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Indigenous health
Trends in cancer incidence and survival for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in the Northern Territory
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Robyn Hopkins · Kate A Dolan
Failing to plan is planning to fail: advance care directives and the Aboriginal people of the Top End
Advance care directives can enable Aboriginal people to fulfil their end-of-life wishes to die in their community
Eswaran Waran · Sharon Wallace · Jonathan Dodson-Jauncey
Reducing the incidence of burn injuries to Indigenous Australian children
Burns are a specific health burden, but understanding the detail is vital to finding solutions
Roy M Kimble · Bronwyn R Griffin
Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian children hospitalised for burn injuries: a population data linkage study
Rates of burn injuries are higher for Indigenous children than for non-Indigenous Australian children
Holger Möller · Lara Harvey · Kathleen Falster · Rebecca Ivers · Kathleen F Clapham · Louisa Jorm
Adherence to diabetic eye examination guidelines in Australia: the National Eye Health Survey
A carefully integrated diabetic retinopathy screening service is needed, particularly in remote areas, to improve adherence rates
Joshua Foreman · Stuart Keel · Jing Xie · Peter Van Wijngaarden · Hugh R Taylor · Mohamed Dirani
Trends in the prevalence of hepatitis B infection among women giving birth in New South Wales
HBV prevalence is still higher among Indigenous than non-Indigenous women, despite a successful vaccination program
Lucy Deng · Joanne Reekie · James S Ward · Andrew Hayen · John M Kaldor · Marlene Kong · Jennifer M Hunt · Bette Liu
Human papillomavirus vaccination and genital warts in young Indigenous Australians: national sentinel surveillance data
If high vaccine coverage is sustained, the higher rates of HPV-related cancer rates in Indigenous women should also decline
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 · Basil Donovan
The excess burden of severe sepsis in Indigenous Australian children: can anything be done?
Reducing the transmission of Staphylococcus aureus and early treatment are key factors
Pamela Palasanthiran · Asha C Bowen
Time to clinical investigation for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Queensland women after a high grade abnormal Pap smear, 2000–2009
Improved screening rates and follow-up could reduce the burden of cervical cancer among Indigenous women
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 · John R Condon
The burden of invasive infections in critically ill Indigenous children in Australia
Population-based mortality is more than twice as high for Indigenous as for non-Indigenous Australian children
Justyna A Ostrowski · Graeme MacLaren · Janet Alexander · Penny Stewart · Sheena Gune · Joshua R Francis · Subodh Ganu · Marino Festa · Simon J Erickson · Lahn Straney · Luregn J Schlapbach
Crusted scabies in northern and central Australia — now is the time for eradication
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Simon Quilty · Thomas S Kaye · Bart J Currie
Grampians — Closing the Gap in Indigenous eye health
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Uma Jatkar · Mitchell D Anjou · Hugh R Taylor
A game changer for eye care for diabetes
Non-mydriatic photography may be the key to accessible eye care
Hugh R Taylor AC
Overcoming cardiovascular disease in Indigenous Australians
Despite the profound impact of cardiovascular disease in Indigenous Australians, much remains to be achieved
Alex Brown · Leonard Kritharides
You don’t know what you don’t know
Creating opportunities for Indigenous students in medicine and health sciences
Kym Thomas
High quality data are the key to understanding inequalities in cancer outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians
A comprehensive evidence base for informing efforts to improve services requires linked national data
David M Roder · Elizabeth Buckley
Trends in cancer incidence and survival for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in the Northern Territory
The excess burden of cancer among Indigenous people will persist until lifestyle risks are mitigated
John R Condon · Xiaohua Zhang · Karen Dempsey · Lindy Garling · Steven Guthridge
Improving maternity services for Indigenous women in Australia: moving from policy to practice
Funding is needed for developing culturally competent maternity care
Sue Kildea · Sally Tracy · Juanita Sherwood · Fleur Magick-Dennis · Lesley Barclay
Translating Aboriginal genomics — four letters Closing the Gap
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Gareth S Baynam · Glenn Pearson · Jenefer Blackwell
The prevalence and clinical associations of HTLV-1 infection in a remote Indigenous community
HTLV-1 infection may be more prevalent among Indigenous Australians than is currently appreciated
Lloyd J Einsiedel · Hai Pham · Richard J Woodman · Clinton Pepperill · Kerry A Taylor
The economic benefits of eliminating Indigenous health inequality in the Northern Territory
Closing the Indigenous gap could have far-reaching benefits for the economic future of the Territory
Yuejen Zhao · Siva R Vemuri · Dinesh Arya
Closing the Gap in Indigenous health: why section 19(2) of the Health Insurance Act matters
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Craig Cumming · Stuart A Kinner · David B Preen
The inequitable burden of group A streptococcal diseases in Indigenous Australians
We need to fill evidence gaps and make clinical advances to reduce these diseases of disadvantage
Philippa J May · Asha C Bowen · Jonathan R Carapetis
Disparities in acute in-hospital cardiovascular care for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal South Australians
The lower rate of coronary angiography is the key disparity in the care of Aboriginal patients with acute coronary syndromes
Rosanna Tavella · Katharine McBride · Wendy Keech · Janet Kelly · Amanda Rischbieth · Christopher Zeitz · John F Beltrame · Philip A Tideman · Alex Brown
