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Social Determinants of Health

Research

High rates of general practice attendance by former prisoners: a prospective cohort study

Megan Carroll, Matthew J Spittal, Anna R Kemp-Casey, Nicholas G Lennox, David B Preen, Georgina Sutherland and Stuart A Kinner

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (2): 75-80 Free

Letters

Robotic prostatectomy took off, despite a lack of evidence and risks of inequity

Katrina Hutchison, Drew Carter and Jane Johnson

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (2): 89-90

Editorials

Including minority populations in research: we must do better

Annette J Braunack-Mayer and Odette R Gibson, for the CREATE Methods Group

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 22-23 Free

Research

Progress in closing the gap in life expectancy at birth for Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory, 1967–2012

Nick Georges, Steven L Guthridge, Shu Qin Li, John R Condon, Tony Barnes and Yuejen Zhao

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 25-30 Free

Short reports

Exclusions from clinical trials in Australia based on proficiency in English

Fiona Stanaway, Robert G Cumming and Fiona Blyth

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 36 Free

Perspectives

Improving Indigenous health through education

Michael B Hart, Michael J Moore and Martin Laverty

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 11-12 Free

Letters

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

Robyn Hopkins and Kate A Dolan

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 46 Free

Perspectives

Caring for country and the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians

Rosalie Schultz and Sheree Cairney

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 8-10 Free

Editorials

The health of Indigenous Australians

Geoff Thompson, Nicholas J Talley and Kelvin M Kong

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 19-20 Free

Guideline summary

The Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases and Refugee Health Network of Australia recommendations for health assessment for people from refugee-like backgrounds: an abridged outline

Nadia J Chaves, Georgia A Paxton, Beverley-Ann Biggs, Aesen Thambiran, Joanne Gardiner, Jan Williams, Mitchell M Smith and Joshua S Davis

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (7): 310-315 Free

Letters

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

Yuejen Zhao

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (4): 186

Research

The burden of invasive infections in critically ill Indigenous children in Australia

Justyna A Ostrowski, Graeme MacLaren, Janet Alexander, Penny Stewart, Sheena Gune, Joshua R Francis, Subodh Ganu, Marino Festa, Simon J Erickson, Lahn Straney and Luregn J Schlapbach

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (2): 78-84 Free

Letters

Grampians — Closing the Gap in Indigenous eye health

Uma Jatkar, Mitchell D Anjou and Hugh R Taylor

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (2): 97

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

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

Research

Factors associated with quality of care for patients with pancreatic cancer in Australia

Elizabeth A Burmeister, Dianne L O'Connell, Susan J Jordan, David Goldstein, Neil Merrett, David K Wyld, Vanessa L Beesley, Helen M Gooden, Monika Janda and Rachel E Neale

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (10): 459-465 Free

Editorials

After-hours medical deputising services for older people

C Dimity Pond

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (9): 395-396 Free

Research

Vulvoplasty in New South Wales, 2001–2013: a population-based record linkage study

Amanda J Ampt, Vijay Roach and Christine L Roberts

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (8): 365-369 Free

Letters

Violence against women: why higher reporting might be good

Anna M Klinken Whelan, Jan E Ritchie and Carina Hickling

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (8): 379-380

Perspectives

When an elder is the abuser

Chanaka Wijeratne and Sharon Reutens

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (6): 246-247 Free

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

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

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

Editorials

We need transformative change in Aboriginal health

Shane Houston

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