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Are There Systematic Barriers to Participation in Cancer Treatment Trials by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cancer Patients in Australia?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2021
Objective: To identify factors that may systematically reduce opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians to participate in cancer clinical trials.
Gail Garvey, Joan Cunningham
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Hepatocellular carcinoma amongst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia [PDF]

EClinicalMedicine, 2021
Liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are important contributors to the mortality gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. However, there is a lack of population based high quality data assessing the differences in HCC epidemiology and outcomes according to Indigenous status.
Alan J Wigg, Sumudu K Narayana, Gunter Hartel, Linda Medlin, Greg Pratt, Elizabeth E. Powell, Paul Clark, Jane Davies, Kirsty Campbell, Maree Toombs, Michael Larkin, Patricia C Valery   +11 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
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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
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Access to Aboriginal Community-Controlled Primary Health Organizations Can Explain Some of the Higher Pap Test Participation Among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women in North Queensland, Australia

Frontiers in Oncology, 2021
BackgroundAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community-Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHOs) provides culturally appropriate primary care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia. The population of North Queensland has a higher
Paramita Dasgupta, John R. Condon, Lisa J. Whop, Joanne F. Aitken, Joanne F. Aitken, Joanne F. Aitken, Joanne F. Aitken, Gail Garvey, Mark Wenitong, Peter D. Baade, Peter D. Baade, Peter D. Baade   +11 more
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A discourse analysis of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander COVID‐19 policy response

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2021
Objective: To analyse the implicit discourses within the COVID‐19 policy response for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander remote communities. Method: This paper uses Bacchi's ‘What is the Problem Represented to Be’ framework to analyse the Emergency ...
Monica Donohue, Ailie McDowall
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Fire and Smoke: Using Indigenous Research Methodologies to Explore the Psychosocial Impact of Pediatric Burns on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Families

International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 2021
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and adolescents are disproportionately affected by burn injuries, yet often omitted from burns literature or inadequately portrayed under Western frameworks.
Hayley M. Williams, Kate Hunter, Bronwyn Griffin, Roy Kimble, Kathleen Clapham   +4 more
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The tobacco industry and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people [PDF]

Medical Journal of Australia, 2012
While there has been a redoubling of efforts to reduce smoking rates among Indigenous Australians, Indigenous health researchers have paid almost no attention to the tobacco industry — the “vector” of smoking-related diseases. The exceptions are two reports of the use of Aboriginal images to advertise Winfield cigarettes in Europe.1,2 We decided to ...
David P, Thomas, Laura, Bond
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Exploring self-determined solutions to service and system challenges to promote social and emotional wellbeing in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: a qualitative study

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
IntroductionMany Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living on Kaurna Country in northern Adelaide experience adverse health and social circumstances.
Anna P. Dawson, Anna P. Dawson, Eugene Warrior, Odette Pearson, Odette Pearson, Mark A. Boyd, Mark A. Boyd, Judith Dwyer, Kim Morey, Tina Brodie, Kurt Towers, Sonia Waters, Cynthia Avila, Courtney Hammond, Katherine J. Lake, Katherine J. Lake, ‘Uncle’ Frank Lampard, ‘Uncle’ Frank Lampard, ‘Uncle’ Frank Wanganeen, Olive Bennell, Darrien Bromley, Toni Shearing, Nathan Rigney, Schania Czygan, Nikki Clinch, Andrea Pitson, Alex Brown, Alex Brown, Natasha J. Howard, Natasha J. Howard   +29 more
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Improving Medication Uptake in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples [PDF]

Heart, Lung and Circulation, 2010
Poor medication adherence is associated with adverse health outcomes. Improving access and adherence to pharmacological therapy is important in achieving optimal health outcomes for Indigenous populations. In spite of the impressive evidence base for cardiovascular pharmacotherapy, strategies for promoting adherence and evidence based practice are less
Davidson, Patricia, Abbott, P., Davison, J., Digiacomo, Michelle   +3 more
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