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Indigenous health

Letters

Absence of alcohol withdrawal syndrome in a remote Indigenous community

Stephen A Margolis, Valmae A Ypinazar, Alan R Clough and Ernest Hunter

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (10): 596 Free

Indigenous health — Research

Effect of smoking among Indigenous and non-Indigenous mothers on preterm birth and full-term low birthweight

Rachael-Anne Wills and Michael D Coory

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (9): 490-494 Free

Indigenous health — Research

The roles of socioeconomic status and Aboriginality in birth outcomes at an urban hospital

Angela T Titmuss, Elizabeth Harris and Elizabeth J Comino

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (9): 495-498 Free

Indigenous health — Research

“All they said was my kidneys were dead”: Indigenous Australian patients’ understanding of their chronic kidney disease

Kate Anderson, Jeannie Devitt, Joan Cunningham, Cilla Preece and Alan Cass

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (9): 499-503 Free

Public health

Epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands: results of a comprehensive control program

Rae-Lin Huang, Paul J Torzillo, Vivien A Hammond, Stephanie T Coulter and Adrienne C Kirby

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (8): 442-445 Free

Public health

Epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands: results of a comprehensive control program — a postscript

Rae-Lin Huang, Paul J Torzillo and Adrienne C Kirby

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (8): 446 Free

Letters

Prevalence of trachoma in Aboriginal communities in the Katherine Region of the Northern Territory in 2007

Katrina Roper, Claude-Edouard C Michel, Paul M Kelly and Hugh R Taylor

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (7): 409 Free

Position statement

Management of bronchiectasis and chronic suppurative lung disease in Indigenous children and adults from rural and remote Australian communities

Anne B Chang, Keith Grimwood, Graeme Maguire, Paul T King, Peter S Morris and Paul J Torzillo

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (7): 386-393 Free

Letters

Effect of community consultation on recruitment of Indigenous women to a human papillomavirus prevalence study

Christine M Read, Deborah J Bateson and Christine J Ohrin

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (4): 233 Free

Public health

Invasive pneumococcal disease in Indigenous people in north Queensland: an update, 2005–2007

Jeffrey N Hanna, Jan L Humphreys and Denise M Murphy

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (1): 43-46 Free

Addressing diseases of disadvantage

Heavy cannabis use and depressive symptoms in three Aboriginal communities in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory

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

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (10): 605-608 Free

Research enterprise

Navigating the process of developing a research project in Aboriginal health

Anne P F Wand and Sandra J Eades

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (10): 584-587 Free

Letters

The Northern Territory Emergency Response: a chance to heal Australia’s worst sore

Hamish R Graham

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (10): 623 Free

The Great Divide

Cancer care for Indigenous Australians

John D Boffa

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (10): 560-561 Free

Matters arising

“Let’s not talk about sex”: reconsidering the public health approach to sexually transmissible infections in remote Indigenous populations in Australia

Michael S Gracey and Randolph M Spargo

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (10): 620-621 Free

Addressing diseases of disadvantage

Prevalence of and risk factors for hepatitis C in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal adolescent offenders

David van der Poorten, Dianna T Kenny and Jacob George

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (10): 610-614 Free

Research enterprise

Indigenous child health: urgent need for improved data to underpin better health outcomes

Emily Fremantle, Yvonne A Zurynski, Deepika Mahajan, Heather D’Antoine and Elizabeth J Elliott

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (10): 588-591 Free

Letters

The Northern Territory Emergency Response: a chance to heal Australia’s worst sore

William J H Glasson

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (10): 623 Free

The Great Divide

Survival of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Queenslanders after a diagnosis of lung cancer: a matched cohort study

Michael D Coory, Adele C Green, Janelle Stirling and Patricia C Valery

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (10): 562-566 Free

Matters arising

“Let’s not talk about sex”: reconsidering the public health approach to sexually transmissible infections in remote Indigenous populations in Australia

David J Scrimgeour

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (10): 621 Free

Addressing diseases of disadvantage

Delivery of child health services in Indigenous communities: implications for the federal government’s emergency intervention in the Northern Territory

Ross S Bailie, Damin Si, Michelle C Dowden, Christine M Connors, Lynette O’Donoghue, Helen E Liddle, Catherine M Kennedy, Rhonda J Cox, Hugh P Burke, Sandra C Thompson and Alex D H Brown

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (10): 615-618 Free

Addressing diseases of disadvantage

Oral health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians

Kaye F Roberts-Thomson, A John Spencer and Lisa M Jamieson

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (10): 592-593 Free

The Great Divide

Racial disparities in infection-related mortality at Alice Springs Hospital, Central Australia, 2000–2005

Lloyd J Einsiedel, Liselle A Fernandes and Richard J Woodman

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (10): 568-571 Free

Matters arising

“Let's not talk about sex”: reconsidering the public health approach to sexually transmissible infections in remote Indigenous populations in Australia

Bryan G Walpole

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (10): 621 Free

Book review

The challenges facing Aboriginal health workers

Fiona Stanley

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (10): 604 Free