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What Matters 2 Adults: a study protocol to develop a new preference-based wellbeing measure with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults (WM2Adults)

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Understandings of health and wellbeing are culturally bound. Many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people perceive wellbeing and quality of life (QOL) differently from the Western biomedical models of health underpinning existing QOL ...
Kirsten Howard, Kate Anderson, Joan Cunningham, Alan Cass, Julie Ratcliffe, Lisa J. Whop, Michelle Dickson, Rosalie Viney, Brendan Mulhern, Allison Tong, Gail Garvey   +10 more
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Human Research Ethics Committees (HRECs) are essential in promoting our health and wellbeing

Public Health Research & Practice, 2023
The history of unethical and inhumane research conducted on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people since colonisation highlights the critical need for specific Human Research Ethics for research involving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...
Summer May Finlay, Michael Doyle , Michelle Kennedy   +2 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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Increasing access to screening for blood-borne viruses and sexually transmissible infections for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: evaluation of the Deadly Liver Mob program’s ‘cascade of care’ across nine sites in New South Wales, Australia

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Background Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians are disproportionately impacted by blood-borne viruses (BBVs) and sexually transmissible infections (STIs).
Elena Cama, Kim Beadman, Mitch Beadman, Kerri-Anne Smith, Jade Christian, Aunty Clair Jackson, Beverley Tyson, Clayton Anderson, Larissa Smyth, Jennifer Heslop, Gary Gahan, Victor Tawil, Felicity Sheaves, Louise Maher, Julie Page, Donna Tilley, Ann Ryan, Kim Grant, Basil Donovan, Annabelle Stevens, Trevor Slattery, Kate Pearce, Franklin John-Leader, Andrew Walden, Jo Lenton, Margaret Crowley, Carla Treloar   +26 more
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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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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
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The health of older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples [PDF]

Australasian Journal on Ageing, 2016
The health of Aboriginal Australians is poorer than that of all other Indigenous cultures in developed nations, and recent studies suggest high rates of dementia and other conditions that are common in old age. This has implications for health promotion, provision of services and planning for older age in these communities.
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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
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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
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Better cardiac care – the patient experience – a qualitative study

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2023
Background In 2015, a Brisbane tertiary hospital’s cardiac unit implemented a new model of multidisciplinary care (Better Cardiac Care (BCC)) for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients.
Warren Jennings, Sonya Egert, Celestine Fisher, Sonia Renouf, Vivian Bryce, Sean Grugan, William Wang, Deborah Askew   +7 more
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