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Indigenous health
Improved cancer survival in the Northern Territory: identifying progress and disparities for Aboriginal peoples, 1991–2020
Despite the improvement in cancer survival for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples in the NT, the gap in survival outcomes for Aboriginal peoples persists. Further research is required on pathways to close the gap
Rowena Boyd · Michail Charakidis · C Paul Burgess · Sarah Dugdale · Craig Castillon (Jawoyn, Katherine Region, NT) · Dzulfikaar Sutandar · Alyson Wright
Current gaps in knowledge and future research directions for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children with cancer
A discussion on what is known about cancer in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, including a summary of literature on Indigenous childhood cancer around the world. Future areas of research and clinical advances are outlined.
Alexandra Truong · Kayla Williams‐Tucker (Ngarluma, Wongutha, Wudjari Noongar) · Ahmi Narkle (Whadjuk Goreng Noongar) · Eden Slicer (Gundungurra) · Jessica‐Elise Chapman (Kamilaroi, Bundjalung) · Jessica Lawler · Rishi S Kotecha · Hetal Dholaria · Justine R Clark (Adnyamathanha) · Alex Brown (Yuin) · Raelene Endersby · Nicholas G Gottardo · Jessica Buck (Kamilaroi)
Social determinants of health and intensive care unit admission rates and outcomes for children, Australia, 2013–2020: analysis of national registry data
Targeted interventions based on further research are needed to reduce differences associated with social determinants of health
for the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Paediatric Study Group and Centre for Outcomes and Resource Evaluation
Embedding culture in co‐designed chronic disease programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Aboriginal community-controlled health organisations holistically take the social determinants of health into account in service and program delivery
Rona Macniven · Karla J Canuto
Improving cardiometabolic risk factors in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in northeast Arnhem Land: single arm trial of a co‐designed dietary and lifestyle program
Culturally acceptable strategies for improving risk factors could reduce cardiometabolic disease in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
Hasthi UW Dissanayake · George Gurruwiwi · J Dhurrkay · Josh C Tynan · Sabine Braat · Benjamin Harrap · Tim Trudgen · Sarah Hanieh · Bronwyn Clark · Michaela Spencer · Michael Christie · Emma Tonkin · Emily Armstrong · Leonard C Harrison · John M Wentworth · Julie K Brimblecombe · Beverley‐Ann Biggs
Potentially preventable medication‐related hospitalisations with cardiovascular disease of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Queensland, 2013–2017: a retrospective cohort study
Culturally appropriate and more targeted medication safety services are required
Jean Spinks · Gabor Mihala · Warren Jennings · Robert S Ware · Lisa M Kalisch Ellett · Elizabeth E Roughead · Daniel Williamson
Shortages of benzathine benzylpenicillin G in Australia highlight the need for new sovereign manufacturing capability
A proactive national response to ongoing benzathine benzylpenicillin G shortages is required, and this includes exploring sovereign manufacturing capacity
Rosemary Wyber · Glenn Pearson · Laurens Manning
Murru Minya: a national exploration of ethical research and research ethics in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and medical research
This work is an invitation to address the urgent systemic change required to safeguard Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities on our terms
Felicity Collis (Gomeroi) · Michelle Kennedy (Wiradjuri)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community experiences and recommendations for health and medical research: a mixed methods study
Researchers, funding bodies and institutions should invest in communities to lead, control and govern their own research
Felicity Collis (Gomeroi) · Kade Booth · Jamie Bryant · Tanika Ridgeway (Worimi) · Catherine Chamberlain (Palawa) · Jaquelyne Hughes (Wagadagam) · Kalinda E Griffiths (Yawuru) · Mark Wenitong (Kabi Kabi) · Peter O'Mara (Wiradjuri) · Alex Brown (Yuin) · Sandra J Eades (Noongar) · Kelvin M Kong (Worimi) · Michelle Kennedy (Wiradjuri)
Researchers’ self‐reported adherence to ethical principles in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and medical research and views on improving conduct: a mixed methods study
Structural and individual change is required to accommodate community priority setting, governance, consultation, leadership and translation in ethical research
Kade Booth · Jamie Bryant · Felicity Collis (Gomeroi) · Catherine Chamberlain (Palawa) · Jaquelyne Hughes (Wagadagam) · Breanne Hobden · Kalinda E Griffiths (Yawuru) · Mark Wenitong (Kabi Kabi) · Peter O'Mara (Wiradjuri) · Alex Brown (Yuin) · Sandra J Eades (Noongar) · Kelvin M Kong (Worimi) · Raymond W Lovett (Wongaibon Ngiyampaa) · Michelle Kennedy (Wiradjuri)
Reported processes and practices of researchers applying for human research ethics approval for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research: a mixed methods study
We join calls for the establishment and appropriate resourcing of state-based AHRECs in every jurisdiction
Jamie Bryant · Kade Booth · Felicity Collis (Gomeroi) · Catherine Chamberlain (Palawa) · Jaquelyne Hughes (Wagadagam) · Breanne Hobden · Kalinda E Griffiths (Yawuru) · Mark Wenitong (Kabi Kabi) · Peter O'Mara (Wiradjuri) · Alex Brown (Yuin) · Sandra J Eades (Noongar) · Kelvin M Kong (Worimi) · Raymond W Lovett (Wongaibon Ngiyampaa) · Michelle Kennedy (Wiradjuri)
Human research ethics committee processes and practices for approving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research: a mixed methods study
