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Considering difference: clinician insights into providing equal and equitable burns care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2021
Objective: To better understand issues driving quality in burn care related to equity of outcomes and equality of provision for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.
Sarah Fraser, Julian Grant, Tamara Mackean, Kate Hunter, Ngara Keeler, Kathleen Clapham, Dale W. Edgar, Kurt Towers, Warwick J. Teague, Rebecca Ivers   +9 more
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Culturally focused pre-surgery screening to reduce Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patient surgical cancellations

Journal of Perioperative Nursing, 2021
Background: There are health disparities in many countries between First Nations and non–First Nations populations. In Australia, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population have several risk factors and are more likely to experience higher ...
Cory Williams, Yashni Kander, King Law, Patricia Kennedy, Geoffrey Binge, Elizabeth Strathdee   +5 more
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Protocols

, 2021
The University of Sydney Library is committed to embedding culturally competent practice in what we do. In 2019, the Library undertook a cultural audit involving 24 Library staff, 19 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander University of Sydney academic and professional staff, and 25 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.
University of Sydney Library, Sentance, Nathan   +1 more
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The recording of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status in general practice clinical records: a cross‐sectional study

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2016
Objectives: To document the frequency of recording of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status in general practice (GP) clinical records and to establish associations of this recording.
Allison Thomson, Simon Morgan, Peter O'Mara, Amanda Tapley, Kim Henderson, Mieke van Driel, Christopher Oldmeadow, Jean Ball, John Scott, Neil Spike, Lawrie McArthur, Parker Magin   +11 more
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Food Insecurity among Older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders [PDF]

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2018
It is well established that Indigenous populations are at a heightened risk of food insecurity. Yet, although populations (both Indigenous and non-Indigenous) are ageing, little is understood about the levels of food insecurity experienced by older Indigenous peoples.
Jeromey B. Temple, Joanna Russell
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Assessing the quality of health research from an Indigenous perspective: the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander quality appraisal tool

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2020
Background The lack of attention to Indigenous epistemologies and, more broadly, Indigenous values in primary research, is mirrored in the standardised critical appraisal tools used to guide evidence-based practice and systematic reviews and meta ...
Stephen Harfield, Odette Pearson, Kim Morey, Elaine Kite, Karla Canuto, Karen Glover, Judith Streak Gomersall, Drew Carter, Carol Davy, Edoardo Aromataris, Annette Braunack-Mayer   +10 more
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Changing discourses in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research, 1914-2014 [PDF]

, 2014
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people strongly assert that health research has contributed little to improving their health, in spite of its obvious potential.
Bainbridge, Roxanne, Thomas, David, Tsey, Komla   +2 more
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Cultural safety and maternity care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians [PDF]

, 2006
PurposeTo discuss cultural safety and critique the provision of culturally appropriate maternity services to remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in Australia.ProcedureThe literature and policies around ‘culture’ and &lsquo ...
Barclay, Lesley M., Kildea, Sue V., Kruske, Sue   +2 more
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Invasive pneumococcal disease in New South Wales, Australia: reporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status improves epidemiology

Western Pacific Surveillance and Response, 2011
The aim of this work was to determine the feasibility of improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status recording for notifiable diseases using all Invasive Pneumococcal Disease (IPD) notifications in a regional area of New South Wales, Australia.
David N Durrheim, Kylie Taylor, Maggi Osbourn, Kerry Todd, Peter D Massey   +4 more
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Dementia in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people [PDF]

Medical Journal of Australia, 2014
The article by Li and colleagues 1 in this issue of the Journal highlights an important emerging public health problem for Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population that incorporates many health issues relevant to the “close the gap” initiative.
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