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Supplement

Natural history, definitions, risk factors and burden of otitis media

Kelvin Kong and Harvey L C Coates

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (9): S39 Free

Supplement

The impact of otitis media on cognitive and educational outcomes

Corinne J Williams and Ann M Jacobs

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (9): S69 Free

Supplement

Otitis media: viruses, bacteria, biofilms and vaccines

Helen M Massa, Allan W Cripps and Deborah Lehmann

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (9): S44 Free

Letters

Avoidable hospitalisation in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory

Odette R Gibson and Leonie Segal

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (7): 411-412 Free

Letters

Avoidable hospitalisation in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory

Shu Q Li, Natalie J Gray, Steve L Guthridge and Sabine L M Pircher

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (7): 411-412 Free

Public health

A prolonged mumps outbreak among highly vaccinated Aboriginal people in the Kimberley region of Western Australia

Revle D Bangor-Jones, Gary K Dowse, Carolien M Giele, Paul G van Buynder, Meredith M Hodge and Mary M Whitty

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (7): 398-401 Free

Dr Ross Ingram Memorial Essay Competition

My story: balancing family, work and community

John P Brady

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (7): 402-404 Free

Letters

Effect of swimming pools on antibiotic use and clinic attendance for infections in two Aboriginal communities in Western Australia

Anu A Mathew, Collin J McDonnell, Jill Benson and Hugh R Taylor

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (7): 410-411 Free

Research

Cardiovascular disease risk management for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in primary health care settings: findings from the Kanyini Audit

David P Peiris, Anushka A Patel, Alan Cass, Michael P Howard, Maria L Tchan, John P Brady, Joanne De Vries, Bernadette A Rickards, Della J Yarnold, Noel E Hayman and Alex D Brown

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (6): 304-309 Free

Letters

Should the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee extend the range of free nicotine replacement therapies available for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people?

Jan A Robertson, David J MacLaren and Alan R Clough

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (5): 293 Free

Dr Ross Ingram Memorial Essay Competition

Starting at strengths . . . an Indigenous early years intervention

Chelsea Bond

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (3): 175-177 Free

Mind the Gap

“Closing the gap” by 2030: aspiration versus reality in Indigenous health

Wendy E Hoy

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 542-544 Free

Letters

Patterns of mortality in Indigenous adults in the Northern Territory, 1998–2003: are people living in remote areas worse off?

David J Scrimgeour

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 545 Free

Dr Ross Ingram Memorial Essay Competition

Antecedents of chronic kidney disease in Aboriginal offenders in New South Wales prisons

Beverley F Spiers

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 524-526 Free

Capacity to care

Outcomes of cardiac surgery in Indigenous Australians

Sam J Lehman, Robert A Baker, Philip E Aylward, John L Knight and Derek P Chew

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 588-593 Free

Close the gap

Close the Gap: nursing

Robyn Coulthard

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 601 Free

Prevention and Promotion

Linking Indigenous health care with school education

Geoffrey M Forbes, Stephen J Davis, Martin D Robson, Anthony F Connell and Peter C Richmond

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 565-566 Free

Close the gap

Close the Gap: psychology

Patricia Dudgeon

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 546 Free

Prevention and Promotion

Improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nutrition and health

Amanda J Lee, Dympna Leonard, Aletia A Moloney and Deanne L Minniecon

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 547-548 Free

Letters

Why Australia needs a national college of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health

John Daniels and Sophie Couzos

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 573 Free

Shalom Gamarada Ngiyani Yana Art Exhibition

Growing more Aboriginal health professionals: the 2009 Shalom Gamarada Ngiyani Yana Art Exhibition and show

Lisa R Jackson Pulver

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 527 Free

Capacity to care

Timing of transfer for pregnant women from Queensland Cape York communities to Cairns for birthing

Joanna L Arnold, Caroline M de Costa and Paul W Howat

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 594-596 Free

Close the gap

Close the Gap: Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association

Peter O’Mara

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 607 Free

Communication, culture and health

Healthy country, healthy people: the relationship between Indigenous health status and “caring for country”

Christopher P Burgess, Fay H Johnston, Helen L Berry, Joseph McDonnell, Dean Yibarbuk, Charlie Gunabarra, Albert Mileran and Ross S Bailie

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 567-572 Free

Close the gap

Close the Gap: National Indigenous Health Equality Council

Ian Anderson

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 546 Free