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Indigenous health
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
How can hospitals better identify Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients to assist medication use?
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Erin Sclater · Pauline Deweerd · Sylvia Bridle · Susan Welch
General medicine Indigenous outreach registrar training in rural Queensland
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Paul Jauncey · Scott McKenzie · Rohan Corpus · Kwun M Fong · Darren L Walters
Low HIV testing rates among people with a sexually transmissible infection diagnosis in remote Aboriginal communities
Adhering to screening recommendations is essential to avoiding increased HIV infection rates in remote communities
James S Ward · Amalie Dyda · Skye McGregor · Alice Rumbold · Linda Garton · Basil Donovan · John M Kaldor · Rebecca J Guy
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
Towards an integrated model for child and family services in central Australia
An innovative model for the delivery of child and family services
Donna Ah Chee · John D Boffa · Edward Tilton
Are Indigenous mortality gaps closing: how to tell, and when?
Lags between policy and outcomes mean it is important to have good metrics and the right expectations about timelines
Ian T Ring · Tracy Dixon · Raymond W Lovett · Fadwa Al-Yaman
We need transformative change in Aboriginal health
Overcoming the soft bigotry of low expectations
Shane Houston
Access to contraception for remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women: necessary but not sufficient
Comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care contributes to the autonomy of Indigenous women
Sarah L Larkins · Priscilla Page
Carers of Indigenous children: services and systems failure? Where to next?
We need to find solutions that adequately engage Indigenous carers in mental health care
Beth Mah · Kym M Rae
Uptake of long-acting, reversible contraception in three remote Aboriginal communities: a population-based study
The high acceptability of LARCS in these communities concords with international recommendations on contraception
Emma K Griffiths · Julia V Marley · Domenica Friello · David N Atkinson
Psychological distress in carers of Aboriginal children in urban New South Wales: findings from SEARCH (phase one)
Carers with functional limitations or a history of treatment for mental health problems may require additional support
Anna B Williamson · Catherine A D’Este · Kathleen F Clapham · Sandra J Eades · Sally Redman · Beverley Raphael
Increasing Indigenous self-harm and suicide in the Kimberley: an audit of the 2005–2014 data
Rates of suicide and self-harm are alarmingly high
Catherine McHugh · Anita Campbell · Murray Chapman · Sivasankaran Balaratnasingam
Spirometry reference values in Indigenous Australians: a systematic review
Given the importance of spirometry testing on respiratory diagnosis and treatment, there is an urgent need for accurate and validated reference values for Indigenous Australians
Tamara L Blake · Anne B Chang · Helen L Petsky · Leanne T Rodwell · Michael G Brown · Debra C Hill · Bruce Thompson · Margaret S McElrea
Time for a shift in focus to improve food affordability for remote customers
Action is need to make healthy food affordable for residents of remote communities
Megan Ferguson MPH, PGDipNutDiet, BSc · Alastair King · Julie K Brimblecombe PhD, MPH, GradDipNutDiet
Strengthening primary health care to improve Indigenous health outcomes
We need better, more culturally sensitive models for delivering primary care
John Wakerman MTH, FAFPHM, FACRRM · Cindy Shannon BA, MBA, DSocSci
Aileen Joy Plant
Professor Aileen Plant (1948–2007) was a renowned medical epidemiologist and an outstanding global public health leader
Moira McKinnon MB BS, FAFPHM
