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Optimising Hepatitis C care in an urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care clinic

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2019
Objective: Describe the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of patients with Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) attending an urban Indigenous primary health clinic (IPHC) in Brisbane, Australia.
Prabha Lakhan, Deborah Askew, Noel Hayman, Leigh‐anne Pokino, Cheryl Sendall, Paul J. Clark   +5 more
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A mixed methods exploratory study tackling smoking during pregnancy in an urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care service

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background Pregnancy can be a time of joy and a time of significant stress. For many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (hereafter, respectfully, Indigenous) women, cigarette smoking, even during pregnancy, is a socially sanctioned behavioural ...
Deborah A. Askew, Jillian Guy, Vivian Lyall, Sonya Egert, Lynne Rogers, Leigh-anne Pokino, Peggy Manton-Williams, Philip J. Schluter   +7 more
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Deadly developments: smoking cessation medicines accessed by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia, 2006–2019 [PDF]

Public Health Research & Practice
Objectives and importance of the studyThe aims of this study were to examine trends in the annual rate of smoking cessation medicines (SCMs) supplied to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who smoke using dispensings by Services Australia from ...
Daniel Odo, Christina Heris, Raymond Lovett, Lisa Whop, Nicola Ball, Joanne Thandrayen, Michelle Kennedy, Raglan Maddox   +7 more
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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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The decline of smoking initiation among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander secondary students: implications for future policy

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2020
Objective: Smoking is a major cause of preventable illness for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, with most commencing in adolescence. Understanding trends in youth tobacco use can inform prevention policies and programs.
Christina L. Heris, Nicola Guerin, David P. Thomas, Sandra J. Eades, Catherine Chamberlain, Victoria M. White   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Developing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural indicators: an overview from Mayi Kuwayu, the National Study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2022
Background For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culture is foundational to health and wellbeing. However, its inherent conceptual complexity and diversity across and within different Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural groups ...
Sarah C. Bourke, Janet Chapman, Roxanne Jones, Makayla-May Brinckley, Katherine A. Thurber, Bianca Calabria, Kate Doery, Anna Olsen, Raymond Lovett   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Maximizing Oral Health Outcomes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People With End-stage Kidney Disease Through Culturally Secure Partnerships: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study

JMIR Research Protocols, 2022
BackgroundDialysis for end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) is the leading cause of hospitalization among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander individuals in Australia.
Sneha Sethi, Brianna Faye Poirier, Joanne Hedges, Zell Dodd, Priscilla Larkins, Cindy Zbierski, Stephen P McDonald, Shilpanjali Jesudason, Lisa Jamieson   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander disability prevalence: making sense of multiple estimates and definitions

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2018
Objective: To analyse the multiple sources of statistics on prevalence of disability among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) people in Australia to provide reliable headline estimates.
Clare Coleman, Nicola Wing Young Man, John Gilroy, Richard Madden   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Leave events among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: a systematic review

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background Leave events are a public health concern resulting in poorer health outcomes. In Australia, leave events disproportionally impact Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
J Coombes, K Hunter, K Bennett-Brook, B Porykali, C Ryder, M Banks, N Egana, T Mackean, S Sazali, E Bourke, C Kairuz   +10 more
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Legally invisible: stewardship for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2016
The need to improve access to good health care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people has been the subject of policy debate for decades, but progress is hampered by complex policy and administrative arrangements and lack of clarity about the responsibilities of governments.
Howse, Genevieve, Dwyer, Judith Margaret
openaire   +4 more sources