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Indigenous health

Book reviews

The search for justice

Judy Atkinson

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

Communication, culture and health

Barriers to participation of Aboriginal people in cancer care: communication in the hospital setting

Shaouli Shahid, Lizzie D Finn and Sandra C Thompson

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 574-579 Free

Close the gap

Close the Gap: dentistry

Christopher J Bourke

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 573 Free

Prevention and Promotion

Lipid treatment guidelines and cardiovascular risk for Aboriginal people in Central Australia

Joanne N Luke, Alex Brown, David N O’Neal, Kerin O’Dea, Alicia J Jenkins, Margaret Kelaher, James D Best and Kevin G Rowley

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 552-556 Free

Letters

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

Yvette Roe and Robyn A McDermott

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

Mind the Gap

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; 190 (10): 532-536 Free

Capacity to care

Improving Indigenous patients’ access to mainstream health services: the Inala experience

Noel E Hayman, Nola E White and Geoffrey K Spurling

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 604-606 Free

Book reviews

Nurturing Aboriginal men’s health

Mark Wenitong

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 607 Free

Communication, culture and health

Indigenous medical workforce development: current status and future directions

Ian P S Anderson, Shaun C Ewen and Debra A Knoche

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 580-581 Free

Close the gap

Close the Gap: Aboriginal community controlled health services

Mick Adams

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 593 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

Research

Incidence and survival after acute myocardial infarction in Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in the Northern Territory, 1992–2004

Jiqiong You, John R Condon, Yuejen Zhao and Steven Guthridge

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (6): 298-302 Free

Research

Natural history of chronic kidney disease in Australian Indigenous and non-Indigenous children: a 4-year population-based follow-up study

Leigh Haysom, Rita Williams, Elisabeth M Hodson, Pamela A Lopez-Vargas, Leslie P Roy, David M Lyle and Jonathan C Craig

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (6): 303-306 Free

Research

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

Karen Andreasyan and Wendy E Hoy

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (6): 307-311 Free

Letters

Fetal alcohol syndrome and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in Indigenous schoolchildren

Brian D Bowring and Amanda Little

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (5): 286-287 Free

Editorials

Cannabis use in remote Indigenous communities in Australia: endemic yet neglected

K S Kylie Lee, Katherine M Conigrave, George C Patton and Alan R Clough

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (5): 228-229 Free