MPH, PhD, FRACP
Ebola outbreak in West Africa: considerations for strengthening Australia’s international health emergency response
It is time for a common vision and strategy for deploying Australian expertise to international public health emergencies
Alexander Rosewell PhD, MAppEpid, MIPH · Paul Effler MD, MPH, FAFPHM · Chaturangi Yapa BSc, MB ChB, MPhilApplEpid · Barbara Telfer MPH, GradDipAppEpid, BPhty · Jennie Musto MPH · Raina MacIntyre FRACP, FAFPHM, PhD
English as a second language and outcomes of patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes: results from the CONCORDANCE registry
Hospitals should offer multilingual opportunities for patients of different backgrounds
Craig P Juergens MB BS, DMedSc, FRACP · Bilyana Dabin PhD · John K French BMedSc, MB ChB, PhD · Leonard Kritharides MB BS, PhD, FRACP · Karice Hyun BSc, MAppStat · Jens Kilian MB BS, PhD, FRACP · Derek PB Chew MB BS, MPH, FRACP · David Brieger MB BS, PhD, FRACP
A good nanny makes a difference
The health gap: the challenge of an unequal world, by Michael Marmot
Jackie M Street PhD, BSc(Hons), GradDipPrimaryHealthCare
Improving health literacy in refugee populations
We must ensure that people of refugee background have the confidence, support and resources to manage their health
Elisha Riggs BAppSc(Hons), PhD · Jane Yelland BAppSc, PhD · Philippa Duell-Piening BOccTher, BErgonomics, MIntCommunityDev · Stephanie J Brown BA(Hons), PhD
Upstream or downstream?
At the hospital, we are so far downstream that we are practically out to sea. Essentially, we patch the kids up, keep them from dying, and make an attempt at educating the child’s parents about what has happened and why
Victoria C Smith BBiomedSc, MB BS (final year student)
Empowering clinicians to address the global challenge of trauma: an example from Myanmar
Clinicians have often been the “outsiders” in the global health discourse
Georgina A Phillips MB BS, FACEM