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and AHRECs carry an important role in the review of health research involving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Michelle Kennedy (Wiradjuri) · Kade Booth · Jamie Bryant · Felicity Collis (Gomeroi) · Catherine Chamberlain (Palawa) · Jaquelyne Hughes (Wagadagam) · Romany McGuffog · Breanne Hobden · Kalinda E Griffiths (Yawuru) · Mark Wenitong (Kabi Kabi) · Peter O'Mara (Wiradjuri) · Alex Brown (Yuin) · Sandra J Eades (Noongar) · Kelvin M Kong (Worimi) · Raymond W Lovett (Wongaibon Ngiyampaa)
Beyond ethical guidelines: upholding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ethical governance in health and medical research. A scoping review
We found a concerning lack of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ethical governance reported in health and medical research
Felicity Collis (Gomeroi) · Kade Booth · Jamie Bryant · Michelle Kennedy (Wiradjuri)
How well are researchers applying ethical principles and practices in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and medical research? A cross‐sectional study
Urgent attention is needed to develop and implement routine evaluations of research practices in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and medical research
Michelle Kennedy (Wiradjuri) · Kade Booth · Jamie Bryant · Felicity Collis (Gomeroi) · Catherine Chamberlain (Palawa) · Jaquelyne Hughes (Wagadagam) · Breanne Hobden · Kalinda E Griffiths (Yawuru) · Mark Wenitong (Kabi Kabi) · Peter O'Mara (Wiradjuri) · Alex Brown (Yuin) · Sandra J Eades (Noongar) · Kelvin M Kong (Worimi) · Raymond W Lovett (Wongaibon Ngiyampaa)
Blood pressure in young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: analysis of baseline data from a prospective cohort study
Reducing early cardiovascular risks, while avoiding deficit-framing, is critical for promoting cardiovascular health throughout life
Berhe W Sahle · Emily Banks · Robyn Williams · Grace Joshy · Garry Jennings · Jonathan C Craig · Nicholas G Larkins · Francine Eades · Rebecca Q Ivers · Sandra Eades
Knowledge about COVID‐19 vaccines among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and attitudes to and behaviours regarding COVID‐19 and influenza vaccination: a survey
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are confident about the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines
Shea Spierings · Victor M Oguoma · Anthony Shakeshaft · Jim Walker · Maree Toombs · James S Ward
Intrinsic capacity and ageing well for Aboriginal people in remote Western Australia: a longitudinal cohort study
Impaired intrinsic capacity in older Aboriginal people in the Kimberley was most frequent in the sensory and locomotion domains
Zoë Hyde · Kate Smith · Roslyn Malay · Dina C LoGiudice · Dawn C Bessarab · David N Atkinson · Edward Strivens · Leon Flicker
A Northern Territory‐trained health workforce is required to meet its context‐specific disease burden and health care needs
One solution would be to locally educate, recruit, and retain a health workforce suitable for the unique needs of this region
Dominic Upton · Varunika Ruwanpura
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander infants admitted to the Hunter New England neonatal intensive care unit, 2016-2021: a retrospective medical record audit
Effective strategies for culturally safe NICU care, including localised approaches, requires further research
Jessica Bennett · Michelle Kennedy · Jamie Bryant · Amanual Mersha · Larissa Korostenski · Michelle Stubbs · Justine Parsons · Luke Wakely
Defining the gap, emphasising the deficit
Bridie Mulholland
Decolonisation, Indigenous health research and Indigenous authorship: sharing our teams’ principles and practices
Two Australian-based Aboriginal-led research teams that facilitate reclamation, reconstitution and restoration of Indigenous Knowledges illustrate nine principles of Indigenous epistemology justice as it relates to Indigenous authorship
Pat Dudgeon (Bardi) · Helen Milroy (Palyku) · Belle Selkirk (Noongar) · Ashleigh Wright (Nunga) · Kahli Regan (Wongi and Noongar) · Shraddha Kashyap · Rama Agung‐Igusti · Joanna Alexi · Abigail Bray · Joan Chan · Ee Pin Chang · Sze Wing Georgiana Cheuk · Jemma Collova · Kate Derry · Chontel Gibson (Gamilaraay)
Interventions for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with type 2 diabetes that modify its management and cardiometabolic risk factors: a systematic review
Few interventions for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with type 2 diabetes have been reported in peer-reviewed publications
Ciying Tan · Zoe Williams · Mohammad Ashraful Islam · Ray Kelly · Tuguy Esgin · Elif I Ekinci
Participation of Indigenous children and young people to improve health and wellbeing
Society must not only uphold Indigenous children and young people’s rights, but also value their strengths and the expertise they hold about their own lives
Jordan Cory (Kamilaroi) · Hope Kuchel (Barkindji) · Bonnie Dukakis (Gunditjmara) · Rhian Dicker (Palawa) · Sandra Eades (Noongar)
Assessing the adequacy and sustainability of the Northern Territory health workforce with respect to burden of disease and injury, 2009–2021: an analysis of administrative data
Shortages in the NT health workforce must be eliminated to close health gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians
Yuejen Zhao · Jo Wright · Renu Unnikrishnan · Ramakrishna Chondur · Danielle Green
Custodial dermatology for First Nations peoples: a niche service caring for incarcerated communities
To address skin health of First Nations children and adults in prison, a First Nations-led dermatology clinic is addressing the right to equitable health care.
Dana RML Slape (Larrakia) · Penelope A Abbott · Kelvin M Kong (Worimi)