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Characterising airway inflammation in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults with asthma and COPD. [PDF]

BMJ Open Respir Res
Objective To examine airway inflammatory cell profiles in Indigenous Australian adults with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Design/setting A retrospective, cross-sectional study on data from a tertiary referral
Young N, Chen W, Chatterjee S, Gelzinnis S, Latheef AL, Simpson J, Wark PAB.   +6 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Exploring healthcare providers’ perspectives on the factors that facilitate primary health care access among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people: a qualitative study in Southeast Queensland [PDF]

BMC Primary Care
Background Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people aged 15–24 years of age often encounter challenges accessing and utilising primary health care (PHC).
Stephen Harfield, Judith A. Dean, Peter Azzopardi, Gita D. Mishra, James Ward   +4 more
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‘Sometimes they’re gammin, playing tricks, but sometimes it’s ears.’ The perspectives of urban parents and carers of young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children on their journey to diagnosis of persistent ear health and hearing problems

Public Health Research & Practice, 2021
Objectives: Data presented in this paper were gathered during the Urban Hearing Pathways study. The objective of the study was to investigate how access to, and availability of, ear health and hearing services contributes to the burden of avoidable ...
Samantha F Harkus, Kylie AJ Caso, Sharron T Hall, Carmen Kung, Toni N Manton, Sarah J Murthy, Giselle AL Olive, Trumaine M Rankmore, Nikkita L Roberts, Meagan L Ward, Kelvin M Kong   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

“Everyone needs a Deb”: what Australian indigenous women say about breast cancer screening and treatment services

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background Breast cancer continues to be the second most diagnosed cancer overall and the most diagnosed cancer for women in Australia. While mortality rates overall have declined in recent years, Indigenous women continue to be diagnosed at more ...
Vita Christie, Deb Green, John Skinner, Lynette Riley, Ross O’Shea, Karen Littlejohn, Christopher Pyke, Debbie McCowen, Boe Rambaldini, Kylie Gwynne   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Kulay Kalingka, a national cohort study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ cancer experiences: a study protocol

BMJ Open, 2023
Introduction Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are the First Peoples of Australia. Since settler colonisation, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have experienced disparities in health outcomes, including cancer, when compared with
Emily Banks, Raglan Maddox, Raymond Lovett, Lisa J Whop, Katherine Ann Thurber, Makayla-May Brinckley, Shavaun Wells   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mature aged Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults are using digital health technologies (original research)

Digital Health, 2022
Background Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people avidly use technology for a variety of purposes. Digital health technologies offer a new way to build on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples propensity for early adoption and innovation ...
Connie Henson, Felicity Chapman, Gina Shepherd, Bronwyn Carlson, Josephine Y Chau, Josephine Gwynn, Deb McCowen, Boe Rambaldini, Katrina Ward, Kylie Gwynne   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ear and hearing care programs for First Nations children: a scoping review

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background Ear and hearing care programs are critical to early detection and management of otitis media (or middle ear disease). Otitis media and associated hearing loss disproportionately impacts First Nations children.
Kai Nash, Rona Macniven, Liesa Clague, Harvey Coates, Mark Fitzpatrick, Hasantha Gunasekera, Kylie Gwynne, Luke Halvorsen, Samantha Harkus, Leanne Holt, Noeleen Lumby, Katie Neal, Neil Orr, Elizabeth Pellicano, Boe Rambaldini, Catherine McMahon   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

Knowledge translation in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research contexts in Australia: scoping review protocol

BMJ Open, 2022
Introduction Knowledge translation (KT) involves bridging the gaps between research knowledge and research application or practice, by sharing this knowledge with knowledge-users. KT is increasingly being used in research with Indigenous peoples globally
Raymond Lovett, Makayla-May Brinckley, Sarah Bourke, Felecia Watkin Lui   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Does breast cancer policy meet the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in Australia? a review

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2023
Objective To evaluate if existing Australian public policy related to screening, diagnosis, treatment and follow up care for breast cancer addresses the needs of and outcomes for Indigenous1 women? Methods This review of policy employed a modified Delphi
Vita Christie, Lynette Riley, Deb Green, Kylie Snook, Mandy Henningham, Boe Rambaldini, Janaki Amin, Chris Pyke, Megan Varlow, Sally Goss, John Skinner, Ross O’Shea, Deb McCowen, Kylie Gwynne   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Murru Minya–informing the development of practical recommendations to support ethical conduct in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research: a protocol for a national mixed-methods study

BMJ Open, 2023
Introduction Conducting ethical and high-quality health research is crucial for informing public health policy and service delivery to reduce the high and inequitable burden of disease experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Sandra J Eades, Alex Brown, Catherine Chamberlain, Mark Wenitong, Jamie Bryant, Kelvin Kong, Michelle Kennedy, Kalinda E Griffiths, Peter O'Mara, Romany McGuffog, Jaqui Hughes, Felicity Collis, Breanne Hobden, Tanika Ridgeway, Maggie Walter   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source