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Editorials

Better late than never: a national approach to trachoma control

Donna B Mak

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (10): 487-488 Free

Letter

The importance of Hand Talk in communication rehabilitation among Aboriginal Australians in the Northern Territory

Patrick Jassar and Garrett F Hunter

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (10): 532 Free

Training and Workforce

Making a difference: the early impact of an Aboriginal health undergraduate medical curriculum

David Paul, Sandra Carr and Helen Milroy

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (10): 522-525 Free

Medicine and the community

B-cell antigen D8/17 is a marker of rheumatic fever susceptibility in Aboriginal Australians and can be tested in remote settings

Zinta Harrington, Kumar Visvanathan, Narelle A Skinner, Nigel Curtis, Bart J Currie and Jonathan R Carapetis

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (10): 507-510 Free

Health inequalities

Causes of inequality in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in the Northern Territory, 1981–2000: a decomposition analysis

Yuejen Zhao and Karen Dempsey

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (10): 490-494 Free

Viewpoint

Aboriginal incarceration: health and social impacts

Anthea Susan Krieg

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (10): 534-536 Free

For debate

Mutual obligation and Indigenous health: thinking through incentives and obligations

Emma Kowal

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (6): 292-293 Free

Letters

Changing patterns of tuberculosis in Far North Queensland

Graham Simpson, Paul Clark and Trevor Knight

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (5): 252 Free

Research

Injury profiles of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in New South Wales

Kathleen F Clapham, Mark R Stevenson and Sing Kai Lo

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (5): 217-220 Free

Letters

Stroke among Indigenous Australians at Royal Darwin Hospital, 2001–02 

Elizabeth May Pepper, Dominique A Cadilhac, Dora C Pearce, James Burrow and Tarun S Weeramanthri

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (4): 195 Free

Research

Zinc and vitamin A supplementation in Indigenous Australian children hospitalised with lower respiratory tract infection: a randomised controlled trial

Anne B Chang, Paul J Torzillo, Peter M Stewart, Naomi C Boyce, Andrew V White, Gavin R Wheaton, David M Purdie, John Wakerman and Patricia C Valery

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (3): 107-112 Free

Letters

Action is required to reduce kava supply in Arnhem Land . . . again!

Alan R Clough, Bart J Currie, Maymuna W Yunupingu and Katherine M Conigrave

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (2): 91-92 Free

Correction

Long-term trends in cancer mortality for Indigenous Australians in the Northern Territory

John R Condon, Joan Cunningham, Tony Barnes and Bruce K Armstrong

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (1): 39 Free

Book review

Aboriginal health: time to listen

Yin C Paradies

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (10): Free

Dr Ross Ingram Memorial Essay Competition

Telling you our story: how apology and action relate to health and social problems in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities

Wendy A Hermeston

Med J Aust 2005; 183 (9): 479-481 Free

World Of Difference

The Western Australian Aboriginal Child Health Survey: findings to date on adolescents

Eve M Blair, Stephen R Zubrick and Adele H Cox

Med J Aust 2005; 183 (8): 433-435 Free

Health care

Use of SMS text messaging to improve outpatient attendance

Sean R Downer, John G Meara and Annette C Da Costa

Med J Aust 2005; 183 (7): 366-368 Free

Indigenous health

Clinical outcomes associated with changes in a chronic disease treatment program in an Australian Aboriginal community

Wendy E Hoy, Srinivas N Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan and Jennifer L Nicol

Med J Aust 2005; 183 (6): 305-309 Free

Dr Ross Ingram Memorial Essay: the second of three finalists' essays

Affirmative action and equity in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health

Yin C Paradies

Med J Aust 2005; 183 (5): 269-270 Free

Letters

A potential link between magnesium intake and diabetes in Indigenous Australians

Diane A Longstreet, Deanne L Heath and Robert Vink

Med J Aust 2005; 183 (4): 219-220 Free

Editorials

Controlling HIV in Indigenous Australians

Francis J Bowden

Med J Aust 2005; 183 (3): 116-117 Free

Research

Fulfilling prophecy? Sexually transmitted infections and HIV in Indigenous people in Western Australia

Michael R Wright, Carolien M Giele, Phyll R Dance and Sandra C Thompson

Med J Aust 2005; 183 (3): 124-128 Free

Conference report

An expanding vista: bioethics from public health, indigenous and feminist perspectives

Paul M McNeill, Ruth Macklin, Angela Wasunna and Paul A Komesaroff

Med J Aust 2005; 183 (1): 8-9 Free

Dr Ross Ingram Memorial Essay

Dr Ross Ingram Memorial Essay Competition: award presentation

Ruth M Armstrong

Med J Aust 2005; 183 (1): 39 Free

Dr Ross Ingram Memorial Essay: the first of three finalists’ essays

A culture of ill health: public health or Aboriginality?

Chelsea J Bond

Med J Aust 2005; 183 (1): 39-41 Free