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Global health

Book/media/app reviews

Striving for more socially just global health

Mieke L van Driel

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (7): 294

Research

Rheumatic heart disease in Timor-Leste school students: an echocardiography-based prevalence study

Kimberly Davis, Bo Remenyi, Anthony DK Draper, Januario Dos Santos, Noel Bayley, Elizabeth Paratz, Benjamin Reeves, Alan Appelbe, Andrew Cochrane, Timothy D Johnson, Laura M Korte, Ivonia M Do Rosario, Inez T Da Silva Almeida, Kathryn V Roberts, Jonathan R Carapetis and Joshua R Francis

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (7): 303-307 Free

Narrative review

Climate change: a brief overview of the science and health impacts for Australia

Elizabeth G Hanna and Lachlan J McIver

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (7): 311-315

Book/media/app reviews

A guide to improving women’s health

Rupert G Sherwood

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (1): 14

Perspectives

Tackling antimicrobial resistance globally

Ruth Kelly and Sally C Davies

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (9): 371-373

Editorials

Recruiting and retaining a rural medical workforce: the value of active community participation

Roger P Strasser

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (4): 152-153

Editorials

Snakebites: reducing their international impact

David A Warrell

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (3): 112-113

Letters

What risks do herbal products pose to the Australian community?

Adam Morton

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (3): 134

Letters

What risks do herbal products pose to the Australian community?

Roger W Byard, Garth Maker and Michael Bunce

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (3): 134

Editorials

Can antibiotic prescribing for respiratory infections be reduced?

Martin Gulliford and Mark Ashworth

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (2): 62-63

Perspectives

Caring for country and the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians

Rosalie Schultz and Sheree Cairney

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 8-10 Free

Perspectives

Embedding cultural safety in Australia’s main health care standards

Martin Laverty, Dennis R McDermott and Tom Calma

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 15-16 Free

Editorials

Dignity, social investment and the Indigenous health gap

Michael G Marmot

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 20-21 Free

Editorials

“Has he eaten salt?”: communication difficulties in health care

Alison Phipps

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 23-24 Free

Short reports

Exclusions from clinical trials in Australia based on proficiency in English

Fiona Stanaway, Robert G Cumming and Fiona Blyth

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 36 Free

Perspectives

Improving Indigenous health through education

Michael B Hart, Michael J Moore and Martin Laverty

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 11-12 Free

Medical education / Innovations

The benefits of international health experiences for Australian and New Zealand medical education

H Patrick McNeil, Paul Wild, Hayley Harris and S Bruce Dowton

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (10): 429-430

Research

Prevalence of microcephaly in an Australian population-based birth defects register, 1980–2015

Michele Hansen, Paul K Armstrong, Carol Bower and Gareth S Baynam

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (8): 351-356 Free

Guideline summary

The Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases and Refugee Health Network of Australia recommendations for health assessment for people from refugee-like backgrounds: an abridged outline

Nadia J Chaves, Georgia A Paxton, Beverley-Ann Biggs, Aesen Thambiran, Joanne Gardiner, Jan Williams, Mitchell M Smith and Joshua S Davis

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (7): 310-315 Free

Perspectives

Global women’s health issues: sex and gender matter

Patricia M Davidson, Nancy E Glass and Michelle DiGiacomo

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (8): 346-348

Letters

Violence against women: why higher reporting might be good

Anna M Klinken Whelan, Jan E Ritchie and Carina Hickling

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (8): 379-380

Perspectives

No Jab, No Pay — no planning for migrant children

Georgia A Paxton, Lauren Tyrrell, Sophie B Oldfield, Karen Kiang and Margie H Danchin

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (7): 296-298 Free

Letters

English as a second language and outcomes of patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes: results from the CONCORDANCE registry

Craig P Juergens, John K French and David B Brieger

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (3): 140

Editorials

We need transformative change in Aboriginal health

Shane Houston

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (1): 17-18 Free

News / From the Lowitja Institute

The health of indigenous and tribal peoples across the world: The Lancet–Lowitja Institute Global Collaboration

Romlie Mokak

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (1): 6 Free