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Editorial

Embedding culture in co‐designed chronic disease programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Rona Macniven and Karla J Canuto

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (4): 181-182 Free

Research

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

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 and Beverley‐Ann Biggs

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (4): 183-190 Free

Research

Potentially preventable medication‐related hospitalisations with cardiovascular disease of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Queensland, 2013–2017: a retrospective cohort study

Jean Spinks, Gabor Mihala, Warren Jennings, Robert S Ware, Lisa M Kalisch Ellett, Elizabeth E Roughead and Daniel Williamson

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (4): 198-204 Free

Perspective

Shortages of benzathine benzylpenicillin G in Australia highlight the need for new sovereign manufacturing capability

Rosemary Wyber, Glenn Pearson and Laurens Manning

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (5): n/a-n/a Free

Research

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

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) and Michelle Kennedy (Wiradjuri)

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (2): S16-S24 Free

Research

Reported processes and practices of researchers applying for human research ethics approval for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research: a mixed methods study

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) and Michelle Kennedy (Wiradjuri)

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (2): S25-S33 Free

Research

Human research ethics committee processes and practices for approving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research: a mixed methods study

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) and Raymond W Lovett (Wongaibon Ngiyampaa)

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (2): S34-S41 Free

Research

Beyond ethical guidelines: upholding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ethical governance in health and medical research. A scoping review

Felicity Collis (Gomeroi), Kade Booth, Jamie Bryant and Michelle Kennedy (Wiradjuri)

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (2): S42-S48 Free

Editorial

Murru Minya: a national exploration of ethical research and research ethics in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and medical research

Felicity Collis (Gomeroi) and Michelle Kennedy (Wiradjuri)

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (2): S3-S5 Free

Research

How well are researchers applying ethical principles and practices in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and medical research? A cross‐sectional study

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) and Raymond W Lovett (Wongaibon Ngiyampaa)

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (2): S49-S56 Free

Research

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community experiences and recommendations for health and medical research: a mixed methods study

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) and Michelle Kennedy (Wiradjuri)

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (2): S6-S15 Free

Research

Blood pressure in young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: analysis of baseline data from a prospective cohort study

Berhe W Sahle, Emily Banks, Robyn Williams, Grace Joshy, Garry Jennings, Jonathan C Craig, Nicholas G Larkins, Francine Eades, Rebecca Q Ivers and Sandra Eades

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (2): 91-101 Free

Research

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

Shea Spierings, Victor M Oguoma, Anthony Shakeshaft, Jim Walker, Maree Toombs and James S Ward

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (1): 30-37 Free

Research

Intrinsic capacity and ageing well for Aboriginal people in remote Western Australia: a longitudinal cohort study

Zoë Hyde, Kate Smith, Roslyn Malay, Dina C LoGiudice, Dawn C Bessarab, David N Atkinson, Edward Strivens and Leon Flicker

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (1): 38-46 Free

Research letter

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander infants admitted to the Hunter New England neonatal intensive care unit, 2016-2021: a retrospective medical record audit

Jessica Bennett, Michelle Kennedy, Jamie Bryant, Amanual Mersha, Larissa Korostenski, Michelle Stubbs, Justine Parsons and Luke Wakely

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (1): 47-48

Editorial

A Northern Territory‐trained health workforce is required to meet its context‐specific disease burden and health care needs

Dominic Upton and Varunika Ruwanpura

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (11): 594-595 Free

Letter to the editor

Defining the gap, emphasising the deficit

Bridie Mulholland

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (11): 631-632 Free

Perspective

Decolonisation, Indigenous health research and Indigenous authorship: sharing our teams’ principles and practices

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 and Chontel Gibson (Gamilaraay)

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (11): 578-586 Free

Systematic review

Interventions for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with type 2 diabetes that modify its management and cardiometabolic risk factors: a systematic review

Ciying Tan, Zoe Williams, Mohammad Ashraful Islam, Ray Kelly, Tuguy Esgin and Elif I Ekinci

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (11): 623-630 Free

Research

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

Yuejen Zhao, Jo Wright, Renu Unnikrishnan, Ramakrishna Chondur and Danielle Green

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (11): 596-602 Free

Perspective

Participation of Indigenous children and young people to improve health and wellbeing

Jordan Cory (Kamilaroi), Hope Kuchel (Barkindji), Bonnie Dukakis (Gunditjmara), Rhian Dicker (Palawa) and Sandra Eades (Noongar)

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (10): S26-S33 Free

Perspective

Custodial dermatology for First Nations peoples: a niche service caring for incarcerated communities

Dana RML Slape (Larrakia), Penelope A Abbott and Kelvin M Kong (Worimi)

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (9): 457-459 Free

Systematic review

Physical activity interventions to prevent and manage type 2 diabetes in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: a systematic review

Raymond J Kelly, Rona Macniven, Leonid Churilov, Margaret J Morris, David O'Neal and Elif I Ekinci

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (9): 486-490 Free

Research letter

Notification of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in hospitalised people in the Midwest region of Western Australia, 2012–2022: retrospective administrative data analysis

Ingrid Stacey, Yolande Knight, Claire MX Ong, Amy Lee, Suresh Karuppannan, Allison Christou and Judith M Katzenellenbogen

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (9): 493-494 Free

Perspective

An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescent model of primary health care

Stephen Harfield, Peter Azzopardi, Gita D Mishra and James S Ward

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (10): 512-515 Free