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Through the eyes of students: the satisfaction of remote Indigenous boarding students’ with a transition support service in Queensland, Australia

The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2019
More than 4000 Indigenous Australian students enrol and take up a placement at boarding school each year. While reasons for attending boarding school vary, the impetus for many remote and very remote-dwelling students is restricted secondary educational ...
Michelle Redman-MacLaren, Tessa Benveniste, Janya McCalman, Katrina Rutherford, Amelia Britton, Erika Langham, Richard Stewart, Pat Saunders, Irina Kinchin, Roxanne Bainbridge   +9 more
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Indigenous health: effective and sustainable health services through continuous quality improvement [PDF]

Medical Journal of Australia, 2007
The Australian government's Healthy for Life program is supporting capacity development in Indigenous primary care using continuous quality improvement (CQI) techniques. An important influence on the Healthy for Life program has been the ABCD research project. The key features contributing to the success of the project are described.
Bailie, Ross S., Si, Damin, O’Donoghue, Lyn, Dowden, Michelle   +3 more
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Contacts with mental health services before suicide: a comparison of Indigenous with non-Indigenous Australians [PDF]

General Hospital Psychiatry, 2012
Most people who die by suicide never seek help, particularly members of ethnic minorities. This study compared the prevalence of contacts with mental health services, types of services accessed and factors related to help-seeking behaviors by Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.All suicides by Indigenous and non-Indigenous persons from Queensland,
Sveticic, Jerneja, Milner, Allison, De Leo, Diego   +2 more
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Evaluation of a school-based health education program for urban Indigenous young people in Australia [PDF]

, 2014
: The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of a school-based health promotion and education program in improving knowledge, attitudes, self-efficacy and behaviours of urban Indigenous young people regarding chronic disease and ...
Ware, Robert S., Nelson, Alison L., Nelson, Alison, Malseed, Claire, Claire Malseed, Alison Nelson, Robert Ware, Ware, Robert   +7 more
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The comparison of health status and health services utilisation between Indigenous and non‐Indigenous infants in Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2010
To examine the differences in health services utilisation and the associated risk factors between Indigenous and non-Indigenous infants at a national level in Australia.We analysed data from a national representative longitudinal study, the Longitudinal Study for Australian Children (LSAC) starting in 2004. We used survey logistic regression and survey
Lixin, Ou, Jack, Chen, Ken, Hillman, John, Eastwood   +3 more
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Colonial Legacies and Collaborative Action: Improving Indigenous Peoples’ Health Care in Canada

International Indigenous Policy Journal, 2020
Indigenous people experience significant health disparities compared to non-Indigenous people, which are exacerbated by less accessible and poorer quality health care services.
Lloy Wylie, Stephanie McConkey, Ann Marie Corrado   +2 more
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Oral impact on daily performance (OIDP) scale for use in Sri Lankan adolescents: a cross sectional modification and validation study

BMC Oral Health, 2020
Background Oral Health Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) measures play an important role in understanding subjective patient experiences in oral health care.
Uttara Amilani, Prasanna Jayasekara, Irosha R. Perera, Hannah E. Carter, Sameera Senanayake, Sanjeewa Kularatna   +5 more
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“The support has been brilliant”: experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients attending two high performing cancer services

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background Improving health outcomes for Indigenous people by providing person-centred, culturally safe care is a crucial challenge for the health sector, both in Australia and internationally.
Emma V. Taylor, Marilyn Lyford, Michele Holloway, Lorraine Parsons, Toni Mason, Sabe Sabesan, Sandra C. Thompson   +6 more
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Successes and challenges of speech language therapy service provision in Western Kenya: Three case studies

South African Journal of Communication Disorders, 2021
Background: The need for communication-related services in sub-Saharan Africa to support individuals experiencing communication disability is a longstanding and well-documented situation.
Bea Staley, Ellen Hickey, David Rochus, Duncan Musasizi, Rachael Gibson   +4 more
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"We're very much part of the team here":  A culture of respect for Indigenous health workforce transforms Indigenous health care.

PLoS ONE, 2020
BackgroundImproving health outcomes for Indigenous people by strengthening the cultural safety of care is a vital challenge for the health sector, both in Australia and internationally.
Emma V Taylor, Marilyn Lyford, Lorraine Parsons, Toni Mason, Sabe Sabesan, Sandra C Thompson   +5 more
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