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Indigenous health
Rates of hospitalisation for herpes zoster may warrant vaccinating Indigenous Australians under 70
The burden of severe herpes zoster among Indigenous Australians in their 60s is higher than for non-Indigenous Australians
Meru Sheel · Frank H Beard · Aditi Dey · Kristine Macartney · Peter B McIntyre
The increasing importance of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections
As the epidemiology of MRSA changes, so must strategies for containing it
Jason W Agostino · John K Ferguson · Keith Eastwood · Martyn D Kirk
The rationale for action to end new cases of rheumatic heart disease in Australia
Closing the gap in cardiovascular health
Rosemary Wyber · Judith M Katzenellenbogen · Glenn Pearson · Michael Gannon
Neonatal tinea corporis
Following chorioamnionitis, a male infant from a remote Indigenous community was born by vaginal breech delivery at 26 weeks’ gestation
Lachlan J Warren · Dev Tilakaratne · Rakesh Seth
Cataract surgery coverage rates for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians: the National Eye Health Survey
The availability and use of cataract services in Indigenous communities must be improved
Joshua Foreman · Jing Xie · Stuart Keel · Peter van Wijngaarden · Jonathan Crowston · Hugh R Taylor · Mohamed Dirani
Testing for type 2 diabetes in Indigenous Australians: guideline recommendations and current practice
Improving the rates of diabetes testing could achieve better health outcomes for Indigenous Australians
Christine L Paul · Paul Ishiguchi · Catherine A D'Este · Jonathan E Shaw · Rob W Sanson-Fisher · Kristy Forshaw · Alessandra Bisquera · Jennifer Robinson · Claudia Koller · Sandra J Eades
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
Recognising the communication gap in Indigenous health care
Improving shared understandings between health professionals and remote Indigenous people
Robert Amery
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
Disparities in experiences and outcomes of hospital care between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal patients in New South Wales
Differences exist between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal patient experiences, but are not universal
Kim Sutherland · Diane Hindmarsh · Katinka Moran · Jean-Frederic Levesque
Perspectives on the complexity of Indigenous child health
Aboriginal children, history and health: beyond social determinants
James P Fitzpatrick
The health of Indigenous Australians
Tackling the clinical, social, cultural, communication, and research determinants of health together
Geoff Thompson · Nicholas J Talley · Kelvin M Kong
Dignity, social investment and the Indigenous health gap
Government recognition is an important step: action is needed
Michael G Marmot
Including minority populations in research: we must do better
Time, money and commitment are needed to increase the value of medical research — and to respect participants
for the CREATE Methods Group
“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
Progress in closing the gap in life expectancy at birth for Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory, 1967–2012
Socio-economic disadvantage and health needs must be tackled together if further gains are to be made
Nick Georges · Steven L Guthridge · Shu Qin Li · John R Condon · Tony Barnes · Yuejen Zhao
Fall-related hospitalisations of older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians
Different approaches may be required to prevent and treat fall-related injuries to older Aboriginal people
Caroline Lukaszyk · Lara A Harvey · Catherine Sherrington · Jacqueline CT Close · Julieann Coombes · Rebecca J Mitchell · Robyn Moore · Rebecca Ivers
The general health of a cohort of Aboriginal children (0–7 years) in Sydney
National programs that support community development require sustained support in the city and the country
Elizabeth J Comino · Emma Elcombe · Bin B Jalaludin · Lynn A Kemp · Darryl Wright · Mark F Harris
The gap reversed: a review of site of death in the Top End
Indigenous people were three times as likely as non-Indigenous people to die in a residential dwelling
Eswaran Waran · Mohammad Y Zubair · Niamh O'Connor
Cardiac care for Indigenous Australians: practical considerations from a clinical perspective
Indigenous Australians deserve the same level of evidence-based cardiovascular health care and access to care as non-Indigenous Australians
Warren F Walsh · Nadarajah Kangaharan
The excess burden of severe sepsis in Indigenous Australian children: can anything be done?
In reply
Pamela Palasanthiran · Asha C Bowen
The excess burden of severe sepsis in Indigenous Australian children: can anything be done?
In reply
Luregn J Schlapbach · Justyna A Ostrowski · Graeme MacLaren