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Social determinants of health

Research

Disruption of gender‐affirming health care, and COVID‐19 illness, testing, and vaccination among trans Australians during the pandemic: a cross‐sectional survey

Sav Zwickl, Tomi Ruggles, Alex FQ Wong, Ariel Ginger, Lachlan M Angus, Kalen Eshin, Teddy Cook and Ada S Cheung

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (1): 23-28 Free

Perspective

A framework for the Future Healthy Countdown 2030: tracking the health and wellbeing of children and young people to hold Australia to account

Kate Lycett, Joyce Cleary, Rosemary Calder, Georgie Frykberg, Anne Hollonds, Penny Dakin, Samantha Russell, Sandro Demaio and Sharon Goldfeld

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (10): S3-S10 Free

Perspective

Valued, loved and safe: the foundations for healthy individuals and a healthier society

Rosemary Calder and Penny Dakin

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (10): S11-S14 Free

Perspective

Having material basics is basic

Sharon R Goldfeld, Anna MH Price and Fadwa Al‐Yaman

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (10): S15-S19 Free

Perspectives

Setting the policy agenda for cancer control reform: Australia's first national cancer control plan

Daniel Chaji, Anna Boltong, Carolyn Der Vartanian, Adam Lambert, Cindy Toms, Vivienne Milch, Claire Howlett and Dorothy Keefe

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (10): 451-454 Free

Research

Serum vitamin C status of people in New South Wales: retrospective analysis of findings at a public referral hospital

Puja Bhattacharyya, Kathrin Schemann, San San Min, David R Sullivan and Stephen J Fuller

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (10): 475-481 Free

Research

Health care service use by people diagnosed with invasive melanoma in Queensland: a benefit incidence analysis

Daniel Lindsay, David C Whiteman, Catherine M Olsen and Louisa G Gordon

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (9): 417-422 Free

Perspective

From talk to action: Indigenous Reference Groups drive practice change in kidney transplantation care

Kelli J Owen, Katie Cundale, Jaquelyne T Hughes, Stephen P McDonald, Matilda D'Antoine and Shilpanjali Jesudason

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (8): S15-S18 Free

Perspective

Towards equity in kidney transplantation: the next steps

Jaquelyne T Hughes, Katie Cundale, Angela Webster, Kelli J Owen and Stephen P McDonald

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (8): S19-S22 Free

Editorials

The National Indigenous Kidney Transplantation Taskforce: changing systems to achieve equitable access to kidney transplantation

Jaquelyne T Hughes, Katie Cundale, Kelli J Owen and Stephen P McDonald

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (8): 356-357 Free

Perspective

Advancing accessible kidney transplantation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: the National Indigenous Kidney Transplantation Taskforce

Jaquelyne T Hughes, Katie Cundale, Kelli J Owen and Stephen P McDonald

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (8): S3-S6 Free

Perspective

Improving equity in access to kidney transplantation: implementing targeted models of care focused on improving timely access to waitlisting

Katie Cundale, Stephen P McDonald, Ashley Irish, Matthew D Jose, Jillian Diack, Matilda D'Antoine, Kelli J Owen and Jaquelyne T Hughes

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (8): S7-S10 Free

Perspective

Cultural bias in kidney care and transplantation: review and recommendations to improve kidney care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Jaquelyne T Hughes, Kelli J Owen, Janet Kelly, Katie Cundale, Sandawana William Majoni, Matilda D'Antoine and Stephen P McDonald

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (8): S11-S14 Free

Research letter

Financial support provided to male and female physicians by pharmaceutical companies in New Zealand: a cross‐sectional study

Leah Jones

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (6): 275-277 Free

Perspectives

Lung cancer screening for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: an opportunity to address health inequities

Alison Brown, Gail Garvey, Nicole M Rankin, Claire Nightingale and Lisa J Whop

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (9): 398-401 Free

Letters

Geographic variation in out‐of‐pocket costs for radiation oncology services

Shyan Lii Goh

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (5): 237-237

Letters

Ethical implications of changing the eligibility criteria for the proposed National Lung Cancer Screening Program

Jonathon B Ryan

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (4): 187-187

Perspectives

The pathway to more rural doctors: the role of universities

Matthew R McGrail, Zelda Doyle, Lara Fuller, Tarun Sen Gupta, Lizzi Shires and Lucie Walters

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (3): S8-S13 Free

Medical history

Treaties for “offshoring” hospital treatment of Asian patients from Christmas Island, 1963–1985: a racist chapter in the history of Australian medical care

Simon Barraclough, Alison Hughes and John Oldroyd

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (2): 57-59 Free

Research letters

Suboptimal experiences with out‐of‐pocket costs, financial disclosure, and support information among people treated for cancer

Victoria White, Karla Gough, Colin Wood, Raymond Chan and Michael Jefford

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (1): 28-29 Free

Ethics and law

Feasibility of organ donation following voluntary assisted dying in Australia: lessons from international practice

Jan Bollen, Courtney Hempton, Neera Bhatia and James Tibballs

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (5): 202-205 Free

Research

Organ donation by children in Australia, 2000–2019: impact of the 2009 National Reform Program. A population‐based registry data study

Tal T Klein, Michael J O'Leary, Lukas Staub and Elena Cavazzoni

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (11): 520-525 Free

Perspectives

Commercial determinants of human rights: for‐profit health care and housing

Jennifer Lacy‐Nichols, Rebecca Bentley and Adam G Elshaug

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (1): 4-8 Free

Perspectives

Centring equity in data‐driven public health: a call for guiding principles to support the equitable design and outcomes of Australia's data integration systems

Catherine Smith, Claire M Vajdic and Niamh Stephenson

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (8): 341-343 Free

Perspectives

The NDIS at ten years: designing an equitable scheme for the next decade

Jennifer Smith‐Merry, John Gilroy and Annmaree Watharow

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (7): 291-294 Free