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Indigenous health

Letters

Effect of swimming pools on antibiotic use and clinic attendance for infections in two Aboriginal communities in Western Australia

Anu A Mathew, Collin J McDonnell, Jill Benson and Hugh R Taylor

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (7): 410-411 Free

Letters

Avoidable hospitalisation in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory

Odette R Gibson and Leonie Segal

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (7): 411-412 Free

Letters

Avoidable hospitalisation in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory

Shu Q Li, Natalie J Gray, Steve L Guthridge and Sabine L M Pircher

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (7): 411-412 Free

Public health

A prolonged mumps outbreak among highly vaccinated Aboriginal people in the Kimberley region of Western Australia

Revle D Bangor-Jones, Gary K Dowse, Carolien M Giele, Paul G van Buynder, Meredith M Hodge and Mary M Whitty

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (7): 398-401 Free

Research

Cardiovascular disease risk management for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in primary health care settings: findings from the Kanyini Audit

David P Peiris, Anushka A Patel, Alan Cass, Michael P Howard, Maria L Tchan, John P Brady, Joanne De Vries, Bernadette A Rickards, Della J Yarnold, Noel E Hayman and Alex D Brown

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (6): 304-309 Free

Letters

Should the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee extend the range of free nicotine replacement therapies available for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people?

Jan A Robertson, David J MacLaren and Alan R Clough

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (5): 293 Free

Dr Ross Ingram Memorial Essay Competition

Starting at strengths . . . an Indigenous early years intervention

Chelsea Bond

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (3): 175-177 Free

Prevention and Promotion

Knowledge and attitudes regarding smoking during pregnancy among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women

Conor Gilligan, Robert W Sanson-Fisher, Catherine D’Este, Sandra Eades and Mark Wenitong

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 557-561 Free

Close the gap

Close the Gap: ask the experts

Ruth Armstrong

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 523 Free

Mind the Gap

How do pregnancy outcomes differ in teenage mothers? A Western Australian study

Lucy N Lewis, Martha Hickey, Dorota A Doherty and S Rachel Skinner

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 537-541 Free

Letters

Indigenous simulated patients: an initiative in “closing the gap”

Shaun C Ewen, Margo E Collins, Jennifer A Schwarz and Eleanor M Flynn

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 536 Free

Book reviews

Indigenous women and breast cancer

Sandra C Thompson

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 602 Free

Editorial

A healed and healthy country: understanding healing for Indigenous Australians

Tamara Mackean

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 522-523 Free

Capacity to care

Coronary heart disease events in Aboriginal Australians: incidence in an urban population

Pamela J Bradshaw, Helman S Alfonso, Judith C Finn, Julie Owen and Peter L Thompson

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 583-586 Free

Close the gap

Close the Gap: Oxfam Australia

Andrew Hewett

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 601 Free

Prevention and Promotion

Adult health checks for Indigenous Australians: the first year’s experience from the Inala Indigenous Health Service

Geoffrey K P Spurling, Noel E Hayman and Anna L Cooney

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 562-564 Free

Close the gap

Close the Gap: social justice

Tom Calma

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 526 Free

Mind the Gap

“Closing the gap” by 2030: aspiration versus reality in Indigenous health

Wendy E Hoy

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 542-544 Free

Letters

Patterns of mortality in Indigenous adults in the Northern Territory, 1998–2003: are people living in remote areas worse off?

David J Scrimgeour

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 545 Free

Dr Ross Ingram Memorial Essay Competition

Antecedents of chronic kidney disease in Aboriginal offenders in New South Wales prisons

Beverley F Spiers

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 524-526 Free

Capacity to care

Outcomes of cardiac surgery in Indigenous Australians

Sam J Lehman, Robert A Baker, Philip E Aylward, John L Knight and Derek P Chew

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 588-593 Free

Close the gap

Close the Gap: nursing

Robyn Coulthard

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 601 Free

Prevention and Promotion

Linking Indigenous health care with school education

Geoffrey M Forbes, Stephen J Davis, Martin D Robson, Anthony F Connell and Peter C Richmond

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 565-566 Free

Close the gap

Close the Gap: psychology

Patricia Dudgeon

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 546 Free

Prevention and Promotion

Improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nutrition and health

Amanda J Lee, Dympna Leonard, Aletia A Moloney and Deanne L Minniecon

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 547-548 Free