Connect
MJA
MJA

Indigenous health

Reflections

Upstream or downstream?

Victoria C Smith

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (10): 412-413 Free

Short reports

Indigenous health expenditure deficits obscured in Closing the Gap reports

Katrina A Alford

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (10): 403 Free

Research

General practitioners’ prescribing of lipid-lowering medications for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, 2001–2013

Amal N Trivedi, Allan J Pollack, Helena C Britt, Graeme C Miller, Christopher Harrison and Margaret A Kelaher

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (10): 407 Free

Research

Continuous quality improvement and metabolic screening during pregnancy at primary health centres attended by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women

Melanie E Gibson-Helm, Helena J Teede, Alice R Rumbold, Sanjeeva Ranasinha, Ross S Bailie and Jacqueline A Boyle

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (9): 369-370 Free

Reflections / Dr Ross Ingram Memorial Prize

My journey from suit to skin

Sharnee M Townsend

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (9): 375-376 Free

Research

Success in Closing the Gap: favourable neonatal outcomes in a metropolitan Aboriginal Maternity Group Practice Program

Christina Bertilone and Suzanne McEvoy

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (6): 262 Free

Letters

Strongyloides stercoralis infection and antenatal care

Russell Hays and Robyn McDermott

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (1): 18-19

Letters

Recent warnings of a rise in crystal methamphetamine (“ice”) use in rural and remote Indigenous Australian communities should be heeded

Alan R Clough, Michelle Fitts and Jan Robertson

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (1): 19 Free

News / From the Lowitja Institute

The link between health and wellbeing and constitutional recognition

Romlie Mokak

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (1): 1 Free

Research

Facilitators and barriers to implementation of a pragmatic clinical trial in Aboriginal health services

Hueming Liu, Tracey-Lea Laba, Luciana Massi, Stephen Jan, Tim Usherwood, Anushka Patel, Noel E Hayman, Alan Cass, Anne-Marie Eades, Chris Lawrence and David P Peiris

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (1): 24-27 Free

Editorials

Celebrating 10 years of collaboration: the Australian Indigenous Doctors' Association and Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand

Tammy Kimpton and Peter J Smith

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (1): 5-7 Free

Research

Using glycated haemoglobin testing to simplify diabetes screening in remote Aboriginal Australian health care settings

Julia V Marley, May Sian Oh, Nyssa T Hadgraft, Sally L Singleton, Kim Isaacs and David N Atkinson

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (1): 28-32 Free

Perspectives

Data sharing in Indigenous health research: guidelines needed

Zhiqiang Wang

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (1): 12-13 Free

Ethics and law

The Alcohol Mandatory Treatment Act: evidence, ethics and the law

Fiona Lander, Dennis Gray and Edward Wilkes

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (1): 47-49 Free

Clinical focus

Equity in vision in Australia is in sight

Marian Abouzeid, Mitchell D Anjou and Hugh R Taylor

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (1): 21-23 Free

Supplement

Social acceptability and desirability of smoking in a national sample of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Anna K Nicholson, Ron Borland, Anke E van der Sterren, Pele T Bennet, Matthew Stevens and David P Thomas

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (10): S57-S62 Free

Supplement

Predictors of wanting to quit in a national sample of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smokers

Anna K Nicholson, Ron Borland, Maureen E Davey, Matthew Stevens and David P Thomas

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (10): S26-S32 Free

Supplement

Tobacco control policies and activities in Aboriginal community-controlled health services

Maureen E Davey, Jennifer M Hunt, Raylene Foster, Sophia Couzos, Anke E van der Sterren, Jasmine Sarin and David P Thomas

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (10): S63-S66 Free

Supplement

Smoke-free homes and workplaces of a national sample of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

David P Thomas, Kathryn S Panaretto, Matthew Stevens, Pele T Bennet and Ron Borland

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (10): S33-S38 Free

Letters

Strongyloidiasis: a case for notification in Australia?

Richard Speare, Adrian Miller and Wendy A Page

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (10): 523-524

Supplement

Talking About The Smokes: summary and key findings

David P Thomas, Maureen E Davey, Viki L Briggs and Ron Borland, on behalf of the Talking About The Smokes project

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (10): S3-S4 Free

Supplement

Recall of anti-tobacco advertising and information, warning labels and news stories in a national sample of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smokers

Anna K Nicholson, Ron Borland, Jasmine Sarin, Sharon Wallace, Anke E van der Sterren, Matthew Stevens and David P Thomas

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (10): S67-S72 Free

Supplement

Dependence in a national sample of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander daily smokers

David P Thomas, Kathryn S Panaretto, Matthew Stevens and Ron Borland

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (10): S39-S44 Free

Supplement

Research methods of Talking About The Smokes: an International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project study with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians

David P Thomas, Viki L Briggs, Sophia Couzos, Maureen E Davey, Jennifer M Hunt, Kathryn S Panaretto, Anke E van der Sterren, Matthew Stevens, Anna K Nicholson and Ron Borland

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (10): S5-S12 Free

Supplement

Smoking cessation advice and non-pharmacological support in a national sample of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smokers and ex-smokers

David P Thomas, Pele T Bennet, Viki L Briggs, Sophia Couzos, Jennifer M Hunt, Kathryn S Panaretto, Matthew Stevens and Ron Borland

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (10): S73-S77 Free