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Health service utilization by indigenous cancer patients in Queensland: a descriptive study [PDF]

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2012
Introduction Indigenous Australians experience more aggressive cancers and higher cancer mortality rates than other Australians. Cancer patients undergoing treatment are likely to access health services (e.g.
Bernardes Christina M, Whop Lisa J, Garvey Gail, Valery Patricia C   +3 more
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Indigenous Health [PDF]

Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2019
KEY POINTS Health inequities for Indigenous peoples arise from the multigenerational effects of colonization and need to be contextualized within the historical, political, social and economic conditions that have influenced Indigenous health.[1][1]–[3][2] Calls for action to address ...
Kienan, Williams, Melissa L, Potestio, Val, Austen-Wiebe   +2 more
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Indigenous status a key issue for health services [PDF]

New South Wales Public Health Bulletin, 2000
Collectors of health data across all agencies are the targets of a national awareness campaign aimed at improving the quality, completeness and coverage of indigenous health information.
Jenny, Davis, Janis, Shaw
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Indigenous maternal health and health services within Canada: a scoping review

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2023
AbstractBackgroundGlobally, there are disparities in access to maternal health care services and equity in maternal health outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations. While the literature is growing, it has not been systematically synthesized.
Meagan Bacciaglia, Hannah Tait Neufeld, Elena Neiterman, Akanksha Krishnan, Sophie Johnston, Kyla Wright   +5 more
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Indigenous youth and service provider perceptions of the availability and appropriateness of services to promote Indigenous youth mental health

International Journal of Integrated Care, 2022
Introduction Sixteen Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (hereafter respectfully termed Indigenous) Australian mental health, social and emotional wellbeing and suicide prevention government policy documents (2013 to 2018) have cited an urgent need for new responses to the high and increasing rates of Indigenous children’s mental health problems and ...
McCalman, Janya, McDonald, Tina, Jose, Semara, Fagan, Ruth, Walker, Kelly, Collins, Rodney   +5 more
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Debate about compulsory cremation of victims of COVID-19

Journal of the College of Community Physicians, 2020
No abstract ...
. College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka
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Excess Deaths during COVID-19 pandemic in Alberta, Canada

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2022
Purpose: To determine if there was excess mortality in Alberta, Canada during the pandemic. We sought to confirm if excess mortality affected all age groups equally and determine what proportion of excess deaths is directly related to COVID-19.
S. Beesoon, M.A. Joffe, J. Bakal, K. Williams, M. Brindle   +4 more
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Longitudinality and community orientation in the context of indigenous health [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2021
Objectives: to analyze, from healthcare professionals’ perspectives, the longitudinality and community orientation in Primary Health Care, offered both in the Special Indigenous Health District and in the primary network that assists non-indigenous ...
Esron Soares Carvalho Rocha, Rizioléia Marina Pinheiro Pina, Rosana Cristina Pereira Parente, Maria Luiza Pereira Garnelo, Rúbia Aparecida Lacerda   +4 more
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Health of indigenous people: Use of health services by indigenous population can be improved

BMJ, 2003
EDITOR–We note that the aboriginal groups living in India were not included in Durie's editorial on providing health services to indigenous peoples.1 We share here an experiment with a group of “primitive tribes” (as classified by the government of India) in improving their health status.
N, Devadasan, Shyla, Menon, Nandakumar, Menon, Roopa, Devadasan   +3 more
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Surveillance for Antimicrobial Resistance in Gonorrhea: The Alberta Model, 2012–2016

Antibiotics, 2018
Alberta established a surveillance system in 2001 to monitor resistance to antibiotics used for the treatment of gonorrhea. A retrospective review of gonorrhea cases during the last five years was conducted.
Jennifer Gratrix, Anmmd Kamruzzaman, Irene Martin, Petra Smyczek, Ron Read, Lindsay Bertholet, Prenilla Naidu, Ameeta E. Singh   +7 more
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