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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
doaj   +1 more source

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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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
doaj   +1 more source

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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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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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
doaj   +1 more source

“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
doaj   +1 more source