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Indigenous health

Perspectives

A game changer for eye care for diabetes

Hugh R Taylor

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (1): 8-9 Free

Perspectives

Overcoming cardiovascular disease in Indigenous Australians

Alex Brown and Leonard Kritharides

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (1): 10-12

Competition / Dr Ross Ingram Memorial Prize

You don’t know what you don’t know

Kym Thomas

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (11): 513-514 Free

Research

Trends in cancer incidence and survival for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in the Northern Territory

John R Condon, Xiaohua Zhang, Karen Dempsey, Lindy Garling and Steven Guthridge

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (10): 454-458 Free

Editorials

High quality data are the key to understanding inequalities in cancer outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians

David M Roder and Elizabeth Buckley

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (10): 451-452 Free

Narrative review

Improving maternity services for Indigenous women in Australia: moving from policy to practice

Sue Kildea, Sally Tracy, Juanita Sherwood, Fleur Magick-Dennis and Lesley Barclay

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (8): 374-379 Free

Letters

Translating Aboriginal genomics — four letters Closing the Gap

Gareth S Baynam, Glenn Pearson and Jenefer Blackwell

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (8): 379 Free

Research

The prevalence and clinical associations of HTLV-1 infection in a remote Indigenous community

Lloyd J Einsiedel, Hai Pham, Richard J Woodman, Clinton Pepperill and Kerry A Taylor

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (7): 305-309 Free

Letters

Closing the Gap in Indigenous health: why section 19(2) of the Health Insurance Act matters

Craig Cumming, Stuart A Kinner and David B Preen

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (6): 283

Research

The economic benefits of eliminating Indigenous health inequality in the Northern Territory

Yuejen Zhao, Siva R Vemuri and Dinesh Arya

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (6): 266-269 Free

Perspectives

The inequitable burden of group A streptococcal diseases in Indigenous Australians

Philippa J May, Asha C Bowen and Jonathan R Carapetis

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (5): 201-203 Free

Research

Disparities in acute in-hospital cardiovascular care for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal South Australians

Rosanna Tavella, Katharine McBride, Wendy Keech, Janet Kelly, Amanda Rischbieth, Christopher Zeitz, John F Beltrame, Philip A Tideman and Alex Brown

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (5): 222-227 Free

Letters

How can hospitals better identify Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients to assist medication use?

Erin Sclater, Pauline Deweerd, Sylvia Bridle and Susan Welch

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (5): 236

Letters

General medicine Indigenous outreach registrar training in rural Queensland

Paul Jauncey, Scott McKenzie, Rohan Corpus, Kwun M Fong and Darren L Walters

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (5): 237

Research

Low HIV testing rates among people with a sexually transmissible infection diagnosis in remote Aboriginal communities

James S Ward, Amalie Dyda, Skye McGregor, Alice Rumbold, Linda Garton, Basil Donovan, John M Kaldor and Rebecca J Guy

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (4): 168-171 Free

Editorials

Carers of Indigenous children: services and systems failure? Where to next?

Beth Mah and Kym M Rae

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (1): 19-20 Free

News / From the Lowitja Institute

The health of indigenous and tribal peoples across the world: The Lancet–Lowitja Institute Global Collaboration

Romlie Mokak

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (1): 6 Free

Research

Uptake of long-acting, reversible contraception in three remote Aboriginal communities: a population-based study

Emma K Griffiths, Julia V Marley, Domenica Friello and David N Atkinson

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (1): 21-25 Free

Perspectives

Towards an integrated model for child and family services in central Australia

Donna Ah Chee, John D Boffa and Edward Tilton

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (1): 8 Free

Research

Psychological distress in carers of Aboriginal children in urban New South Wales: findings from SEARCH (phase one)

Anna B Williamson, Catherine A D’Este, Kathleen F Clapham, Sandra J Eades, Sally Redman and Beverley Raphael

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (1): 27-32 Free

Perspectives

Are Indigenous mortality gaps closing: how to tell, and when?

Ian T Ring, Tracy Dixon, Raymond W Lovett and Fadwa Al-Yaman

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (1): 11 Free

Short report

Increasing Indigenous self-harm and suicide in the Kimberley: an audit of the 2005–2014 data

Catherine McHugh, Anita Campbell, Murray Chapman and Sivasankaran Balaratnasingam

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (1): 33 Free

Editorials

We need transformative change in Aboriginal health

Shane Houston

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (1): 17-18 Free

Systematic review

Spirometry reference values in Indigenous Australians: a systematic review

Tamara L Blake, Anne B Chang, Helen L Petsky, Leanne T Rodwell, Michael G Brown, Debra C Hill, Bruce Thompson and Margaret S McElrea

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (1): 35-40 Free

Editorials

Access to contraception for remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women: necessary but not sufficient

Sarah L Larkins and Priscilla Page

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (1): 18-19 Free